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How Religion Improves Lives and Why Bigots Oppose It
Growing up as an agnostic, John did not give religious matters too much thought. Nor did he assess his actions against any kind of religious teachings or moral codes. If something seemed advantageous in the moment and the risk was not too great, it was worthwhile.
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How Scientology Made Me Honest, After a Life of Crime
The officer looked at me and said that I had done an amazing job—all the way from the first time I walked in to now, and that he was so impressed.
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How Scientology Saved My Life
It was July 1977. Gold was selling for $161.10 per ounce, Dodgers players Dusty Baker and Glenn Burke had just invented the “high five.” “Star Wars: A New Hope” was released and most critics thought it would be a flop. The population of the world was slightly more than four billion. The top song of the year was “You Light Up My Life” by Debbie Boone. The Yankees won the World Series and the Raiders won the Super Bowl.
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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 of a cultural revolution. A few miles away, the hippie movement was getting started in the hills above Palo Alto. Although I was oblivious to it in the first couple of years after the move, it became obvious as time went on:
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How Young Is Too Young to Learn About Bigotry?
I was moved by a recent articulate, thoughtful article about how to prepare your children for the evil that exists in the world. As a parent myself I’ve been blessed to experience the kind of unconditional love that one feels for one’s child.
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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 was utterly miserable and felt like I was trapped in a hamster wheel.
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If I Disagree with Someone’s Religion, Why Should I Study It?
Every religion I know of celebrates the good and kind in ourselves and our neighbors. Religions celebrate who we really are.
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Scientology: If You Don’t Know, Don’t Pretend to Know
We eventually won that particular battle—and many others. But we didn’t win it by waiting for newspapers to say nice things about us.
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I’m Turning 50 as a Scientologist. These Are My Reflections on Discrimination.
Hatred, misinformation and stupidity roam in a pack. They are often harbingers of violence.
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In Their Own Image: Psychiatry's Attack on Religion
A decade ago, the Royal Society of Medicine posited that psychiatry had become “the new religion,” replacing priests with psychiatrists, confessionals with clinics, and prayers with pharmaceuticals.
