Voltaire's Child
Fool on the Hill
A number of posts here have dealt with people's reasons for leaving the cult. I think we all had our "last straws" and that it could be fun to discuss them BUT I wanted to add something. In this, my question to you is: If you were still in, and your own "last straw" moment hadn't arrived yet and you were still figuring it all out, what would be a "deal breaker" if you were to see it?
Here's my example:
If I were still in and all like, doo doo doo, it's ok, I'm having fun, I'm gung ho- whatever-- if I were to go to Gold and see the inward facing spikes, that would be a deal breaker for me. I honestly think that even as interested in it and as into it (CofS) as I was, that just seeing that would be a deal breaker and I'd just stop and say "Whoa! WTF are you people DOING!"
I personally think there are lots of deal breakers like that. So yes, we left for our own reasons and had damn good ones. But what are the ones that we think "Gawd, if I'd have seen this earlier, I'd have been sooo out of there!"?
http://angrygaypope.com/gold/gold_security_gallery/images/fence_blades_fgnd_focus.jpg
Here's my example:
If I were still in and all like, doo doo doo, it's ok, I'm having fun, I'm gung ho- whatever-- if I were to go to Gold and see the inward facing spikes, that would be a deal breaker for me. I honestly think that even as interested in it and as into it (CofS) as I was, that just seeing that would be a deal breaker and I'd just stop and say "Whoa! WTF are you people DOING!"
I personally think there are lots of deal breakers like that. So yes, we left for our own reasons and had damn good ones. But what are the ones that we think "Gawd, if I'd have seen this earlier, I'd have been sooo out of there!"?
http://angrygaypope.com/gold/gold_security_gallery/images/fence_blades_fgnd_focus.jpg