Meredith Hudman

Only made it about halfway through but I'm going to go ahead and give this book five stars before I finish it. I know the author of the book may never see this but thank you, Jocelyn, for baring your soul so that others may learn the truth about these "Christians". It must have been so painful, not only to go through the amount of horror you experienced, but to recall it and share your most vulnerable moments with the rest of the world. But, I'm so glad that you did. For years I have looked to find someone that understood what it was like to grow up with the IFB ideology but have struggled to do so. People that don't know don't get it and think I'm exaggerating how awful this way of thinking has damaged myself and so many others. I have experienced my own unique set of horrors as did my sister. The people that do know hardly talk about it because the manipulation, justified fear, and abuse runs so deep. It's a lonely feeling. May this book spread like wildfire and ignite a passion and awareness in others so that no more women and children are harmed in any way due to this patriarchal, abusive nightmare of a cult. May Bob Jones and Bill Gothard, as well as any other leaders in this cult, feel as exposed as the people they have systematically stripped of so much. May they quake in fear of the God they have made a mockery of by spreading such ungodly ideas while, either enacting or encouraging, such heinous and horrific abuse. I don't believe in the Christian God anymore, but there is something greater out there. And that something will bring karmic justice. That fact helps me sleep at night. Thank you again, Jocelyn. Darkness holds no power when it is exposed to the light.