Katie Holmes was a young woman, very much in love. Being in love is like a sickness. Like a mental illness. People have to be strong and trained in who and what to avoid in order to prevent bad relationships from occurring. Holmes was head over heels into the guy, almost as nuts as TC was in the beginning.
Then, she had a child.
Having a child is a transformative experience for a woman (a good woman, should I say). Nothing is the same after that. What was important, no longer is. What was not important, suddenly is the most important thing.
I believe the act of having her baby caused Katie to grow up and see the reality of who she was married to and the fanatic that he is and to see the danger that posed to her child.
Did Katie Holmes know what she was getting into? I don't think she had a clue. She was too young and probably had little info about scientology.
But even if she did, once she had a child, all bets were off. What's good for the goose is NOT good for the gander if the gander is one's child.
As far as Miscavige being the problem with scientology, respectfully, I call b.s..
Elley Mae posted a link to a great article about scientology, as described by LRH's son and namesake, before Miscavige was involved or took the reigns. The same carp that happens now, was happening then:
http://www.rickross.com/reference/scientology/scien240.html
Hubbard Jr. stated, in an interview with Penthouse in 1983: No, David Miscavige is not the problem. he may be evil but he was attracted to an already evil organization and took control, IMO.
Sounds like a business, not a religion. Oh, and Hubbard was absolutely into making tons of money from this. That simply did not suddenly come about with DM.
That's right. And we are not talking about everyday people who are scammed by this cult and participate to some degree. We are talking about the upper echelon - those who control the puppet strings.
However, I do think scientology [GENERALIZATION ALERT] tends to appeal to those with ego trips, when it comes down to brass tacks, and people with serious issues, like mental problems. I think most people, though, seeking true fulfillment and to learn how to be a better person, realize very quickly that the intensive pressure tactics that occur in their marathon 10 hour intro sessions, are part of a massive con job and get the heck out. One should not have to pay for salvation.
I think scientology is a business and the church of scientology is a cult. It meets every single one of the cult indicators on this checklist for the International Cultic Studies Org.:
http://www.csj.org/infoserv_cult101/checklis.htm
It's scary and creepy and as LRH said, the best way to get rich is to create religion. It's a scam and the only reason it works for some to any degree is because LRH took parts of various philosophies and religions from some of the greatest minds in history and mashed it together. Some of those parts still work, even when mashed together with other stuff and some of it works for people simply because they want it too. LRH had no great vision for mankind. :moo:
I'm not sure what you are responding to in my post here.