Thank you all for the kind words. This has been painful to me and to some of her other friends as well. We have been friends since we were 12, we are now all in our 50's.
We have been through weddings, births, death of our parents, grandchildren, car accidents, divorce oh my gosh you name it and the 5 of us have lived it, supported each other and laughed and cried together.
I am the one that is friends with all five and they all met through me.
She has pulled away from ALL of us.
She was always very religous, went to church all her life but now this church is different. This is more cult like.
This church thinks Oprah is a sinner and evil because she talks with gays and all manner of sinners people. Oprah is NOT to be watched. Oprah is going to hell.
How do you argue with that? You don't. It is so farfected so crazy so stupid I could not say anything. I am of course a horrible sinner since I watch this show and Desperate Housewives oh I am horrid horrid horrid evil sinner who will burn in hell.
How someone who knows me, who came to the hospital and sang and prayed with me while my mom was in a coma could feel this way now is so heartbreaking.
I love her like a sister, she is an only child and we were so close but this church is not a good thing. It is taking her away from all who love her and support her and have been her friends for over 30 years. We who have watched each other grow up, grow old, grow closer every year now we are no more.
Will I be there for her, always, so will the others even though their friendship to her stems through me, we all love her, want her to be happy.
I will just wait and hope that her kids will speak to her perhaps they can help her.
I think one of the problems is her daughter is seperated and might be getting a divorce from her husband, that of course makes daughter a sinner. I don't know what the church is saying about this, what kind of guilt or confusion this is causing my friend and how her relationship with daughter is. If she is spewing the hatred the church is then the relationship with her daughter can be in serious trouble too.
It's a scary thought what this church is doing to the family.
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