Path: rambo.bobo.net!xs4all!xs4all!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!cyclone.news.idirect.com!island.idirect.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!news-peer-west.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.concentric.net!207.155.183.80.MISMATCH!global-news-master From: inFormer@informer.org (Rev Dennis Erlich) Newsgroups: alt.religion.scientology Subject: "Shattered" minds Date: 19 Nov 1998 18:54:56 PST Organization: inFormer Ministry [a 501(c)3 non-profit, religious organization] "... in service of cult victims and their families." Lines: 31 Message-ID: <3655d896.2083312@news.concentric.net> References: <36434818.32145259@news.tiac.net> <36526d02.43779474@news.tiac.net> <71ur44$n4n@enews2.newsguy.com> <3654234e.33527137@nntp.ix.netcom.com> Reply-To: informer@informer.org NNTP-Posting-Host: ts029d38.lax-ca.concentric.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.451 X-No-Archive: yes Xref: rambo.bobo.net alt.religion.scientology:146010 seekon@spamblock.ix.netcom.com (Conner): rebecca >>If there are only a few--and I suspect that's the case--you might give some >>consideration to the very likely possibility that their minds were >>"shattered" before they got into Scientology in the first place. 3 > this comes pretty close to denying that scientology is harmful. I would enjoy discussing my already "shattered" mind. Perhaps Rebecca will share with us her views on what might possibly have been wrong with me to make me more seducible for the scienokult? I don't deny that this might be the case. > there is still some percentage that get sucked into > deep involvement in its warped reality, that get broken financially, > emotionally, or even physically. do these people not matter? > do the relatives and friends of these people who are often also > seriously affected not matter? It's not she thinks we don't matter, 3. It's that she thinks we were "cult bait." (BTW, I don't necessarily disagree.) Altho her model could be roughly translated to "you pulled it in", blamethevictim thinking. Rev Dennis Erlich * * the inFormer * *