In Reply to: A correction to Jesse (Rockon)'s statement posted by Bystander on February 13, 2003 at 08:52:08:
When I joined the Family things were sexually pure. I was told that maturbation was wrong. I memorized verses. There were no Mo letters. I led 3 people to the Lord 3 days after getting saved. I think it was about a year and a half after joining that things started going downhill. I heard that the leaders were sharing their wives with each other but it was only hearsay and it didn’t change the day to day memorizing verses and witnessing. I was forced into a marriage that I didn’t want. This was the beginning of the end for me. I was kicked out of the family twice. The first time for having marriage problems and the 2nd time in 1976 or 1977. I was complaining a lot to top leadership in Europe for various things The Mo letters were getting preety strange even back then. I was embarrassed to pass some of them out. I have a lot of anger and disgust for some preety serious things that could have gotten one guy sent to jail for many years had my daughter and someone else pressed charges for child rape. ( I only found out about it very recently.) But I still have my faith and I still read the Bible and believe it. I was raised a Catholic but never really saved and knew almost nothing of the Bible even after 12 years of Catholic school. It would have been great if the Family had stayed pure and kept their focus on spiritual things instead of allowing the devil to inject his venom into the doctrine. But regardless I have moved on and thankfully kept my faith. I treasure my faith. Life is preety empty without spiruality. I find many of the churches preety empty as well. I believe that what we learned about witnessing and giving our lives for the gospel was and is very valid. I know that a lot of people who left the Family after I did were subject to more of the devil’s venom thru Mo’s sick letters and doctrine. I hope they can recover from all that and be spiritually healthy once again.