Whew, so much to respond to. There are clearly a lot of angry people on here, but to the ones who weren't all charged up and swinging, thanks again for having me here.
I stand corrected with there being a third type, so thank you for that. The bottom line is, if people are here and angry, either they've done wrong or they've been wronged, and now finally, they could have witnessed others being wronged.
I wish I could reflect on all the positive things our org is and does, but that's my opinion and everyone's got them right? I'm not sure why I really decided to come here but the gist was: curiosity. That has been filled until there's another post about me.
Look, from one person to another, or several, I am sorry that bad shit happened, not just abuses but that my religion didn't work for you and now you're here. I don't know if that could amount to anything, but regardless, . And yes, even the trolls, there's a reason why they are here and they probably need more love than any of us. Yeah yeah, call me a hippie.
I was raised in a Christian family, who later found Buddhism and, while they along with several other self-help methods have shown that they can work, Scientology thus far has seemed to just make sense and resonates with me. I don't have anyone holding a proverbial gun to my head when I study or do auditing, nor do I think LRH was a saint, nor do I believe in every last drop of it, but for me, in my "infant stage" as someone pointed out, I have so many wins that it is impossible to ignore. Now we can all go on hating each other because our realities are different, or we can just accept that maybe Scientology is just not for everyone, and that doesn't make anyone less of who they are on either side. I may be corrected on this with some policy but statistics prove otherwise, sorry, LRH.
As requested by admin, there won't be a back and forth, and maybe this message is anticlimactic but I don't have the narrow viewpoint of "you're wrong and I'm right" - each to their own.
Thanks to those who stuck up for me, and those who were nice enough to not be an asshole, you're really sweet.
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I didn't say that the first time because your first post wasn't nearly as warm. Despite the incorrect pre-judgments you made here and in your first post about those here who you have never even met personally and don't know anything about, I think this post is still warm and sincere, if misinformed. I'm not talking about Scientology at the moment, but the pre-judgments you made about people here. If you are a Scientologist, then one could say that you did not apply the Non-E formula correctly. You already decided you didn't need to do that for some reason, am I right?
