[Freedom]

Originally Posted by aron

Yes it is, and the children suffer the worst for it. I'm sorry for what you had to go through, even when I was a zealot I felt bad about things that I saw. Children being pressured constantly to get with the program, and to perform. It was a manipulating spirit.

Thank you for having the courage to share your story. You are not alone.

I can attest to the manipulation that happens to church kids, it's all too familiar. I've been there. I grew up being forbidden to do all the normal activities that friends got to do. It produced a dependency upon the LC as well as being inadept at interacting with others.

Some eventually see through it, others don't. Those who stick around are usually prodded to attend the FTTA, thus completing their predetermined path in life.