The mind is the person. If its enslaved the person is enslaved.
Don't talk against pastors bla bla bla...is the pastor that used manipulation to hold more than 70 people hostage in ondo a pastor really? Just because a building is named a church or a fellow is called prophet or pastor doesn't make them that. People are known by their fruits.
If your pastors and prophets see visions and prophesy, perform miracles, do charities and help you even with your problems, but on the side or in secrets do things that the bible is against, like sleeping with girls other than their wives or physically abusing their wives, or even as little as saying things that is not collaborated by the bible, don't overlook these things. Call them out! You will actually protect and sanctify Gods name by doing this. You will show people -of other faiths especially- that the real God doesn't have anything to do with these people.
Emancipate yourself from mental slavery. Your pastors penis is everywhere and you are still going to his church, you are an hostage.
Furthermore, study your bible really. Vet bible translations too. No contradictions in the bible, but some translations have sometimes unwittingly confused the real meaning of sentences. Example, 'obeying your parents in the lord' in king james version, isn't blindly obeying religious leaders that are assumed to be spiritual parents, but rather obeying your real parents, IN SO MUCH HAS THE OBEDIENCE DOESN'T MAKE YOU GO AGAINST THE LORDS INJUNCTIONS. So if your parents for example tell you to send them money for some rituals or keep malice with some people, you should flatly disobey them. No curse that is causeless can come to pass.
Our ultimate parent is Jehovah. Our ultimate shepherd (pastor) is Jesus.

You are the flock, your pastor is the shepherd.

Maynman:
You are the flock, your pastor is the shepherd.

You want to explain the more. Pastors are shepherds yes. But Jesus is the absolute shepherd

thinkmoney:

You want to explain the more. Pastors are shepherds yes. But Jesus is the absolute shepherd

Shepherd means pastor.

Maynman:


Shepherd means pastor.

Correct

thinkmoney:

Correct

Told you sheep

Maynman:


Told you sheep

I am sensing some mischief now oh. Sheep, flocks and pastors started as metaphorical names.
I am not a sheep. Metaphorically though I am in relationship to a shepherd

thinkmoney:

I am sensing some mischief now oh. Sheep, flocks and pastors started as metaphorical names.
I am not a sheep. Metaphorically though I am in relationship to a shepherd

Are you not part of the congregation? And don’t you obey your pastors?

Come on Chrestian