In Reply to: Re: Where did Smith get his ideas? posted by Niek0 on May 13, 2004 at 16:25:38:
Sorry if I have read into your comments wrong. I find it very interesting to talk to people that have had similar experiences in cults where their leaders had similar characteristics. If you wouldn't mind, I would like to hear more about your experiences in that cult. I live in the area that Andrea and Randy were from. After the drownings and watching documentaries about their life and influence by the guy you all followed, I felt that she three things going against her. She was a woman, she had a mental illness that the group did not approve of treating properly (from what I gathered, but u would perhaps know more about that) and most people do not understand the depths of coercion that involment in these sorts of groups can use that drives people to acts they would never ever commit in their right mind.
If you wouldn't mind, I really would like to hear more about your group experience, how you got into it, and the process of your getting out.