By: Randall Jones

Randall Jones — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:54:04 +0000

The word I think of is arrogance for the church. It goes being past prideful. But, people there feel they are truly the chosen ones. Even in telling on each other, there is that feeling of superiority and arrogance over the person who has sinned. You could see that in the children. At WOFF, it was taught that everyone is equal, so there are no titles you use for anyone. So, you do not call anyone Mr., Mrs. Dr., etc. The children call all adults by their first names, even people they encounter outside of the church. There is no tolerance for anyone who is not in their fold. The way they treat others outside of the church is well, disgraceful. There were comments out in the community about this many times.
The children do not talk to anyone and the community views them as zombies or snobbish. But, this all comes from the teachings such as you mention above. If you are in WOFF, you are the anointed (of course outside of church). Inside the church you may not be at that level. This was evident in the DSS interviews and in court. The WOFF had no respect for the government or law officials and so it was okay to lie to them. The same is true for any family members outside of the church, you can lie to them as well. Grace is not taught in the church. Grace it not extended to those outside of the church. If someone is helped outside of the church, the story is told in church in a superiority way. The people needed help because they are not in the will of God. No grace. Once you leave the church you are out of the will of God, you are in sin, you are a Judas, you are an evil person, you are out of the protection of God, you are going to hell, etc. Again, no grace. Remember all the services when Jane talked about the Baptists and the Baptist Associations? The same, they are all wicked and do not know God. No grace.

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By: Randall Jones