My point was rather to highlight Pomerantz’s motives than his threadbare imdb profile, but yes, if that’s a similar pattern on other member’s profiles it perhaps does beg the question why more haven’t followed suit, given the potential financial rewards. Maybe it’s simply down to personal moral compasses.

Skyler:

DON’t hold back. Tell us how you REALLY feel.

Chuck:”Too bad the whole rest of the movement never got that message, that Hubbard had doubts, and had admitted failure.”

Of course, WE got the message — and got OUT. That’s a START, and likely to help infect those still in IF they ever get the balls to look their cult up in the real world. Every person moved from “in” to “out” weakens DM’s position and hastens scientology’s being relegated to the junk pile of failed cults.

Most actor members’ IMDB profiles aren’t very impressive, plus it seems they typically show a downward trend with greater involvement in Scientology, which I suspect both saps the time they need to be developing their craft such as doing stage work (like TC’s Oscar-winning ex Nicole), and ends up hampering their emotional range after too much auditing and processing. In particular, those who were once successful at all, tend to stop receiving major recognition of their acting skills such as Oscars and Emmys, no longer even being nominated.

And the other actors we see promoting themselves on flyers, which presumably are covert recruiting efforts by Scientology, don’t show up as being any more successful at getting work or more importantly actually furthering their careers, than Pomerantz.

I do suspect that a couple of members whose names we might recognize, but who are perhaps now not getting much work and are hard up for money, may be FSMing and just not showing up here, either because they are promoting things other than the IAS, or because they’re using their celebrity privilege to ask not to be listed and revealed as money-grubbers.

….still healing here too…

as time passes some things get easier, but also… it can get darker really quickly.

These days, sometimes the weight of the scope of loss and betrayal gives me great pause.

WHAT did I do with 40 years?

A fat old guy with bad teeth…. I spent 4 decades of my life pouring over and embracing his every word? Every aspect of all of life was evaluated by what HE said? All decisions, all judgments of self and others, all of my concepts for what is existence, who I am, my value, …ALL predicated on the words of one person? Self proclaimed discoverer of all truth of all existence?

I FELL FOR THAT???????????????????????????????????

FOR DECADES??????????????

The big beautiful world about me – I dismissed as a copy of a copy of a copy. An aberration and dramatization that was a trap, a punishment, a mirage, … KSW and Safeguarding Technology taught me to ignore everything in the world except for doing Scn and helping others do it.

I might as well have donned an orange robe, shaved my head, and took up a position on a street corner for the bulk of my life.

…
so…yeah, sometimes the weight of what it cost, what I gave up, all that I missed………..

bit much.

Hubbard at least for a brief moment at the end of his life admitted failure.

Too bad the whole rest of the movement never got that message, that Hubbard had doubts, and had admitted failure.

Kati, its Aqua; thanks for what you shared, and I responded to but it got posted way further up by mistake.

That said, I’ll make a deal with you 🙂 PROVE that Trump has spoken out about the Church of Scientology’s forced abortions, in his State of The Union Address or ANYWHERE, and I’ll vote for him in 2020, and THAT’S a promise!

“…some weird Scientology portal that will suck me into the seventh circle of hell…”

LOL!!!