I thought long and hard on all of this last night, took a long hot bath, and pondered this entire thing, from beginning to end. I came to the conclusion it's just plain embarrassing, and it has benefited no-one. However, the cause in itself HAS. So my point is, if we've helped even one person, and saved even one person regarding this horrific crime that continues to take place in our society, then it far outweighs the negative effect of the series of events that have taken place. Is that a good excuse? Does that mean that we should just let it go? Absolutely. It's time to move on and look to the future. I don't care what Bill Bowen said about Ray Franz. I don't care what Bill Bowen has said about me. It's not about Bill Bowen, or Ray Franz, and it's definitely not about me. Ray Franz does his thing, Bill does his. I feel in my heart Ray Franz is a good man, and I'm trying my very best to feel the same about Bill Bowen. Like I've said, I am a very forgiving person, and it appears as though Ray is as well. I can't help Bill in whatever agenda he might have, no matter what that is. I can't change his mind or opinion on those around him, BUT.....I can do my part for the cause, and that's all I can do. I realized last night that my trying to defend my name against Bill's allegations is not time well spent, and neither is worrying about it for that matter. I have more important things to do with my time and energy than to worry about what Bill thinks of me. I think there's several classes of people here. There's those that support Bill Bowen, those that support Bill Bowen/silentlambs, those that support silentlambs, those that support THE silentlambs, and those that don't particularly support the cause at all, for whatever reasons. Those of you that support Bill Bowen, more power to you. Those of you that support silentlambs, God Bless you. Those of you that support the cause, but NOT silentlambs, I understand you. Among some of you, I'm sure there's frustration. Some of you WANT to support the cause, you WISH you could support silentlambs, you WANT to help, but you just can't find it in you, for whatever reasons. Well, there are things you can do. You CAN support the cause, but not the organization of silentlambs. You can tell everyone you know about these problems. You can pass out flyers, outlining these problems. You can start websites with ALL this information. You can do a number of things, the possibilities are endless. Do you need to follow one man or organization to do this? I'm not saying I have all the answers, but that's what we're trying to do with LambsRoar. It's not about any particular person. It's not owned by one man. Whatever, and wherever LambsRoar goes is up to the Abuse Survivors, and that's that. It belongs to THEM, and if Bill Bowen doesn't like it, too bad. I'm not going to worry myself as to whether or not we have Bill Bowen's approval or that of silentlambs. We ARE the silent lambs, and WE decide how we will heal, and no-one else will. I'm not going to spend my time debating, or worrying or wondering or arguing about it anymore. I need to heal just like all the rest of us, and we need to push forward with that. Does something have to be done about Watchtower Policy? Sure, but we can only do that by educating the general public. No matter how many letters we write to the GB, or how hard we try to make them fall, they will not change. It's time to realize that. We can only educate, and lend support for those that are harmed, and that's it, because NOTHING will make them change. Some want the Watchtower to fall, thinking THAT is the only way to make them change. Well, that could very well be, but while we're beating at the narrow minded rock solid heads way up there at the top, there are still people being abused. So who's going to help them? That's the question.....How will they heal? How do we prevent this from happening? What happens when and if they fall and release all those pedophiles out to God knows where? It STILL doesn't solve the main issue. They'll just run to the Mormons, or someone else, and then what? We chop them down until they fall? Good luck! This is getting lengthy here, so I'll sum it up:
Who cares what Bill Bowen thinks about anyone?
Who cares who Bill Bowen approves of, or disapproves of?
How is all this helping the cause?
How are WE going to educate the general public??
If YOU support the cause, how can YOU help?
edited - Spelling
Edited by - RevMalk on 21 December 2002 10:42:33
