by Janet Reitman
As you read this book you wonder just HOW so people can give their lives and souls to such a corrupt organisation and laughably silly "religion". You will hear how absolute power does indeed corrupt absolutely.Despite Scientology providing so ammunition for the author to attack with, the author does...
I just can't resist people doing crazy stupid things in the name of religion. Especially in modern times.
This is a challenging read owing to the scope and density of information, but it's a worthwhile pursuit if you want to see an in-depth example of how insanity is contagious. If you don't feel up to the task of reading the entire book, I recommend reading the first three chapters, especially if you'r...
Blurb:If Americans don't know much about history, they know even less about Scientology. If asked, they might rattle off the names of celebrity followers Tom Cruise and John Travolta, and founder L. Ron Hubbard, but few of us have more than a scattered sense of what it is and how it developed. Janet...
Once I started reading I couldn't turn away. The story of Scientology has it all--good and evil, drugs and violence and a cast of characters and organizations that put any dystopian fiction to shame. If it wasn't so awful that real people get wrapped up in this, it'd make a great movie or tv series....
I am going to tell you something that nobody believes. In the early 70s I was dating a girl who was into Scientology. (no, that's not it. Anyone who knows me know I've dated some really weird girls and the only normal one I've dated is the one I'm married to now). She was always giving me tracts abo...
From Amazon's review:Whatever your opinion of Scientology, the truth is more extreme.An in-depth overview and exploration of the Scientology religion, and its effects on some of the people who've been sucked into its world.I'm not a fan of religion and I wanted to see how deep goes the craziness. Th...
The book was very enlightening and I'm glad I read it. It's one of those books where the truth might lie in a fuzzy cloud. I do believe Scientology is much like a cult and will steal all your money but was it responsible for the death of a member? Did it throw people overboard? How much of this is f...
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