There appears to be a lot of chips on shoulders in this discussion group. For some reason people always want somebody else to take responsibility if they fall by the wayside. I hear talk of making the Dadis responsible and so on. Well, I was brought up Church of Scotland - a religion which is quite likely to bore you to death in the right amounts. I don't see support groups for ex-members of the because or CoE for that matter or even Catholics. Are priests responsible for everyone in their flock? Maybe I should put this in a better way - religion is for followers but the BK 'religion' is built for leaders. You have to face up to any problems, not blame them on others. However bad ex-members make it out, it has a long long way to go to get anywhere near the problems that established religions cause.
It is unfortunate however that the BKs do appear to have gone a little commercial lately (from what I read here). I saw it coming in the late 90s when they had a London thing with Uri Gellar!
What on earth were they doing with him? (Nice guy though he is). I suspect the same thing will happen as does other religions - there will be a break-away party (assuming the world doesn't end first!). Does nobody else see the BKs for what they really are - a new religion. It will go through the same problems as all the rest. Look at Christianity - it used to be 'pure' and now it is institutionalised - though some believers remember the original message.
C.
It is unfortunate however that the BKs do appear to have gone a little commercial lately (from what I read here). I saw it coming in the late 90s when they had a London thing with Uri Gellar!
What on earth were they doing with him? (Nice guy though he is). I suspect the same thing will happen as does other religions - there will be a break-away party (assuming the world doesn't end first!). Does nobody else see the BKs for what they really are - a new religion. It will go through the same problems as all the rest. Look at Christianity - it used to be 'pure' and now it is institutionalised - though some believers remember the original message.
C.