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Would Family members kill if Berg told them to?

Posted by Bystander on November 23, 2002 at 23:53:09

Someone asked the question below & it's really not just a hypothetical question. I recently read Ed Priebe's articles on the Manila Military Minstry & looked up these quotes.

"It was around this time that Marianne, the leader of the Military Ministry Home, was sent into the office of the Minister of Defense, Juan Ponce Enrile. Marianne brought a blunt message from Mo. That message was one word: “Shoot!”"

Maybe Enrile didn't obey Mo but it sure looked like Marianne was trying to help pull the trigger there.And the other quote by Ed from the same article:

"WS workers like myself bear more responsibility than the girls in Marianne’s Home. After all, we were the ones who wrote those articles with the specific intent in mind of stirring up the emotions of military and even the public, and urging them to strong action. We could be rightfully accused of “inciting a riot” or being “involved in subversive activities.” After I left the Family, I went through a period of trauma where I felt that I literally had blood on my hands for the Filipinos who had died in the coup attempts. What we did was utterly inexcusable. Looking back at it now, I can see how crazy it was to let our faith in Mo’s Endtime doctrines get us involved in such dangerous and illegal military action."

So it isn't just a hypothetical question. And in the same article there are quotes where Berg prayed for General Ramas to be killed by coup plotters.