In Reply to: Re: How important is the Bible to the Family? posted by Oldtimer on March 11, 2005 at 14:58:26:
But remember, how it was convenient for Berg to play the jewish ancestor-line (if true at all???),when suiting him...it takes a Jew to recognise & know a Jew...blah blah...(it's also somewhat proverbial, that they have some of their
worst enemies among themselves, ever heard that too?!)
I guess it took me so long to take off the Berg glasses, because in some way I wanted them to be on...I noticed & others did as well (as shameful as it is) that I very often witnessed with priority longer to woman than to men...FFing, although seldom all the way, became "convenient" (what did I know about agape & eros!?!)...Well, I "made the bill without the boss" & one day the Indian disciple & mate I had led to TF got fished out by a very big fish...& some more reaping happened.Inspite of the very hard lessons, it's such a different, better view now, to have those damn glasses thrown on the junkpile of history.
But in another way I think those experiences become helpful in "smelling" better, sooner, other delusions, which are either "hip" & en vogue now or were in history.On the other hand, good portions of that great book remain sealed to me...but then a Word of God I wouldn't expect nothing else but that of, cause His thoughts are way higher than ours,... also the very important matters can be understood without too great difficulty...tragedy in TF was, that they srcrew up interpretations, where generations on generations were firm on, e.g. marriage. Many odd groups come with this tantalising approach: Oh, we only know what really is meant...same old mistake, should God really have said...I guess every generation has to make their own mistakes, also regarding the Bible.