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[/quote]It is not fair that people who were not part of the abuse are paying for this investigation. But then it was not fair to the MKs that they were abused in the first place. I am not implying that MKs should just be quiet and “leave it in God’s hands”. I am sure there are various motivations, but ultimately they have done a good and brave thing by bringing this into the light. I challenge you and NTM to do a good and brave thing as well by accepting the consequences and proactively showing compassion for those who were hurt under NTM’s watch.
Please keep in mind also that some of the MKs don’t even claim to be interested in God or Christianity, for good reason! NTM on the other hand claims to be ambassadors for God. So whose responses should be more long-suffering?
From my personal experience, I questioned the sanity of my parents decision to enter NTM from year one. The training camp was an odd place and the theology seemed misguided to say the least, bit like a covert operation gone wrong. My parents had a "road to Damascus" experience when I was 5 and then found the "road to NTM" when I was 10. The "road to Damascus" struck me as a bit daft, but their decision and the people they encountered seemed to be genuine religous sorts, but the "road to NTM" was more than daft, it had some very strange sorts going in strange directions. What struck me was odd, was the going over and over the same thing, the hours spent haveing what really was a simple message from God, expanded on, regurgitated and drilled into me. I'm not really that thick, just once or twice would have sufficed then let me get on with something practical like putting food on the table. Funny how we were told that Communism (or Marxism) used the method of repeating the lie often so that it would become the truth and Communism was a definite no no! But wait a minute, wasn't that technique being used, just mixing it with a bit of truth, so I was confused and the best way I found to cope was opt out of as much as I could and isolate myself, theologically, till I could escape back home. When eventually I got back home I found the whole Church scene did nothing but confuse me more and it all seemed so fake, so I exponged my guilt and never went back. What I believe in remains my own business and I feel no compulsion to ram it down others throats.
This whole sorry ephisode has ruined our family structure. My father to this day maintains his dogmatic support of NTM and denies any wrong occured. My mother is just a shadow of my father and does what she is told. I've been disowned for my lack of convictions and/or participation and have almost no contact with them. My extended family think my father is nuts and a dangerous mind controller (agree with that one).
There is a remote possibility that my father will end being investigated, but I suspect he had no part in the goings on, except he was there. I will cross that bridge if it occurs, but not as a vendetta, just to get the truth out.
I did come across a list on this site of transgressors (but can't find it now) and the names I recognised were all to familiar demons from my past too.
Unlike the Dyslexic Agnostic who lay awake at night wondering if there was a DOG, I'm comfortable enough with life to get sleep most nights.
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