Next time the Family accuses Ricky.....

...saying he only had violent thoughts AFTER leaving the Family, show them these quotes from 'Mama's Explanation & Prayer Request Regarding Techi's Battles!' (Maria #123 DO 2630 6/90). Maria confesses,

40. When Peter [Steve Kelly] was at the Heavenly City School & asked for a show of hands of how many there had had suicide thoughts at one time or other, two-thirds of the people raised their hands!

Family members also report a high level of murderous, violent thoughts:

41. Even at one of our Units recently, some of the people confessed that even though they were as yielded as they knew how to be, & even though they felt they were definitely within the Lord's Will, they'd had some terrible bad pictures & thoughts come to them. One of the girls said that every time she was caring for the baby, whenever she walked along the upsairs hallway, she had pictures of throwing the baby over the bannister. There were absolutely no signs of any spiritual problems at the time. In other words, she was in the Lord's Will & she was doing what she should do, & there was no reasons for these bad pictures....

51. Of course, the Enemy's trying, if it were possible, to get us do do those things that he puts into our mind & into our thoughts. But ... most of them would never come to the point of actually carrying out the evil or destructive thoughts the Devil attacks them with.

53. The next major thing that the Devil would like to do if he can't get you to kill or injure yourself or someone else, is to drive you insane. But again, we don't have too many cases of this in the Family...