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11/12/09
Roger, learn the logic. If you're acid, people regurgitate you. Eventually, networks regurgitate you. You're so toxic that someday your office chair will eject you. Ptheh!
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There has got to be a lot of questioning and soul searching, which is what I expect anyone to experience in his shoes.
I can't say that Jett's memory will win out, but my parents wavered and left the cult for 10 years. Then I grew up, and well- that's a whole long story.
I feel sad for Travolta, and I really hope that his heart recovers from his loss. With or without the cult.
But if he does leave the cult, I for one, would support his career in any way I can.
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1) this story is being reported by the daily mail. Stringing together a bunch of stuff which sounds plausible and related doesn't actually make it so. If it did, Intelligent Design would actually be science.
2) If Travolta did snap out of it, he would be "handled" in an attempt to bring him back in line. If he actually managed to break free of this...
3) He would have to make the choice to never see his daughter again. There is no indication his wife wants out, and as sci doctrine commands, once you're out, you never get to speak to those who are in again. I don't honestly believe he is as heartless as all that.
07/25/09
07/25/09
As far as him leaving the cult...it's highly unlikely, but it would be a blow that Scientology would have great difficulty overcoming. It would probably reverberate amongst their members-slowly, but surely.
They know that.
I would love to see Scientology 'handle' Travolta- for once allegations of using the audits against the members as blackmail would be out in the open for all to see-laying to rest any doubts of the true intentions of their 'rituals.'
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I really feel for him.
We all know that horrible remorseful feeling when we allow someone or some organization to influence our decision making.
07/25/09
Just wanted to let you know what's lurking.
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Also: "Scientology can't and won't make you do anything you don't want to do. That is just an old enemy lie."
And: "Scientology makes one responsible by getting it's members aware of things about themselves. If you chose not to do something about the Mac Truck barreling down on your child, then it is your life and you will have to live live with yourself."
Anyway, the gist of the post as a whole is you can get out of Scientology if you want your children to be run over by trucks, but we can keep your money, sucka!
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Followed by "if you don't have any discipline on yourself to get you thru the process. Then you will be no different than the average person in society who continually fails. If one really want to grow he will continually keep doing the processes."
So if you don't have enough discipline, you will fail, just like all those regular schlubs. But not you, you're special. If you make it through you'll be BETTER. You will no longer be a failure.
Not, of course realizing that if you just decided you weren't a failure in the first place, you wouldn't be so weak and pathetic as to need "a process", and end up screaming your insecurities to the world as part of a ridiculous cult.
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