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Originally posted by Drolefille
Just as a question, how do you know what sort of values a GLO professes if you are not a part of it. You would not know what values my GLO professes as you have not been pledged or initiated into it.
You my be preemptively judging (and we all know what the bible says about judging) GLOs without joining them.
ETA: this isn't only directed to you but to anyone who feels this way.
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I didn't want to jump in this discussion, but this isn't hard (or it may be a sarcastic question, I don't know). So let me understand something.....you would join an organization without A CLUE (even a general one) as to its values or purpose?
WHOA! I'm sure you went into rush with a general idea or at least got the impression as to values/beliefs of the houses you went to. I hope so....
Granted as a non-member, a person will not know EVERYTHING, but you can get a good idea from a variety of ways. I mean, granted, I don't know the "ins and outs" of the interworkings of the United Way, but I can make a pretty good judgement based on its website, history, public outreach, etc.
Also, I would like to think that if a person was attempting to join an organization and as they were going through the "process" discovered things that made them uncomfortable (for whatever reason - be it religion or otherwise), they could still walk away....or at least I would. But there are some that are not willing to take that chance - to walk into a situation with serious issues/questions that are left totally unadressed. I can't fault them for that.