- Jun 13, 2014
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I've been watching the Leah Remini show on A&E and find it fascinating. I also had seen "Going Clear" on HBO.
Without getting too much into religion and people's beliefs, I'm always amazed at how some people allow themselves to suspend all critical thinking and blindly follow cults. I can understand those raised in them who are brainwashed from the start, but people who actively seek out cults and then expose their kids to them make me ill.
http://thefederalist.com/2017/01/05/i-visited-the-church-of-scientology-here-is-what-happened/
"None of the three church employees whom I spoke with at length had an education beyond high school. Our two tour guides both started working for the church at 17 years old and have no other professional experience outside of the church.
All came to the church with low self-esteem and a lack of necessary social skills. The church, its courses, and its auditing sessions gave them the confidence they so desperately lacked, they said. The church’s recruitment methods all seemed to be directed at finding a specific kind of person: someone who was vulnerable, overwhelmed by his or her shortcomings, someone who had poor communication skills, who lacked confidence, and was desperate for help."
Without getting too much into religion and people's beliefs, I'm always amazed at how some people allow themselves to suspend all critical thinking and blindly follow cults. I can understand those raised in them who are brainwashed from the start, but people who actively seek out cults and then expose their kids to them make me ill.
http://thefederalist.com/2017/01/05/i-visited-the-church-of-scientology-here-is-what-happened/
"None of the three church employees whom I spoke with at length had an education beyond high school. Our two tour guides both started working for the church at 17 years old and have no other professional experience outside of the church.
All came to the church with low self-esteem and a lack of necessary social skills. The church, its courses, and its auditing sessions gave them the confidence they so desperately lacked, they said. The church’s recruitment methods all seemed to be directed at finding a specific kind of person: someone who was vulnerable, overwhelmed by his or her shortcomings, someone who had poor communication skills, who lacked confidence, and was desperate for help."