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Raylynn says in 1988, she was seduced by smooth-talking charmer Curly Thornton and joined his traveling evangelical group -- which she says she now considers a cult -- and although Curly died in 1999, Raylynn says she feels like he’s still haunting and controlling her. Raylynn says she became so wrapped up in Curly’s teachings, she gave up everything, including her car, her home and her job. She says she even moved her young daughter, Sunny, now 32, into Curly’s home and that shortly after, he changed from an inspirational leader to a fear- driven, mind-controlling abuser. How does Raylynn say she was seduced into what she calls a dark and manipulative world? What are the warning signs she may have missed? And, is she ready to let go of the guilt she says she’s been carrying around for years? Then, Sunny reveals a secret that she’s been keeping from her mom. Does she blame her mom for what happened to her? Plus, Curly’s son speaks out publicly about his father for the first time.

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Replied By: alphak555 on Jan 27, 2013, 9:20PM
This woman is not sorry and feeds on others  sympathy! Sonny should send a message to her mother and right her of because despite  everything she has done she is not sorry and is toxic and very twisted! 


Sonny, your mother is not beautiful and is manipulative and couldnt care less about you because all that counts is your mother! She uses religion as an excuse for behaving badly! Right is right and she is a horrible person! I wouldn't let anyone touch my daughter and this woman knows what happenedbot her daughter directly because of her and she still hangs on to the evil beliefs instead of hating what happened to her daughter!




Raylynn is just as bad as curly! She let things happen! She is to blame, don't put the guilt on the religion it is her fault!
 
Replied By: alphak555 on Jan 27, 2013, 9:01PM
I can't believe how many people get coerced into religious  cults and do horrific things  when life is so simple! Love yourself and love others! This mother should be held accountable! What the hell is going on? Cults where there is a belief of alien entities, cruel people saying they are Christ! I don't understand why people are getting sucked in by these ridiculous claims! Religion is being used to control people ! Religion has become corrupt!
 
Replied By: strine on Jan 27, 2013, 8:52PM
When you tell people they have to believe everything and have faith, they are open to this kind of manipulation. I think religions have a lot to answer for when it comes to encouraging people to not question anything in their bibles. "Yep I'm Jesus"...OK then you must be since the bible said you came before. Why wouldn't a God have stopped this man and others from abusing other people? He wasn't a devil, he was just a sociopath which is a low thing undeserving of the status of anything like a devil.
 
Replied By: strine on Jan 27, 2013, 8:39PM
A real self centred piece of work that mother is (and just like mine). We didn't live in a cult, but we lived with an abusive man who our mother allowed to abuse us. She also does not understand why I don't forgive her...any wonder when she cries and says, "I wish I could take it back, but I loved him". This naturally makes me wonder, "Didn't you love us?". He punched my sister in the face and broke her nose once and when my mother got mad, he started crying, ran off and said he was going to kill himself. That day the game began where we kids would be inside with no mother to comfort us while she was with him begging him not to kill himself. The mother of that girl is so clueless, she didn't think even once that Jesus would not come back and rape kids and bash and steal from other people? I'm not a Christian, but I know more about the bible than she does obviously. I also know more about real love than my mother or the one on the show will ever know.
 
Replied By: tiffabug on Jan 8, 2013, 10:47PM - In reply to chauntel
I agree completely, this mother is disgusting and I don't care how much she cries there is never going to be enough sorrys to erase what she did to her daughter. She should be convicted in contributing to the rape of a minor and thrown in jail for a very long time. Very sickening.
 
Replied By: harvest123 on Jan 8, 2013, 9:07PM
Thank you Dr. Phil for speaking out so openly about Jesus Christ.  Everything Dr. Phil said was so true and healing. I feel that the daughter is a true testimony of what it means to walk out your life saved through Christ. She was honest and is living a healthy life now, despite the abuse. I don't think people understand what happens when people are brainwashed. It's not an excuse nor does it make it ok to allow abuse, but we need to understand that if you don't recognize the signs, almost anyone can find themselves entrapped. It strips you of your identity and values. Cult like groups are everywhere around you. it can happen in your local church, club, community, little by little. More and more are popping up, as time moves on. That's why if your in a church, you need to be reading the Bible on your own, testing and questioning what you hear from leaders. The mother on the show might not deserve forgiveness but its not about what one deserves. It's about what Christ did for us. Plus, if the daughter hadn't been able to choose to forgive, she'd still be trapped in the past-- giving that evil man power to ruin her entire life.
 
Replied By: chauntel on Jan 8, 2013, 2:13AM - In reply to sunnycain
I do NOT feel sorry for your mother. What she did was DESPICABLE! Leading her 14 year old daughter to a hotel room to talk to "Jesus". I don't care how sleep deprived or abused she was she still had a brain to know you cannot see or talk to Jesus and she was only leading her daughter to have sexual relations with a man. She was just too weak to stand up to him. Yeah she deserves to be tormented by the thoughts of what she put her daughter threw. All because she was a weak single mom. I have NO respect or sympathy for her. And better yet where was your father???
 
Replied By: upsydasy on Jan 6, 2013, 8:21AM - In reply to sunnycain
I don’t think that Dr. Phil meant that a humble fast food restaurant wouldn’t be suitable but rather if the Lord chose a place from which to preach and indeed recruit, He would probably choose a more spiritual and healthy location.
 
Replied By: faithful4evr on Jan 5, 2013, 10:46AM
I can relate to the show about the mother who sacrificed her daughter to "Jesus". I have so much pain from my own childhood. I was raised in a "Godly" home where my father was physically, emotionally and mentally abusive. He had all the power. My mother was submissive, passive and weak. I was told:



"the Bible says "Obey God and trust that He will ultimately hold him accountable". 


So the abuse continued until the day he died. To this day my mother has never owned, acknowledged or apologized for the abuse and pain. I desperately want to have a deep conversation with her where she will listen and try to understand me. At a young age I did what I had to do in order to escape the power, control, anger and abuse. I left my family and my religion. It has separated me from my family all my life. I have tried to maintain a relationship with family because I wanted to keep that connection. But it is hard to be around them because I am treated like the "bad one" for leaving my religion and family. I learned from you that I must forgive them in order to be at peace with myself. 


Thank you Dr. Phil for discussing these very sensitive issues. I know you are a man of faith. I have heard you say little things through the years about religion and how some Christians can cause a lot of pain by their self righteous judgment of others who choose not to buy into their way of thinking. My family has imposed their way of thinking on me all my life. It separates me from them. I have kept a bridge from my side open in order to hold on to that connection and be able to still have them in my life. You do not know how much you have helped me through all the years you have been on TV. I love your new book and how you are trying to increase awareness in people so they can know how to spot the "Evil Eight". I can't wait to see what else you plan to do with your show this new season. Again, thank you for the good work you do.
 
Replied By: marggie on Jan 5, 2013, 7:42AM - In reply to shangord
I emailed a text earlier but after reading so many i wanted to add to my statement. It is so important for us to look to God and not to man. Our guide is to be the Word of God and unfortunately people get sidetracked by controlling strong personalities and ones who twist the Bible for their own gain.  I know this because of my upbringing under a very demonic leader who had no love for others at all. It was all about him and he destroyed many marriages and many lives of children who still today have problems and are angry with God and others.  I encourage those who are not strong individuals to read the Words of Christ which are always positive and loving.  As the Bible states "There are wolves in sheeps clothing out there" who will blind people if they look to man as their God.  If what is being said does not line up with the basics of Christianity then run. My heart goes out to both the mother and daughter because such abuse it not easity forgotten. For those of you who have called her "Fake and Crier", remember God's word, " Judge not lest ye be Judged".  Pray for them that God will heal what Satan has tried to destroy.  God never leaves us nor forsakes us and I know from my own past that he has helped me overcome the fears and helped me gain my self esteem back that this horrible person took from us as children. Yes, it took years for me also to forgive but God knows the heart and that we are human...that's why he came in the first place...to heal the brokenhearted and set the captive free.
 
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