@aqua. I actually cried reading Elizabeth’s book (It amazed me that I did too).

The thing that kept her going is something the people inside scientology don’t have and that is the very strong knowlege that her family loved and missed her..

Imagine being told you are worthless every day and not thinking anyone out there cares. That’s what makes the stop disconnection billboard so powerful – it’s a sign that someone cares. No matter what they do do try to stop it now, you can’t put that toothpaste back in the tube, and it makes them look worse if they pretend disconnection is ok, which is their fallback position.

I know! I was screaming inside my head – please, please, please just TELL someone. It was amAzing that the police were smart enough to separate her from her captors and ask Just. The. Right. Questions. in order to save her. Imagine if she had denied being Elizabaeth. . .She is one strong cookie.

Valerie, I feel like I’m crying inside reading your post. Thank you. I really get it about Heber now.

Regraded Being, you always hit either the nerve, the funny bone or both. While reading this, I found myself RESISTING it, thinking, “No, it can’t be this bad, it can’t be”. That was MY non-confront. It IS this bad. The evidence is all around us. It is this bad. Thank you, RB, for communicating these bitter and unpalatable truths in a way that they can be digested.

That’s a myth. If you want more truth about the SS divisions, read Victories Lost by Field Marshal Erich von Manstein (published ~1953). In the early years, the SS Divisions COMPLETELY lacked experienced military officers and non-com’s as they refused to draw from the Army. Their were “enthusiastic” but very ineffective early on as stand alone units.

The difference is that the SS initially produced a victory in nearly every battle they fought.
OSA these days is so dumbed down that they usually produce footbullets.

Valerie, thank you for that post. I read that book too, it’s such a fascinating story, and illustrates how a person can become “brainwashed” for lack of better word, and what factors into it. At so many points in the book I was thinking, just say something – tell someone! It was all the harder for Elizabeth as she was only a child when it happened, and was already accustomed to being somewhat docile. But anyway, mind coercion is real. I’m convinced Heber has been coerced in many ways over the years and the result is that he is unable to act in his own best interest.

Just like when I read Elizabeth Smart’s book and wanted to be able to help her, I wish I could do that for Heber, and others who are being controlled either physically and/or mentally. I don’t know what the answer is, and it’s frustrating to be unable to do anything to help.

OSA is in a league of its own. I never realized before Scientology that a religion needs a CIA type clone. Who knew?