Netflix's Leah Remini: Scientology The Aftermath

Madmarsha said

Yeah, saw it when it was on A&E. I'm slowly going back through it. Some former Scientologists have podcasts and ewe tube channels I listen to including Leah and Mike rinder now.

It is puzzling how people get into cults. I'm fairly certain I'm thankfully not looking for whatever it is people who join cults are looking for nor do I have the millions of dollars to give to David Miscavage.

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I have an old friend that is in the Q cult. He is a far right Christian type that spews (at least to me) what is supposed to be very un-Christian rhetoric. It was shocking to me at first but I've slowly begun to realize that I think there was something missing in his life (an emptiness that he felt) as he went through a bad early marriage and some hard times and was looking for something to feel a part of. And he found, what he defines as religion and these insane beliefs and they somehow make him feel...useful or something.

The sad thing is his early 20's self would have never fallen into that trap. I guess it just really bothers me in a lot of ways.