[Freedom]

When I was in college, I was president of a campus club affiliated with the LC. In all instances that I am aware of, the club will act as an outreach arm of the LC in that city, and they do make a deliberate effort to hide that. Ultimately, it was that type of dishonesty that caused me to become disillusioned with the LC as a whole.

At some point soon after joining, they will usually tell new members to not believe anything "negative" that they hear regarding the group, so it doesn't take long before they are convinced to not listen to any outside information on the LC or even basic instinct.

I don't really know what kind of advice to give, but one thing that comes to mind is that among all the former members out there, it is worth noting that no one really has any personal vendetta against the LC. People left the LC due to what they experienced there. When former members speak to their experiences, the LC will write it off as "spreading rumors" or whatever else they try to call it. But at the end of the day, the fact that remains that there are so many former members who have all had less than positive experiences there. Those experiences are something most of us had little control over. It was a product of the environment.