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Please send us an email if you have heard of a "''message fairy tale''" that we haven't heard and we will add it to our collection. | Please send us an email if you have heard of a "''message fairy tale''" that we haven't heard and we will add it to our collection. | ||
=Prosecuting for Defamation= | |||
There are rumors circulating on the internet that some message churches are prosecuting ex-message believers for defamation. This is a complete hoax. We appreciate that we are the worst nightmare that a message minister can imagine. But we aren't going away. None of them would dare go on the witness stand and give testimony under oath. | |||
=Stories involving the Pope= | =Stories involving the Pope= | ||
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We have asked Voice of God Recordings to confirm that this took place and to provide us with the name of the doctor or any assistant that were present, so that we can confirm that this took place. To date, Voice of God Recordings has not responded. | We have asked Voice of God Recordings to confirm that this took place and to provide us with the name of the doctor or any assistant that were present, so that we can confirm that this took place. To date, Voice of God Recordings has not responded. | ||
=Protection for believers of the message= | |||
There are a number of stories which are circulating among message churches which seek to prove that message believers are divinely protected by God. God also protects message believers' property from damage. This is supposed to serve as proof that the message is backed up by God. | There are a number of stories which are circulating among message churches which seek to prove that message believers are divinely protected by God. God also protects message believers' property from damage. This is supposed to serve as proof that the message is backed up by God. | ||
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:''During a conflict between rebel and government groups in Africa (no country specified), a group of message women were taken to a prison camp where the guards were shaving everyone's head for sanitary reasons (fleas, lice, etc). When they tried to cut the hair of the message believers, the scissors didn't work.'' | :''During a conflict between rebel and government groups in Africa (no country specified), a group of message women were taken to a prison camp where the guards were shaving everyone's head for sanitary reasons (fleas, lice, etc). When they tried to cut the hair of the message believers, the scissors didn't work.'' | ||
=Watch out for strangers coming into your church to take pictures= | ==Watch out for strangers coming into your church to take pictures== | ||
A stranger walked into a message church and started to take pictures of everybody who is sitting there. It turned out that the photographer was a Jesuit... | A stranger walked into a message church and started to take pictures of everybody who is sitting there. It turned out that the photographer was a Jesuit... | ||
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TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTED. That one was just a follower of the message so what about the prophet? | TOUCH NOT MY ANOINTED. That one was just a follower of the message so what about the prophet? | ||
=You are protected while listening to WMB sermons= | ==You are protected while listening to WMB sermons== | ||
There is a story from Africa about a witch doctor being hired to curse a message believer. Demons of death (or something equivalent) were summoned to attack the believer. But he was sleeping on the couch while playing a tape so the demons were repulsed and instead attacked the guy who hired the witch doctor. | There is a story from Africa about a witch doctor being hired to curse a message believer. Demons of death (or something equivalent) were summoned to attack the believer. But he was sleeping on the couch while playing a tape so the demons were repulsed and instead attacked the guy who hired the witch doctor. | ||