"It's not Christian, and it's not science" w/Elli

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4.8 • 566 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Elli was raised a third-generation Christian Scientist in Southern California. She left the religion in her late teens and discovered it was a cult in her mid-twenties. Her journey of over 10 years has been undoing the restrictive thinking and false beliefs imprinted since birth and finding out who she is underneath it all. In this first part of a three-episode series, Elli shares with Rachel her story of growing up in a restrictive household and church where she was denied access to any form of medicine or healthcare. Throughout the conversation, Elli provides insight into her uniquely sheltered perspective and explains the confusing and disorienting feelings she experienced while integrating into broader society for the first time. Before You Go: Rachel addresses Elli's feelings of confusion surrounding a lack of basic medical language and how it can prevent the solution-oriented thinking that would usually lead to treatment from a doctor. Thanks to our newest Patrons: Caroline Hinton, Dolan, Felicia Baucom, and Heather Silsbee!! To help support the show monthly and sign up for cool Indoctrination stickers and tote bags, please visit: www.patreon.com/indoctrination Want to support the IndoctriNation show with a one-time donation? Use this link! www.paypal.me/indoctriNATION You can always help the show for free by leaving us a review on Apple/iTunes, it really helps the visibility of the show! Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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0:00.0	Welcome to Indocination, a weekly conversation series about protecting yourself from systems of control.
0:11.1	I'm your host, Rachel Bernstein.
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1:05.0	And now for today's guest, we have Ellie on the show today.
1:14.8	She is going to be speaking to us today for the first part of a three-part episode. She was raised a third-generation Christian scientist in Southern California. She left the religion in her late
1:21.4	teens and then says she discovered it was a cult in her mid-20s. Her journey of over 10 years has been undoing the
1:31.2	restrictive thinking and the false beliefs imprinted in her since birth and finding out who she is
1:39.0	underneath all of it and she wanted to share it with you. Here's Ellie now.
1:55.3	I am very happy to have Ellie on the show today.
2:05.6	She is someone who brings a lot to an important discussion, an important subject. And by bringing a lot, I mean a lot of information and history
2:14.3	and personal experiences. And so, you know, being able to speak from her head and also
2:23.8	speak from her heart. And she has a really nice way of talking about things and phrasing things.
2:29.2	So she's going to be talking to us today about Christian science and what it is and what it can create
2:39.0	in people's lives and her experiences with it specifically. And we'll expand on all of that.
2:46.5	Allie, welcome. Do you want to introduce yourself and say a little bit about you?
2:49.6	I was raised in a
2:51.0	suburb of L.A. and I lived there basically my whole childhood until I was a young adult and had graduated
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