Faith, but not in humanity.

[hungry_worm]

Sorry, I haven't really been on the computer in the last days, but will catch up this week.

I've just been watching a documentary on Jonestown before going to bed (where they play the 45 min. live suicide audio tape), and it disturbed me so much I had to get up again. Whoever can do that to children is just not human. Sects in general are dangerous

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[hungry_worm]

Hi, sorry for the late reply.
Yeah, I get what you mean. The people who are brainwashed, I simply have a hard time understanding although of course I can see what mechanisms lead to this blindness to reason. After all, that's why you call it a brain wash. The ones who are appalling are the responsible leaders, it's just frightening to see what the wrong person can do when he or she is a bit too smart and a bit too wrong-led at the same time.

I always thought that the need to belong was a surprisingly powerful urge. It's understandable, just so sad when it goes so terribly wrong. I've once read a book about a girl who was so desperate for her father's love that she turned into his tool to murdering her own mother. If you see the process developing, it's understandable how it could have happened, but the whole as such is just crazy.

Thank you for the good thoughts. I've long made up my mind to support my child's independence and ability to think for himself, because that's the best (and only thing) you can do to help someone growing up to be a strong person who can think and judge for himself. It has worked for me, after all.
For quite a while I just hadn't thought about topics like the ones displayed in the documentary, so it unsettled me, but I was good again the next day. Thank you. :-)