I was reading a gossip rag article on who else, but Suri Cruise. I was a bit stunned to see her still clutching a bottle but even more taken aback because she's given Barley water and not breast milk or formula. Which got me to thinking.
Even having lived in L.A. & NYC I've never ever once been approached by a follower of the religion. So, I literally know only what the media tells me and once I had a friend who had been a scientologist yet "escaped" and told me how they basically chase you down and why people commit suicide all the time. It was a very fucked up story, that I do believe. However, aside from her story and random tidbits I'm fed through the media I know a generalized mess of nothing.
I googled up their child raising ideals and also the barley water formula (which I was interested in knowing since it seems to be ALL that a baby is fed) Does anyone here know if their children are fed anything else other than this water for 3 years? It seems as though they aren't.
Also, as far as their rules go for raising a kid...for the most part it makes sense but only in a perfect very sheltered world. Which defeats their entire purpose.
Here's the info I found...thoughts or knowledge of the fundamentals? I'm wondering if there are actual concrete info that's out there and not all horror stories.
First the Barley water
Second, raising a child
And my friend whom I was speaking about, she said the reason so many people get involved or at least in her opinion is because in LA they offer "free acting workshops". So, basically you are broke and a starving artist. They offer free workshops to help better your acting career. She said intermixed with that was guilt trips like "well we gave you thousands of dollars worth of free classes, please attend our seminar ..it's the least you can do" and then there were the FREE personality tests. She said during the FREE personality test it has a section where you write down your biggest regrets and sins. She expected them to throw it away but instead she said they put it in her file, and after she told them she was spooked by how things were going they became aggressive stating she owed them money etc. Anyways, she felt that the section where you had to confess your sins was blackmail enough for many people.



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I'm bored, stealing the neighbors wireless signal so I'm doing all the reading I can on things I know zero about in an attempt to keep my mind off tomorrow.

The woman who wrote it is my mentor/idol.



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