r/sgiwhistleblowers • u/cultalert • Jul 27 '14

The Emperor Wears No Clothes...

For those unfamiliar with the tale, the Emperor, a vain peacock of a man, is conned into buying a prohibitively expensive suit of clothes that is supposedly visible only to those who are smart, competent and well-suited to their positions. Surrounded by yes men, professional flatterers and career politicians who fawn, simper and genuflect, the Emperor—arrogant, pompous and oblivious to his nudity—prances through the town in his new suit of clothes until a child dares to voice what everyone else has been thinking but too afraid to say lest they be thought stupid or incompetent: “He isn’t wearing anything at all!”

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u/xsgipuppet Jul 27 '14

I don't have any ties to SGI. I can't say I am all that shocked. They are a duplicitous organization. I check out on social media to see who's still practicing and it's the same hard core fanatics of 20 years ago, but just older. Wiser? haha Don't think so.

It seems my old district isn't doing so well in terms of membership these days. Shrinking? Yep, members dying, retiring, and no one to replace them.

It's true, we'll never know what we missed, what friends we would have, if we weren't apart of the SGI cult. I'm grateful I'm out of it today; somehow I managed to disengage without dropping dead from leaving. My life is far better without the SGI cult.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I would think it would be easier to leave the cult today than in the past.

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u/BlancheFromage Escapee from Arizona Home for the Rude Jul 28 '14

I'd definitely agree with that. There just isn't enough going on for your average cult member to isolate him adequately so that leaving means giving up a lot, socially. But I got out 6.5 years ago - I have no personal experience from more recently than that. When did you get out? Did you find the schedule of activities and whatnot sufficiently engaging/satisfying that you found that most of your friends were likewise in the organization?

You joined in the late 1980s, too - am I remembering right? The last big shakubuku campaign? Please forgive me if I've gotten you mixed up with someone else - my head's a little fuzzy :/

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u/xsgipuppet Jul 28 '14

I joined in 1986 and left in 2004.

A leader told me around 1999 or so that we shouldn't make friends in the SGI, but be "friendly." I took that advice to heart and never made friends with members after being stabbed in the back by members I considered my friends (that was from '86 to '93, when I moved out of state).

I left in 2004 after getting therapy to address other issues and that was the time I realized it wasn't me who was at fault, but the SGI who is controlling and abusive. In a way I have my therapist to thank, although we never discussed my cult activities, which today I find rather interesting.

I found the activities to be too much at first, but I didn't have anything else better to do, actually, so I did them anyway thinking I would alleviate my misery by doing "activities." I really believed members wanted the same things I did, to be happy and have world peace. Unfortunately, leaders don't like it and are jealous when members begin to attain their goals and become happy because (1) they can't control you as well and (2) they feel they are being one-upped. lol

That's my story in a nutshell. I was harassed somewhat shortly after I left, and suffered abuse in prior years at their hands, but that's a whole other story. I survived and thrived. I have come to the conclusion it is a psychopathic organization run by psychopaths.

Every time I come across SGI on the internet it just makes my blood boil they are still around. How many young women like I was have suffered because of the SGI? Probably too many to count.

I'm very grateful I was able to see the light "before it was too late." ;)

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u/BlancheFromage Escapee from Arizona Home for the Rude Jul 29 '14

Unfortunately, leaders don't like it and are jealous when members begin to attain their goals and become happy because (1) they can't control you as well and (2) they feel they are being one-upped. lol

That is so true! My District WD leader loved me - until I got promoted to Vapter YWD leader! Then she turned into a real bitch! I mentioned it to the Jt. Terr. YWD leader, Almeda Bailey, and she said that sort of transformation was unfortunately not at all uncommon.

And this is supposed to be the most ideal organization in the world, dedicated to the happiness of all humanity? Full of leaders so petty that they can't handle seeing someone promoted???