In Reply to: Why is it? posted by Porceleindoll on February 10, 2005 at 01:15:54:
Glad you said generally, because when I left and gradually woke up to things, I realized that I'm not a Christian anymore, parts of the Bible are really good, but "believe in the Bible" doesn't mean anything to me anymore and personally I believe I'm the better off for it.
I read a lot of different takes on spirituality, without letting myself get too specific as to what that (spirituality) means to me personally, and that's the way I want it. There’s good reading material which I find digestible because it doesn’t make the claim that "This is 'The way, the truth and the life'.” What I like the most are the kind of books that are meditative personal development tools. (For example: John O’Donohue books “Anam Cara – Spiritual Wisdom from the Celtic World” and “Eternal Echoes – Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong”. Eventhough O'Donohue himself seems to believe in the divinity of Jesus he doesn't make a religion out of it. I haven't read all of it yet, my wife discovered him first. The Irish part of me is definitely one reason why I'm attracted to these books.)
What's most important to me now is: me improving me as a person, this gave me self esteem, I can feel good about myself, and all in all I now enjoy a measure of peace and contentment. Religion didn't give that to me.
To offer some ideas about your question concerning FGs in general retaining their faith, whereas in general SGs haven't: maybe it's because we FGs had a choice and drank the poison of Bergist faith in God willingly, and we then forced it on you our children who had no choice.
Subsequently, when FGs reject the indoctrination they had as Family members many are able to retain or regain the faith of their childhood. SGs don't have an alternative childhood faith or belief to choose from. SGs grew up with Mo Lion, Grandpa, Berg programming from the beginning. Things were and are very different for the SGs.