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Re: "Familyse" (the language of the Family)

Posted by marina on April 30, 2002 at 12:59:39:

In Reply to: Re: I see - thanks posted by Joseph on April 30, 2002 at 12:16:13:

Thanks for the clarification. To think that we are so careful about all these details when these folks have never cared at all.
And to be clear, we all KNOW from experience that nobody can be in any leadership position without 'believing' and not endorsing Queen Zerby's wacko's edicts and demands.

It is called "Familyse"- the very particular language in which the Family pubs are written, and the newspeak jargon these people have been trained in for years. Once you have been in for many many years you know that language. It is very religio-burocratic and it has layers and layers of a history of reprimand, pillory and condemnation "if thou shalt not," and promises of doom and damnation "if thou shalt."

You can use your imagination as to what activities fit each category. The LJR is one of Zerby's pet peeves.