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All good stuff but maybe we are going off on tangents here? Where's the Exit? Sorry to say there has never been a big red EXIT sign: open the door and walk outside. However and whenever you leave TWI, stuff drags along, lots of stuff. Some of it clings for years, decades and even longer. Here's the exit TWI renewed mind: count it all as dung. The Apostle Paul spent decades in his Jewish career and left that for the freedom offered in Jesus Christ. Consider his leaving the law for the true freedom. TWI (The Way) was the more legalistic and law oriented than any of our current Christian sects/denominations. TWI used Christianity just like the Jews of Christ's time used the "law" to enslave people for their own personal gain. Yes, it is pathetic. BlueCord, I think you have received some very excellent information on an exit strategy and more. Hopefully, the Grease Spot Cafe (GSC) has provided some usefull information for you and your wife to utilize.

Well, I suppose it wouldn't be right to think this is (or will be) any easier (or less painful) for you then it's probably been (and still is) for many. Perhaps the truth can be compared to water, which is hard to live very long without. But if too much comes at you too fast, it usually picks up and carries tons of dirt and debris, and it can sweep you off your feet and drown you before you even realize its at flood stage. (And truth poured out without much love can be so cold, it not only takes your breath away, large frozen blocks of it can crush the life out of you.) I would recommend praying for the gently rains of truth to assist you in "growing away from" wherever you are now in your mind. Given the egotistical patterns of thinking "I have and know more truth than you" (which twi became quite adept at breeding into people), perhaps you will find yourself struggling just as much with your personal relationships with those around you as you are with the errors of teachers past. Learning to let God and the Lord Jesus Christ be your teacher(s), and not just the Internet (or anything/anyone else), is one of the more vital lessons in humility. Perhaps the most sensible way to "sort out" the truth of the past, is really to learn the truth of the present. Can't tell much by the name or nametag, that's for sure. (What good ever came from those dang things, anyways...?) But, it usually doesn't take only reading a post or two to see where somebody is coming from. (Especially if you ask.) Plenty of opinions here on all of that. Personally, I enjoy listening to Les Feldick. (except when he's wrong... lol.)

Like I said before, being bitter and angry at The Way is a human emotion. God created us with a gamut of emotions. We weren't allowed to have normal emotions while in The Way. We were supposed to be blessed and happy all the time and if we weren't we were not manifesting the renewed mind. Being used and abused for years can make one bitter and angry. Especially if the feeling was suppressed for years. Eventually, the normal pattern is to get over the anger and move on. How long that may take varies from person to person, but in this place we can express how we feel about it and it is very healing. I found validation here, that I wasn't alone in the verbal and mental abuse I was subjected to. Everybody's experience differs but there are basic similarities in what we were subject to. I love to hear other peoples' stories, just like I love Karl Kahler's book. I think he did a great service by writing it.