What Happens When You Try To Leave Scientology
The St. Petersburg Times has another mind blowing article this weekend on Scientology. In this article they interviewed former high ranking staffers about what would happen if someone important tried to leave the church. They also interviewed several high ranking people who did try and leave and how they kept getting them to return. Great article and the comments are just as good.
You can read the article here, or watch the video report below.
$500 severance?
ReplyDeleteIt's mind blowing that they get away with this crap.
In 1949, L. Ron Hubbard was invited to address a science-fiction group in Newark hosted by the writer, Sam Moskowitz. 'Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous,' Hubbard told the meeting. 'If a man really wanted to make a million dollars, the best way to do it would be to start his own religion.'
ReplyDelete- Los Angeles Times, 27 August 1978
i totally agree that this organization is foul, and they mislead their members. i also try and take these kinds of reports with a small grain of salt. it's easy for dis-gruntled ex members of ANY organization to put an extreme spin on things.
ReplyDeletethat being said, i still think this 'religion' is pretty wacky.
Oh, and this one.
ReplyDelete"We've got some new ways to make slaves here."
-L. Ron Hubbard, Philadelphia Doctorate Course lecture 20, 1952.
You know what's the weirdest thing, open the link and the first thing you see is a banner for scientology.org How screwed up is that!!! Fixed?!?!
ReplyDeleteOkay, the narrator's voice is creeping me out....
ReplyDeleteMy husband read Isaac Asimov's autobiograhphy and all of the contemporary sci-fi writers hated L. Ron Hubbard and agreed that he sucked as a writer.
ReplyDelete...autobiography that is
ReplyDeleteIt's just a money sucking cult!! What really pisses me off is that its classified as a "RELIGION" so they get whatever tax privileges that real religions get!!
ReplyDeleteThe St Pete article is interesting, but even more interesting are the comments after the article. I don't understand why anyone would join a club or religion that restricts their every thought, movement and belief.
ReplyDeleteI just read the article. Sounds like they violate federal wage and hour laws. Specifically, the Fair Labor Standards Act which defines min wage and over-time regulations. She only earned $50 a week in 1990?? That comes to 1.25 for a 40 hour work week. Considering what she described, it sounds like she worked more than 40 and was not elible to be exempt/salary. How about a wage and hour audit from the gov't?
ReplyDeleteI gotta say, there are some strange "religions" out there. My rule of thumb for what is acceptable and uplifting is one simple rule. If you leave, are you an outcast? Or can you still communicate with family and friends? Second only to, will said religion allow you close and personal relationships with someone outside this religion without pushing you to "convert" them? Simple stuff really.
ReplyDeleteholy cow. =O
ReplyDeleteD'ya ever notice how, when someone speaks out against the CO$, the CO$ ALWAYS says "they were fringe" or "they had deep psychological problems" or some other negative statement. It's like they can't take responsibility for anything...it's not their fault, it was the other person, blah blah blah.....
ReplyDeleteOMG....I think I've dated the Church of Scientology. Creepy.
lol @ Majik "OMG....I think I've dated the Church of Scientology."
ReplyDeleteCo$ = THIEVES, BRAINWASHERS AND EXTORTIONISTS.
ReplyDeleteCall a spade a fucking spade.
Majik - the COS must have Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
ReplyDeleteThe "church" is nothing more than a front for serious felonious behavior under the guise of a tax exempt religious group. No recognized religious physically assaults it's members, spies on them, collects financial & personal information, impedes them from taking psychiatric medication without medical supervision. These are crimes.
ReplyDeleteWhat needs to happen is they need the legitimacy that religious tax exempt status gives these lunatics taken away - they are nothing but a cult with classic cult behavior coming to light. But enough is enough, if you want to participate in this organized insanity that's a choice,but them pay taxes not be allowed to build these shrines to abuse all over the world with money they are most likely plundering from the weak, sick, and mislead which is aided by our government not looking into what constitutes an abusive cult and a legit church.
Every article now is worse than the last.
Anyone else seen the deluge of Scientology commercials lately? CREEPY!!
ReplyDeleteActually, at first I thought they were commercials for the Mormon church before "Scientology.org" link at the end, haha.
I have done a lot of research on Scientology and it has nothing to do with religion. The rules for the church are shocking. Look up "fair game" or "tone scale" and you will begin to get an inkling of their insanity and criminal behavior. The staff members practice have classes where they practice lying so that they can do it easily when put on the spot or called in to court. Every word they say is a lie and they are proud to suck in anyone who will fall for their evil con.
ReplyDeleteDon't know if any of you go to FreeKatie but it is a website where there is a lot of talk about this subject and TomKatKitten, etc. Look at Tom and Nicole's oldest daugher, Bella, and then look at David Miscavage. The two look exactly alike. It looks like Tom adopted Miscavage's daughter... so I don't think Tom has any qualms about anything the man does. Pure evil.
figgy - they do seem to be everywhere these days. It is very creepy.
ReplyDeleteit's funny how the structure of Scentology, with all its levels, activities and endless series of tasks to be completed resembles so much the Facebook games [farmville, frontierville, cityville to mention a few] which are so popular these days.. maybe they should have called it Religionville :)
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