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kestrel91316

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10. The Mennonites are hardly a cult. Neither are the Amish.

Reply to DCKit (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 5, 2012, 05:58 PM

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Ex-scientology kids: "I was born. I grew up. I escaped." [View all] pnwmom Jul 2012 OP

Link doesn't work. yardwork Jul 2012 #1

I hope I just fixed it. n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #6

The same can be said by any number of kids who grew up with weird religions MadHound Jul 2012 #2

The difference is that many of the escapees are telling stories pnwmom Jul 2012 #7

And the same stories can be heard from ex-Christians. MadHound Jul 2012 #14

Where are the stories of imprisonment in mainstream Christian religions? Do you have a link? nt pnwmom Jul 2012 #19

they don't but that won't slow down some folks. roguevalley Jul 2012 #20

Correct. Scientology is militant when to comes to controlling their members. Dawson Leery Jul 2012 #15

Did the whole church unite and separate you from your family? Warpy Jul 2012 #16

Your story is important and so is theirs K8-EEE Jul 2012 #17

Scientology: making Roman Catholics, Evangelists and Mormons feel normal! hedgehog Jul 2012 #3

Wanna spend some time with me (dogma free) out in the woods? DCKit Jul 2012 #4

The Mennonites are hardly a cult. Neither are the Amish. kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #10

I grew up with the Amish. They fed us. DCKit Jul 2012 #12

The Mennonites are the more modern and relatively liberal of the Anabaptists. kestrel91316 Jul 2012 #13

I'm not bichhing, cute guys and attractive women. DCKit Jul 2012 #18

They escaped, but just wait for Lord Xenu to come back! longship Jul 2012 #5

Quite seriously - there are a number of groups within the Catholic Church hedgehog Jul 2012 #8

Opus Dei is awful. That's why all the Rethug converts love it. n/t pnwmom Jul 2012 #9

The link didn't work for me either rox63 Jul 2012 #11

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