Posted by In-house Editor on November 16, 2003 at 18:36:35
In Reply to: Re: Yes Berg allowed it "according to your faith" posted by Blondie on November 16, 2003 at 12:33:08:
I may not have all the latest information, but I think the closest he got to changing his mind about homosexuality, or one of the first big steps he made towards changing it, was in 1984, when he brought Keda to his house. Up until then, he had endorsed lesbian relationships much more so than male-with-male relationships, writing letters like "Women In Love" (I have the entire letter in a scanned format, not text, sorry)
In 1984, when Berg moved his entourage to Asia, he claimed that Keda Sky posed a challenge to his leadership and was competing with him.
“This is a major serious crisis, she’s been the top leader! She’s been dominant in the East for 10 or more years, just like the Devil was trying to hold full sway. ('Keda’s Problem' ML 1747, para.28)”
Subsequently he called Keda to his household and proceeded to break her down. In that same Mo letter 1747, Berg pinpointed “Keda’s Problem” as lesbianism.
No longer the object of his praise, Berg called Lori/Keda "Satan himself attacking us through her." He felt that Keda wanted to be a man and rule over other men. He then threatened her with physical violence if she did not comply with his wishes that she stop being a lesbian, while his common law wife Maria (a.k.a. Karen Zerby, the current leader of The Family) encouraged him to carry out his threats on several occasions:
"Berg: I’m probably going to have to beat her up! (Maria: Well, maybe that’s what she needs.)"
Berg then backtracked and claimed that he had never endorsed homosexual (including lesbian) relationships in any form, and claimed he had said all along that they were a perversion according to him and the word of God. He said that people read into what he said and twisted it to mean what they wanted to believe.