Do any of you feel like you have had the best years of your life stolen by religion and its bad teachings? I know I …

Personally, I was taught to wait for God to bring me a husband and it would be revealed to me when he came. Well, we know thats not true at all, but I wasted the best years of my life waiting for that to happen (among other…[Read more]

Not proud to say it, but considering I was deceived, I used to preach lies to people

I was an ordained minister. I was in a Apostolic church when I was ordained and then moved on to Pentecostal and Word of Faith…Not sure what the most damaging was.

Anyways, there is much more, but CHEERS to my start

love–FitGirl

Hi all,

Im Lisa Ranieri (rhymes with canary, the bird). I joined TLS b/c I was told I would be accepted here no matter what I believe. I hope so…My journey in and out of cults has been awful, but I am alive and SO grateful for that!! I want to write a book about all that happened, but for now I am looking for a place just to “be” . I love all…[Read more]