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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.
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Inside Scientology: The Art of Critical Thinking
It takes a very humble person to admit that, compared to the truth, they don’t matter.
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Is Hate Contagious?
On February 22, a murder in Kansas drew national attention. Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who had moved from India to the United States to study aviation engineering, was relaxing in a bar with a friend. A man started shouting racial slurs at the pair and told them to “ get out of [his] country.“
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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 rightfully so.
Leah Remini: The Anti-Humanitarian
What a far cry from the words and deeds of kindness and wisdom associated with decent human beings.
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Masterpiece Cakeshop and The Need For Tolerance and Respect
I believe that the Masterpiece opinion will make such bodies more aware of the need to produce decisions, however they rule, that are respectful to the rights of both sides and provide at least some hope for reconciliation.
