There's a great article in the New York Times about Breaking with Scientology. Many of the quotes could have come from former Soka Gakkai members. Check it out:
"Why did we work so hard for this organization," Ms. Collbran said, "and why did it feel so wrong in the end? We just didn't understand."
Like SGI, Scientology faults defectors for leaving:
As for the defectors, Mr. Davis called them "apostates" and said that contrary to their claims of having left the church in protest, they were expelled.
Also, check out the related video, "Leaving the church, not the faith." Linky.
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"Like" SGI? No kidding. What SGI needs are those Love Boat-Captain Stubing hats, like Scientology. "Hey, looks good on you". Actually, SGI is getting even more like Scientology with a mandatory declaration of faith signed by every leader who wishes to remain so or face what is spasmodically termed "disqualification". If you're joining as a new member of the SGI, do you know that the people who are supposedly guiding you in learning how to be a capable person in life through Buddhism, have signed a form in which they have agreed to think like they are told to think and feel how they are told to feel about actions they are yet to take in the future? No, they do not.By they way, Mr. Davis, you can't expel an apostate. If you call them an apostate, then they have already abandoned whatever belief it was that held them there.