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Let the "true believers of tech, or FZ, go to their own little corner of their world of Oz.
The "true believers of tech, or FZ" are ex Scientologists too.
So the rest of us, dealing with the real world, can deal and heal in peace. Am I asking too much?
Maybe you are asking too much. After Scn, where ever we may end up 'sitting', we all have a load of mind fuck type crap to deal with while getting there. I don't see that one could ever "heal in peace". "Healing", after being within the ranks of the CofS is a bitch of a road whichever way ya take it, and it's different for everyone. Scn was and is exclusive, thank heavens that ESMB isn't. Everyone is welcome no matter where they sit, and because they are, there are numerous points of view to look at and consider. They all have value, IMO, and are all potentially beneficial to those who want to "heal".
It's like this: The mother of a child killed by a drunk driver has to listen to a drunk driver on the same forum explain why he continues to drink.
Maybe it is. Though that mother would have a better chance of letting go of her angst or hatred or blame or whatever, and have a better chance to heal and move on if she stood in the shoes of that drunk driver and was willing to look at why he continued to drink.
If anyone else understands this, I hope you will speak up.
I think that I understand what you are saying, but I don't agree though. Communicating about all these different viewpoints/perspectives is what gives us understanding about the truth of it all. The truth is sometimes just a bloody bitch of a thing, but IMO, it's ALL these truths that give us the picture, and that in the end help us to see, to let go, and to move on.
Besides that, any and every experience regarding ESMB, is at worst like a lovely walk in the park on a spring day compared to being involved in Scn while within the ranks of the CofS.
Hard cold truths, whatever they are from whatever perspective, are what will ultimately help us all move on. I don't think it's wise to knock 'em, or to wish that they be excluded - They are part of the picture.