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January 6, 2006, 9:03 am PST
 Quote From: carlayung My heart goes out to the young woman who's father performed exorcisms and tried to perform one on her. As a young woman I went to what seemed to be a normal church,the pastor started preforming exorcism. Soon everything was a demon and the women in the Church became the main target for exorcism. You could not trust anyone, if you said anything that "rub another person the wrong way" Or if they just had a "feeling" about you they would turn you into the pastor. It was like living in Salem during the witch hunts. I knew it would be hard to leave because my friends and life were there and on top of that I was employed by the church. I realized that my normal Christian church had grown to a destructive cult. I walked out during a meeting never to look back or have any regrets in my decision. It's been over 20 years . I thing of myself as a very lucky person some of my friends were not as lucky. Some have died because they did not get the medical help they should have had. Families were destroyed. Friendships torn apart. Some of the people involved just went on to other cult like groups. I can not even imagine what todays guest has been through. She too will be a survivor. It may take time , hard word and a lot of tears but she will make it. So many people get this wrong, but if they applied the same thought process to the church/Christianity/healing/deliverance, etc. as they do to the thing of their everyday lives, we would be much better off. If you go to a bad restaurant or mechanic or hairdresser or store or even a bad movie do you stop going to any of these places or doing any of these things all together? NO! So why do we give church or the Power of God/Jesus one shot! Some don’t give it a shot at all. Don't you know the devil can open a church and call himself a prophet of the Lord? This is why we must read the Bible. In there you will find warnings of false christs, prophets, etc. That's why Jesus said "these signs shall follow them" (Mark 16:17-18) so we will know who to follow and trust. Mark 13:22 and 2 Corinthians 11:14 are just a few scriptures that warn about being deceived. In conclusion, the church/minister was the problem not the TRUE practicing of Christianity. It may have been the wrong or an evil church or they really could have thought they were doing it the right way, but in any case you must never stop seeking the Truth and the True power of Jesus Christ. If a person does then you will never receive and understand all that Jesus came and died for and the saints will remain bound and in the dark. And a person can't truly call themselves a Christian unless they follow and practice ALL of the teachings and practices of Jesus! Amen! The Lord be with you!
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