[Hermana Linda]

Originally Posted by katiekind

--or on the other hand, normal parents will be love-and-compassion failures and who are unable to honestly FEEL Pearl's folksy level of "shucks, ain't he a cutie-pie, though" goodwill and compassion toward their children when they are requiring so many stinging licks and bizarre punishments to change their children's will and emotions. You find them lamenting this to one another.

IMHO, this is the root of my horror of the Pearl's teachings, that they change their children's will and emotions. Also the Stockholm Syndrome. I was not totally sure what that means, but I assumed that it is the brainwashing captors use on their victims. The syndrom that made Patty Hearst join the SLA. Turns out that I was right. I found an interesting article on that http://www.apologeticsindex.org/353-stockholm-syndrome. The Pearl's adult children defend and embrace the teachings by which they were raised. I read an article by Rebeka Joy Anast of them gushing about how wonderful it was that she can only feel joy. All negative emotions have been brainwashed out of her during her youth. This is not healthy. I have searched for the article but am unable to find it. If anyone has a link to it, please post.