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In Reply to: Ah, say it isn't so , please, say it isn't so! posted by Rocky on February 24, 2006 at 08:35:07:
Well, this has the potential to take a bit of time, which for me is usually a premium commodity. Meaning I don’t have much.Maybe one of the reasons “I don’t care”.
There are a lot of causes I could jump on the bandwagon of, say, Save the Whales, Justice for the Palestinians, Stop US Aggression, Gay Rights, you name it - there are causes like sand on the beach. I believe the “Abolish the Children of God” cause is one of the lesser ones, just to put it all into context for a moment. There are bigger causes to attend to in my book.
Rocky, I’m one of those dreaded FGA’s. Yep, I’ve read it all, I’ve seen it all. Devil hates Sex and whatnot. What do I say about these issues? ALL the issues? Rocky, I can only speak for myself and not for others. I raised six wonderful children, none of which ever experienced any abuse and I’m very close to each and every one of them. On the other hand I experienced abuse as a child. Twice I was abused by woman much older than myself and thrice I was abused homosexually. Do I want to see them in jail? No, not really. I recently met one of the woman. She is now 71 and has probably all but forgotten about the incidents. I also recently met one of the men who sodomized me. He’s married, 65 years old, has two kids and two grandkids and seemed like he had his life pretty much straightened out. I definitely don’t want to see him in jail. I’ve forgiven all of them many, many years ago. Their lives have changed and what they did to me really didn’t change my life too much. I can only advise you and others with a similar disposition here to practice a little bit of forgiveness here and there. It truly does miracles.
For the record, I left the Family because I just couldn’t associate myself with the utopian ideals, fucking Jesus and with their general narrow-mindedness anymore, the endless prophesies that led nowhere, etc. But to this day I remain a sold out lover of Jesus (not sexually) and to this day I’m utterly convinced that his teachings of love and forgiveness, his death on the cross, are the answers and the cure to the world’s problems. If you don’t like those answers, well, suit yourself, but I beg you to reconsider.
If you're set on your path to bring the Family to justice and destroy it, good luck. I sincerely hope you will not destroy yourself or your health in the process. If you still have questions, which you seemed to indicate, I’m sure life will provide you with the answers, in God’s good time. I have a feeling you are an SGA and you have life pretty much still in front of you. Something you believe in today, may not seem so important anymore tomorrow or vice versa. That's how it happened to me. Many of the youthful causes of the past I’ve pretty much chucked as fallacies or not worth pursuing anymore. Let’s talk in 10 years, OK?
I hope I'm not coming across patronizing/matronizing or arrogant, but I've just been around the block a couple of times more than you have, I believe. There's something to be said for experience.
I'm not against you trying to pursue bringing the Family to justice, whatever that means, I just think, like I said before - it's a dead end street. They pretty much straightened out their act on most of these issues years and years ago. There are no more "abusers". Read why Justice Ward LEFT the child in the Family, after he strung up their sins in very graphic detail. He was convinced that they had truly changed in those respects! That was 12 years ago!
Again, perhaps history will prove me wrong, I think it's fighting giants that are truly only windmills. For me there are more important causes than jumping on the "Abolish the Family" bandwagon.
Rocky, I just leave it with this, if you allow me. After this I will be again the quiet visitor to this site that I have been for years, rarely commenting. (Unless someone else comes up with a story like the one I commented on) I wish you all the best and hope and pray that your life will be a happy and fruitful one - full of joy and fulfilment! OWK
