In Reply to: Re: our regrets posted by Recovering Catholic on March 21, 2005 at 16:13:43:
I don't believe I (an many others) "chose" to be ignorant, we just were. We were mostly because we had not been taught about such things, I know I hadn't been. I was really naive in many ways and many people who joined, joined very young, like young teenagers or just turning 18 and without a lot of parental support or control so they were left to themselves a lot. I know I was. I knew nothing about the birds and the bees and what was wrong or what should be avoided. Maybe it seems to be a no brainer, but it wasn't.
Recently, I've been reading some things of Bergs and where he talks about the horrible system and how they hate sex, etc. and how the system has an aversion to sex. Well, in some ways that is true. My mother would not undress in front of my father, that is how prudish she was, and there was a lot of that to overcome. He convinced us he was helping us overcome these "system hangups" and with the times being like an awakening sexually and a rebelliousness all in its own, it fit in. When I left and took my children to Big Bros. and Big sisters and we started off with a class for the children about innappropriate touching by adults, etc., I was shocked. I was shocked because I realized I had never had this explained to me by anyone before and wondered how I had missed out on that. Of course, now it makes perfect sense, now that I am able to read and hear other opinions and make my own opinions separate from Berg and his supposed "prophet status." It was that "prophet" lie that kept me from listening to my "doubts." I had to let go of that first.