| I am 35 yrs old
and was born and raised in the
WWCG, I remember sitting in
services as a
child listening to Mr. Armstrong pounding and yelling about God:
repent, sinning, and that were all going to die if we weren't perfect. I
had constant nightmares of being left behind and of demons invading my
mind because I wasn't keeping my mind enough on God!! I have two sisters
and one brother and we all suffered poverty and abuse because of all the
tithing and the uncaring attitudes of the ministers and "church." When
I was in my early teens, I was trying so hard to be perfect and trying to
please the ministers, my parents , God, etc., and also watching my
brother and sisters falling away and joining "the World. " I thought
for sure they were going to the "Lake of Fire"!! I ended up getting so
depressed that I wrote a letter to a friend (in WCG) about how I was thinking about
ending it all because I just couldn't handle the pressure anymore. Well,
he sent the letter to our minister and our "wonderful loving pastor" started yelling and saying suicide was a sin and
I needed to go to God. In other words I was a sinner!! I survived with emotional scars but
I
survived!!
I married a wonderful man when I was 25 who also has
emotional scars from being a child raised in WCG. We've had some ups
and downs but we're doing pretty good now. We attend a wonderful
Christian Church that is loving and very spiritually uplifting. We are
closer to God now then ever.
My parents have left WCG and are attending the
same church as we are. Both my sisters and their families attend with us. My
younger sister is still battling negative attitudes toward God and my
brother has nothing to do with any church, or God! My husband's
parents are unfortunately in the PCG with
Gerald Flurry. They are
totally behind Flurry 100%. It's so sad to see them give their last dime to
that man! His brother and two sisters don't go to any church. I'm so very
glad that I'm no longer in that mess any more and that our son is being
raised to know that God is love and not fear. I believe totally now that
God loves me now even though I'm not perfect and I love that
feeling!!!! Thanks so much for making this site. It's a great thing you
are doing!!
With Christian Love.
By
Corinne - Child
Survivor of WCG
February 19, 2005
The Love of God
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