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i was also there when the weatherfords ran it, however, when i got there the dorms had just opened. I mean JUST.. like a few days before i got there. they were in fact still moving in when i got there. i was put in one of those trailers as  a punishment, it was so hot in there, i thought i was going to die for sure.  i hadn't been there a week and i got in trouble. i got a razor strap for saying "oh god", so i started saying "oh man".. got it for that too, because it was considered swearing. i got the razor strap on more than one occasion, many many times actually. i had to stand against the wall numerous times.. i remember the nasty goat milk. oh it was horrible. in fact i got stood against the wall for complaining about it. we were forced to recite scripture at any given notice, and do not stutter, or stumble, if you did.. punishment. it was truly a hell. i felt like if there was a hell, whatever "sins" i committed to be put in there, i paid for them by being there. i got slapped once for humming a song i knew before i got there. i guess there's no need to go into all the stuff that happened, most of us know it all..but,  personally,  i do still have nightmares, and as a result of this place i have a very difficult time with the god thing. don't get me wrong, I do believe in god, i just refuse to believe that  the god i believe in would allow such horrors as what went on there. just another instance of how people use religion to justify their actions. its been done since the beginning of time and im sure it will go on until the end. there have been more wars, and murder done in the name of religion than for any other reason. just look at what happened during the spanish inquisition.. all in the name of god. its a travesty!!! y,i just can't believe that these homes are still running. i recently saw something on CNN about one, i don't remember what state, i want to say Minnesota. from my understanding the people running these places are former employees of rolloff..and those who aren't, are people that have grown up in the homes. i saw on the internet that one of the homes, i believe in Florida, were trained on how to run the home by watching lester rolloff videos, and listening to his radio messages, as well as learning from the people who ran other homes. i cannot believe the people that still refuse to believe the things that happened there. i have family members that think rolloff was the best thing next to jesus. does anyone remember a man named Jim Jones and The People's Church? He went from state to state because the state wanted to interfere in what he was doing, he was fighting church state desperation, he had elderly and poor people that his church was taking care of, he took their ss checks, welfare checks etc, so the people had to rely on him, and he did it all in the name of god... Eventually he went to a place called Jones-town, Guyana. and from fear of the government coming in to make sure there was no abuse, and that the people there were there of their own free will, it ended in a massacre.  he actually got the hundreds of people to commit suicide, in the name of god . well, i've often found it strange that Rebekah home was Rebekah Home for girls and The People's Baptist Church.. what was that?? The People's (baptist) Church??? i found the similarities uncanny. i will probably hear a lot of crap from this, but its just an opinion.at least the latter is, the foremost isnt.. i was there, i know what happened to me and many other young girls.