People like Joseph are the reason they commit suicide. We need a model that re-inspires and engages those that lose their connection not berate or estrange them. If the working model is to cage their minds then we/you will continue to lose people to organisations like Footsteps that opens up their minds in ways you cannot and shows them acceptance in ways you cannot.
And again Joseph believes his own statements on how small or ineffective they are. They are not huge but they are growing and their numbers are in the few 1,000s at least.
Joseph once people catch you saying stuff that is untrue they doubt anything else you say. That is often part of what happens to those straying – something doesn’t ring true and that’s the start of their outward journey.