This article contains two examples of people who neglected or abandoned personal responsibilities in favour of working for the cause. Both cases involve the same, Catholicism-based, cult.
The material is based on posts on the old Conservative Conspiracy Forum; it consists of extracts that I found online and comments that I made at the time together with a few afterthoughts.
“...I slowly realized that behavior opposite to my natural self was the most rewarded....When I as a devoted physician would leave my duties for a weekend, to cook for 80 people on a weekend meeting, that seemed to be the ultimate proof of my trust in the voice of Jesus in our midst.
When I left a dear person who was dying and I had promised to assist, to help out practically in the movement and that person died when I was absent, that was the proof of my love for the forsaken Jesus.”
This is very horrific indeed, all the more as Christians are enjoined to heal the sick and comfort the dying. Where are the Christian values of love and compassion here?
The worst aspect is that not only are members encouraged or ordered to perform such actions, they are commended for it. They are told that it shows how superior and committed they are; it really shows how far under the evil influences they are.
“We missed our son's confirmation, left a teenager for 3 weeks alone while we went to school in Rome because we were told it was the will of God. We missed so many family events and were told that 'we had to leave the family in order to follow God. We would find them again in Heaven.'”
This is typical of many cults. It confirms what I have seen and experienced for myself: “We must make sacrifices.”
The members who do such things are actually proud of it: it shows how special and dedicated to the cause they are.
Cult members are programmed to see black as white and evil as good. This inversion of values is very sinister indeed.
What the first ex-member says about being rewarded for going against their natural, humanitarian inclinations is insightful and very chilling. English is not their first language, but the message is very clear: decent people must be corrupted.
All this has wider applications. In John Buchan's Three Hostages, Richard Hannay says this of the villain Dominick Medina:
“He seemed to take pains to rout out the codes and standards, the points of honour and points of conduct, which somebody like me was likely to revere, and to break them down with his cynicism. I felt that I was looking on at an attempt, which the devil is believed to specialise in, to make evil good and good evil.“
Medina tells Hannay that his wife and children are trivial, barely worth thinking about, and that he is fit for much better things.
Same game, different players.
