Did I get any blog traffic from my latest (and only) picture. Get it? heh, no probably not: well, here's seeing if the mods have a sense of humor as well.
Ok, so I haven't gotten off on the best of starts I guess. Just trying to advance my life means school which means schoolwork. It feels weird, being study buddies with someone almost a decade my junior (and feeling like I'm the immature one). Writing a research paper on a NRM (new religious movement) currently, well make that procrastinating on writing a research paper. I chose a NRM that had alot of second generation members (members born into the group) leaving because I grew up in a different NRM and had to drastically learn many things all over again. This one, unlike mine, is a sex cult, nothing wrong with sex, problem is, the leader began pushing his insane perverted beliefs on everyone. It's really really disturbing stuff, mostly because of all of the xxxxxxxxxx. From all I've read, they have changed and "reformed" if you can call that, in recent years, after the founder died, but what about all those kids who were molested, now adults trying to make it in the world, on top of all the usual cult insulation tactics they have to overcome?
Oh well, they were the result of "big mistakes" that "were made"?! That doesn't fucking cut it.
When I was growing up I was taught how sinful masturbating was, how sinful it was to have nocturnal emmisions, how getting a stiffy, even a semi when a cute girl walks by, requires absolution. And let's not even mention premarital sex or what I was taught was the reason for AIDS: homosexuality, which I did have thoughts of (according to kinsey this is normal, and let me simply say I did eventually allow myself to explore and realize it really wasn't my thing.)
This group evolved from something similar, and reacted to it, rebelled against it, but it went way too far.
I wonder if anyone is ever going to be taught middle ground right off the bat, or is it something that everyone has to find on their own? |