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Good points - do we need to go after the jugular or not?

Posted by In the Know on February 16, 2004 at 16:07:42

In Reply to: Re: Sara D (nanny from hell) posted by an exer on February 16, 2004 at 10:34:57:

her victims are the ones who should decide what they want to do. Sure, we were victims in some way in that we were fed this crap as being straight from God and we were supposed to follow, or else. It put us in a bad place and is one of those things that helped to seal some people's fate in losing their relationship with God. We thought, "If I follow this, it's against my conscience, yet if I don't, God will condemn me, why does God put me in this predicament?" So we subconsciously think God is the one that harmed us. It was like being spiritually raped. So what do we do now that we can see how we were duped and now that we can voice our feelings? Do we go after this person who was duped along with us? Can we make a judgment call that this person was not really duped, but a perpetrator? I don't know how to do that.

Sara has indicated to someone that she is truly sorry for hurting others and would like to make amends to those she has hurt. It would be nice if people could actually write her and express their hurt feelings and see how she responds without immediately going after the jugular - what do you think?