Scientology Religion
January 6, 2021
Is Scientology an Investment?
When it comes up in conversation with someone that I’m a Scientologist, I usually say to the person: “…and you’re...
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Scientology Religion
December 8, 2020
Scientology: The “Other” Philosophy
The philosophy of facing and handling life requires things like responsibility, courage, self-reliance, the ability to reason...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 1, 2020
Why Can’t I Be A Scientologist?
I gave her a polite reply, but I realized she succeeded in making me feel slightly ashamed for asking her. I realized at that...
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Scientology Religion
November 25, 2020
Are Scientologists Told What to Think?
That idea is especially ridiculous because, as a person studies and applies Scientology to more and more areas of life, their...
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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...
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Religious Freedom
September 1, 2020
Religious Freedom in Australia: The Vestiges of Intolerance Resurface
Religious intolerance is an old story in humanity, nearly as old as religion itself. But tolerance is old too: Cyrus the Great,...
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Anti-Religious Propaganda
August 25, 2020
Leah Remini: Without Scientology “I Would Probably Be an Animal”
It’s an eye-opener to discover that Leah Remini’s “Premath” had an entirely different script. Before Remini unleashed...
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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...
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Scientology Religion
April 12, 2018
The Brilliance of Scientology
For most of us, our cell phone is a thing of wonder and mystery. We don’t know how it works, we only know it does. Well,...
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Scientology Religion
December 30, 2017
What It’s Like Being a Scientology Dad
I have the most awesome kid in the world. I know every parent thinks that, but in my case I have empirical evidence to support...
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Scientology Religion
December 17, 2017
STAND’s Annual Year-End Reception: A Meeting of Minds
Once I began to study Scientology, one of the things that kept me coming back was the people I’ve been privileged to associate...
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Religious Literacy
December 12, 2017
Religion: What’s the Point?
Religion is like marriage: there’s so much to criticize about it, yet people still want to tie the knot. Marriage is designed...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 11, 2017
Why Is Scientology Treated “Unfairly?”
Cultures change slowly. I was born in 1945. When I was growing up in Washington, D.C., discrimination against African Americans,...
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Media & Ethics
December 5, 2017
Reader Beware: Fake News Is Cheap and Easy
The data is fascinating and rather unnerving at the same time. In about an hour’s time, Mr. King created a fake news website,...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 5, 2017
Thomas Jefferson and the True Spirit of Scientology
As a 7th grader, I visited the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C. The quote in HUGE letters around the inner dome reads:...
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Media & Ethics
November 29, 2017
Will You Be the Journalist Who Covers Scientology Right?
Whether you are an amateur blogger, the curator of a Facebook page, or a content creator for a prestigious international news...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
November 20, 2017
How Eric Idle Dropped Me as His Biggest Fan Because I’m a Scientologist
I’d like to share what it’s like to have a celebrity—someone you have admired and been a fan of your whole life—suddenly...
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Scientology Religion
October 30, 2017
Why Scientologists Oppose Psychiatry
In 1975, just as Ken Kesey’s novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was filmed at Oregon State Hospital, I became...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
October 20, 2017
Where Is God in Our Violent, Unpredictable World?
The question of how an all-loving and all-powerful God could allow things like this shooting to happen is one of the fundamental...
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Scientology Religion
June 19, 2017
The Power of Listening
The first course I took in Scientology was called, “The Communication Course.” The first exercise on the course was called...
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Scientology Religion
June 18, 2017
The Truth about Scientology, in my View
I remember when I was 17 years old and first walked into a Church of Scientology in Chicago. I was young, troubled, unsure...
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