Claire Swazey
Spokeshole, fence sitter
Something I've been seeing some people say is "but is he/she truly out?". Every now and again someone says it and it got me to thinking. Now, we've already discussed what does and does not maketh a Scientologist and, by extension, an ex Scientologist. Emma created a very good very long running thread on it. It's a good topic, IMO.
I wanted to look at this issue from the vantage point of is any given person (who says they're out) truly out?
I think it's one thing to be out of CofS and another to be done with the whole entire thing.
Perhaps it's best to make it simple. If they are out of CofS, they're out of CofS. If they have no interest in doing any FZ or Indie or self study of Scn, then they're out of Scn as well.
How do we know? Because they've said so. They'll tell you so.
Yes, people are still coming to terms with this stuff and that's why they come and lurk and post. The way they work it out for themselves varies greatly. It can make it difficult to see where they're coming from, so my proposed solution is to just take their word for it, should they answer that question.
I wanted to look at this issue from the vantage point of is any given person (who says they're out) truly out?
I think it's one thing to be out of CofS and another to be done with the whole entire thing.
Perhaps it's best to make it simple. If they are out of CofS, they're out of CofS. If they have no interest in doing any FZ or Indie or self study of Scn, then they're out of Scn as well.
How do we know? Because they've said so. They'll tell you so.
Yes, people are still coming to terms with this stuff and that's why they come and lurk and post. The way they work it out for themselves varies greatly. It can make it difficult to see where they're coming from, so my proposed solution is to just take their word for it, should they answer that question.