Hi Dane, Hope you're still reading here and I'd like to give you my small bit of knowledge. I imagine most people don't think much of the long-term psychological damage that can persist decades after you've left a cult or that, if you've sought out counsel or "deprogramming" you've can or should have "gotten over" the sad, sick number they can do on your mind. I liked how Leah Remini explained how much more difficult it was for her having been born into scientology and not having any other perspective growing up. They all use a similar play-book, and that one does a deep dive into the very most elemental of your beliefs, convictions, assumptions, impressions, and ways of assessing and evaluating things. They are cynical and exploitative users who find whatever leverage they can to take control of your time, your money, your life. The more you study them, the more evil they reveal. For many it's a long, slow slog out of what was a quick and slippery slide into their clutches. I'd like to think Val Kilmer nailed it when he said: "God want us to walk. The devil sends a limo."
Ellen
Ellen
