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http://www.thevine.com.au/news/current-affairs/know-this-tv-binging,-immaterial-products,-scientology's-end,-italian-tears,-the-kickstarter-scam20120122.aspx.
are we living with the last generation of scientologists?
over the past decade, membership has dropped in the us by 20,000. in an article for lrb titled "religion, grrrr" rachel aviv reviews one of the only academic studies of scientology to date.
I'm not sure about Scientologists, but I"m pretty sure we're seeing the last generation of Jehovah's Witnesses. It's just hard to say how many times that generation will overlap.
Please leave me alone.
it just occurred to me that we use the term "borg" when talking about the organization.
it's a cute play on words, but i wonder if the writers of star trek who came up with the idea of the borg had some experience or connection with witnesses.
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Ex mormons refer to the mormon organization as 'the morg' too.
once you realized the organization is simply a religious corporation, how did you leave?.
did you fade?.
were you forced out?.
Once you realized the organization is simply a religious corporation, how did you leave?
Faded.
Did you fade?
Yes - over a long period (years) with gradual reduction in activity
Were you forced out?
In the end yes - complicated (PM me for more detail if you want)
How did you adjust to life on the outside?
I had already built something of a life outside
Do you still have social or family connections within the organization?
Family yes
What did you do to supplant the lost friends, routine, and sense of purpose?
I don't have the time to miss any of that
just about the funniest thing i've read in ages!
*** w61 12/15 pp.
767-768 questions from readers ***.
LMFAO!
i've just been listening to philip glass.... .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il4vdf-ugpi&feature=fvwrel.
which reminds me of the truman show, the film that many of us here have taken as a metaphor for realising that the jehovah's witness world is not real.. but now i can't help wondering what happened to truman when he left his fake world and entered the real world.
<<<<< I watched it again a couple of days ago.
It seems we're not the only ones to see the parallels http://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2010/06/27/the-bubble/
i am exploring a class action lawsuit against the wts at the moment.
i have been in touch with other attorneys on this matter and at the moment i haven't found anyone to take the case just yet.
i want to pursue a class action lawsuit against the wts.
You'll get a lot of armchair lawyers here telling you that you're wasting your time.
today is my 65th birthday.. chances are you have no idea what that means.. would you like to know?
turning 65 can only be described using these two words:.
the first: anagnorisis the moment of critical discovery; the discovery of one's own identity or true character.
Happy birthday Terry