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by zzzeek
1621 days ago
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should have been more specific. I am not a stranger to cult indoctrination. Plus I grew up with these people in the same house. So I actually know where she is coming from and to some extent what it's like to be indoctrinated (I had a bried stint with scientology 30 years ago). It's fully possible to be empathetic for someone's worldview and still know that they are completely wrong. I'm not sure how that's not feasible. |
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People (not yourself obviously) confuse empathy and sympathy with agreement and that's simply not the case of course.
It's tough when you see yourself so strongly in someone else and share experience with them and they are destroying their lives by putting their trust in liars.
This is painful to see even in severe cases when someone is sucked in due to their own self serving biases.
It's frustrating though. Wrong people are still wrong. It's not that hard to "ground propositions" on the issues most people deal with in their practical lives (once you've conceded that physical reality exists.)
Good luck and hang in there.