Posted by miles irving on May 08, 2003 at 02:40:48
Hi I met some family people in Canterbury, Kent, England yesteday. Can anyone give any insight into what they were up to, if I describe what happened? A very pretty girl was giving out leaflets. I immediately thought "children of God" At the bottom of the leaflet was a web address for "the family" so I said are you children of God? She denied that she was, said she wasn't part of a church, just a missionary. After chatting for a bit, by which time I was duped into thinking she was an orthodox christian, she said do you want to walk a bit and a few yards up the road was another family member, a guy with a young child. Would he have been watching us do you think? Anyway I had coffe with them and we exchanged e-mails. having looked at the family website I now realise who they are....
What I am wanting to do is keep in touch with them and maybe help some of these people get their faith on a better foundation. They seemed very decent people. They have just moved to a town near me and set up a community there. There is loads of stuff on the net about the dodgy past of the COG. What I want to know is what their practises and beliefs are now? what is their strategy? What would you expect their strategy to be after our meeting yesterday?
would appreciate any advice.
Miles