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I'd like to ask for help and advice.
A dear friend, I love very, very much has bought EVERYTHING WMSCOG has to offer — hook, line and sinker. It's only been 4 months but the impact is more obvious and disturbing every day. I'd like to know if there is a "safe" way to approach someone (who in my opinion is involved in a cult) and at the same time not risk alienating them entirely? Does anyone know the best approach to take when gently confronting a loved one or family member who is quickly turning away from everything they were taught growing-up in a strong Christain family?
I cannot just sit back and let this happen . I want to take a proactive and positive approach and don't want to say or do anything that might make the situation worse.
Please… Can anyone help?
The first thing to do is make sure you keep the positive attitude you have, and keep contact with your friend. Avoid arguing with him/her about the group, and don't call it a cult. Your friend has already been told in advance you will argue, and that anyone trying to keep them from coming to Sabbath is Satan (coming in the form of your loved ones). This is predictable. You already have the right idea, be gentle, but try to provide guidance.
I think you have to read everything you can on this group and then decide which questions you want to ask that would be best to get them to think. There are so many contradictions, that picking one might be the toughest decision. Act interested, but get your friend to question some things. I guess the biggest for me is that God says so many times that He is the only one, yet they say there are two. Anyway, there are many more questions to ask as well, and if you look at the home page of this site or go to encounteringthecultofahnsahnghong.com you will find many other suggestions.
Good luck. If he/she has only been in four months, you have much better odds of getting your friend out than if they were in longer.
As MountainMom said, avoid arguing doctrine altogether. Avoid the cult word. Be interested and keep asking the right kind of questions. When you do that, you will be enthusiastically told to come to Zion. Say you will not go there before you get your answers. Be firm about that but be loving at all times.
Don't just read this forum, read and study this whole site. There is tons of info here that will help you find the right questions.
If you think your loved one has been a member for 4 months, it's probably more like 6 months so don't waste any time, get right on it.
Don't give out any personal info on this forum the WMS reads it daily.
PM Mountain Mom or Emil they will point you in the right direction and i'm 100% sure you can trust them
Time is of the essence.
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