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In reply to the discussion: Whoa - Leah Remini files missing person report on Scientology head's wife. [View all]calimary
(81,085 posts)104. Man! I got lured in, too, when I was that age.
They showed us a video by their then-marquee name, actor Steven Boyd.
It sounded interesting and pretty harmless for about three or four minutes. Then I started getting the creeps.
I got the hell outta there when they tried to make me sign a "promissory note" to pay them $35.
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Whoa - Leah Remini files missing person report on Scientology head's wife. [View all]
Sheldon Cooper
Aug 2013
OP
I think she has a feeling that someone will be digging up a corpse, and that's why she spoke up.
MADem
Aug 2013
#87
I was lured in to the office to take the personality test when I was 17 or 18.
Quantess
Aug 2013
#97
I don't think Scientology is any crazier than any other religion....it's just a lot newer.
TheDebbieDee
Aug 2013
#52
Exactly. She IS probably doing Scientology work -- just not on a voluntary basis.
stranger81
Aug 2013
#110
she is probably suffering from untreated debilitating mental illness, just like L. Ron Hubbard
Snake Plissken
Aug 2013
#27
Im not aware of any other mythology businesses which were solely created to screw people out of cash
Snake Plissken
Aug 2013
#30
I can walk into any church in the country and indulge in their particular brand of mythology
Snake Plissken
Aug 2013
#38
all I can say is I'm glad my children who are atheists are not your kind of atheist.
liberal_at_heart
Aug 2013
#69
You couldn't be more wrong. The Catholic Church, for example, requires no tithe.
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#59
Not completely true. When I was growing up, every single parish had an envelope system
msanthrope
Aug 2013
#88
When you were growing up was some time ago. And even then no one was prevented from
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#100
L. Ron Hubbard wasn't even a good science fiction writer! He was basically a hack!
LongTomH
Aug 2013
#129
And you could put whatever you wanted to in the envelope -- nothing like with Scientology. n/t
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#138
you don't have to pay anything to attend most churches, and once you attend regularly you
HiPointDem
Aug 2013
#78
That's not true. You can go to a Catholic Church for Mass every Sunday in your life and never drop
pnwmom
Aug 2013
#57
This is NOT true. You are mistaking the concept of charitable giving and/or tithing
IdaBriggs
Aug 2013
#93
no one here said any religion was pure & sacred. they said you can be a member of most
HiPointDem
Aug 2013
#79
The reason no one believes you is because your opinions do not coincide with the reality
IdaBriggs
Aug 2013
#94
Pretty crazy cult. I learned everything I wanted to know about it from South Park...
adirondacker
Aug 2013
#60
Well, that led me to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keHQwdy2NX8 nt
AnotherDreamWeaver
Aug 2013
#68
Leah Remini report that Scientology boss David Miscavige's wife is missing ruled unfounded
oberliner
Aug 2013
#71
not the only apparently missing person in the organization either. the supposed #2 man is
HiPointDem
Aug 2013
#81
I read "Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief" a couple months ago ...
meegbear
Aug 2013
#99
From reading the whole thread, I see most have no direct knowledge of Scientologists.
ConcernedCanuk
Aug 2013
#120