Thank you dear! Seeing these young adults out there, knowing possibly they hadn’t eaten much & thinking they’d be the ones to give those two slices to….well that’s where they went. They sure looked surprised, & almost “sneakily” took the bag & wolfed down that pizza I think it took maybe three bites before the slices were gone..

As I mentioned before, I had high school friends & acquaintances outside high school who got “sucked in” to Hare Krishna….the Moonies….Children of God…& a few other SCAM CULTS.

These same cults separated them from their families for the SAME reason…NO OUTSIDE INFLUENCES that might change the mind of the “cult member”. At that time I was a Lutheran….Sunday School Teacher etc….so I had my “own religious belief” & wasn’t about to deter to something else.

Little by little I saw these same friends & acquaintances give it their all…every dime they could beg, borrow or steal…..& ignore the pleas of their loved one to come back home. When I’d visit NYC, there they were in Times Square, jumping up & down wearing white “robes” barefoot, heads partially shaved, chanting, bells jingling….looking for money. Only a handful left…some in a few months, some in a year, some in a few years….the ones who stayed IN fared the worse….they became literal bums…no job, no money, beaten down….living on the street at the end…alcoholic, drug addict…a few took their OWN lives.

Most never returned to their families…….I hope with all my heart & soul that those now young adults Like Sammy Kahn & Lois’ son…..return home to their families that love them so much. I hope & pray Mike’s son Benjamin gets his wake up call & returns to his father who loves him so dearly.

Thank you for continuing with the GOOD WORK EVERYONE….I pray that what & WHO has been TAKEN FROM YOU….is returned…..

Maybe renting pole space is advertising revenue for NYC like ads on buses. Flunk on the Org for not renting it first. The Mormons will probably hold on to it for the rest of eternity.

You are a kind soul, Balletlady. When and if they were even allowed to eat the cheap carbs and junk food served at them, many times I saw Class V org staff devouring like Les Miserables of the French Revolution. So glad you never got roped into this cult, as you are precisely the type of soft-hearted soul who would have been shown NO mercy whatsoever – none 🙂

The banner is on a pole on the sidewalk. I guess scientology doesn’t own the pole or the sidewalk.

That’s capitalism. Competition for the religion dollar.

RoseMarie, the exact point why i left the SO after 18 years; giving up friends, giving up living in your own house, the usual ‘wog’ MEST which actually makes life very comfortable, having gotten rid of most of your personal belongings, and – what really was the final straw – estranging your own family. And for what?!! There was absolutely ZERO results from what I and the rest of the SO was doing in EU! Au contraire, from having seen ALL EU orgs in person on a regular basis and having studied long term trends in CLO Data files (when I had access to them), as far back as was recorded ALL of scientology in EU was shrinking fast. With the only exception being MOS and STPete (Stpete russia that is). But now that MOS is closed down it only leave ST pete.
What a waste of time!
Mind you I also learnt invaluable lessons in the SO for which I am grateful despite all.
And I think that’s an important thing for all ex staff/SO, seeing the positive things as well, we all got something out of it. Important for recovering from the nightmare. You exes know what I am talking about.

Laughter! Agreed.

I have no love for any organized religion. As silly as Mormonism is (and they have their own sordid history), at least they’re not a crime syndicate masquerading as a religion who’s leader has to hide from process servers because he’s too scared to take the stand.

WAYC, WHY would Dwrfenführer® care about “this messed-up timeline we are in”? He’s got his cases of scotch, a few minions to do his bidding, and no fear of EVER going broke in this lifetime, however short (or long) it turns out to be.

HOW do you “destroy UTTERLY” folks like that who have nothing to begin with? (rhetorical).

Cynthia, don’t ask (for “proof”), and they won’t tell bad things about you — possibly.