In Reply to: That was my point too, I think posted by Passing By on July 15, 2004 at 08:55:49:
I really agree with you too...I think as a result I have become very sceptical of people's intentions.
(In life I got cheated heavily at least 4 times of my hard earned money...1 time before TF..3 times in TF...the last time in Manila was quite a sobering, shocking event...in all, because I wanted to trust people)
"I'd say that we yielded our individualistic side at some point and adopted the group thought. I am leery of "establishing something by the mouth of many witnesses" because it can lead to the same situation of group think. My approach is to remain skeptical to the nth degreee and go against the current in many cases. I will either remain as an outsider or I will take a stand but I have to feel that I have enough information on the matter. If new information comes around I try to see how it fits with everything else I know about it."
What I meant though too was, that I like to hear, what others think about a verse or chapter in the Bible..."I don't leave my brain at the wardrobe", entering a discussionboard or circle, just accepting what the majority has to say...I have more liberty than in the group, to reject something I cannot bring in harmony with other facts I know...
however, that came to my mind, where is the line, that with wanting "too much" evidence, like doubting Thomas, you become a bit of a nuisance to the Lord (probably the wrong word, as He yielded to Thomas' request, with a mild admonition)...?
My personal preference is, that I have to have peace about a "deal", whether - like right now, buying a TV for my mother - it's something rather mundane or more spiritual.
Do you feel like sharing, how your kids view your decision, in rather protecting them from the TF-
"childcare"...??
I must say, that as a single, I didn't pay too much attention to the Davidito series, however I was already "prepared" by Berg & him downplaying it, how his Mexican nanny treated him etc...
I think it was a pluralistic hangup of the city I grew up in..."as long as it doesn't harm anyone", "if people like it, why not"...even if I wouldn't want to try it myself, I didn't want to be an ogre, forbidding or talking against something people upheld as a good thing to do...
But that way of thinking you can't apply here at all, since kids are involved...which, very sad to say, I had't considered at that time at all.
I must say, my consciousness at several times in TF got "silenced" & with time quite numb...truth resisted etc. ...you know...