Posted by Skep on August 07, 2011 at 22:38:25
In Reply to: Re: atf, one size does not fit all posted by blue on August 07, 2011 at 09:48:37:
I guess we need some definitions?
Orthodox behavior: You are right, I do think that people who at some point were attracted to TFI had a degree of unorthodoxy. In my opinion, TFI was designed to attract that type of people.
Speaking for myself, I was and still are unorthodox but much of it is not readily obvious. It is possible that many exers changed, or were not really that radical (or unorthodox) as they needed to be. After all, the weirdness in TFI kept growing and growing. I believe that the reason we left is that there was a point, a last straw, for each one of us exers - and that those who stayed were pretty blind or just suppressed their "love for the truth".
Hypocrisy and evil doctrines: Yes, I believe that it is not how weird the beliefs of TFI are what marks them. In my book, they are hypocrites and their doctrines are evil because they call themselves Christians and lie and hide their true doctrines. Also, their doctrines are still evil because they have not denounce Berg's teachings. All they have said is that his writings are not prevalent any more.