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Date Posted: 25/01/10 4:41:11pm
Author: Johannes Vermeer
Subject: Re: The homosexual man
In reply to: Barbara 's message, "The homosexual man" on 25/01/10 11:32:11am

>He and I were friends, and when I left my flat he took
>it over and used to let me take the apples off the
>tree in his garden. We talked about the JA over tea at
>his flat (which was once my flat) and he told me how
>they had tried to cure him of being gay. I had often
>seen him very upset at the Anchorage but I hadn't
>known anything about why. He told me that he had tried
>so hard to stop being gay, and that the elders had
>encouraged him to try his hand with me, to cure him of
>being gay. I didn't let him see how hurt I felt about
>that, because I felt sorry about him being in such a
>mess about his own feelings, but when I got home I
>cried my eyes out because I felt totally betrayed by
>the people I had thought of as my brothers. And it was
>all the more upsetting because the elders knew all
>about my sad history.

This is so evil. May I ask when this happened? In the 80�s or 90�s? If things like this have happened I can no longer consider the JA a church (not even when being optimistic) but a cult or sect.

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Replies:

Re: The homosexual man -- Barbara, 25/01/10 5:00:23pm
- Re: The homosexual man -- Johannes Vermeer, 25/01/10 5:26:37pm
  - Re: The homosexual man -- Danny, 25/01/10 11:07:36pm
    - collective memory loss -- Peter Eveleigh, 26/01/10 7:13:16pm
  - To Johannes -- Barbara, 27/01/10 11:30:10pm
    - Re: To Johannes -- Johannes Vermeer, 28/01/10 7:37:17am

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>>He and I were friends, and when I left my flat he took >>it over and used to let me take the apples off the >>tree in his garden. We talked about the JA over tea at >>his flat (which was once my flat) and he told me how >>they had tried to cure him of being gay. I had often >>seen him very upset at the Anchorage but I hadn't >>known anything about why. He told me that he had tried >>so hard to stop being gay, and that the elders had >>encouraged him to try his hand with me, to cure him of >>being gay. I didn't let him see how hurt I felt about >>that, because I felt sorry about him being in such a >>mess about his own feelings, but when I got home I >>cried my eyes out because I felt totally betrayed by >>the people I had thought of as my brothers. And it was >>all the more upsetting because the elders knew all >>about my sad history. > > >This is so evil. May I ask when this happened? In the >80�s or 90�s? If things like this have happened I can >no longer consider the JA a church (not even when >being optimistic) but a cult or sect.
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