[Joshua]

I would like to hear about some of your great experiences prior to getting involved with the WMS. Who was your best friend, what did you do with your families, what were your goals and aspirations. Please don’t use this topic to tell us how much better off you are now since you joined this group. I/We want to know some of the things you used to like doing and the people who you loved and admired prior to joining this group.

[Love'n Honey]

[Love'n Honey]

So, you've been accused of being a female who likes other females? Interesting.

[ChildOfZion]

I am an introvert, very few friends, but my frineds I would call true frineds. My best frined has been my friend for over 20 years now(we are still friedns and talk even though I am in CoG and he is not) he doesnt believe in God.. We always hung out and did "fun"stuff. We loved boxing when we were younger, and even now it's still fun but we dont do it, it hurts too much now. We got into UFC. I always played sports growing up, love basketball football soccer, the "normal" stuff. I went to babylon with my old frineds, we stopped going to babylon together. Theres too much to say what we did. But I would say I lived an average, good, normal life with my friends.

My family is great, even to this day i still see my mom and dad and brother even thought they are not members of the church. We used to have family night when i was little, stopped as we got older. We had pizza every friday and played games like clue. Went on vacation every summer together to the beach. My parents have always made me work, ever since i turned 16. Dad is kind of an atheist i think, he has never talked about God to me, he always said to do the right thing b/ its the right thing to do. He doesnt like religion and the arguements it brings up.

I was in college berfore CoG, and hav graduated since coming to CoG. I didnt know what I wanted to do, except I wanted to make the world a better place. I used to want to be in governemnt not so much any more as everyone in Washington is more of morons than anyone on this site (just joking couldnt resist).  FYI I have always been a sarcastic a-whole which has gotten me into a lot of trouble over the years with teachers in school.

[Sueno Maruyama]

Dear Child of Zion:

Good to see you are still in communication with your family …. many members of cults like WMSCOG cut off family ties …. thanks!

[Joshua]

I’m hoping to hear from more members and ex-members. What’s your story? Tell us who you were before the WMS.

[Love'n Honey]

What about who we are after the COG?

[KC]

After the COG? Most ends up hurting, some broken…. Thanks to wmscog.

[KC]

And those were the lucky ones, they managed to break free.

If not, they will be turned to a brainwashed drones that programmed to say something like love love love give mama god your money love oh love.

Yes i am rude but at least i dont prey on other people or use God name for my own personal interest.

[Joshua]

Renita, who are you after the WMSCOG? Please tell us what's going on now. I know some of it but the folks here haven't heard from you in quite a while. Good to see you back.

[Love'n Honey]

Well, I don’t go to church anymore simply because I’m too critical. I pay too much attention to what the preacher is saying that I quickly pick up incosistencies*. I got to school for information systems technology and fiber optics. One of the students is a brother and I’ve been listening to him preach to another guy. When I asked him what church he studied at (just to be annoying.. lol) he didn’t want to say. I felt shamed for him because you shouldn’t be afraid to proclaim who you believe in. I, however, believe in some higher being but haven’t settled with one or any number of gods.

[jellybean]

Well after COG I went back home with my family back to college and back to work and I am the happiest person ever because I have my family again. My life is not perfect like no ones but getting my life back was the best. I am now engaged with a wonderful man that believes in Jesus Christ and follows God not fanatically but in his own way. Still a very close friend stayed there and I hope everything goes well with her. I also miss her so much meaning miss who she really was before getting there. However I know thats what makes her happy. I have read many books of personal development and have realize a couple of habits that I acquired in that church for example I realized that I was not that expontaneous anymore as I was before and I am still working in that.

[Love'n Honey]

What’s expontaneous? A habit I picked up was bowing. I still bow to people even though I don’t want to…

[Joshua]

I want to share a bit more about myself with all of you. My loved one and I run a charity that helps many families in need. Had the WMS had their way all of the funds and time that we put into this effort would have been directed into their group. This would have been devistating to thousands of people. Not only the families that we've been able to help over the years but also the hundreds of volunteers that have joined us along the way. One year several families wrote us letters expressing the love and hope that our group brought into their families especially when they thought that no one cared and all hope was lost. The tears that were shed over some of these letters are real. They were/are tears of joy and sorrow. The light that comes into people when they realize that nothing is hopeless when you put your faith in Jesus Christ and that he still does answer prayers is not something that money and cult involvement can buy. When you walk into a home and a situation that is overwhelmingly poor and seemingly without hope and you are able to show people Jesus Christ because he's alive in you. To give them hope and love. This is what the WMSCOG almost stole from my family and all of the people affected by the charity work that we do. (We do it without fanfair and without media involvement. We are called and we have answered the call. That is it point blank and period.) I have overwhelming sorrow but at the same time a huge amount of love for the people caught in the trap and the bondage of the WMSCOG. They almost destroyed Gods work and for that amoung other things I truly hate this cult. Yes, I used the word hate and in the Bible it tells us that if you hate someone it is as if you have committed murder against them in your heart. As I would never kill someone I do want this cult to die. They have and continue to cause so much damage while they twist and deceive the people they influence. 

[Emily]

Romans 12:9

…Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.

 

I too hate this cult because of the evil that they do and the hurt that they have caused and continue to cause people everywhere.

[jellybean]

renita.payno wrote:

What's expontaneous? A habit I picked up was bowing. I still bow to people even though I don't want to…

 by that I mean just taking a walk ramdomly without planning it. I also mean to relax and watch a movie and out of nowhere take a road trip for the weekend. thats expontaneous but because they encourage the fear that "father" could come at anytime I limited myself so much and was so affraid that if i took a vacation the world could end in the mean time and I wont go to heaven. Therefore, I became the person that plans everything even time with family and friends and there is nothing bad about that but I became too much like that. Still learning how to be me again because thats the person I was before that, I was very expontaneous and that was what made me the happy, joyfull and energyzed person I was. Is like they sucked all my energy with fear.

[Love'n Honey]

Oh, ok. I get it. I have to plan everything because I need to include spontaneous activities in my budget. I accured so much debt trying to pay tithes and offering and zion offering and the such….. but I’m recovering!