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

[angi_is_altered]

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

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[doe_witch]

and he wrote and directed “Crash,” which won Best Picture the next year

This explains so much.

[brewsternorth]

About CoS, Haggis, or "Crash"?

[brewsternorth]

Or the AMPAS?

[doe_witch]

About Crash, lol. That thing pissed me off so much.

[xerox78]

Uggggh...every time I read or hear something about Scientology, I remember my college Psych 101 teacher asked us to read a book about self-actualization and repeatedly recommended Dianetics. *shudder*

[brewsternorth]

I think of the shlubs staffing the e-meters in the Mezzanine of Religious Miscellany between the A/C/E at 42nd-Port Authority and the 1/2/3 at 42nd-Times Square: I want to ask them, in all honesty, are they *happy*?