But well worth it if only to have a machine that measures your levels of guilt and terror, and a practice that relieves you of both. This is the process that hooks people, from celebrities to ordinary members, as various defectors attest in Going Clear.
But it all begins with auditing. It was this process that so impressed writer William S. On the other hand, Scientology can provide a certain amount of muscle in keeping the secrets of the faithful hidden.
And those who dare to pry or question or impugn are often personally harassed. But perhaps the simplest solution to the mystery of why stars stick with Scientology is that they feel quite comfortable in its grip.
I wish Gibney had gone further in explicating how the workings of Hollywood dovetail so nicely with the workings of Scientology. Both are rapaciously profit-seeking corporate structures; both revolve around celebrity-worship; both love displays of rank and status; both foster rampant narcissism; both set up abusive hierarchies that run on paranoia, with underlings badly treated and badly paid but afraid to speak out about it. Nightline: As you know, Mr.
Travolta and his wife suffered a very great tragedy recently. Do you know if the Church ever advised them not to allow their son to receive certain medications for conditions? Davis: Absolutely not. And never will. The tragic death has lead to tabloid speculation that John Travolta might leave the Church of Scientology, something the Church and Travolta's publicist fiercely denied -- and last week, Travolta, his wife, Kelly Preston, and Tom Cruise were at major Scientology celebration in England.
The Church says there is no aspect of life that cannot be improved through the application of Scientology principles, some of which are treatments conceived by L.
One such procedure, popular with celebrities, is called the "purification rundown. But far away from the limelight of celebrities, Scobee says the program can also be used to discipline Church staff members. She says she was once told to take part in a purification rundown that ended up lasting eight months.
Scobee: I was at 5, milligrams of Niacin for months and months. I don't know what that did to my body! I have no idea. Scobee: I felt really, there was like gray stuff coming out of my skin, and I didn't know if it was like my insides coming out laughs or whatever that long of being in the sauna five hours a day every day.
Scobee: That was when I, uh, decided I didn't want to be there anymore The Church denies Scobee's characterization and says the program is a "religious service," and to claim it as a "kind of perverse punishment" is "gross in the extreme. Perhaps the most sensitive aspect of the Church's theology concerns confidential scriptures meant only for higher level Scientologists. According to former Church insiders, these documents describe L.
Ron Hubbard's belief in an intergalactic emperor called Xenu who brought the spirits of his people to earth 75 million years ago, burying them in volcanoes. These spirits, the story goes, have stuck to the bodies of people living today in the form of "body thetans.
Nightline: Do you believe that Davis: Martin, I am not going to discuss the disgusting perversion of Scientology beliefs that can be found out commonly on the Internet and be put in the position of talking about things for Nightline: Well, I I have the burden of my own journalistic responsibility Davis: Well, you haven't to the degree that the question that you asked me you know, by virtue of the fact that it's been made very clear in other media entities that it's something that we consider offensive It is in violation of my religious beliefs to talk about them.
Nightline: So, just for clarification Davis: I'm going to stop you, if you're going to ask me that question again and you're going to repeat things about volcanoes and this kind of thing and so on and so forth, I will stand up and walk out, Martin. So I'm asking you one more time Nightline: Mr.
So, for a moment, if you wouldn't mind, I'm not trying to offend anybody. I'm just trying to ask you a series of questions about the public face that you have. I'm not trying to mock you, I'm trying to understand what your beliefs are. Nightline: You've explained what auditing is Nightline: I am asking you in the context of those questions, in the context of those questions, is it true that L.
Ron Hubbard said that understanding the origins of the human race and described through Xenu Tom Cruise is a close friend of the ecclesiastical leader of the Church of Scientology, David Miscavige. I have never met a more competent, a more intelligent a more tolerant, a more compassionate being," Cruise says in a video of the ceremony. To LRH! Ron Hubbard]. In a report on Oct. It was a But it was an open hand," Hines said. I saw at least a dozen times, this happen.
The church denies David Miscavige ever hit anyone. It is scientific, mathematical, and spiritual. The Black community has to check it out and see what's there. I'm not saying it's for everyone, but you have to take a look. You may be amazed at what you get. In the s, pop star-turned-politician Sonny Bono became a devoted Scientologist along with his first wife, Cher.
He was a member for nearly two decades but tried to leave the religion in Representative Mary Bono , said, " Sonny did try to break away at one point, and they made it very difficult for him. Extremely difficult. I was resentful of that. I did not like the fact that he said, 'Hey, I'm done with it. I'm not a Scientologist. Beck Hansen , professionally known by just his first name, has said in the past that he's both Jewish and Scientologist. But after his divorce from fellow second-generation Scientologist and Giovanni's twin sister Marissa Ribisi , Beck declared in that he wasn't a member of the church and never really had been.
I don't have any connection or affiliation with it. According to the Daily Herald , Marisol battled with substance use disorder at a young age and credits the Church of Scientology for helping her get clean. In addition to being an in-demand actor, he's also a Scientologist, having joined in In a interview with The Guardian , he claimed that his involvement with the church has improved his work. He also confessed that he avoids reading critical "tabloid" coverage of Scientology.
Her father, Joe Reaiche , left the church, which he says splintered the family. He claimed in a Daily Mail interview that he was declared "a suppressive person" by Scientology, and his children were "brainwashed" into cutting him out of their lives. Former Cheers star Kirstie Alley has been a Scientologist since and claims that it helped her with a substance use disorder. She's spoken out many times over the years in defense of the religion, but has been criticized for spreading misinformation about psychiatric drugs —a favorite topic of Scientology.
The actor also regularly attends church events and has been on the cover of its magazine. You probably remember him as Eugene, the obligatory geek in Grease, so it makes sense that Eddie Deezen was first introduced to Scientology by former castmate John Travolta. Everyone has their own path to happiness. Veronica Mars star Jason Dohring is a second-generation Scientologist, thanks to his multi-millionaire father, Doug Dohring.
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