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In Reply to: moral dilemma posted by MV on December 08, 2002 at 19:58:32:
weighing the impact on your children is to me the highest priority as well. i understand at least one person who went boldly public lived to have regrets on this account.
i think we all have learned a thing or two about sacrificing your kids for the cause. does any child of an exmem need "yo mama was a ..." at school? i know some kids who had to live w/ that...totally unfair & destructive.
altho some have accused me of being a fifth columnist for questioning what ultimately is accomplished , or hoped for,thru various actions, i'm still trying to figure out how the proposed actions end up putting an end to damage the family is doing, or brings healing to the victims of past abuse, or even brings m&p to justice. i guess i missed the part where that was explained.as i've said before, m&p seem to invite the "persecution" for their own perverse reasons.
perhaps it will cause some fammems to reconsider their commitment. i know realizing that, despite a willingness to die for Jesus, i was NOT willing to lose my kids for the dito doctrine was a factor in deciding to cut ties. even then, i'd sure like to consider ways to get the message out to famems to think over and and weigh out before setting fire to their village. daniel's post was quite impassioned and eloquent, tho i'm pretty sure it mainly speaks to the already converted...even if the average famem ever got to see it.
i recently got a phonecall from a fam friend from the past w/ whom we'd pioneered etc over many years. i really respect this brother's perseverence in the field...almost 30 years in india and mideast. (he's not in it for the "cushy lifestyle" that is for sure.) we were both sort of exchanging guarded pleasantries, cards close to our chest, discussing meeting for lunch etc. until he let slip one of those condescending little triggers that most famems don't even realize are offensive. "kenaz the kalm" went right out the window and i was at this guys jugular! 2 hours of intense "reasoning together" (ahem..) ensued. i hope a few points will stick w/ him, but i'm sure he reported immediately for cleansing prayer, and i had to spend a little time in prayer myself. "better is the patient in spirit than the proud in spirit." i'll learn one of these lifetimes.
all that to say maybe a web presence of material designed to slowly open the eyes of the blind and give them a chance to ease into some concepts rather than reading a discussion of which warcrimes they should be indicted for might be helpful?
