Thanks a ton to people that seriously answered me. I have researched the group, I have read up on a lot of what you guys are telling me. That's a large part of why I came here to ask if it was safe to go into a church. I will start off by saying that I in no way planned to give them information about myself. I was kind of caught between telling them this was for a school project and not telling them anything. I was somewhat afraid that if I told them it was for a school project, they wouldn't want to talk to me or answer questions. To anyone who told me to change my project idea, I am pretty confident in this project. Like I said, my findings are supporting the fact that there is, in actuality, a great lack of community in the world of Scientology, which is what I plan to base my thesis around. Special thanks to Claire, I'll be shooting you an e-mail soon.
If you guys could answer some demographic questions for me, though, that would be great, as this is where I'm trying to start gathering data.
I'm interested in sex, ethnicity, age/year you joined, age you left and current age.
I'm also interested in what initially attracted you to the community. Were many of you genuinely interested in Scientology and joined of your own accord, or do most of you feel that you were conned into joining? It seems most of you feel this way.
Also, I'd be very interested in speaking with someone that was born into Scientology and later decided to leave.
If you guys could answer some demographic questions for me, though, that would be great, as this is where I'm trying to start gathering data.
I'm interested in sex, ethnicity, age/year you joined, age you left and current age.
I'm also interested in what initially attracted you to the community. Were many of you genuinely interested in Scientology and joined of your own accord, or do most of you feel that you were conned into joining? It seems most of you feel this way.
Also, I'd be very interested in speaking with someone that was born into Scientology and later decided to leave.