[Freedom]

Originally Posted by Trapped

I think the historical stuff doesn't hold as much sway for the church kids who are now leaving as adults, or for the new ones who are caught and then the honeymoon period fades away. It may be that learning about the historical stuff is the final piece of the puzzle, or is the straw that breaks the camels back, but they would already been well into constructing the puzzle, or well into the camel being overloaded. They would already be suffering under the inauthentic relationships, the strange coded language, the same old dry cardboard being spoken at each meeting/conference/training, the lack of love, etc. Those are some of the things I can think of currently causing people to bleed out.

In my own case, it was my experiences and frustration in the LC that led to me reading up on the history. The LC might say that people become 'poisoned' after they read what is out there, but it seems more often than not, that is just the final step on the path out of the LC.

When people get to that point where they are willing to read everything they've been told not to read, you know they must already be disillusioned enough to not really care anymore.