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Originally Posted by Igzy
The problem I have with writings like these is the us-vs-them mentality and the air of superiority they display, as if nothing compares to their little corner of the Church. It's an idealized view. It says nothing of the failures of the movement and the people who have undeniably been hurt by it. It's all sunshine and angel choirs.
They have this extreme attitude because they think part of being faithful is to live in denial. We are not talking about just emphasizing the positive. We are talking about believing that even recognizing the negative is somehow destructive. A mind like that is not reasonable. And such an attitude is self-reinforcing. There is no fail-safe. The bombers are on their way to Moscow, and nothing can call them back.
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We often heard about "the vision" from WL. For decades I heard (
and repeated) when someone left, that they lost "their vision." Then what exactly in the LC was "the vision" we were loyal to? In a word, the "vision" was
never leaving. No matter how bad things got, we would stay until death. That was our "vision" in a nutshell. If it meant living with your head in the sand, then so be it!
For that "vision" to be secure, we must never acknowledge failure or accept criticism, in fact, criticism must always remain a flow proceeding out of the Recovery. Criticism must never come into our midst, no, never! That's why the internet is so dangerous for LCers. In the safety of one's own home, members can get honest feedback about what they have given their lives to.