When I'm bothered by an itch I scratch it
But when I'm bothered by beliefs and actions of another organization I leave them alone. Scratching the itch makes it go away...usually, but all my scratching around is never going to change how other people see their purpose in life.
When I was a member of the NFB I thought it was the greatest organization in the world. I credit the Federation with much of my beliefs about blindness and with helping me change my own life. But even if I'd not been thrown out, I would have left at some point. I left the Church for the same reason. I believe that I am my own person. I don't need some super leader, be it Jernigan or God, to tell me how to think or live my life. I am accountable and responsible for myself. If there is some sort of a Judgment Day, I want to stand erect before that Throne on what I did and why I did it.
Curious Carl
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