May 20, 2022 • 13 mins
Dear Steve and Shirley, I’m close friends with a co-worker that is being mislead by religion. She’s 32 years old and single, but she acts like a 16 year old ditzy girl all of a sudden. She has to check in with one of her 3 spiritual advisors when she gets to the office and when she’s heading home. She usually talks to one of them on the phone while she’s eating her lunch too. In the past seven months, she’s lost weight, let her hair grow out and she stopped polishing her fingernails.........................
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Clear your throat, let me thank you, nephew. Subject common
(01:34):
sense versus Church sense. Dear Stephen Shirley, I'm close friends
with a coworker that it's being misled by religion. She's
thirty two years old and single, but she acts like
a sixteen year old dizzy girl. All of a sudden.
She has to check in with one of her three
spiritual advisors when she gets to the office, and when
(01:55):
she's heading home. She usually talks to one of them
on the phone while she's eating her punch two. In
the past seven months, she's lost weight, let her hair
grow out, and she stopped polishing her fingernails. She told
me that nails are an attention grabber, and her church
preaches that women should be more in the background. She
has a churchy excuse for doing the craziest things. She
(02:19):
pays her bills and car note and then gives whatever
She's got whatever she's got left to the church, and
they take her grocery shopping. If she needs to shop,
they give her a church credit card with a small
spending limit. I told her that she's in a cult
and she's slowly but surely getting brainwashed, and she said
it's all kingdom business that she's tending to. She said
(02:43):
that her spiritual advisers call her body a temple and
they love tapping into her energy to give them strength
for the week. I asked if it was with all
three and she said it was the first time, but
now it's one on one, so the connection can be greater.
I used to burst out laughing, thinking she was joking
(03:05):
at first, but now it's just crazy. She's happier than
I've ever seen her, so it must be beneficial to
let the Kingdom run through her weekly. But what I
don't want to happen is for her to lose her
job over this church mess she's stuck in. I can't
get through to her, so should I try talking to
her spiritual advisers? She has no common sense. Yeah, it
(03:29):
sounds like she has no common sense. And I have
to give you a compliment here. You are a very
good friend, your patient. You're caring. She needs someone like
you in her life right now because this so called
religion she's in that has no name or anything, sounds
like it has no foundation and God is nowhere to
be found in this. And I say that because there's
(03:51):
just too many ungodly things going on. For instance, you
asked her about having sex, and she says, first she
had it with the three men and then sects one
on one with them. What does she say to tap
into her energy so they could tap into her energy
and have strength for the week. What religion is this really?
(04:14):
You know? Then she gives all her money to them
after her bills and rent are paid. If she needs
to go shopping, she can do that with the church
credit card. And she doesn't know the difference between someone
pimping her and using her and a real church. Obviously,
I agree wholeheartedly with you one hundred percent that she's
definitely brainwatched. She needs to be rescued and be programmed asap.
(04:39):
This is a cult. This is the has you know,
all the signs of a cult, but she can't see that.
And this is terrible, This is really terrible. Please stay
her friend. See if you can get some other people
I don't know involved to maybe talk to her and
get her out of this, because she is definitely heading
down the wrong path. Steve, this is clearly this is
(05:00):
some type of cult mess. This is not you know,
and once again, this is not This is not what
God is about. These are none of the requirements and
he ain't got no requirement for you to have sex
with three men so they can tap into your energy.
They're tapping into something. It ain't your energy though, you
know this whole letter man, It's just it's a sad
(05:21):
letter man, because I hate to see people who are
lost get caught up because they don't know the way.
And you know, when you don't know the way, man,
you can be misguided, misled easily, especially if you're looking
for something and somebody comes along at that moment where
you're looking for something and anything sounds right to some people.
(05:44):
And that's what's happened in this case. She's thirty two
years old, she acts like a sixteen year old dizzy girl.
All of a sudden, she got to check in with
one of her three spiritual advices when she gets to
the office and when she going home, and she usually
talked to one of them on the phone. She eating
her lunch. It's been seven months. Not a girl in
lost weight. She let her hair grow out, she can
(06:06):
stop polishing her finger nails, and then she said the
nails are an attention grabber. And her church preaches that
women should be more in the background. Him already what
we're talking about here, when this church gets started, the
women should be more in the background. Man, come on, man,
(06:26):
I mean anyway, I got a few more things to
say to you, but you know, I don't know if
it's gonna help kausty girl. I'd rather talk to the
thirty two year old, but I got some news for
her friends. Though it's well. Coming up at twenty three
minutes after the hour, we'll have part two of Steve's
response Today's Strawberry letters, subject common sense versus church sense.
(06:50):
We'll get back into it right after this. You're listening,
all right, Steve. Come on, let's recap today's very sad
strawberry common sense versus church sense. See, this is a
letter about a person who's lost. It's looking for something,
and somebody saw her looking for something and filled in
the blanks with some mess. Because that's all this is
(07:13):
a mess, and I feel sorry for this little sister
right here. It's got these three spiritual advisors that she
talks to when she gets to the office, when she's
heading home, when she eating her lunch. They didn't have
told her to. She didn't lost weight, she letting her
hair grow out. She didn't stop polishing her fingernails because
she's saying nails are an intention grab and her church
(07:34):
preachers that women should be mowing the background. She's got
these churchy excuses for doing the craziest thing. So here's
what's happening. The girl pays her bills and her car
note and then gives whatever she's got left to the church.
They take her grocery shopping. If she needs to shop,
they give her a church credit card with a small
(07:55):
spending limit. Now, the girl told her that's a car.
That's exactly what it is. And she's getting brainwashed. But
she said, it's all kingdom business. Now, I don't want
to say what I've heard that religion is, but I'll
just leave that alone. She said, it's all kingdom business
(08:17):
that she's tending to. And she said her spiritual advisor
called her body a temple, and they love, tapping into
her energy to give them strength for the week. Now,
a girl asked her girlfriend, is that for sex, and
she said, it's a lot greater than sex. See they
(08:40):
temple tapping. See, so that makes it greater than it
sex were temple tapping, were tapping into your temple. We're
not just having sex. And then she asked it was
it with all three and she said it was the
first time, but nis one on one, so the connection
can be greater. Now, a girl's say she used to
(09:00):
bust out laughing, thinking she was joking at first, but
now it's just crazy. She's happier than I've ever seen her,
So it must be beneficial to let the kingdom run
through her weekly. But what I don't want to happen
is for her to lose her job over this church mess.
She's stuck in that this is not the most important
concern her losing her job. The bigger problem is she
(09:23):
losing her soul. Damn your job. You can get another job.
You got one soul. So she's been deceived by this trickery.
Got the nerd to call it a church, but it
is really a cult. I can't get through to her soul.
Should I try talking to her spiritual advisors. Wow, little girl,
what are you gonna say to them? They they won't
(09:46):
started this mess. That the one that is perpetrating the mess.
That the one that's pulling off the mess. They the
one that's involved in the mess. What you're gonna say
to them? She has no common sense. What I would
do if I were you, I would report this institution.
I really would. Now, people have the freedom of religion
(10:08):
and all like that, but I would put them on notice.
I mean, there are some things you could do to
unravel this stuff, because this like really is borderline really
some dangerous stuff. When you're turning over your entire check
to a group and they're giving you a small church
credit card with a limit on it, and once you
start passing our church credit cards for them to buy
(10:30):
stuff with collections, getting into some tax situation, I would
report them. I would go down to somebody that's some
people that go and save and rescue people from groups
like this, and I would get some help with it,
because something's wrong here. When they get through using and
(10:51):
abusing this girl, they're gonna throw her out. She gonna
either run out of money or she gonna run out
of attention one or the two. So how does this
religion explain to her having a family, How does this
cult group explain to her about having a husband children?
Or she just group property? Now who are these men
(11:14):
that get to decide who sleeps with this girl and
how often they get to tap into her energy? This
is the happiest she's ever been because she's been lost
for so long. Now she thinks she found. But if
this is your idea of being found, this is ridiculous.
Right here, I would report it. I would find a group.
I don't know what that is. I have no idea,
but there are some help groups out there for anybody.
(11:37):
But they got you know, you can look into this
right here. Man, this don't have to be I would
try to help my friend that way, get some attention.
Some eyeballs on this organization here, so they don't just
exist and you know other people. Yeah, a lot of
eyeballs got put on this Christian Scientology organization cause a
(12:00):
lot of stuff that's Ronne or Hubbard Biss. It's a
lot of eyeballs got put on a lot of other groups.
And I'm not saying that's a cult or nothing. I'm not.
I'm just saying, a lot of eyeballs got put on
this group, and a lot of changes came about, and
it's continued to come about. I would look into that
myself if I were you. This is hate. I don't
(12:21):
like this letter because I feel sorry for this thirty
two year old girl. She's my daughter, somebody I know.
I go up in there with all the advisors as
let's start right there. Yeah, we're really talking tapping again
all this shit, man, get out of here. I'm gonna
I'm tapping everybody when I get that. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
(12:46):
but it'll be a different kind of tapping. Your turn, brother, Steve,
we probably yeah all right, Um, leave us your comments
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All right, it is time now for today's Strawberry Letter
and listen. If you need advice on relationships, on work, sex, parenting,
(01:08):
and more, please submit your Strawberry Letter to Steve harveysm
dot com. And you never know, we could be reading
your letter live on the air, just like we're gonna
read this one right here, right now. See that could
be your letter, m It could be Buckle up and
hold on tight. We got it for you, strawberry letter.
Clear your throat, let me thank you, nephew. Subject common
(01:34):
sense versus Church sense. Dear Stephen Shirley, I'm close friends
with a coworker that it's being misled by religion. She's
thirty two years old and single, but she acts like
a sixteen year old dizzy girl. All of a sudden.
She has to check in with one of her three
spiritual advisors when she gets to the office, and when
(01:55):
she's heading home. She usually talks to one of them
on the phone while she's eating her punch two. In
the past seven months, she's lost weight, let her hair
grow out, and she stopped polishing her fingernails. She told
me that nails are an attention grabber, and her church
preaches that women should be more in the background. She
has a churchy excuse for doing the craziest things. She
(02:19):
pays her bills and car note and then gives whatever
She's got whatever she's got left to the church, and
they take her grocery shopping. If she needs to shop,
they give her a church credit card with a small
spending limit. I told her that she's in a cult
and she's slowly but surely getting brainwashed, and she said
it's all kingdom business that she's tending to. She said
(02:43):
that her spiritual advisers call her body a temple and
they love tapping into her energy to give them strength
for the week. I asked if it was with all
three and she said it was the first time, but
now it's one on one, so the connection can be greater.
I used to burst out laughing, thinking she was joking
(03:05):
at first, but now it's just crazy. She's happier than
I've ever seen her, so it must be beneficial to
let the Kingdom run through her weekly. But what I
don't want to happen is for her to lose her
job over this church mess she's stuck in. I can't
get through to her, so should I try talking to
her spiritual advisers? She has no common sense. Yeah, it
(03:29):
sounds like she has no common sense. And I have
to give you a compliment here. You are a very
good friend, your patient. You're caring. She needs someone like
you in her life right now because this so called
religion she's in that has no name or anything, sounds
like it has no foundation and God is nowhere to
be found in this. And I say that because there's
(03:51):
just too many ungodly things going on. For instance, you
asked her about having sex, and she says, first she
had it with the three men and then sects one
on one with them. What does she say to tap
into her energy so they could tap into her energy
and have strength for the week. What religion is this really?
(04:14):
You know? Then she gives all her money to them
after her bills and rent are paid. If she needs
to go shopping, she can do that with the church
credit card. And she doesn't know the difference between someone
pimping her and using her and a real church. Obviously,
I agree wholeheartedly with you one hundred percent that she's
definitely brainwatched. She needs to be rescued and be programmed asap.
(04:39):
This is a cult. This is the has you know,
all the signs of a cult, but she can't see that.
And this is terrible, This is really terrible. Please stay
her friend. See if you can get some other people
I don't know involved to maybe talk to her and
get her out of this, because she is definitely heading
down the wrong path. Steve, this is clearly this is
(05:00):
some type of cult mess. This is not you know,
and once again, this is not This is not what
God is about. These are none of the requirements and
he ain't got no requirement for you to have sex
with three men so they can tap into your energy.
They're tapping into something. It ain't your energy though, you
know this whole letter man, It's just it's a sad
(05:21):
letter man, because I hate to see people who are
lost get caught up because they don't know the way.
And you know, when you don't know the way, man,
you can be misguided, misled easily, especially if you're looking
for something and somebody comes along at that moment where
you're looking for something and anything sounds right to some people.
(05:44):
And that's what's happened in this case. She's thirty two
years old, she acts like a sixteen year old dizzy girl.
All of a sudden, she got to check in with
one of her three spiritual advices when she gets to
the office and when she going home, and she usually
talked to one of them on the phone. She eating
her lunch. It's been seven months. Not a girl in
lost weight. She let her hair grow out, she can
(06:06):
stop polishing her finger nails, and then she said the
nails are an attention grabber. And her church preaches that
women should be more in the background. Him already what
we're talking about here, when this church gets started, the
women should be more in the background. Man, come on, man,
(06:26):
I mean anyway, I got a few more things to
say to you, but you know, I don't know if
it's gonna help kausty girl. I'd rather talk to the
thirty two year old, but I got some news for
her friends. Though it's well. Coming up at twenty three
minutes after the hour, we'll have part two of Steve's
response Today's Strawberry letters, subject common sense versus church sense.
(06:50):
We'll get back into it right after this. You're listening,
all right, Steve. Come on, let's recap today's very sad
strawberry common sense versus church sense. See, this is a
letter about a person who's lost. It's looking for something,
and somebody saw her looking for something and filled in
the blanks with some mess. Because that's all this is
(07:13):
a mess, and I feel sorry for this little sister
right here. It's got these three spiritual advisors that she
talks to when she gets to the office, when she's
heading home, when she eating her lunch. They didn't have
told her to. She didn't lost weight, she letting her
hair grow out. She didn't stop polishing her fingernails because
she's saying nails are an intention grab and her church
(07:34):
preachers that women should be mowing the background. She's got
these churchy excuses for doing the craziest thing. So here's
what's happening. The girl pays her bills and her car
note and then gives whatever she's got left to the church.
They take her grocery shopping. If she needs to shop,
they give her a church credit card with a small
(07:55):
spending limit. Now, the girl told her that's a car.
That's exactly what it is. And she's getting brainwashed. But
she said, it's all kingdom business. Now, I don't want
to say what I've heard that religion is, but I'll
just leave that alone. She said, it's all kingdom business
(08:17):
that she's tending to. And she said her spiritual advisor
called her body a temple, and they love, tapping into
her energy to give them strength for the week. Now,
a girl asked her girlfriend, is that for sex, and
she said, it's a lot greater than sex. See they
(08:40):
temple tapping. See, so that makes it greater than it
sex were temple tapping, were tapping into your temple. We're
not just having sex. And then she asked it was
it with all three and she said it was the
first time, but nis one on one, so the connection
can be greater. Now, a girl's say she used to
(09:00):
bust out laughing, thinking she was joking at first, but
now it's just crazy. She's happier than I've ever seen her,
So it must be beneficial to let the kingdom run
through her weekly. But what I don't want to happen
is for her to lose her job over this church mess.
She's stuck in that this is not the most important
concern her losing her job. The bigger problem is she
(09:23):
losing her soul. Damn your job. You can get another job.
You got one soul. So she's been deceived by this trickery.
Got the nerd to call it a church, but it
is really a cult. I can't get through to her soul.
Should I try talking to her spiritual advisors. Wow, little girl,
what are you gonna say to them? They they won't
(09:46):
started this mess. That the one that is perpetrating the mess.
That the one that's pulling off the mess. They the
one that's involved in the mess. What you're gonna say
to them? She has no common sense. What I would
do if I were you, I would report this institution.
I really would. Now, people have the freedom of religion
(10:08):
and all like that, but I would put them on notice.
I mean, there are some things you could do to
unravel this stuff, because this like really is borderline really
some dangerous stuff. When you're turning over your entire check
to a group and they're giving you a small church
credit card with a limit on it, and once you
start passing our church credit cards for them to buy
(10:30):
stuff with collections, getting into some tax situation, I would
report them. I would go down to somebody that's some
people that go and save and rescue people from groups
like this, and I would get some help with it,
because something's wrong here. When they get through using and
(10:51):
abusing this girl, they're gonna throw her out. She gonna
either run out of money or she gonna run out
of attention one or the two. So how does this
religion explain to her having a family, How does this
cult group explain to her about having a husband children?
Or she just group property? Now who are these men
(11:14):
that get to decide who sleeps with this girl and
how often they get to tap into her energy? This
is the happiest she's ever been because she's been lost
for so long. Now she thinks she found. But if
this is your idea of being found, this is ridiculous.
Right here, I would report it. I would find a group.
I don't know what that is. I have no idea,
but there are some help groups out there for anybody.
(11:37):
But they got you know, you can look into this
right here. Man, this don't have to be I would
try to help my friend that way, get some attention.
Some eyeballs on this organization here, so they don't just
exist and you know other people. Yeah, a lot of
eyeballs got put on this Christian Scientology organization cause a
(12:00):
lot of stuff that's Ronne or Hubbard Biss. It's a
lot of eyeballs got put on a lot of other groups.
And I'm not saying that's a cult or nothing. I'm not.
I'm just saying, a lot of eyeballs got put on
this group, and a lot of changes came about, and
it's continued to come about. I would look into that
myself if I were you. This is hate. I don't
(12:21):
like this letter because I feel sorry for this thirty
two year old girl. She's my daughter, somebody I know.
I go up in there with all the advisors as
let's start right there. Yeah, we're really talking tapping again
all this shit, man, get out of here. I'm gonna
I'm tapping everybody when I get that. Yeah, yeah, yeah,
(12:46):
but it'll be a different kind of tapping. Your turn, brother, Steve,
we probably yeah all right, Um, leave us your comments
on Today's Strawberry Letter on Instagram, at Steve Harvey FM,
and check out the Strawberry Letter podcast on demand now
coming up at forty six minutes after the hour, we'll
have some sports talk with Junior right after this. You're
(13:09):
listening to this Name Harvey Morning Show.
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