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I_UndergroundPanther

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22. For me it's like having

Reply to BeckyDem (Reply #20)

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 10:58 AM

Feb 2020

A fever breaking. I was in the assemblies of god cult. It messed me up for about a year and a half.

But I got myself and my ex out.

It's like for me, when I had a psychosis episode from incredible stress I was going through at the time. When the meds start working you kind of "wake up "and the fever dream of the mind stops.

There were distinct paraells in this for me.

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Trump 'spiritual adviser' tells followers to skip paying electric bills so they can send church cash [View all] BeckyDem Feb 2020 OP

Let's hope they take her advice. Mike 03 Feb 2020 #1

They're just honoring God TheBlackAdder Feb 2020 #25

Grifters of a feather. Thomas Hurt Feb 2020 #2

Paula reminds me of the character Jerry Lee Farnsworth in the movie Fletch Lives. The character abqtommy Feb 2020 #3

Interesting perspective, thanks. They are scary to me. BeckyDem Feb 2020 #4

We did the same with Ernest Angley broadcasts back in the 1970s - the bullwinkle428 Feb 2020 #5

Back then, it was either him or wrestling The Blue Flower Feb 2020 #8

Yeah, we watched wrestling too. In the 50s we lived in Montana and got one tv station... abqtommy Feb 2020 #9

I remember Oral Roberts on tv. Delmette2.0 Feb 2020 #10

Sadly Brainstormy Feb 2020 #16

I'm sorry to hear that. Delmette2.0 Feb 2020 #18

Yeah, God is telling her to buy another $4 million condo in Trump Tower dalton99a Feb 2020 #6

UGH. BeckyDem Feb 2020 #7

"God is all knowing, all powerful, but he just can't handle money!!" - George Carlin Initech Feb 2020 #11

Isn't that a bit self-defeating for a televangelist? csziggy Feb 2020 #12

No. God will power up their TV's but only for Fox News.................... machoneman Feb 2020 #13

lol +1 BeckyDem Feb 2020 #15

Or they will flock to the local Walmarts csziggy Feb 2020 #17

My guess is, for thieves, its the short term goals that matter most. BeckyDem Feb 2020 #14

As a recovering Evangelical gibraltar72 Feb 2020 #19

How were you able to recover from that mindset? BeckyDem Feb 2020 #20

For me it's like having I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2020 #22

That is powerful, good for you. BeckyDem Feb 2020 #23

Also Ass of God gibraltar72 Feb 2020 #24

Some of those sheep I_UndergroundPanther Feb 2020 #21

Thank you for posting TEB Feb 2020 #26

Them belly full but we hungry struggle4progress Feb 2020 #27

Wouldn't God want her to scale back and live within her means? LonePirate Feb 2020 #28

Well, that would mean she would have to actually follow those teachings. BeckyDem Feb 2020 #29