My mother's best high school friend went in for it early on....in the beginning days...mid to late 60s I think.
Absolutely completely whacked out. Ironically, her dad had been an Army Chaplain.
The lady left her husband and two children and went to all these compounds. Serial and Group Sex, brainwashing, and above all...give them your money.
This was pretty wild stuff back then.
I just noticed that she and her daughter who followed her later always had a hard stare when they talked to you....like they wanted to look through you.
The son and the dad were wiser and rejected it all outright.
The lady and daughter are slaves to this day. Scientology is for nuts....the only positive PR they ever got was for drug treatment in the early 70s.
Too bad a better SF writer didn't invent a religion..lol
Greta is one. She and her hubby.
A friend of mine joined these whackjobs years ago. He's 50 now and has nothing. What a waste.
That is such a sad story.
I used to live in Dunedin, FL...just north of Clearwater.
They were based in Clearwater at that time.
But, I don't know if they still are.
I would see those guys and gals in the black pants and
white shirts, and cringe.
They definitely had a vacant look on their faces.
It was like the light is out, and nobody is home.
It really is a sad thing