In Reply to: Re: The difference posted by question on July 18, 2003 at 16:37:30:
The Family doesn't foster a kinship between families, you are always taught that leadership and God come first, along with the overall group, and your personal family and parents, siblings are at the bottom of the totem pole.
I know a story of a woman who lived in Berg's house and was part of his elite FFing group in the PI I believe. Her mother was widowed and elderly as they had the daughter when they were older, and now the mother was very ill and dying, but Berg played the whole guilt trip on this Family woman to convince her to not go home and take care of her mom and be with her in the last days and nurse her. Her mother ended up dying alone and when talking with the Family woman she was very sad and it seemed to me she had a bit of bitterness toward Berg and the group about it, though she herself was a 110% sold-out disciple.
My own personal family was torn apart and leadership tried very hard to replace our loyalties and become our 'parent' for us. It has left serious damage in our family relationships with our parents, and is one thing I will always hold the group responsible for.
So, all that to say, that if the very top leadership were to present it properly to the rest of the peons, then yes, the kids would abandon their parents in the name of following the leaders, and the smarter ones would realise that what is going on is wrong and probably protest and either leave the group, or remain in with their rebellion squashed.