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question lady
I think it serves their agenda, which harms people by:
* making people feel like they are doing something wrong by revealing what happened.
* preventing analysis of how the brainwashing is carried out
* perpetuates a mystique around the training, and various levels thereof
* creates a sense of "us" versus "them"
* promotes "bonding" with the group members.
I think it is like the promise of secrecy a child molester extracts from his victim. It is only by speaking the truth that the victim can become free. The promise serves the pernicious agenda of the abuser, and does not serve the victim in any way.
Nonetheless, I understand that getting to the point where one feels comfortable speaking could be a long process which should not be forced.
Well put! And good analogy of a child molester. Yes, the vow of secrecy serves only to protect the abuser. The sickness is piled layer upon layer. After taking a good, hard look at the lgat layers I have come to think that every single thing about them is sick & twisted. In the early part of my departure from the lgat, while I was beginning to see some serious flaws in logic and reality in the doctrine I also thought there were some good aspects. I still didn't know about the mind control feature.
When I learned about the manipulation and deception I was shocked. It's been a process of coming to terms with the fact that nothing done by the lgat was for the stated purpose of improving participant's lives. The entire so-called course was a sham. It's just layers of sick, manipulative deception piled high and deep. That's all I see, the more I look. No matter what a so-called teaching [i:8f0eefdece]appeared[/i:8f0eefdece] to be, there is a hidden and sinister purpose for it.
The LGAT LIE. ONE CONTINUOUS SOLID LIE, appearances notwithstanding.