In Reply to: harsh treatment posted by mattkeeper on October 25, 2003 at 10:21:07:
could we have kind of a "poll", of when & how much
(not whether!!!!!)...(increasingly????) the family
became cruel & harsh...I have my own ideas & what things could have triggered...prayer for love & mercy was alright & good but unfortunately not something people were adhering to...to me they became too exclusive, better than thou @ 89, when I
could hardly stand their arrogance of making
distinctions of inner & outer circle...but again
that`s a personal point of view...surely I heard of harsh treatment before...leadership yelling at a couple, to get someone straightened out (@ 86
when you were supposed to get mad at the enemy,
hindering people etc)...What I meant, I also met loving & caring people, lots to begin with, otherwise I wouldn`t have joined & stayed at the beginning...I think there was also lots of poor leadership, drained, fighting to make a living...
but lots of us had the ego to be the mighty men to overcome about any obstacle...I saw that failing, when people became sick, meningitis e.g. & became deaf as a result....what a victory???...we had a girl joining us in New Delhi, who was an epileptic, we expected some miracle of healing, she threw away her pills (kind of a condition for joining) & then later we told her to leave, because she got a fit again...she was quite disheartened & angry about us, last I heard...
Either you get the vic or out you go...typically of the family...IŽd say now...oh..thank you, out
I run....(of course family can argue, that not
everyone Jesus healed, was invited to be a close
follower, but He healed & helped first of all & knew who could be what, instead the family was
just out too much on this disciple-winning trip...
not every believer has to be a follower...they knew that, but didn`t practice it...& now I figure, they`re not following Jesus for a long time, but another god....)