Intelligent quote of the day
The responsibility of a parent is first to the child. Not to anything else. Not to church, not to religion, not to money - to the *child*.Anyone who is completely mentally healthy would walk into the church, see immediately that something is not right, and leave. Once they get to the point where they accept ministerial *counseling* (the sermon should be an immediate tipoff that there's a problem), they have already bought into it a little bit.But even if they don't - the minute that they see that what they are doing will harm the child - that should be it. No amount of religious influence, no amount of ministerial influence, no amount of *anything* should supersede the fact that the child will be harmed if a certain course of action is followed. I don't care if someone is yelling in your face saying you will go to hell, a parent should say "them I am going to hell but MY CHILD WILL NOT BE HARMED."In the case that a parent isn't healthy enough to tell the difference, then they have no business having custody of a child in the first place."But I was hoodwinked" is no excuse - *no excuse*. If you have a child it is your responsibility *not* to be hoodwinked. And if you are, it is *your responsibility*, as you are ultimately responsible for that child. Not the church, not the minister, no one but you.
---Russell Miller, participant on J's Shadows of WCG message board and a bloggist in his own right, discussing the issue of the power of the cult vs. the power of the parents.
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And all of us should remember that abuse consists of both assault and neglect.
The object of cults is to have people focus on the cult and its leader and neglect everything and everyone else in an all consuming life engulfing package.
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Douglas Becker |
Thursday, July 05, 2007