To quote FollowingChristE. - ""We have never been told to shun you.""\r
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Well, that's.......totally inaccurate. \r
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This staggering claim prompted me to pull up my good ole Gmail archives in order to retrieve this specific directive, delivered to all of the young people of the church shortly after a few of their young friends left the church. The author? None other than the pastor's daughter. Allow me to quote the entire text of the email:\r
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""Hello Everyone- \r
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I am writing this email with my Dad in the room. He wanted to make sure that everyone remembers to take off *name redacted* and any of the *names redacted* boys' email addresess. He said that includes the Gmail chat. In addition, he is asking 3 things:\r
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1. please make sure that their names are not on this particular email that will be passed around or on any other emails.\r
2. to please pass the email to anyone you don't see listed in the Singles and Youth Group throughout the churches\r
3. that we not bother them since they are under their parents roof\r
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He asked that we all be discreet in this matter. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact him.\r
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Sincerely, \r
*name redacted*\r
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Wow. Pretty incriminating. And about 40 people received this same email, so it's little use to try and dodge the meaning here. Sure sounds like a pretty clear instruction to me: shun these people and ask no questions. That was the message I got anyway, and I was IN the church. \r
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Oh, and ChristianS.? You'll notice I redacted the names of the email above. We strive to leave out specific names on these reviews, not because we are cowards, but because we do respect the right to privacy, which includes our own. So please don't insinuate that we are shrinking from the light. On the contrary, we are the only ones who seem willing to step into it.\r
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Thanks and have a nice day.
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