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In Reply to: Re: Blisters on my feet :-p posted by Joseph on July 28, 2002 at 10:01:14:
I think it is wonderful that people have the option to remain anonymous, keep their private lives private if they so choose. Unlike the family, there are no rules about how one is to run their own private life.
I came to this board, and favor it for myself, not because of any clique I have joined, but because I want to find friends for support, and after the family experience, I myself, am not Christian, though most of the people I may speak with in private, off of the boards, ARE. That is just how it stands today. At the same time, I am free to make friends with whomever I choose, and they are free to be my friend, or not. Other than freindship, I can also learn something from someone I may not usually agree with. But the filter I use is mine. I think I find what I go looking for. What is not helpful to me, I delete. I am sure you can do the same. It doesn't have to be hostile. I needed to be hostile when I came to the boards at first, because at that time, there was a lot of posting that was specifically pro-Berg in the face of others writing about things they survived under the influence of the Family. And I let it out. I may need to do that again in the future. But this board has felt safe to me, in general. I don't know you, Joseph. I have posted to your wife on Crossfire. It wasn't hostile. I have no personal reasons to be hostile. I don't know you. I have my opinions about having friends in the family, and that is that this would be dangerous to me unless I was helping them to get OUT. The reason for that being that Family Thought, is to be friends only with those one can use financially or who are potential disciples. This, IMO, does not make them evil of themselves, but does place them under a very sick influence. I am sure there are those who have helped Family members to exit by being friendly when they are beginning to break away or reach OUT. But who you choose to befriend and how you choose to view the issue is your personal choice and right. Who could or would take that away from you?
