Re: [FairfieldLife] An article on the Co$ for those who are interested in cult topics

2014-04-14 Thread Toby Walker
it's really hard not to troll on FFL On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Share Long sharelon...@yahoo.com wrote: turq, just to address a few of these points hopefully without shooting the messenger: I've already addressed the point about TMers supposedly being surrounded by family. Here

Re: [FairfieldLife] An article on the Co$ for those who are interested in cult topics

2014-04-14 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/14/2014 5:25 PM, Toby Walker wrote: it's really hard not to troll on FFL You're not even making any sense, Toby. Share is correct, his choice of quotes doesn't seem to have anything to do with practicing basic TM. It's not complicated. On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Share Long

Re: [FairfieldLife] An article on the Co$ for those who are interested in cult topics

2014-04-12 Thread Share Long
turq, just to address a few of these points hopefully without shooting the messenger: I've already addressed the point about TMers supposedly being surrounded by family. Here I'll just say that any shunning is done by individuals and is not an officially suggested behavior, in my experience.

[FairfieldLife] An article on the Co$ for those who are interested in cult topics

2014-04-11 Thread TurquoiseBee
I know that at least a couple of lurkers are interested, because they've told me offline that they follow $cientology forums looking for story leads. For the TMers here, the story is worth a read to see the similarities -- the ways that one cult (the Co$) uses essentially the same tactics that

Re: [FairfieldLife] An article on the Co$ for those who are interested in cult topics

2014-04-11 Thread TurquoiseBee
From: TurquoiseBee turquoi...@yahoo.com To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 11, 2014 9:56 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] An article on the Co$ for those who are interested in cult topics   I know that at least a couple of lurkers are interested,

Re: [FairfieldLife] An article on the Co$ for those who are interested in cult topics

2014-04-11 Thread Share Long
Jeez, turq, for one thing, most TMers are NOT surrounded by their families! If their families are TMers, they are not involved in the TMO! But yes to friends, which is a good thing if a person has been in the TMO for decades! Meaning, good to have become friends with co-workers. doesn't that

Re: [FairfieldLife] An article on the Co$ for those who are interested in cult topics

2014-04-11 Thread Richard J. Williams
On 4/11/2014 7:12 AM, Share Long wrote: But yes to friends, which is a good thing if a person has been in the TMO for decades! Maybe it's time to point out that there's no TMO - that's just an acronym made up by Barry. Apparently there is not just one TM organization - but numerous orgs

Re: [FairfieldLife] An article on the Co$ for those who are interested in cult topics

2014-04-11 Thread authfriend
One hopes you didn't tell these lurking reporters that this article reveals significant similarities between CoS and the TMO, because that wouldn't be true. The folks here who know what the TMO is really like would just laugh, but outsiders might not know enough to recognize such an attempted

Re: [FairfieldLife] An article on the Co$ for those who are interested in cult topics

2014-04-11 Thread Bhairitu
Actually I'm interested in occult topics. :-D Which brings us around to our favorite topic of TV shows. Hulu has a new Original Series (and this time it is really their own series) called Deadbeat. It's a fun comedy with Tyler Labine (Reapers) who is a broke guy living in New York who tries