Posted at 07:00 AM ET, 10/01/2012 The Other Believers: Patricia Gore, a black Scientologist By Erin Williams (reproduced from the Washington Post) What is it like to be an African American who doesn’t praise Jesus Christ or Allah? Or one who doesn’t ascribe to a denomination of Christianity, such as Baptist, Methodist or Pentecostal, that’s part of a historically black church? Patricia Gore applies Scientology teachings to her daily life. (Marlon Correa - WASHINGTON … [Read more...]
Scientologist responds to critics
July 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The LA Times asks a Scientologist how she responds to critics of Scientology. What do you say to ex-members who refer to Scientology as a cult? Apostates have to denigrate that which they formerly held dear. It's a human psychological necessity. Critics say some people join Scientology and become completely absorbed in it. Adherents to a cohesive "theory of life" that helps them to define not only who they are, but who their friends and not-friends are, and how life works, and the … [Read more...]
A Scientologist speaks out
July 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The Los Angeles Times questions a Scientologist about some of the claims media and critics make about the religion. Here are her answers: Critics of Scientology bring up unusual topics such as Xenu and thetans and aliens … You are a thetan. I am a thetan. Think of it as "soul" or "spirit" or "identity." We have our minds and our bodies, but we are not these things. We don't have mass or motion or wavelength or a position in time or space. We can perceive, and we can … [Read more...]
A Scientologist speaks up in the Los Angeles Times
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The LA Times published an interesting article where a Scientologist was interviewed about her take on recent events. Here she explains what Scientology believes about drugs. Can you discuss Scientologists' opposition to drugs? Part and parcel of our principles is that psychoactive drugs are bad for you and limit your spiritual growth. Abuse of them can physically damage your nervous and endocrine systems, and this physical damage can make it so that you can't benefit from our … [Read more...]
Family & Scientology – How I Became a Scientologist
July 11, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I’ve been asked a few different times about how my own religious beliefs and practices will figure into my children, and whether I assume that they will be Scientologists as well. Obviously, it’s a major item of discussion in current media, and as such I think it’s somewhat appropriate (as a second-generation Scientologist) to note how it was that I came into Scientology. A college anthropology student sent me a question related to a study for a class she was taking on how one’s … [Read more...]
Education the best way to stop drug addiction
June 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A message from a Scientologist who is active in drug demand reduction in Australia, courtesy of the Bedingo Advisor IN Drug Action Week (June 17-23), I want to tell readers that the “war on drugs” has NOT failed. The message is being heard by young people. Statistics show that education is by far the most effective at stopping the end users. Between 2004 and 2007 the use of marijuana by 14-19 year-olds fell by 28 per cent! So we are on the right track. The group I volunteer … [Read more...]
New Ideal Church of Scientology for the Mile-High City
June 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
| DENVER, COLORADO • JUNE 16, 2012 | On Saturday, June 16, more than a thousand Scientologists, guests, and state and city dignitaries assembled in Lower Downtown Denver to dedicate a new Church of Scientology. The Church stands one block from Coors Field in the heart of the Ballpark Neighborhood Historic District. The building, originally constructed in 1916 for the American Radiator Company, is a renowned example of Denver’s urban revitalization. The Church meticulously … [Read more...]
Youth for Human Rights African Leadership Campaign
June 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Tim Bowles, Scientologist and Director of International Development of Youth for Human Rights and Joseph "Jay" Yarsiah Youth for Human Rights Program Director for Africa discuss the Human Rights Leadership Campaign they have implemented in Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone and other African countries to curtail atrocities and prevent them occurring in the future. … [Read more...]
Scientology in Stonnington
May 9, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Bernie Lowenstein of Melbourne, Australia is one of the Scientologists featured on the Scientology Video Channel. The section, titled "Meet a Scientologist" is one of the most popular sections of the website. He was featured in a local newspapter, the Stonnington Leader. Lowenstein , raised Catholic, grew up with a Jewish father and Catholic mother and the article describes how he first learned about Scientology and became a Scientologist. "Struggling with his father’s death and a … [Read more...]
Questions & Answers on Scientology
April 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
A while back, I was contacted on Facebook by a college student curious about my thoughts on Scientology. I’d normally answer such directly, but as I've had a number of other similar questions on Digg, Twitter and other various social media venues, I figured I’d give my best shot at answering these on my blog. So, here goes: So, my first question really is: What is it that Scientology offers that makes it something that you wanted to make a part of your life? This is a broad, and a … [Read more...]
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