Scientology Religion
September 18, 2020
Reflecting on a Decade Writing About My Religion
Ten years ago, I was a new daddy. With a year-old daughter and my wife and I expecting our second, I was simultaneously in...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
September 3, 2020
What’s It Like To Have a Scientologist Parent? According To My 12-Year-Old, “Absolutely Amazing”
Being a mom is my very favorite job. Full disclosure: I wasn’t sure I wanted to be a mom. I love my work and did not know...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
September 2, 2020
Portrait of a True Leader: David Miscavige
One can spot a true leader miles away. Their certainty of ability, humbleness in accomplishment and compassion for the whole...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
August 29, 2020
Scientology vs. Science Fiction
I was born in the South. There’s a kind of running joke about how someone in the South can insult you so politely you’re...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
May 26, 2020
Happy Birthday, Dianetics!
This month, the world marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, the...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
May 25, 2020
Blamers Gonna Blame
Whenever someone claiming to be a former Scientologist writes something disparaging about our church, one telling thing pops...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
May 14, 2020
Scientology Is Freedom. Freedom Is Fun.
In just about every society on earth, we humans are handed nothing but limits from the time we are born. The limits of popular...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
April 3, 2020
How the Whole Earth Catalog Primed Me for Scientology
When I moved from a small town in upstate New York to the San Francisco Bay area at the age of 11, I found myself at the beginning...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
March 8, 2020
Setting High-Schoolers Straight on Scientology
I never heard about Scientology when I was in high school. Most likely because news didn’t travel so fast back when I was...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
February 7, 2020
The Naysayers and the Critics
You are talking to a percentage of the population that would hate YOU if you caught their attention enough.
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
January 25, 2020
Don’t Scientologists Believe in Mental Illness?
The thing that Scientologists take issue with is the lack of science behind so much of the psychiatric community’s categorizations...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
January 21, 2020
New Year’s Resolutions Fail: Scientology Can Help
Sometimes the bar isn’t set very high, like the year my son said that his primary objective for the next 12 months was to...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
December 5, 2019
Why Does Scientology Keep Its Upper-Level Teachings “Secret”?
When I heard about the “OT levels” I was curious why much of it was kept confidential. Over time, I answered my own question....
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
November 20, 2019
Why We Don’t “Believe” In Scientology
Recently, I've found myself fielding numerous questions about what Scientologists “believe,” so I'm going to address the...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
October 25, 2019
If You Find Yourself Stuck in a Motel in a Thunderstorm
My wife and I recently had a free weekend and decided to drive to the coast. But as we traveled west, dark clouds rolled in,...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
October 10, 2019
How Does It Feel to Be a Scientologist?
Since I have been a Scientologist for over 20 years, I feel I’m very qualified to answer this question. I’ll answer it...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
October 7, 2019
Inside Scientology: The Art of Critical Thinking
It takes a very humble person to admit that, compared to the truth, they don’t matter.
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
August 30, 2019
How and Why I Became a Scientologist
Fellow says, ‘What is the reason for life?’ Oddly enough, the apparent answer to the thing... if he wants a very finite,...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
June 26, 2019
I Left Scientology as a Teen: Here’s Why I Came Back
In the end, I gave the “live life one day at a time and just do what makes you happy” thing a try. By the age of 23, I...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
March 8, 2019
Why I Choose Scientology
Scientology does not discriminate in who it helps. It literally can help anyone: the young, the old, the rich, the poor, the...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
January 27, 2019
The Scientology “Mystery” Solved
I have often seen confusion arise in the minds of people who hear snippets of the theatrical, artificial media version of...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
January 15, 2019
What’s the Deal With Scientology and Psychiatry?
I thought back to close family members and friends who had spent time taking antidepressants and other psychotropic drugs...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
January 15, 2019
The Type That Rages Against Scientology
“This is classic,” I thought. This guy was the poster child for the usual type of person who rages against Scientology....
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
December 30, 2018
Peace on Earth, Protecting Goodwill for All
The day after Thanksgiving 2018, I suffered a heart attack and was rushed through triple bypass surgery. My wife is helping...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
July 31, 2018
Forty Years a Scientologist: A Comment on Friendship
A few months ago I reconnected with an old, incredibly close friend of mine from my long-gone youth, a friend who had a major...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
July 17, 2018
How I Answer Questions About Scientology: “Do the Math.”
So my solution to this is, when someone asks me about a few upset ex-Scientologists out there complaining, I just “do the...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
May 24, 2018
What Scientologists Are REALLY Up To
While I have been Jewish all my life, for the last 12 years I have added Scientology to my religious resumé. In practicing...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
May 21, 2018
Is Man Just Another Animal? Part 2: Loss of Spirituality and Increase of Dementia
The immortality of the soul is certainly a crucial and integral part of the belief systems of most if not all religions. And...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
May 15, 2018
The Real Story of Scientology
Imagine living in a world where you have something in your life that you find incredibly helpful and rewarding, something...
READ MORE
Scientology Religion
May 2, 2018
The Best Thing In The World
Life is the essential raw material of artists—be they sculptors, performers, painters, writers, directors, or whichever—they...
READ MORE
