why is it?

Posted By: porceleindoll <porceleindoll@hotmail.com>
Date: Sunday, 17 February 2002, at 1:31 a.m.

I read this debate further down over Berg's picture, and I have my own opinions to it. Of course personally, I have removed from my house all his writings and things connected to the group, and that picture turns my stomach as well.

I have a question or something to say:

Has anyone noticed that a great majority of the second generation who have left the group, myself included, have become very anti-religious, even anti-Christian and many are borderline athiest or even athiest? Some are professed witches now, others are dabbling in the darker side of witchcraft, others have turned to the more peaceful religions of the East, others have completely shelved the whole topic and refuse to confront it.

I would say that 90% of the younger generation that I am in personal contact with have completely turned away from religion, Christianity and the version of God they were brought up to believe in. Some don't believe that Jesus is the son of God, some don't even believe in Jesus, some just don't care.

This is the direct fruit of the man who started the "revolution for Jesus". This is what he produced, a generation of young people who hate religion and don't want anything to do with it. Is this right? No matter if the message got messed up when it went down the pipeline from him to the leaders, he was responsible, the buck stops at him. He allowed, promoted, taught, pushed, whatever, the doctrines and policies that went on in the group. Because of him there are many young people who have had to struggle on their own to make a living, to make ends meet.

I know young people today who work in strip bars, host and hostess bars, who are in prison for working with the mafia, who are being hunted by the police for murder, not to mention those who have turned to drugs or drinking.

I am not saying these things to put those young people down, I am saying this to you who are not in the group and yet defend the man who is responsible for these young people's lives.

If there had been a place for them to grow up with an education and without doctrines being forced on them, I truly believe that a majority of them would still be Christian, or at least more at peace with their parents, society.

It has been a long and hard struggle for all of my siblings to even get their feet on the ground, and not just them, but many others. Some have done very well, some are still finding their way, some haven't, some have committed suicide. My own cousin died just recently at 15 from a drug overdose, he is a product of the group as well.

Berg is responsible. If he was truly the prophet of God that he claimed to be, if he had such a link with God, couldn't he have gotten some of the major things right? Couldn't he have gotten off drinking, gotten his act together and planned the group a little better so the structure would have born better fruit? Why did he get "messages" that didn't get fulfilled? Why did he get doctrines that were changed 10 years later to fit the situation or to explain away a prophecy that didn't get fulfilled?

His picture is offensive to me as well, but of course I have the choice not to view it on the other board, so I don't (except when I get mad at that DF guy).

But I cannot overlook the fact that Berg messed up a lot of people's lives, young people's. Of course, those young people are now old enough to take responsibility for themselves and the choices they make, but it's a hard hard fight to get over what you were brought up your whole life and find something to trust again, and many just simply don't trust anyone ever again.