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		By: Elisa		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mike-rinder-on-mormon-stories-podcast/#comment-518645</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elisa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Apr 2023 01:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mike-rinder-on-mormon-stories-podcast/#comment-405086&quot;&gt;John Hancock&lt;/a&gt;.

Well said!! I agree with John. You should talk to him! Or me (lol)

Thank you for all you do! 
Elisa]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mike-rinder-on-mormon-stories-podcast/#comment-405086">John Hancock</a>.</p>
<p>Well said!! I agree with John. You should talk to him! Or me (lol)</p>
<p>Thank you for all you do!<br />
Elisa</p>
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		By: John Hancock		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mike-rinder-on-mormon-stories-podcast/#comment-405086</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Hancock]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2021 20:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks Mike. I appreciate the work that you and Leah are doing to bring to light the truth about Scientology.

As far as I am aware, you have not found any supporters or faithful members of the &quot;religions&quot; of Scientology or the Jehovah&#039;s Witnesses to come on your show. If I&#039;m not mistaken, the reason that supporters of these &quot;religions&quot; will not appear on your show, or podcast, is because they are they have been ordered to keep their distance. They may also fear that you are right, and they will be shunned or targeted as suppressive persons if they dare to associate with you.

In other words, you have found many defectors from Scientology and the Jehovah&#039;s Witnesses who have been willing to speak with you, because they agree with you and recognize that they are not alone in the atrocities that they have experienced. But the supporters or faithful members of Scientology and the Jehovah&#039;s Witnesses are not allowed to speak with you.

This is only one major difference between Scientology and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There are plenty of good and faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who support the work that you and Leah are doing. I have promoted your work and your show to my own family and to other faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints myself, I completely support what you and Leah are doing to bring to light the truth about Scientology. 

In fact, my faith in Christ, as well as common sense, moves me to support what you are doing because I recognize that you are fighting to defend the liberty and dignity of those who have been harmed by Scientology&#039;s nefarious policies and practices. 

There is a world of difference between Scientology and &quot;Mormonism&quot;, between &quot;Dianetics&quot; and the Book of Mormon, between L. Ron Hubbard and the Prophet Joseph Smith. In order to understand those differences, and in order to understand why the vast majority of the faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would support your enterprise, I think that it would make sense to speak directly with someone like myself who believes in and does his best to follow the doctrines and principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ that are taught in His Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 

The offer is on the table.

Keep up the good work.

In solidarity,

John C. Hancock]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks Mike. I appreciate the work that you and Leah are doing to bring to light the truth about Scientology.</p>
<p>As far as I am aware, you have not found any supporters or faithful members of the &#8220;religions&#8221; of Scientology or the Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses to come on your show. If I&#8217;m not mistaken, the reason that supporters of these &#8220;religions&#8221; will not appear on your show, or podcast, is because they are they have been ordered to keep their distance. They may also fear that you are right, and they will be shunned or targeted as suppressive persons if they dare to associate with you.</p>
<p>In other words, you have found many defectors from Scientology and the Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses who have been willing to speak with you, because they agree with you and recognize that they are not alone in the atrocities that they have experienced. But the supporters or faithful members of Scientology and the Jehovah&#8217;s Witnesses are not allowed to speak with you.</p>
<p>This is only one major difference between Scientology and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. There are plenty of good and faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who support the work that you and Leah are doing. I have promoted your work and your show to my own family and to other faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. As a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints myself, I completely support what you and Leah are doing to bring to light the truth about Scientology. </p>
<p>In fact, my faith in Christ, as well as common sense, moves me to support what you are doing because I recognize that you are fighting to defend the liberty and dignity of those who have been harmed by Scientology&#8217;s nefarious policies and practices. </p>
<p>There is a world of difference between Scientology and &#8220;Mormonism&#8221;, between &#8220;Dianetics&#8221; and the Book of Mormon, between L. Ron Hubbard and the Prophet Joseph Smith. In order to understand those differences, and in order to understand why the vast majority of the faithful members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints would support your enterprise, I think that it would make sense to speak directly with someone like myself who believes in and does his best to follow the doctrines and principles of the Gospel of Jesus Christ that are taught in His Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. </p>
<p>The offer is on the table.</p>
<p>Keep up the good work.</p>
<p>In solidarity,</p>
<p>John C. Hancock</p>
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		By: Noah		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Noah]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2021 05:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am a former Mormon that has always been fascinated by Scientology.  I love how my Mormon family completely discredit everything about Scientology but when it comes to Mormonism it is all peachy.

Mormons: Xenu the galactic overlord?  Body Thetans? Scientologist pay for their church services? A bunch of crazy talk.  Totally a cult.

Also Mormons: God’s name is Elohim and lives on a planet named Kolob?  Members are required to pay 10% of their income as tithing in return for ‘life saving ordinances’ that allow you to get into heaven?  Now we’re talking.  This must be God’s one true church!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a former Mormon that has always been fascinated by Scientology.  I love how my Mormon family completely discredit everything about Scientology but when it comes to Mormonism it is all peachy.</p>
<p>Mormons: Xenu the galactic overlord?  Body Thetans? Scientologist pay for their church services? A bunch of crazy talk.  Totally a cult.</p>
<p>Also Mormons: God’s name is Elohim and lives on a planet named Kolob?  Members are required to pay 10% of their income as tithing in return for ‘life saving ordinances’ that allow you to get into heaven?  Now we’re talking.  This must be God’s one true church!</p>
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		By: Becky Ownby		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Ownby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 03:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This was a very good podcast to listen to.  I like how his “Mormon nice” rubbed off on Mike who then had to be encouraged to use some of the more customary,  colorful vernacular he and Leah always banter back and forth so freely.  I had not heard of John Dehlin and didn’t know anything about “Mormon Stories” and all the ways he connects with others..  Very surprised at the number of episodes he has done (did he say 1400+???) <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f633.png" alt="😳" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />.  Did he say he had 190,000 ex-Mormons following his show and other media?   <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f633.png" alt="😳" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f633.png" alt="😳" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /><img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f633.png" alt="😳" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" /> You guys could definitely do lots more discussion on specific topics.  And I think he is onto something with the idea of building a coalition of ex-cult members (from any groups) who could all coalesce and push together, in larger numbers to stop the human rights abuses.  I swear I think you need PAC to fund a movement to get to Congress and EDUCATE our reps and Senators to change our policies/laws  that are allowing human rights abuses to take place on U.S. soil]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was a very good podcast to listen to.  I like how his “Mormon nice” rubbed off on Mike who then had to be encouraged to use some of the more customary,  colorful vernacular he and Leah always banter back and forth so freely.  I had not heard of John Dehlin and didn’t know anything about “Mormon Stories” and all the ways he connects with others..  Very surprised at the number of episodes he has done (did he say 1400+???) 😳.  Did he say he had 190,000 ex-Mormons following his show and other media?   😳😳😳 You guys could definitely do lots more discussion on specific topics.  And I think he is onto something with the idea of building a coalition of ex-cult members (from any groups) who could all coalesce and push together, in larger numbers to stop the human rights abuses.  I swear I think you need PAC to fund a movement to get to Congress and EDUCATE our reps and Senators to change our policies/laws  that are allowing human rights abuses to take place on U.S. soil</p>
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		By: K		</title>
		<link>https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mike-rinder-on-mormon-stories-podcast/#comment-383635</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[K]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 01:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mike-rinder-on-mormon-stories-podcast/#comment-383628&quot;&gt;Mike Rinder&lt;/a&gt;.

@Lynn 
As much as I’m fascinated by Mike’s work...hearing your story reminds that these are real people and lives.  So sorry for what’s happened to you.  Sending my best.  <img src="https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/17.0.2/72x72/1f642.png" alt="🙂" class="wp-smiley" style="height: 1em; max-height: 1em;" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mike-rinder-on-mormon-stories-podcast/#comment-383628">Mike Rinder</a>.</p>
<p>@Lynn<br />
As much as I’m fascinated by Mike’s work&#8230;hearing your story reminds that these are real people and lives.  So sorry for what’s happened to you.  Sending my best.  🙂</p>
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		By: Mike Rinder		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mike Rinder]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2021 00:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mike-rinder-on-mormon-stories-podcast/#comment-383615&quot;&gt;Lynn Fox&lt;/a&gt;.

OMG that is absolutely fucking insane. Now I have heard everything....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.mikerindersblog.org/mike-rinder-on-mormon-stories-podcast/#comment-383615">Lynn Fox</a>.</p>
<p>OMG that is absolutely fucking insane. Now I have heard everything&#8230;.</p>
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		By: Lynn Fox		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lynn Fox]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 22:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mike, I very much enjoyed this episode and always enjoy your insights. I have been down the LDS-research rabbit hole for a while, and since Scientology helped my father justify his CSA of me, I&#039;ve been down that rabbit hole for quite a while too, and this is a fascinating cross-section. My dad dropped out of my life after abusing me through early childhood, then we reunited for a short time. when I was 18. He started talking to me about the abuse, and I thought he was going to apologize, but instead he gleefully informed me that Scientology confirmed that we were married in a previous life, so it was only natural. :/ When I started watching your series it dawned on me, to my horror, that he was actually doing a &quot;process&quot; (sorry...don&#039;t have the lingo down). I recently discovered a long letter he sent while he was &quot;away,&quot; and he talks about (paraphrasing) being a spy for Scientology, and how he is &quot;surveilling&quot; for &quot;a very important Scientologist&quot; and something about &quot;papers.&quot; Crazy stuff. This was sometime in the early 80s. I now wonder if he was part of Operation Snow White...he was based in SoCal, but as a deadbeat dad, he was very mobile. I *sincerely* appreciate everything you and Leah are doing.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mike, I very much enjoyed this episode and always enjoy your insights. I have been down the LDS-research rabbit hole for a while, and since Scientology helped my father justify his CSA of me, I&#8217;ve been down that rabbit hole for quite a while too, and this is a fascinating cross-section. My dad dropped out of my life after abusing me through early childhood, then we reunited for a short time. when I was 18. He started talking to me about the abuse, and I thought he was going to apologize, but instead he gleefully informed me that Scientology confirmed that we were married in a previous life, so it was only natural. :/ When I started watching your series it dawned on me, to my horror, that he was actually doing a &#8220;process&#8221; (sorry&#8230;don&#8217;t have the lingo down). I recently discovered a long letter he sent while he was &#8220;away,&#8221; and he talks about (paraphrasing) being a spy for Scientology, and how he is &#8220;surveilling&#8221; for &#8220;a very important Scientologist&#8221; and something about &#8220;papers.&#8221; Crazy stuff. This was sometime in the early 80s. I now wonder if he was part of Operation Snow White&#8230;he was based in SoCal, but as a deadbeat dad, he was very mobile. I *sincerely* appreciate everything you and Leah are doing.</p>
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		By: Roger Larsson		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roger Larsson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2021 13:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trump - Hubbard?

Never defend - always attack.

The whole world is a human beings I
a human beings I is the whole world

with billions of the same kind
and more with the same value]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Trump &#8211; Hubbard?</p>
<p>Never defend &#8211; always attack.</p>
<p>The whole world is a human beings I<br />
a human beings I is the whole world</p>
<p>with billions of the same kind<br />
and more with the same value</p>
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		By: ISNOINews		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ISNOINews]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:47:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[O/T. On Nation of Islam Saviours&#039; Day 2021, the Church of Scientology celebrates Scientology Freedom Medal Winner Nation of Islam Minister Tony Muhammad.

https://twitter.com/ScientologyTV/status/1366131127002558465 

Memorialized, with screenshot, on ESMBR at:

https://exscn2.net/threads/scientology-freedom-medal-winner-nation-of-islam-minister-tony-muhammads-anti-semitic-racist-homophobic-anti-american-etc-statements.52/post-79035 

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>O/T. On Nation of Islam Saviours&#8217; Day 2021, the Church of Scientology celebrates Scientology Freedom Medal Winner Nation of Islam Minister Tony Muhammad.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/ScientologyTV/status/1366131127002558465" rel="nofollow ugc">https://twitter.com/ScientologyTV/status/1366131127002558465</a> </p>
<p>Memorialized, with screenshot, on ESMBR at:</p>
<p><a href="https://exscn2.net/threads/scientology-freedom-medal-winner-nation-of-islam-minister-tony-muhammads-anti-semitic-racist-homophobic-anti-american-etc-statements.52/post-79035" rel="nofollow ugc">https://exscn2.net/threads/scientology-freedom-medal-winner-nation-of-islam-minister-tony-muhammads-anti-semitic-racist-homophobic-anti-american-etc-statements.52/post-79035</a> </p>
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		By: Imaberrated		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Imaberrated]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2021 22:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I’m on it: downloading as we speak.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I’m on it: downloading as we speak.</p>
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