Scientology

[JaniceM]

I was just going to ask, "What kind of people join these goofy groups?"

Lonely, desperate , WHAT ?

I'll give you some of the examples of approaches I encountered, paraphrased slightly for the sake of clarity:

Dianetics is the way- and the only way to 'mental health'.
Whatever difficulty you may have in your life- worried about your kid, not making enough money at your job, etc. etc.- we have the solution.
It's all about trust- unless you have some kind of 'trust Issues,' you'll be willing to do, give, cooperate, etc. etc.
Any difficulty you currently have is not what you think it is- you need a course, process, whatever, to uncover the real problem.


These are examples of the main "red flags" that to me translated to "oh no, absolutely not!!"
But I don't think a person who had no prior experience with cults would easily see those examples as signs of danger.