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In Reply to: TG! He only teaches Sociology--the postmodern version of Alchemy... posted by Curiously Entwined Stein on December 17, 2006 at 20:37:36:
Zack, in his propagandizing, or should I say his life of "self-illustration" of how to be the perfectly successful cultic-transitionary-model, lacks an important and obvious awareness that we see popping up all over in these ex-members who are making names and publicity for themselves as they deny their cultic past.
The truth shall set you free…said Jesus.
Zack lacks the insight that, for many young people (not all) from the Family Cult, their only act of freedom is ultimately, and finally, so very sadly, the act of self-slaughter. This is the result of an environment of despair, or, of utter disregard to important realistic needs in the young people’s education, and cultural make-up.
When every avenue of hope has been paved and painted NEON with the Cult Leader's Quotes, it becomes a circular drive for cult members, and not even cyclic, like the seasons—because there is no progress, only hope for things after death, and maybe, a lot of sex along the way.
And then, for the young people to find, after leaving the Cult-Nascar-Circuit, where they have been going only one direction for thousands of laps, that time has exhausted so much of their energy and opportunity, they often find that they are moved to despair due to lack of education, normal societal support structures, lack of encouragement, friends, insight, experience with reality, or paradoxically, they may have had too much experience with cultic-hyper-reality that does not sustain them on a daily level after leaving the high enthusiasm-addicted environment.
And then, on top of the hard reality these young people face, they must read about and feel the cold-blooded wind of blowhard ex-members like Zack the Lack, and others, who simply dismiss cultic-reality as an unnecessary nuisance to ignore, and aid and abet first degree slaughter by remaining silent about the Family’s atrocities.
If Martha Stewart had to serve time in prison, is it too much to ask for the Cult leaders to be brought into account? If Zack is innocent of crime, I wish him all the best. I’m sure he has a big job supplying for his ten children. But if he is a cover, a Family PR project to whitewash the damage, he is only doing damage to many more people, and to his own integrity as a supposed Scholar.
