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In Reply to: Re: what I found here in the beginning posted by a poster on January 09, 2005 at 15:53:49:
I found support and encouragement here in the beginning. It seemed to be the main focus of this board. I would like to see people across the boards offering more in the way of support and encouragement regardless of belief of lack of it. After all, part of leaving a cult behind is to discover for yourself your own values and beliefs. That is part of an individual's growth. I hate thinking about, reading about what happened to SG and I hate what happened to many of us FG exers. And I hate what continues to occur within the group via it's control. Call me nostalgic. Not that I want all of the mindset I was in back then. I have grown a lot. But I would like to see exers working together to support each other in spite of differences rather than divided all against each other because someone believes in God now, while someone else (me for instance) does not.
I also wish I was in more of a position to offer more towards healing in general and resources to those who are hurting and have no place or don't know where to go. But because I want to from having been there and not because I feel I owe it to anyone. I have amended that part of my life. Maybe addressing each other here in respect as exers going about healing and rebuilding and succeeding in our lives, even if that success is surviving another day we can make a difference. Maybe not an earthshaking one but kindness goes a long way. I apologize for my gruffness in some posts. I just hope that some of the anger coming out can be worked out. And I also hope others come out with their recognizable names in the process.
