Comments | ontd_political: The Apostate:Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology. by Lawrence Wright

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The Apostate:Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology. by Lawrence Wright

Feb 07, 2011 11:13

On August 19, 2009, Tommy Davis, the chief spokesperson for the Church of Scientology International, received a letter from the film director and screenwriter Paul Haggis. “For ten months now I have been writing to ask you to make a public statement denouncing the actions of the Church of Scientology of San Diego,” Haggis wrote. Before the ( Read more... )

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jaguarjg February 7 2011, 18:18:18 UTC

The more I learn about Scientology the more it just looks like a bunch of white rich folk who happily ignore anyone getting fucked over so they can keep their little privilege club ( ... )

browneyedguuurl February 7 2011, 18:30:06 UTC

Every time I read that I just can't even compute how the hell people don't laugh when they read that. At least Haggins had the common sense to call it madness.

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This video is CRAZY! angi_is_altered February 7 2011, 19:32:58 UTC

brewsternorth February 7 2011, 19:45:42 UTC

*nods* It's very good at preying on people's vulnerabilities and milking them for all they're worth.

Mind you, I get the impression that it's moved to the next level under Miscavige.

imnotasquirrel February 7 2011, 21:45:57 UTC

I was morbidly fascinated with the psychology of destructive cults and gave speeches on them in school for English class (whenever our teacher allowed us to choose our own topics, lol), so I was probably more informed on cults than your average person. (Not that I was an expert.) And I still think that I could have very easily fallen victim to a cult*, especially in college. A lot of people think that only stupid folks fall victim to cults, but that's not true. Most of it is about emotional vulnerability. Cults are experts at preying on that.

* If I had ever run across them, which I didn't. :( I was actually thinking of seeking a rumored cult out because I really wanted to see what they were like for myself. My friends talked me out of it.

ETA: I read this book, Whatever Happened to the Class of '65, which profiled a group of adults 20 years after they had graduated from high school in the 60s. What struck me was that the kid who was widely regarded as the smartest and most intellectual of the group, ended up bouncing around ( ... )

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