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Saturday, May 25, 2002

Stories from the ICC: Journey Out of the Wilderness
Besides, most ex-members are not "bitter" because they were hurt by any individual nor did they leave because of any one individual. They were hurt by an abusive system. A system that took away their self esteem, identity and individuality. A system that took advantage of their yearning desire to know God. A system that abused their innocence and took away a large part of their life. It is a system that violated their trust. This is spiritual, emotional and psychological rape! It is a rape of their soul. It is absolutely understandable how many ex-members might feel the way they do about their ICC experience.

i agree and yet...the members of the ICOC cult were and continue to be "hurt by any individual...." After reading The Discipling Dilemma, I am convinced that the upper echelon members of the Kip McKean and Cohorts Cult are very culpable.

This book reveals that all the way back in the 1980's the church leaders hired the author to attempt to determine the psychological effects of the "discipling" as practiced in the ICOC. When the results were in, they were rejected by Kip McKean who tried several arguments in order to make the truth that his movement damages people appear to be a testing anomaly. The author duly attempted to make the data he had gathered fit McKean's tight little didactic holes, and was unable.

So this book, which came about at the request of the church, is very helpful in understanding the breadth and width of one of the most specious, threatening aspects of this cult.

- posted by barbara @ 5/25/2002 06:10:00 AM

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