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If you missed one service or had other personal issues going on in your life they would make you feel absolutely guilty. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6d9bb37a1fbd0a2d4cf71c/1557981076885-WVZUUFBHWK79DUXNU4DD/image-asset.jpeg Testimonies - Jane By making me constantly insecure and guilty I could be made to do anything that was asked of me, always hoping that this time I would make it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6d9bb37a1fbd0a2d4cf71c/1557799029851-YHK59J8CC2EAYO18LEY0/image-asset.jpeg Testimonies - "Mary" I was told to wear more make up so I could bring in more people, that I could only date within the church, and the FINAL straw was when they told me I needed to leave my family because they weren't disciples of the church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6d9bb37a1fbd0a2d4cf71c/1557799173750-FLZX64S19U05DRJP3YET/image-asset.jpeg Testimonies - Matt My experience has left a lot of scars on my soul, and they'll take a long time to heal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6d9bb37a1fbd0a2d4cf71c/1557799265657-07J2WTIAFAV99O6EIJQJ/image-asset.jpeg Testimonies - "Doug" So I lost friendships, I lost property, money I "tithed," and a huge part of me was ripped away. You know what my crime was? I asked too many questions about church policy... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6d9bb37a1fbd0a2d4cf71c/1557981236196-DA5WY5K39179VWXX9YJF/image-asset.jpeg Testimonies - Ian Anything not focused on God or church-related things is construed to be impure and sinful, thus you must rebuy God's love with some more deeds and tears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6d9bb37a1fbd0a2d4cf71c/1557981304034-I0WMUC8MRJ50MH9OOVRO/image-asset.jpeg Testimonies - Lauren He hammered at me, tearing apart every aspect of my personality, from my inherent shyness to my love of poetry, denouncing these and others as being sinful, ridiculous and selfish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6d9bb37a1fbd0a2d4cf71c/1557981477118-B79H97VR5X1FEACGSROO/image-asset.jpeg Testimonies - Dutch They taught and practiced UNQUESTIONED obedience and loyalty to human leaders. There is no room for disagreements, criticisms nor differences in opinions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6d9bb37a1fbd0a2d4cf71c/1557981533593-TRRF39MU5PC3EUYMTH10/image-asset.jpeg Testimonies - Linda My fear of going to hell mounted as I convinced myself with their doctrine, that if I left this church I was going to hell. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6d9bb37a1fbd0a2d4cf71c/1557981586470-S2KOCAY1OG8CR0RAMBST/image-asset.jpeg Testimonies - John The issue is not commitment to love for the Lord, but the manipulation of our minds, and the damage that is being done. In my case, the frustration has been horrendous, even small things like getting a good night's sleep are rare for me now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6d9bb37a1fbd0a2d4cf71c/1557981679214-SE0KN2DKRTEN4NP1JKU4/image-asset.jpeg Testimonies - Aaron I could not understand, or condone, the telling of deeply personal confessions to other people without my permission. 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We told him/her a lot of things, shouted if necessary, humiliated him, sometimes in front of his wife/her husband, until the person was broken (meaning that they cried and agreed to do whatever the breakers thought that person should do). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6d9bb37a1fbd0a2d4cf71c/1557982266504-MFYEWQ6MMJ985IXKVAJC/image-asset.jpeg Testimonies - Diane I have never felt so accused, mistreated, and harassed, in my life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c6d9bb37a1fbd0a2d4cf71c/1557982320045-37V9NPVLPU7NDYGQ83ED/image-asset.jpeg Testimonies - Yun We all left the groups more depressed than when we had come. And week after week, there was more of this torture to endure. 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