I got myself a copy of "L Ron Hubbard Messiah or Madman" and I am about half way through the book, unable to put it down
I am sure there are a lot of you on ESMB that have read this book but to those who have not read it.
YOU HAVE TO READ THIS BOOK!!!!!
With my experience in scientology I have no reason to doubt anything in this book and so far believe every word in it.
THANK GOD I AM OUT OF SCIENTOLOGY that is all I can say.
Ron was a manipulative SOB and the amount of deceit, criminal activities, human abuse, plotting and scamming is alarming.
How scientology has survived this long is something that puzzles me.
Any group that has this much connection to criminal activities and human abuse surely would have been banned.
Nothing in the actions of current management leads me to believe they are any different either.
I would love to hear anybody's opinion on this, anyone got any thoughts??
There is something I want to discuss on this board and I have thought about it a lot so would appreciate your opinions/advice on this.
Maybe its because scio still has some effect on me I don't know but I will just put my thoughts down for you as they come to mind.
How could anybody in their good mind after reading this book and in our experiences that have lead us to this forum allow their family members to be involved in such a cult. Then I think well everybody has a right to make their own choices in life and its their decision. But that's crap as they are not willing to look and more than that are not allowed to look so when you say hey guys you need to take a look at this they scream "Freedom of religion. Stop attacking my religion".
Should one respect their personal decision?
I see it more like watching a family member do cocaine and as
he believes it does him no harm and is not willing to listen to anyone in regards to the harm it causes should you just leave him to his addiction and walk away knowing full well it will kill him, after all it's his decision? Okay fare enough we are not quiet talking about death here but you get the idea.
We all know the sh.t that would hit the fan if I actually kicked up a storm about their involvement in scio and went out of my way to show them the other side. Possible ending up in disconnection.
But is that not better than staying quiet?
Who knows maybe years down the line they will look back and say hey he was right he was just looking out for us.
Or maybe their lives derail and I sat back knowing scio was no good but did nothing. To me that would be worse.
Ones own kids, parents and sisters could be lost to you possible forever if they remain with scio.
I feel if I do not confront them on this that scio is winning and still has some control over me. Surely a good father or family member would protect all in his family from deceit and manipulation from others.
I will leave it at that as I think you all get the idea as to what I am trying to say and I would love some feedback or personal experiences any of you have had with this.