Why do you keep bringing this up again and again and again and again?This is an intolerable thought for many people.
Ex Scientologists now,
the Incredible String Band were Scientologists
when they sang this song.
It took about five seconds to post it.Why do you keep bringing this up again and again and again and again?
Is there something about all the previous times you said this that wasn't complete? What's going on?
Are you waiting for some other response than all the previous times you've brought this up?
.Why do you keep bringing this up again and again and again and again?
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So ... why? What is missing in your life that causes you to keep posting the same thing over and over? Is there something you hope to accomplish that isn't happening?It took about five seconds to post it.
My two cents.I was not trying to find validity in what I had done in scn. I was trying to find the truth. I was not hung up in what worked and what didn't. I wanted to know why I was being lied to for so long, and I knew there were lies.
Look, I understand what you're going through. I went through it myself.It took about five seconds to post it.
Thanks for the shout-out. I had a whole lot of fun with Ask the Scientologist (1&2). My original motivation, back at the beginning, was to correct the huge amount of bad information about Scientology that was out there at the time.Oh, yeah, and this joint -- both version 1 & 2 -- was astoundingly good and played
a big part in my "onion peeling" back in the day. Couldn't wait for new posts to come
out. My apologies for overlooking it in my previous post. It was a one-man effort
-- justbill -- with commenters asking questions. Still awesome today for newbies.
Thanks for the shout-out. I had a whole lot of fun with Ask the Scientologist (1&2). My original motivation, back at the beginning, was to correct the huge amount of bad information about Scientology that was out there at the time.
(I got such a kick out of "Ask THE Scientologist" -- when I really wasn't).
It was also therapeutic for me -- my own "peeling the onion" quest. In the blogs, I promised I would always tell the truth as best I knew and that forced me to be honest with myself as well.
My brother, Jeff Hawkins, gave me key insight into the workings at the very top of the church, which was invaluable.
Thanks again!
Yep!Was your brother the Jeff Hawkins that worked in Central Marketing?
There's a large amount of information on the archived ESMB, and ESMB2 is a living link to that. Most of the items on the list you provided are not in a message board format. Message Boards allow for conversations, although some people simply lurk quietly. Some don't want to join Facebook, etc.....
Fast forward to 2021 -- 14 years later -- and ESMB2 is probably 20th or 30th on the list of things
fence-sitters will come in to contact with to unravel their experiences while inside. There is so much
out there now: major documentaries, YouTube channels, podcasts, books, media articles, blogs,
Marty-gate, Leah and Rinder, the "Sarge reveals," ad infinitum.
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You're not talking about me. I'm not "going through" anything.Look, I understand what you're going through. I went through it myself.
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Reading his Counterfeit Dreams blog back in 2009 is when I decided to begin posting online. Initially, one of my primary purposes was to hopefully reconnect with some friends that were in during the same time I was. I didn't do great in that regard but did make many new ones.Yep!
Jeff had a great blog -- and book!Reading his Counterfeit Dreams blog back in 2009 is when I decided to begin posting online. Initially, one of my primary purposes was to hopefully reconnect with some friends that were in during the same time I was. I didn't do great in that regard but did make many new ones.
Did one of you get the other in?