Stewart Traill loved playing games and pranks on his subjects. He at one point said that we were like guinea pigs and he was the scientist. Many of the things that he said, we thought was in jest, but we were greatly mistaken. It turns out that he was serious and we thought that it was just an innocent game of fun, but he was playing for keeps.
The leader played games with us and we played games with each other and it was wickedness and evil in the name of the Lord. Here we will list some of the most common and blatant games that Stewart Trail pulled on us and some of the more fine games we played on one another, including Cobu behaviors and even some behaviors that those who left Cobu continue to demonstrate. ST admitted as much at the “grace” meeting in 1989 when he said there are deeply ingrained ideas and feelings..running wild in our fellowship. This twisting of reality and creating a new pseudo Christian reality is at the heart of the damage we seek to expose in this website. Some games were fun at first, but later it was no longer funny. Some of the ones that we will list come from the bible and some come from brainstorming and some through real life experience.
The game that Stewart Traill cared about anyone but himself.
The game that Stewart Traill's counsels had anything to do with the counsel of God.
The game that Stewart Traill's interests had anything to do with the interests of God.
The game that Stewart Traill's persuasions had anything to do with godliness.
The game that Stewart Traill's influences persuaded the fellowship to be harsh.
The game that Stewart Traill's influences persuaded the fellowship clobber someone as a group.
The game that Stewart Traill's influences persuaded the fellowship to act as a lynch mob.
The game that Stewart Traill's influences persuaded the fellowship agree with him, even though many of his counsels were flawed.
The game that Stewart Traill's influences persuaded the fellowship laugh at things that were cruel.
The game that Stewart Traill's influences persuaded the fellowship to believe things that were false.
The game that Stewart Traill's influences persuaded the fellowship to believe that "all dating" was a fantasy.
The game that Stewart Traill's influences persuaded the fellowship to believe that "all dating" was a sin.
The game that Stewart Traill's influences persuaded the fellowship to believe that "all dating" would be like a sister dating "Mikey Mouse."
The game that Stewart Traill's influences persuaded the fellowship to believe that "all dating" was "in the dark."
The game that Stewart Traill's influences persuaded the fellowship to believe that "all dating" was "breaking fellowship with the sisters."
The game that Stewart Traill's influences persuaded the fellowship to believe that "all dating" was "breaking fellowship with the brothers."
The game that Stewart Traill's influences persuaded the fellowship to believe that "all dating" was "not allowed."
The game that Stewart Traill's "fervent spirit" had anything to do with God's spirit!
The game that Stewart Traill's "grand entrance" into our meetings was anything more than him flaunting himself before us.
The game that none of us were bothered by Stewart Traill's choice to control everything.
The game that none of us were bothered by Stewart Traill's choice to monopolize our time.
The game that none of us were bothered by Stewart Traill's choice to take all the money that each of us earned.
The game that none of us were bothered by Stewart Traill's choice to spend our earnings at will.
The game that Stewart Traill was the only one who was "faithful" in our fellowship, even though all he was doing was conning us out of everything we had.
The game that Stewart Traill was the only one who was "faithful" in our fellowship, even though he was the one pulling all the strings and controlling our every move.
The game that Stewart Traill was the only one who was "faithful" in our fellowship, even though he was the one pulling all the strings and controlling the way we looked at God.
The game that Stewart Traill was the only one who was "faithful" in our fellowship, even though he was the one pulling all the strings and controlling the way we looked at God's word.
The game that Stewart Traill was the only one who was "faithful" in our fellowship, even though he was the one pulling all the strings and controlling the way we looked to him for all the answers, even though he didn't provide any.
The game that Stewart Traill was the only one who was "faithful" in our fellowship, even though he was the one pulling all the strings and controlling the way we looked at God.
The game that we had any input at all.
The game that we had any input at all into changing our own lives.
The game that "the heavy leader" would ask us questions to make us feel as though we had "some input" when we really had none.
The game that we had any input when he was asking all the questions and providing all the answers.
The game that we had "any input" when he discounted anything that we suggested.
The game that we hadn't given over our own hearts and minds to the control of Stewart Traill and not to God at all.
The game that Stewart Traill would ask questions as if our answers had any chance of being acceptable or even considered.
The game that any answer that any of his drones put out there had any influence at all on our quality of life.
The game that "our commitment to the group" was voluntary.
The game that "our commitment to the group" was something that we even had the ability to leave, since none of us had control over our own earnings.
The game that "our commitment to the group" equaled commitment to God.
The game that "our commitment to the group" equaled commitment to Christianity.
The game that "our commitment to the group" equaled commitment to having a clear conscience.
The game that "our commitment to the group" equaled commitment to being faithful to Jesus.
The game that "our commitment to the group" equaled commitment to seeking the good of one another.
The game that none of us were bothered by Stewart Traill's indiscretions.
The game that Gayle seemed "okay" with Stewart Traill's indiscretions.
The game that Stewart Traill "needed" a mini-fleet of aircraft in order to "pastor" our fellowship.
The game that Stewart Traill "needed" everyone else to finance all of his personal interests.
The game that no one except Stewart Traill was allowed to have any personal interests in Cobu.
The game that Gayle was Stewart Traill's "indiscretion" while he was married to Shirley.
The game that none of us were bothered by Stewart Traill's choice to enslave us.
The game that we were not worried that we were going to be the next target of Stewart Traill's ungodly accusation.
The game that Stewart Traill's influences persuaded the fellowship .
The game that the activities that we participated in had anything to do with pleasing God.
The game that the activities that we participated in had anything to do with Christianity.
The game that the activities that we participated in had anything to do with reflecting the true nature of Jesus.
The game that the activities that we participated in had anything to do with reflecting the Holy Spirit of God.
The game that the activities that we participated in had anything to do with reflecting kindness.
The game that the activities that we participated in had anything to do with reflecting the love of God.
The game that the activities that we participated in had anything to do with reflecting joy.
The game that the activities that we participated in had anything to do with reflecting the peace of God.
The game that we all came from Cobu, but agreed not to talk about Cobu.
The game that we all came from Cobu, but agreed to forget that Cobu happened.
The game that we all came from Cobu, but many aren't able to even discuss it with their friends.
The game that we all came from Cobu, but many aren't able to even discuss it with their own families.
The game that we all came from Cobu, but many aren't able to even discuss it with their current church affiliates.
The game that we all came from Cobu but agreed that Cobu was not all bad.
The game that some believe that Cobu had some good things.
The game that some believe that "if you talk about Cobu, you're living in the past."
A game that Cobu people play is this: When they meet with you alone, they appear welcoming, but when they see you at a Cobu reunion, they treat you as if they don't know you at all.
When two xCobu sisters became friends and talked to each other almost everyday for years until there was a falling out, then one of the two was heard to have said, with regard to the failed relationship, that 'she was glad that she never gave her heart to the other sister' ~ which suggests that 'she was deceptive' and into hiding her true self, or that it was "okay" to play games and be deceitful in a relationship.
The game xCobu people play when they try to take all sides of an argument, so they cannot be seen as being in the wrong.
The game that Stewart Traill conditioned us into believing that we could never get anything right so why bother to even make any commitments, whether verbal, or in our own hearts and minds.
The game that Stewart Traill conditioned us into believing that we could never get anything right so why bother to do anything other than the Cobu status quo.
The game that Stewart Traill conditioned us into believing because we had to frantically try “not be corrected” in front of everyone else.
The game that being obsessed with worry about anything that Stewart Traill would say to us had anything to do with being a Christian.
The game that being obsessed with worry about anything that Stewart Traill would say to us had anything to do with being faithful to God.
The game that being obsessed with worry about anything that Stewart Traill would say to us had anything to do with having the peace of Christ.
The game that being obsessed with worry about anything that Stewart Traill would say to us had anything to do with having the joy of God's Holy Spirit.
The game that being obsessed with stress and worry about anything that Stewart Traill would say to us had anything to do with having faith and had everything to do with living in fear.
The game that being obsessed with worry about anything that Stewart Traill would say to us was of the greatest significance to all of our lives.
The game that Stewart Traill's "New York Training Center" had anything to do with training the brothers and sisters to become better Christians.
The game that Stewart Traill's "Cobu" had anything to do with the brothers and sisters doing anything more than his bidding.
The very significant issue that many non-Christian attitudes, Stewart Traill taught, became so deeply ingrained into our behaviors and were so second-nature to us, that we became unable to even distinguish that many of the things we thought of as "acceptable" was not really appropriate at all ~ so that our "so-called super Church" was really "just playing church" or a game.
When wrong-doing is sold "as righteousness" it's a game that has painful consequences.
When behaviors that include mocking others, as Stewart Traill did all the time before us, are counted as "being okay" in a group that considers itself "a church" and this behavior became second-nature to most, some xCobu brothers and sisters don't even realize they're being hurtful, when they mock others openly, yet act like it's normal.
When behaviors that include rebuking others for minor infractions, as Stewart Traill did all the time before us, are counted as "being okay" in a group that considers itself "a church" and this behavior became second-nature to most, some xCobu brothers and sisters don't even realize they're being hurtful when they rebuke others for minor infractions.
When behaviors that include being overly suspicious of others, as Stewart Traill treated everyone, was counted as "being okay" in a group that considers itself "a church" and this behavior became second-nature to most, some xCobu brothers and sisters don't even realize they're being hurtful, when they treat others with suspicion.
When behaviors that include constantly doubting the sincerity of others, as Stewart Traill treated everyone, was counted as "being okay" in a group that considers itself "a church" and this behavior became second-nature to most, some xCobu brothers and sisters don't even realize they're being hurtful, when they doubt the sincerity of others. as they learned from ST.
It was a game that Stewart Traill would treat you kindly in private, but in public he would treat you harshly and in a completely different manner.
It was a game that Stewart Traill would act like he cared about you when one on one, then in front of a whole room full of people he'd point you out as "being insincere."
It was a game that Stewart Traill was continually inconsistent in his treatment of others.
It was a game that Stewart Traill "got off" on pulling the rug out from beneath a person, in his regular dealing with others.
It was a game that Stewart Traill was considered "a brother" yet he was "a brother to none!"
One minute Stewart would tell you privately: "You're good" then in front of others would say "You're not a good example to the lambs."
For Stewart Traill, making others feel unstable was a constant sport that he excelled at.
The game of wearing many hats, acting one way at one time and another way later was the example that Stewart Traill put forth repeatedly.
The game of hypocrisy.
[def. hypocrisy - the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense.
synonyms: dissimulation, false virtue, untruthfulness, posturing, affectation, speciousness, empty talk, insincerity, falseness, deceit, dishonesty, mendacity, pretense, duplicity; sanctimoniousness, sanctimony, pietism, piousness; / informal: phoniness, fraud]
The game of false hope, hoping the fellowship will get better when it never did.
Stewart Traill insisted on feeding everyone a diet of hopelessness on a regular basis.
If Stewart Traill supported hopelessness and the Lord God of Hosts extends hope, than he's not on the same side as God and is a game player.
If Stewart Traill supported harshness and the Lord God of Hosts extends steadfast love, than he's not on the same side as God and is a game player.
If Stewart Traill supported being condescending and the Lord Jesus Christ removes condemnation far from his people, than he's not on the same side as Jesus and is a game player.
If Stewart Traill forced us to sit for hours listening to his every vile word and the Lord God of Hosts called us to freedom, than he's not on the same side as God and is a game player.
If Stewart Traill sold to everyone that he was the "only one eligible" to marry and remarry and carry on with young girls, when he's an old man: twice married with children and grandchildren, and the scripture counsels that God extends a future and a hope to all his people, than he's not on the same side as God and is a game player.
If Stewart Traill sold to everyone that he was the "only one eligible" to marry and remarry and carry on with young girls, when he's an old man: twice married with children and grandchildren, and the scripture counsels that God extends that if a man desires to marry that it is no sin, than he's not on the same side as God and is a game player.
It was a game to hide behind our cloaks, or a disguise of who we are, which was practiced in Cobu.
The game of "catch me if you can" played by the great conman Stewart Traill.
Stewart Traill, the master manipulator made all the rules and was the winner of every game he played.
Blind man’s bluff, the game where everyone in Cobu wore a blindfold as Stewart Traill spun us all around and around.
We loved shooting off our "knowledge" cannons, the greatest game of all, since we didn't have the sense to realize that being cruel is just dumb.
Stewart taught us to be preachers and to preach about anything at any time with great passion because it is our default setting.
In Cobu, we loved telling others what to do, even though most of us couldn't see where Stewart Traill was leading us.
In Cobu, we loved the calculating game, even though most of us couldn't see where Stewart Traill was leading us.
In Cobu, we loved twisting the arms of the unsaved, even though most of us couldn't see where Stewart Traill was leading us.
In Cobu it was difficult to convince anyone, especially ourselves, that we knew the first thing about the love of God.
It was a game to believe that we had the love of God within us, because we were thoroughly filled with all the false promises of a mad man.
Stewart Traill taught all of us the game of pointing out the wrongs of others.
Stewart Traill taught all of us the game of straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel.
Stewart Traill taught all of us the game of making all of us feel like we were all "bible authorities" based on self inflation rather than any honest education.
Stewart Traill taught all of us the game of having a forgive-less society, and passed it of as "God's best" when it wasn't even close to godliness.
Stewart Traill taught all of us the game of having a love-less society, and called it "God's best" when it bore no reflection of the nature of God.
Stewart Traill taught all of us the game of making others feel bad, to avoid facing how bad we felt ourselves.
Stewart Traill taught all of us the game of knocking everyone else down as a course of the only way to "stay on top!"
Stewart Traill taught all of us the game of being empty talkers who didn't even have the wisdom to realize that we had been had.
If you are controversial Cobu people are not comfortable being seen with you.
Cobu people are completely uncomfortable in their own skin.
Cobu people are masters at being control freaks.
If they cannot control it, they don't want it.
They love playing the lying game.
They love looking for trouble.
They enjoy pulling mischief on one another.
The hold secret counsels in how to make another stumble.
They think that the world revolves around them and their perverted religion.
Stewart Traill taught all of us the game that it's okay to fake it as long as you mean it.
When they are up, they want to tell everyone what to do, and when they are down they don't want to be bothered with anyone, they want to hide and wail on their beds.
They love the roller coaster life.
If they are way up they are arrogant and rude.
If they are way down, they are sulking and cannot get out of bed.
Cobu people are either so high they are going to go around the world and are going to have every success in the world, or they are going to hell and they are the worst peace of garbage that ever inherited the earth, with nothing in between.
In Cobu they are really feeling positive and yet are judgmental of everyone else, a game taught by Stewart Traill.
In Cobu they are really feeling positive and yet are condescending of everyone else, a game taught by Stewart Traill.
In Cobu they are on their backs and can't seem to even get out of bed, yet they want to tell everyone else in the world that they have "all the answers."
In Cobu they love telling everyone else what is right for them, but fail to see or do anything right for themselves.
In Cobu they can say that "they know what the will of the Lord is for you, but I don’t know what the will of the Lord is for myself."
In Cobu they play the game of saying things like: "Even though my life is a disaster I know what is best for you.
In Cobu they play the game of "Just put all your money in the Cobu bank and we all let Stewart Traill spend it."
Cobu people have a false sense of self entitlement, learned and taught by Stewart Traill.
In Cobu everyone plays the game of "someone must do for me what I really should do for myself."
Hide the oppression bunny, has to do with being oppressed but denying it, it's a game that they like to play in Cobu.
The game of expecting other xCobu members to be willing to extend themselves freely to you for labors you want them to do, when you have no intention of doing the same for them.
Stewart Traill taught that it was okay for everyone else to do his bidding, when he extended nothing for anyone else's personal need or personal benefit.
Stewart Traill made everyone feel miserable and then told us "to quit wailing" a very elitist attitude.
Stewart Traill was the master of being a snob and making others feel beholden to him!
Jesus loves everyone but me game.
"I know I am going to hell, but Jesus loves me!" One of the weirdest Cobu catechisms that Stewart taught the younger ones "to say proudly" if that's not a witness of evil, I don't know what is!
Stewart Traill sold the belief to Cobu: "This place has no hope, but it’s better than the world!"
Cobu people go to churches, but not to learn, because they already know it all.
Many go to churches in order to find fault with the pastor or with the congregation.
Many of them go because they feel that they have to.
Many Cobu people go to churches in order to debate with the pastor and get thrown out and feel that they are suffering for Jesus.
Some say, If you don't go street preaching, you are avoiding suffering for Jesus.
Stewart Tanner Trail really loves me and has my best interests at heart game or belief.
The game of going to a church and trying to teach young people, when in truth they are as unstable as water, and the pastor looks at them as though they have three heads.
Cobu people feel obligated to witness on the streets even though their pain is so unmistakable that other Christians felt a need to try to comfort them and pray for them.
Cobu people use witnessing as a "get out of jail free card" if I go witnessing than I'm good.
Cobu people also use witnessing as an excuse to ignore wisdom from those who do not live up to their “standards”. Just because someone does their religious duty, doesn't give you the right to be judgmental and condescending, a behavior learned in Cobu that some still do.
They also use witnessing to disqualify them from being offensive, in other words thinking, "Because I go witnessing, it's ok for me to be offensive, a behavior encouraged in Cobu.
The idea that if you pour yourselves into the lambs then your problems will all go away.
No matter how healthy someone's spirit is in cobu world: You are still a schlub if you don't go street witnessing, and are not able to please Jesus. Another false teaching.
Cobu people enjoy playing the false humility game, pretending that you're humble when you're really condescending.
Cobu is actually like this: Isa 29:13 And the Lord said: "Because this people draw near with their mouth and honor me with their lips, while their hearts are far from me, and their fear of me is a commandment of men learned by rote;
The praise God game: They say God God God when he is not on their hearts.They use the name of God to push you a way
The witnessing game of feeling as though it is your responsibility to nail every one that passes you buy and talk to them about Jesus.
Putting down every proud argument game.
They enjoyed fishing for souls for the slave driver Stewart Traill.
We are not worthy, but Stewart Traill is worthy game.
They enjoyed the name calling game.
They loved insulting one another.
The loved insulting you when you disagreed with them.
Making your behavior right with brother Stewart, when one disagreed with the creep.
The game of "I am really angry at Stewart Traill, but don't tell anyone about it."
When Stewart Traill was wrong and he knew he was wrong and if someone would dare challenge him, he would not speak to you anymore but handed the phone to one of his secretaries..
We loved telling each other empty promises such as we are going to go around the world.
We like to play the false game of coming off as though we are fair open and honest and reasonable, when in actuality they are far from being open and honest and reasonable.
If any one did something that was not approved by the group, they were branded a trip or contentious.
We loved humiliating each other.
Stewart Traill was a bad predictor.
Stewart Traill was not a good student.
Stewart Traill flaunted his arrogance.
Stewart was a lover of money and things.
Stewart choose riches and honor instead of Jesus.
Always feeling like, "I did the best I could, but it was not good enough."
The game of being told that "we are God's best" although not treated that way.
Stewart Traill said that "I was no good" and believed him.
We love "our garbage can" it is all I have.
We loved being abused by our pastor.
Always looking to be disagreeable than agreeable.
Not trusting the truth.
Never taking no for an answer.
Burning off the unsaved and not giving them an escape route..
They were good at playing word games of semantics.
If I can't tears something down it must not be from God game.
Stewart Traill professed to be wise, and actuality he is a fool.
They love playing the one-upmanship game.
They love playing the partiality game.
They love the game of bribery.
We love hiding behind the cobu logo that says that they have bible understanding.
After thirty years and cobu has not gone anywhere, but they still hang around waiting for Godot.
Their men seek harlots game.
Their maidens have no marriage song game.
The love the game of tragedy.
Many saw where this den of iniquity was headed, but still choose to stay game.
Cobu people love eating rotten fruit, and they think it is the kings best food.
The dangling carrot on the string game where you are about to grab it and it is taken from you, and you try over and over and you can never catch it because you are not supposed to catch it.
Stewart Traill loves playing the "blame game": It’s everybody's fault but mine, game.
The blame game of its the older ones fault.
The game of "Its God's fault for hiding grace from me."
You must not be bitter game.
The partiality game.
The game of pulling things out of your backside and calling it the blessing of God.
The game of cooking up hair brain schemes..
The game of refusing to take interest from the banks when that was money the church was entitled to collect. This was just simply a dumb thing to do. this jerk gave away thousands of dollars to banks. Even the bank heads did not understand this folly.
The game of finger pointing.
Stewart said that It would not be right biblically for the church to take interest from the banks that held its money in.
Stewart Traill sought after worthless pursuits.
The pastor who acted like a girl instead of a man when things did not go his way.
He acted like a spoiled brat countless times..
Disagreeing with Stewart Traill was disagreeing with God and Jesus.
Cobu people love saying things that they are not, such as we are open and honest and reasonable when they are everything but that..
If cobu people can't get you to bow the knee, they will slander and sully your name and lie about you..
Cobu people go.
Despite all of the evidence to the contrary, cobu [ie[le think that they are better than other people.
Cobu hype of come to the meeting it is going to be really good, but when you came it was another disappointing let down where the faker made you feel bad once more.
Cobu people are used to disappointment on top of disappointment, in fact they expect it.
By the time the average cobu person left cobu for good they had been discouraged from trying and failing so many times that they never trusted again.
Although the bible clearly states that God rewards those who seek him, many people form cobu don't feel that this is true.
I love pointing out the sin of others, but not admitting my own sin
Cobu people feel that there is no hope.
I am a Christian, but there is no hope.
Profound games cobu people play.
In Cobu everyone acts as though God has no power.
In Cobu everyone acts as though "There is no healing for me."
In Cobu everyone acts as though God is not real.
In Cobu everyone acts as though God does not exist, but lets us serve him anyway.
Many have gone and studied at healing ministries and seminars and yet still leave feeling the same suspicious doubt that they had before going
People who 'Deprogram those who have been in cults' have concluded that those who were in Cobu were the hardest to get through to or to bring about any change to.
The game of false religion.
False religion has to do with Godlessness.
Holding the form of religion but denying the power of it.
The game of tearing down one another and not giving one another the way of escape.
You must not talk about Stewart Tanner Traill.
You must not talk about cobu in a negative manner.
Cobu meetings without Stewart Traill in attendance, is nothing more than a pass the brick
session. Then keep reminding each other of what burdens they have to carry
The how many bricks can you throw game?
The game of how many bricks can you carry?
When you drop your bricks, they don't help you carry them.
Cobu people mock you when you drop your bricks and ask you why you don't pick them up.
The fuel that fuels cobu people is the ability to look down on others, and to count themselves better than others.
Cobu is the opposite of the gospel, when one is down you are taught to lift another up, to give that person some of your strength and help them get back on their feet. Not so with the church of cold hard hearts.
When you fell down in cobu everyone gathered around and kicked you further.
"You are either working of wailing" said Stewart Tanner Traill.
Cobu's favorite jeans are no excuses.
Stewart Traill took cobu to Haiti. The same spirit that plagued us in the us was now taken on the road.
On the surface, Haiti seemed like a noble thing, but it was about making more money for Stewart Traill.
Cobu and Stewart Traill played the I am going to kick that football, but when they tried, Stewart would always pick up the football before they could kick it.
Cobu was based on success by who had the most lambs and how many you led to Jesus and how many you brought to the meeting.
Who gets to be close to Stewart this week?
The game of we have signed foolish contracts.
The game of we must not love you for this is what our mentor taught us.
The game of looking for a blessing from Stewart Traill where he never had one in his heart.
The game of looking for a blessing from Stewart Traill where he never had one in his hand.
The game of false doctrine.
The game of playing with false balances.
The game of using false weights.
The dice were loaded against us.
The game of I have a question that I want everyone to take shots at but I am not going to give you the answer.
The game of dirty tricks.
Stewart Traill spends money you've earned yet he does not know your name.
The game of low blows.
We saw through rose colored glasses.
The game of Stewart Traill is the only one saved.
We don't know what it means to be born again game.
His speech was as smooth as butter.
His deceit was as hidden knives.
He loved to see the brothers sweat.
He loved seeing everyone hang on his every word.
The game of I enjoy throwing mud on the sheep.
The older ones play to many games.
The older ones are holding the lambs hostage.
Why do the older ones play games with Jesus.
The game of Stewart Traill's man made divisions.
The game of the sheep must bless me, but I am not going to bless them.
We do not welcome one another as the bible commands all christians to do.
The pastor who is an arrogant jerk who loved to oppress.
The game of we reward you for lying and chastise you for being honest.
The game of pulling things out of your backside.
The game of my pastor is a dirty old man.
The game if I am a failure but let me warn the world.
The game where Traill holds all of the trump cards.
The odds were always stacked against you where you were never going to win.
The game where Stewart Traill failed at raising his own children, and now he is going to show the other sheep how to become right fathers and mothers.
The game of I cannot win for loosing.
The game where my pastor makes vague charges to us and never tells us how we were wrong or what wrongs he was referring to.
The game of where the brothers are not good enough to get married.
The game of where the sisters are not devoted to Jesus enough to get married.
The game of let’s not speak the truth in love to each other.
The game of lets point the finger.
My pastor loves to hide behind many false fronts.
The game of lets twist what you are saying so we don't have to listen.
The game of lets go round and round about minutia.
Cobu people expect you to trust them, but they come up short time and time again.
The game of let me throw you a rope, but when you reached for the rope, it was quickly pulled away.
The game of there is no hope for my thirsty soul.
The game of are we speaking loud enough.
"We will not serve". they say with a loud voice.
It is aok to be mean and point out private or personal weaknesses if it is in the name of speaking the truth.
No matter what you tell a Cobu person that would be edifying they will say they are already doing it.
It is ok to mock others game.
It is fun to laugh at other’s misfortune game.
They hate when Cobu tactics are done to them but heartily do it to others game.
Whenever you can finally get them to look in the mirror they quickly go away and forget what they look like.
The one upmanship game.
The let’s climb up over each other’s carcasses to get to sit next to ST in a meeting game.
The I am faithful if I am near ST and unfaithful if I am sent back to the normal fellowship house and am not near ST.
Twisting what someone says game.
Twisting what someone says and then forcibly talking over them game.
Not admitting when someone else is right game even when they are.
No apologizing for wrongdoing game.
The I will not seek the Lord from my heart game.
The I will lie to cover the fact that I don’t seek the Lord from my heart game.
I sat under an evil pastor but I am ok game.
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks game.
The no one sees me no one knows me game.
The hide I was in Cobu from the people I meet game because I am embarrassed I was in a cult.
I renounce Stewart but not any of his ways game.
I renounced Cobu but not all that I learned there game.
It is ok to find fault with anything that is not in our comfort zone that we learned in Cobu.
If we couldn’t find a fault to avoid things in our comfort zones we made them up and acted if they were real game.
The "Getting over Cobu" was easy game.
The "I wasn’t that affected by Cobu" game.
We shouldn’t talk about it because it was 25 years ago game.
The "Time heals all wounds" game.
Privately I know that Cobu kicked my tail but publicly I join in with those who act as if it didn’t kick their tail game.
The "You’re a gameplayer" judgement game.
The "You're being a weird brother" game.
The "You're being weird or a gameplayer game to anyone who said anything out of the norm game.
Instead of dealing with what someone is saying find fault or be nasty and talk over them game.
The "Stewart was a bad leader but a good teacher" game.
Cobu was really really good in the beginning just watch out for those occasional beatings game.
"The ends justifies the means" game.
The "You aren’t strong enough to get married" game.
The it’s ok to standby while Stewart ravages the flock game.
Saying "You should forgive Stewart" as a means to tell someone to shut up game.
The "You are working or wailing" game.
It is wrong to say anything bad about ST game.
Someone could backslide and do all sorts of evil but if they return and sit near ST they are ok game.
It is ok to promise to repay a loan and then not do it game.
The I’m putting my faith in Jesus card game.
The we have true interpretation even though our eye is diseased game.
The bitter is sweet and the sweet bitter game.
The it is okay to distrust and find fault game.
The "I don’t care about the ones who are left or damaged by Cobu but I wonder who is going to get the money" game.
The great show of religiosity game.
The even more empty continuous God God God chatter game.
The I am going around the world when I can’t get around the block game.
The nothing to see here when ST did evil game.
The it’s crucifying the flesh to live in horrible conditions while our leader doesn’t game.
The our leader is above crucifying the flesh game.
The it would be backsliding for ST to witness game.
The showing love is weakness game.
The if you show love you get mocked game.
The why don’t you ask your brothers and sisters what you are doing game
The ST use human weaknesses and act like a big man game.
The whole dynamic of open air correction...think about that
It was always warfare.
Feeling that you had to witness to everyone you came across, to co workers, and that you were told that their soul was in your hand.
With that pressure and lack of sleep. I wonder how I survived back then.
The wrong basis was that public humiliation was good for you."