{"id":2427,"date":"2024-02-24T18:25:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-24T18:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vanessasdomain.com\/?p=2427"},"modified":"2024-07-03T04:15:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T04:15:18","slug":"we-dont-actually-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vanessasdomain.com\/?p=2427","title":{"rendered":"We Don’t Actually Care"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Do what thou whilt shall be the whole of the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you as a nonbeliever tell that to someone representing a Christian organization, they will usually take to love bombing you in the name of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I first showed up to the OTO after the COVID restrictions were lifted, I was told “We actually don’t care.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the surface that might seem like the opposite of a good sign, but in reality it’s a massive green flag because a common cult recruiting tactic is love bombing newcomers in an effort to convert them. The OTO did the opposite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I <\/a>came back to the OTO because I found it personally gratifying. I appreciated what it offered and the challenges it posed to me to overcome and I welcomed them gladly. Nobody was trying to entice me to do that. Nobody was trying to flatter me into sticking around. I was there because I liked being there and I found what it offered to be valuable and not because anyone made me feel a certain kind of way about any of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To me, this is a great litmus test for joining any organization. The more desperate they seem to have you join the more red flags you should be raising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love is the law, love under will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Happily,
Vanessa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Do what thou whilt shall be the whole of the law. If you as a nonbeliever tell that to someone representing a Christian organization, they will usually take to love bombing you in the name of Jesus. When I first showed up to the OTO after the COVID restrictions were lifted, I was told “We … <\/p>\n

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