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Originally Posted by Ohio
Trapped thanks for sharing.
Those who are victims, as we all were/are, of others' lies, abuses, falsehoods, blaming, wrong choices, etc. do not bear the same guilt as those who are the leaders, the perpetrators, the abusers, and the deceivers. They have the "greater sin," as the Lord once said. We should repent for all our failures, especially those which damaged others.
I hope neither Nell nor I gave the impression that recovery from abusive systems is a piece of cake. I merely tried to provide encouragement that Jesus is our way to the Father, and that the stories in the Gospels show us that we are on the same pathway as many before us.
I probably should have mentioned one important distinction. I believe that Nell, Paul, and I had our own genuine faith in God as adults before entering the Recovery system. You, however, did not, growing up in an LC family. Your journey, as with other "church kids" is far more difficult, and needs more prayer and deliverance from that bondage.
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Thanks Ohio. My point began with a response to Mr. Sparks' statement in his book "The Mindbenders" that recovery from this Witness Lee/LC system was not possible. I was responding, also, to Paul's apparent belief that recovery from the Witness Lee/LC system was not possible.
I wanted, and still want, to encourage those who read such remarks that our Christian faith makes recovery totally
possible. Repentance, foundational to the Christian faith, was my personal experience. This is what I wanted to share...encouragement to all in our faith. For me, repentance was a place to start. Everyone is different, even among Church Kids.
If anyone wants to continue this discussion, i.e., "Recovering from the 'Recovery' ", please start another thread, in which case, we can move these few posts to a new thread.
Nell