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Originally Posted by aron
The line from Subdivisions that said, ''Conform or be cast out'' always struck me as poignant - we're a social species, and conformity is endemic to our human condition, whether religion, or high school, or job site. Anyone who tries to think independently is perhaps going to have some issues along the way.
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Also love Rush, growing up in Cleveland, which introduced Rush to the US, and where "
Working Man" was the city's theme song back in my youth.
But I'm trying to reconcile my LC experience with your poignant, ''
Conform or be cast out.'' I was one who tried to conform, to fit, yet usually was not accepted, until I found brothers in the LC. That was a very real dynamic in my soul, I felt "accepted" in a way I had never been before. Perhaps explaining why I stayed so long.
This is perhaps the only explanation I can come up with for the horrible disparity between the 1st and 2nd Gen members' experiences. Of course, things for every one have seriously deteriorated over time. Whereas I found freedom, at least initially, church kids found bondage, legalism, lack of social contact, abuse, intellectual oppression.
I have had some interesting conversations with my own adult son over the years, post LC, which I found entirely eye-opening. I doubt that any LC parents had a clue what was happening within their children. I have often said that my biggest failure in the LC was trusting the leaders without reservation. Supposedly we were the best God had to offer. Little did we know.