The Scientology Parent, Tad Reeves, was asked a series of questions by a user on Reddit. Here is a list of the six questions asked and the first three answers (more to come!) How did you initially get into Scientology? 2 I’ve been looking for a religion for a long time, being an atheist, and something about Scientology just draws me in. I can’t explain it. It seems to focus on being the best you that you can be and... Read more
After his son ran into discrimination at his school, a STAND member, (Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination), helped set the high-schoolers straight on Scientology. And they were glad he did. I never heard about Scientology when I was in high school. Most likely because news didn’t travel so fast back when I was a teenager. I didn’t have a cell phone or a personal computer with which I could freely jump onto the communication lines of the world and pull... Read more
Every year on March 13, Scientologists the world over celebrate the birthday of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard. In honor of the occasion, here are excerpts from one of his most beloved essays, My Philosophy, the full text of which is available on the L. Ron Hubbard website and is also featured on the Scientology Network. The first principle of my own philosophy is that wisdom is meant for anyone who wishes to reach for it. It is the servant of the... Read more
Published courtesy of STAND, Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination, a blog entitled “Fighting the Erosion of Religious Freedom” looks at the source of the recent acceleration in antireligious rhetoric and the zealots who work to undermine religious freedom. My wife and I recently visited Ventura, California, staying in a lovely Marriott. During a short ride in the hotel elevator, we struck up a conversation with another couple. I mistakenly assumed they were Scientologists, in town like I was, to attend the grand... Read more
Selections from a blog on “how and why you became involved with the Church of Scientology,” republished courtesy of the Scientology Parent website. For more answers to this question, watch episodes of I Am a Scientologist on the Scientology Network. I got answers from a number of Scientologists to the question of both how they came into Scientology, and why they decided to be Scientologists. Some of them grew up in a Scientology family, others did not: Cindy: I was introduced to Scientology through my... Read more
Food for thought in a blog by Jim Kalergis called “Who Loses When Scientology Wins?” originally published on the website of Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination (STAND). Last week I had an unusual phone conversation with a client I’m doing some screenplay rewrite work for. He was somewhere between amazed and aghast to learn I was a Scientologist! When I asked him why the surprise, he said it was because I was smart and not weird… at least as far as... Read more
The first Ideal Org devoted to Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties opened before an exuberant audience of some 4,000 Scientologists and federal, state and local dignitaries. Mr. David Miscavige, ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion, led the dedication ceremony in Ventura, California, for a new Scientology Church to serve the hundreds of thousands who call these shores home. For the 100,000 daily commuters motoring on the 101, the glass-encased new Church of Scientology Ventura gleams as an unmistakable beacon of... Read more
Wil Seabrook’s blog, published originally on the STAND website (Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination), on the tabloid headlines he sees about Scientology at the checkout stand. Buying groceries should be, at the very least, a conflict-free experience. But I was in the checkout line of a grocery store recently and saw a tabloid headline screaming something about my church that was entirely untrue. The magazine had several other cover stories about celebrities and politicians, all of which looked about as... Read more
My religion has a lot that gets said about it in the media. But one of the most laughable and irksome myths about Scientology is this bizarre idea that it’s secretive. A blog by “Scientology Parent”—Tad Reeves from the STAND website (Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination). Because I run a website about Scientology family life, and because I’m extremely open about being a Scientologist, I end up fielding questions on a regular basis from students doing research papers on Scientology. Some of them, I’ve found,... Read more
A blog by Bernard Percy, originally posted on the website of STAND (Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination) on how and why he became a Scientologist. In 1968 I was leading the life I imagined. I was really doing “well” in life. I had a job I greatly enjoyed and was very successful at: being an elementary school teacher, helping my students become more able and happier. I was dating a beautiful actress, driving the car I wanted, living in the ideal neighborhood... Read more
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