Comments on: Scientology Fair Game Podcast Questions

By: Fred Decker

Fred Decker — Tue, 22 Nov 2022 14:10:49 +0000

In reply to Mike Rinder. Great thoughts! Thank you!

By: Mike Rinder

Mike Rinder — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:03:44 +0000

In reply to Fred Decker. Shut down the organization, sell off the buildings, return funds to everyone and anything left over create a philanthropic fund which would allocate money to worthy causes. Turn over all books and materials of Hubbard to libraries and even create some readings rooms so anyone who wants to study and practice it can do so for free and without restriction.

By: Fred Decker

Fred Decker — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:49:39 +0000

QUESTION FOR MIKE AND LEAH: If you were magically made leaders of Scientology tomorrow, what would you do? Would you enact reforms to save Scientology? Would you liquidate the assets and divide the money among the parishioners?

By: Fred Decker

Fred Decker — Mon, 21 Nov 2022 18:25:45 +0000

QUESTION FOR MIKE AND LEAH: What is the appeal of David Miscavige to members of the Church Of Scientology? David seems like an evil tyrant — he even looks like an evil tyrant! Membership is declining. There are horror stories of abuse. Miscavige doesn’t seem to be a successful leader, yet his position as leader of the Church seems secure. I only have an outsider’s perspective. What do members of the Church see in David Miscavige that makes him appealing as a leader?

By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 06 Nov 2022 20:22:12 +0000

In reply to Asma Fayaz. I am also curious about whether or not David Miscavige is audited. Also, do you think he really believes in Scientology or does he just believe in the money and power?

By: Mike Rinder

Mike Rinder — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 19:52:17 +0000

In reply to Nancy Salisbury. "You must be a Democrat" -- OMG!!!

By: Nancy Salisbury

Nancy Salisbury — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 19:37:35 +0000

Hi Leah and Mike,
I am obssessed with your blog since I have lived in Largo my entire life and have seen Scientology infiltrate my beautiful city of Clearwater. I used to shop downtown on Saturdays with my mother at Maas Brothers and walk up and down Cleveland St. It is such an injustice that they have been allow to such the life out of such a wonderful tourist destination. I have had many run ins with the church ie: I delivered flowers for a local florist (Open Air on Myrtle) and she occasionally had Scientology orders, I told her I did not want to deliver there since they are so hard to get someone to accept them. This one last time I did try and it was Mother’s day. The building was the one just north of the Flag building and door is locked. I knocked until I got a guard to answer, when he did he said what do you want as I am holding a huge bouquet of flowers, I said someone is a mother and theses are for her. He fingered all the flowers then asked if there was a bomb in there, I told him take the damn flowers. Next I had a children’s birthday party company and they were having a huge house party on Easter Sunday. The grandmother of the family fell down and was hurt and immediately they told me to turn off the machine that silence must prevail (that’s when I knew they were Scientologists) great big house in Belleair (walking distance to Flag). Another incident was I drive for Uber and wanted to push the buttons on Scientology and pulled into the same lot I had delivered flowers to another year.. I was confronted with a guard with a gun on and he banged on my car window and told me I was sitting on private property and told me to leave, I told him I’ll leave when I damn well feel like it and that I was just texting. One Saturday I saw 4 young teens in the park where you filmed where the Checker’s was and is now a Scientology park and they were in the hot sun and digging at the grass with their bare hands like rakes. Today August 18, 2022 I was parked facing the Flog building and they must be having a recuiting session since lots of activiy is going on with plain clothes people coming in and out with badges and books. One lady came up to my parked car probably because I had a sign in the front windshield that says CULT SCIENTOLOGY! and she acted like she wanted to see how to pay for parking and looked right at my meter only when there were at least 5 others past me. I rolled down the window and asked her why she would have to pay to park doesn’t Scientology pay for your parking? Then I asked her if she wanted to sit in my car with me and listern to you and Mike Rinder’s Podcast “Fair Game” that I am binge listening to. She wasn’t interested. I told her “You know you are in a Cult and I have lived he my entire life I ought to know” She said I must be a DEMOCRAT???!!!! What does that have to do with Scientology and me saying it is a cult other than Trump is a Republican and he has his own personal cult.. She then said God Bless and I told her she knows nothing of a God since Scientology is not a church nor a religion. She then proceeded to go back up the Franklin St. stairs back into the Flag building to probably report me even though I was on a public street. I left but I will be back!!!

By: Lexi

Lexi — Wed, 08 Jun 2022 22:23:02 +0000

Would you ever go to Tom Cruise premiere and confront him or try to crash an interview in real time to catch him off guard?

By: Kimberly Torrusio

Kimberly Torrusio — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 18:57:38 +0000

Question: for a possible future Q & A podcast:
L. Ron Hubbard is suppose to return in a new body 21 years after he died. He is apparently “late.”
My question is this – wouldn’t he be born into the body of a baby? And then need to grow into an adult (18+ additional years). And after that how would he convince anyone that he is indeed L. Ron Hubbard? Would David Miscavidge be willing to turn over power and leadership to this person claiming to be the reincarnated L. Ron Hubbard? I believe there are some top secret question only the real Ron would know but would that be enough?

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sun, 05 Jun 2022 04:48:04 +0000

Hey Leah,
After watching and listening to all of the aftermath and podcasts, I finally got to read your book! You seem very cordial with your experiences then compared to your absolutely justifiable outrage with scientology now. Do you ever think about writing another ? Or do you wish you were harsher on the organization initially? Did your book help you find the tone of your mission or was it what helped to give life to it? On a side note, I’m very proud of you and Mike both for over coming such an all encompassing force over you. I could only hope to be so bold and brave.