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Originally Posted by garinda
If she was subject to things similar to this as a child, carried out in a Pentecostal church in Accrington, I'd have thought it just the sort of material a writer might use, when writing about their own life, at some time in their career.
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I have a 60 yr old brother -in-law who became an Evangelist after his divorce in order to marry his second wife who is 20 yrs younger (this 20 yrs ago)...he is now the fanatic!
Was invited to his Baptism - full immersion style and saw the style of their service with people calling out they'd seen the Lord, falling to the floor and generally creating a bit of mass hysteria(I repeat this was a Baptism not an exorcism) - watched most of it to satisfy my curiosity but got up and left when they started calling upon new people they'd brought in (who were very obviously vulnerable or at difficult times in their lives. One young woman had just found out she had MS, another elderly couple had lost their son in an accident..) to renounce the devil etc. and become part of a warm happy family
It's fascinating to see but wouldn't want to be a part of it -if you're in you're in but otherwise they can ostracise you and make your life hell -anything but good Christians as far as I'm concerned. Excellent writing material though as you say!
