NewLeafBetterTree

Many good and interesting responses. I believe for me, that my failure to question and investigate was due, in part, to my affection and bonds to the individuals within TWI. I really enjoyed their company and I knew that to push the subject would alienate me from these people. Now I find myself very wary of relationships. Especially of anyone who wants me to go to church/organization meeting with them. Red flags seem to pop up regularly. I am begininging to wonder if all these red flags are real or just imagined. NewLeaf

Oakspear, My frustration is really aimed at myself. I may be wanting answers were no answeres exist. Or maybe I'm not wanting to see answers that are obvious. NewLeaf

Sorry Oaks, this was posted while you were posting Oakspear, Sorry, didn't mean to slam, but I think you and many others were smarter than that. It had to be deeper. Maybe not, but I don't want to believe I was so falible(sp?). I want to credit my parents for not raising a fool. What was that sub consious(sp?) element that made us so prone to follow? NewLeaf

Oakspear, Geez,Is that all it takes? Then anyone could con anybody; just open a bible, read it, and tell people what you want them to think it says. NewLeaf

Oakspear, I want to know the somehow.I want to know how they got to me. So I won't make the same mistake again. NewLeaf

dmiller, To be a sucker you must fall for a con. How did I(we) fall for the con? What was I(were we) desiring or needing that made me/us a sucker to TWI's con? Is there an answer? NewLeaf

So many of the posters here at GS are questioning and investigive individuals. I think of myself the same way. I came from a culture quite counter to TWI. My politics were liberal. I had gay friends(and this was the 70's). I was curious about life and open to new ideas, but within two years I had gone 180 degrees in the other direction. I have always wondered why I did not investigate (question) more deeply the teachings/mandates/rules I accepted, while within TWI. Really, after reading so many counter points that prove the falicy and/or plagerizy(sp?) of many of TWI's teachings/mandates/rules (that were so easy to discover), why, did I not question or investigate further, when I first took PFAL? Why, did I not question later, when the teachings/mandates/rules become more questionable? I could have; The answers were not deeply buried. Yes, you could say the internet, with all its info, exposed TWI. But many of us discovered the truth about TWI by TWI's own actions; Why did we discover the foundational error only after we left? What happened to us: the young the baby boomers, who questioned everything? Why did we not question? Newleaf