tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post852189117101030142..comments2023-12-27T03:20:28.496-05:00Comments on Sisters of a Different Order: My Most Mortifying Moment: Welcome to Growing Up in the World Wide Church of GodSister Sassyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15579850974867756364noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-64561496825487567032008-04-11T16:06:00.000-04:002008-04-11T16:06:00.000-04:00Hey you!You know I have a story that could top it....Hey you!<BR/><BR/>You know I have a story that could top it. Or maybe you don't. Your bravery is astonishing. I haven't posted about the cult. Like Rachel, I don't want to hurt my mom or some of the people still brainwashed who I care for. <BR/><BR/>When I read stuff like this, my blood pressure rises and I feel like beating someone up.<BR/><BR/>Interestingly, I had the exact same view as you. My disillusionment wasn't in God, it wasn't even in people. I just decided to not ever attend a church like that. And I haven't.<BR/><BR/>In some respects, I still feel like I'm in a spiritual wilderness. Still seeking. <BR/><BR/>Your bravery and openness are inspiring. Truly. You have no idea how much I value your realness.Melissa Clouthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15864991953502438461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-66868039506107491932008-04-10T10:49:00.000-04:002008-04-10T10:49:00.000-04:00You're a regular story teller! (I mean for real) T...You're a regular story teller! (I mean for real) This was great! Although must've been painful for you.<BR/><BR/>Well, I'm back to slutty again too (not saying you were slutty!) but not gloomy. Happily slutty! ;-)Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06405352186106456232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-20845424408082225192008-04-09T23:20:00.000-04:002008-04-09T23:20:00.000-04:00Yikes Sassy. At least (I guess) he didn't announce...Yikes Sassy. At least (I guess) he didn't announce they were true and call you to repentance or something. Jeepers. Sorry this happened to you.Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01624290716747211161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-17482549470792518822008-04-09T20:31:00.000-04:002008-04-09T20:31:00.000-04:00Thanks for stopping by, woman in the window :) I d...Thanks for stopping by, woman in the window :) I do plan to share some crazy boyfriend stories through the blog.<BR/><BR/>Hairline- I will blog both those things, I've already started working on how I wasn't harmed. I may post that on Friday.<BR/><BR/>Sandy, it sucked. Maybe someone can put my face on the Wiki page with a link here.<BR/><BR/>High Hopes- Exactly! Power was key.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-4965323773621696402008-04-09T19:43:00.000-04:002008-04-09T19:43:00.000-04:00Wow Sassy, I can't believe that someone claiming t...Wow Sassy, I can't believe that someone claiming to be a 'man of God' could and would hurt a young 17 year old like this. If he had concerns or heard rumours he should have come to you directly. <BR/><BR/>Seems this moron had a power complex and wanted to show his power over children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-49462029440467349822008-04-09T14:34:00.000-04:002008-04-09T14:34:00.000-04:00Whoa! This post belongs on the Wiki page for "Mort...Whoa! This post belongs on the Wiki page for "Mortified"....seriously, I would have wanted to die too. So sorry that happened to you.Momisodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06752015177628948631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-29079423374009790832008-04-09T14:33:00.000-04:002008-04-09T14:33:00.000-04:00That is one of the most awful things I can imagine...That is one of the most awful things I can imagine happening--and by a "minister!" One of the signs of a cult, to me, is the spiritual and emotional abuse.<BR/><BR/>I'm looking forward to hearing you explain how the cult didn't harm you spiritually and why you had ten years of spiritual darkness.Alisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10065962367181064516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-8879959803268648982008-04-09T14:09:00.000-04:002008-04-09T14:09:00.000-04:00Looking forward to the psycho update some day. It...Looking forward to the psycho update some day. It's always good to know I wasn't alone in my youth dabbling with the insane! Sorry about your minister being VERY BAD at his job. Minister in the dictionary I don't think mentions ridicule...Woman in a Windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747858840088922077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-80768794444234448312008-04-09T12:49:00.000-04:002008-04-09T12:49:00.000-04:00Thanks for all the sympathy girls. The event was ...Thanks for all the sympathy girls. The event was pretty yucky...ugh...<BR/>Rachel, I know you feel our pain.<BR/><BR/>Yes, one would have thought there would have been a better way to deal with the situation.Sister Sassyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15579850974867756364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-6043896344945813882008-04-09T11:03:00.000-04:002008-04-09T11:03:00.000-04:00Seriously, who in their right mind, and especially...Seriously, who in their right mind, and especially another parent, would deliberately cause such emotional harm to a young girl (and boy)? Makes you think about what's going on right now with the group in Texas? Not sure I like their approach to rescuing all those children, but part of me thinks it might be the right thing to do before they get older and much deeper into that cult.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-10457623584261593472008-04-09T10:58:00.000-04:002008-04-09T10:58:00.000-04:00Sassy, I feel completely horrible FOR you. I don'...Sassy, I feel completely horrible FOR you. I don't know that I would have made it through that one alive. Seriuosly. <BR/><BR/>I think mortifying was the perfect word.Ashleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13088158906170080007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-61850460120917791652008-04-09T10:00:00.000-04:002008-04-09T10:00:00.000-04:00Yeah, it's a bad sign when you are betrayed by you...Yeah, it's a bad sign when you are betrayed by your church leaders. Unfortunately it happens too much, I have seen it many times. I am so sorry about that. <BR/><BR/>I was imagining myself in your shoes at that meeting, and I would have PEED MY PANTS! Yikes! You are a toughy Sassy! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-19748434081932317092008-04-09T09:46:00.000-04:002008-04-09T09:46:00.000-04:00Oh Jesus. Oh good Jesus.I had a very similar expe...Oh Jesus. Oh good Jesus.<BR/><BR/>I had a very similar experience, though not as public, when I was 17. Long story and not worth repeating because YOU KNOW HOW IT WAS. <BR/><BR/>I do have another, pretty funny actually, story about the time I got kicked out of YOU. I think I am going to write about it on my blog; it doesn't have a lot to do with WCG specifically. <BR/><BR/>I hesitate to ever write anything publicly about WCG for one reason and one reason only: it would make my parents feel really bad. Hard to explain but they really did mean well. It was the church people who screwed everything up and made it all so unpleasant. I have so much rage for those people, oh the rants I could write. They deserve it, too. Condescending assholes.<BR/><BR/>Oh and hey ladies - I got another email from someone who just found my site and was reading my archives and came across the Christmas post about not having Christmas. She asked if I'd grown up in the WCG like she did. I got goosebumps. I tend to forget that for every kid that grew up in that organization, there's now an adult "survivor". <BR/><BR/>Now I'm going to go read your entire Tales From the Cult archives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-32648403144124175802008-04-09T09:04:00.000-04:002008-04-09T09:04:00.000-04:00Oh my goodness, you poor poor thing. :0 See that f...Oh my goodness, you poor poor thing. :0 See that face thats my "I am shocked that somebody who is supposed to be a leader did such a thing to you."<BR/><BR/>As we say down here, Bless you heart!Valarie Leahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03246244572843705930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-11388927026510309052008-04-09T08:24:00.000-04:002008-04-09T08:24:00.000-04:00This is not nearly as bad, but when I was 13 the m...This is not nearly as bad, but when I was 13 the minister kicked me out of YOU for staying home from church and sending a note to a friend saying I was going to watch American Bandstand while I was home. Which I didn't do. Just said I would. Boom. Kicked. Out.Sister Honey Bunch/Judi maloneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00908382097406758687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245589515098482899.post-43939244370990330512008-04-09T08:23:00.000-04:002008-04-09T08:23:00.000-04:00Crikey! That's horrible! I can't believe a "man of...Crikey! That's horrible! I can't believe a "man of God" would put an impressionable teenager in such an awful position. I'm so sorry you had to go through that experience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com