In Reply to: How can you allow yourself to be still owned by Berg!!! WAKE UP DUDE! posted by Mekka on November 30, 2002 at 23:44:59:
Because of living, breathing, believing Berg publications and lies for so long, I also have the same problem. I have a very hard time going to church. Of course, I did have a hard time before because I was somewhat wild and really didn't fit in and I did see all the hypocricy which I loathed. I do go to my mom's church now, sometimes, but not very often. The people are nice and all, but the dogmas get to me. Especially when they start that thing about women not talking in church or that they have to be under/submissive to their husband. I think they have it all wrong and it bothers me. That's what Berg used and it's not too far from what a lot of churches use except that he took it to the limit and used it for his own lusts. And yes, there are a lot of dishonest and low life people who use religion as a cloak to hide their evil deeds. I see it all the time.
I think it can be very hard to find a church that you can relate to and that you are comfortable in. I have an old friend who has finally latched on to a church run by mostly gay people. Some "fundamentalist" christians would find that horrifying. I don't. But I do agree with Donny that Berg harped so much on how horrible the churches were, that they were spiritual retards and backsliders that can do nothing else but sit in a pew that it left life-long lasting effects. In the beginning, David Z even wrote that song - "Oh Lord, have mercy on me, I hate that damn old sound, of the church bells ringin and the people comin from miles around...." We loved that song, we thought we were so much better than the church people. What a frickin pride trip. I guess I agree with you there, that was our stupid fault for buying into it. It fed our egos.