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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 think people have suffieciently covered this but I don't want it to be said that I ignored your question SO... I think it is very foolish to join anything that you are not knowlegeable about. I understand that outsiders do not know EVERYTHING, but who is saying they should? I agree with the comment about if an org is based on Christian principles, why is it necessary to be a member to know what those principles are? That is not necessarily secret, the member said the org was based on Christian principles. So if someone observes the org doing things that are not Christ like (as stated in the Bible) then are they judging or are the correcting? Judgment is being thrown around a lot on this thread and personally, I don't feel that I've judged anyone. I have damned anyone to hell for their decisions and I don't see where anyone else has, but yet people are saying they are being judged... why whom?
If you go into a job interview, the person interviewing you expects you to have some knowledge of not only what the company does and the position you are applying for but the company values and goals as well. That is where research comes in. You don't necessarily have to be in something to fully understand it either. Some people are blessed with a gift called empathy... I can usually place myself in someone's shoes and while I may not know exactly how he/she feels, I can come fairly close.
The Bible also says man judges the outward appearance while God judges the heart. With that said, one could argue that from observation (because we are human after) of behaviors and attitude of a group, a decision on whether or not the person is interested can be formed.
As far as asking questions... okay, umm, you can ask, but that doesn't mean you will get an answer (or an acceptable one anyway). If some asks a question and you say the answer is for members only, then you have not answered the question. Now that may or may not be the appropriate answer but the person who asked the question has no greater knowledge than they had before the question was asked. Now I pose a question to you... how would you respond to an interestee who did not know the values, goals, principles of your org but was adamant about joining?