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Avoid redefining betray as mere "disagreement"

Posted by Coordinator on February 06, 2004 at 10:10:21

In Reply to: Re: Joseph, addressing your statments posted by Joseph on February 06, 2004 at 05:37:08:

Joseph, I'm not trying to upset you. I felt the need to post things as clearly as I could because you do sometimes have a tendency to focus on side issues, & this was such an important point of discussion that I didn't want to see it lost.

In all your answer to me above, I notice that you turned the conversation away from the main point being discussed, Anneke's betrayal, & imply that I am all but mounting a personal attack on you, saying you are stupid. No, you are not stupid, you are highly intelligent. And no, I was not implying or insinuating anything about your character or that you were covering up for FCF. You were not the issue here. I was discussing Anneke betraying fellow ex-members by urging Grant Montgomery, a leading Family official, to sue this board for stating that there was a link between FCF & the Family.

I do disagree strongly with your following statement:

"I am still of the opinion that if you either call it inviting a lawsuit, or taking a stand. When you do that, you have to live with the consequences, which might include some folks being in disagreement with your stand."

You also said:

"But, if you are going to act in a bold question, you probably need to learn how to stop going all to pieces when someone doesn't see it your way."

Why do you attempt to redefine what happened? Anneke and Ron tell a Family leader to sue an exmember board & state that they will testify for FCF in court & you redefine this betrayal as "us going to pieces when someeone doesn't see it our way." Anneke's betrayal becomes "some folks being in disagreement with our stand."

Hello?