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Something that was said on the new episode really got to me.

posted 8 years ago by uber_mensch2012
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The woman they are interviewing when 1st arriving at her house, she mentioned the portrait she drew of her younger son. And she said "we lost him". Well in any normal persons life, that means he died. And it took me few moments to realize it was disconnection, even after she mentioned it.

Scientology really is vile and similar to other cults like mormons and jehovah's witnesses. I was just taken aback because you can hear all these things about it, but seeing Leah converse about it with other scientologists using their vernacular like that, it just really hit me hard. It's like a smack in the face to people that really have lost someone. It's not like we can just piss off a bunch of friends to go see them. And I distinctly remember being taught that if a friend were to treat you like that, they are no friend indeed. Unless some scientologist would rather confirm that its more of authority figures and strong-armed henchmen than friends you'd have to worry about.

[–] Melancholy11 8 years ago

She was so utterly annoying. She seems out of her mind despite what she went through. That whining voice and the crying. Over dramatic and acting as if she didn't know about her husband considering a divorce. Please! Her eyes scream crazy lady.

[–] SteverB 8 years ago

I assume your opinion comes from the fact that you escaped from a cult and know how you should act and how you should sound and how your eyes should appear to the outside world?

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"In your opinion?"
"Um, yes your honor, in my opinion."

[–] Melancholy11 8 years ago

No you defensive little flounder. She was a yenta.

[–] kb541 8 years ago

I had a friend who was a Jehovah's Witness. She was really involved in her church when I became friends with her. She never tried to convert me, which is unusual for a JW, but I never tried to change her mind either, despite knowing it was a cult.

The more I watch these shows about Scientology (and having seen Going Clear), I really wish I could still be in touch with her to get her to watch these shows. Because the parallels between Scientology and Jehovah's Witnesses are shocking. One of the most obvious is that they have the same methods of keeping people in line (disconnection in Scientology is the same as disfellowshipping in JWs.). It's crazy. But if we were still in touch, I would try so hard to get her to watch these shows and see if she could make the same connection herself. She's a smart girl, I'm sure she would see the similarities. We're not friends anymore because she married a JW guy and he basically told her she wasn't allowed to talk to me anymore. I never said one bad thing about JWs or her church or anything and he made her end the friendship just because I wasn't one of them. Really sad.

[–] animerika 8 years ago

I had a best friend who was a Jehovah's Witness we were like 11 years old, her parents were both Jehovah's Witness and I used to go to their house and watch mtv videos with her and go to her room and talk about pop culture and things we liked.

Her parents never tried to "convert" me or my parents, her father was very kind and polite, I never had a problem with them except for one time that I asked my step-dad to invite my friend to our Christmas dinner and he said "Of course" we went to her house, I was excited because it was the first time I invited a friend of mine to our Christmas dinner, when we arrived my step-dad asked but her mom said "no! we don't believe and celebrate that" in a very serious tone. I clearly remember how my smile disappeared, I was really disappointed. Anyways I was a kid, that's why that seemed like a big deal for me.

We remain good friends after that though, they never told her to stop hanging out with me,
that I was an "SP and needed to disconnect from me" lol