And of course that makes all of us ask the question, “Where is Shelly”????

Why does he not just trot her out for a 5 minute showing? He could so easily dispel the rumors, but NO, he can not understand or comprehend that people who do not even know her are concerned about her well being. I’m sure he views concern for others as a sign of weakness-.

Happy Dreams to you, OSD.

It’s so terribly sad that in this day, age and society that people have to hide/go under the radar when they decide they no longer want to be part of CoS (and yet so telling about the organization itself.)

I’m sorry you are experiencing this, but happy that you’re not living as you previously were.

May you heal and find joy outside the bubble in a world which while it isn’t perfect, it’s real, you have choices, true options, needn’t pretend, can be happy and not indentured to live a life based on falsities and to benefit a select few.

I wish you all the best.

Spot on, Silvia!

The mind is easier to fool than the heart, even people still IN know that something doesn’t feel “right” even though they support the cult. I believe when the heart has had enough pain it will override the mind and get “out” of the cult. So no amount of religious condemning will get people to leave, they’ll leave when they can no longer deny what their heart feels. IMO

Wow Donna. That was one of the best reviews of Scientology I have ever read. You rock Donna!!

Your comment that Scientology is the biggest 3rd party to spouse and family members is so true! You said,

“The tech on how to not kill your partner is needed and wanted in Scientology because Scientology is THE 3rd Party to all conflict and the leading cause of Scientology divorces.”

I was in for a long time too. I have seen this destructive behavior over and over of pitting one family member against the other for the sole purpose of getting more money off of the family member that has money.

When I see a family of Scientologists at a restaurant in Clearwater where I live, I know there is a 99% chance the family unit is going to eventually be destroyed by Scientology. I want to warn them, but they would not listen because this is a cult.. Instead, they have to be crushed and thrown out by Scientology and then they can go online and find out the truth. Welcome Donna, you have many friends here that share your fate at the hands of these bastards.

Unless you’re Carlton Pearson, Brother …
Right?

/End Sarcasm

Great to read your posting Donna. Much agreed. I had a similar realization very early on in my decompression period that the Church of Scientology is essentially a suppressive entity in it’s current form and operating basis. And your point about the church being the source of “third party” is right on. Members are “PTS” to something that they know not of. They won’t know until they get the briefing. Then, they will likely take up a protest sign or pickup a pen and get to work. I have long held the belief that the main difference between a Scientologist and a Scientology critic/activist is that the latter knows what really happened, whereas the former has been kept in the dark. To those I urge…inform yourselves. Google is your friend, not the enemy. You should be allowed to stay in the church, WITHOUT PENALTY if you decided to research the church on your own. You should be able to do that. But the church does not trust you, and they (Miscavige) won’t trust you once they know that you found out. Skip the Doubt formula. It’s rigged for you to be made guilty of hurting Scientology when in fact all you are trying to do is find out the truth. Why would the church penalize a self determined action by an individual? An OT. Or a Clear. Or a trained Scientologist. What are they hiding so hard that you would get declared for LOOKING?? You know there is an answer.

3 billion, my ass.

Even if that was true, what a failure of a so-called superior organization when Mark Zuckerberg exceeded that amount in a few years starting from a dorm room at Harvard.

Well, if your Christian Denomination hasn’t taken up the flag against scientology, others certainly have.