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Because, after all, according to Mrs Wierwille's book, Victor was a MEAN MAN.

What? You didn't read it right????????

It was a rhetorical question.

Are there upper and lower case grammar rules in Greek or Aramaic languages? Otherwise, if it's just English, it would seem to be arbitrary.

Did you get that notion from L Run Hubbard or Stephen King?

It must have been because you read it wrong. /snark

Dude, you're gonna be criticized regardless. Why do or would you care?

Sure Mike. Just a Quixotic rationalization to apply a salve to your mind, since you apparently can't otherwise cope when you're caught with holes in your narrative. Am I right, or am I right?

Refer to Thomas Paine's wisdom: To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason, and whose philosophy consists in holding humanity in contempt, is like administering medicine to the dead. Thomas Paine

I DOUBT it. Isn't it rather that reality dramatically minimizes the likelihood of finding it?

It still doesn't seem odd to you when you decline to take responsibility for the quality or lack thereof of what you post? "If you had read..." is you, apparently in your mind, declining to own your words. Unfortunately, nobody here seems to be surprised.

Oh? Which sage told you that?

There's a very brief (one paragraph) news story on the incident on the Toledo Blade website. I got the link from the reddit thread. I have to figure TWI has at least indirect culpability for the situation. Anna could have had several possible/potential stressors leading to her decision. Her job, her coursework, her marriage, or some kind of pressure more directly from twi; any or all of them or something else could have been factors. Very tragic. I feel bad for her even now, almost two years after she died.

No, they aren't valid. They are fallacious. IF a certain instance is at all possibly correct, it is NOT because of this.

At least that's the excuse they give you when you ask, right?

According to whom? Or, who says?

https://www.religioustraumainstitute.com This appears to be a website to provide clinicians access to training on how to recognize and treat people who have experienced religious trauma, based in Dallas, TX.

I watched the series when it was first available (on Hulu). It resonated with me.

I didn't say I wanted to debate it. Just that it's debatable. Fair questions, however.

And there you have cultism in a nutshell. Followers have delegated their responsibility for rational thought and self-determination to the cult leader and/or his successors. However, I believe that mindset can be overcome in many cases.

That's a debatable claim.