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Blog by Scientologist John Logothetis,\u00a0 published on the website of\u00a0\u00a0STAND (Scientologists Taking Action Against Discrimination<\/a>) on how he answers questions about Scientology.<\/p>\n

Scientology has millions of parishioners\u00ad. MILLIONS.<\/p>\n

I have been asked on occasion why it is that there are a few unhappy ex-parishioners and I literally want to laugh when I am asked this. I don\u2019t even slightly get defensive. I just say: \u201cDo the math.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In any group,\u00a0 you get your \u201cdisgruntled\u201d or \u201cupset\u201d people<\/a>\u00a0or you could even have your \u201cbad apples\u201d thrown in there. ANY GROUP. I would venture that Scientology has perhaps the FEWEST of any and probably the highest ratio of diehard, adamant supporters to \u201cdisgruntled\u201d ones.<\/p>\n

I have been a Scientologist for over 20 years\u2014since I was a teenager. I literally have spoken to thousands of other Scientologists. I can\u2019t even count on ONE HAND the number of complaints I have heard from other Scientologists about their religion. I, however, could fill a ten-volume Encyclopedia-Britannica-sized set with the praise I have heard, firsthand, from other Scientologists about what Scientology has done for them. And no, I\u2019m not exaggerating.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m also very sure most other Scientologists have had a similar experience in this regard. Scientology\u2019s success rate in the field of resolving problems of the mind and providing practical, effective life solutions to virtually any difficulty is off the charts. A small beginning course in Scientology has completely reversed countless lives in this world for the better and has even saved lives. I proudly count myself as one. Fact.<\/p>\n

If we had\u00a0 a truly unbiased media<\/a>, these successes would be reported regularly, but sadly we do not. As many of us are well aware now (maybe you have been aware of this for a while), today\u2019s mainstream media is solely run by vested interests. If you don\u2019t believe that, then just watch the news and the commercials and you will know who their \u201cbosses\u201d are. Scientology is not a member of that club, nor do we want to be, so we have not\u2014and will not\u2014be getting that press coverage.<\/p>\n

So my solution to this is, when someone asks me about a few upset ex-Scientologists out there complaining, I just \u201cdo the math\u201d with them. I don\u2019t try to prove anyone wrong or get defensive\u00ad\u00ad\u2014I don\u2019t have to because I have actual facts and truth. Just do the math. Numbers of happy Scientologists out there vs. numbers of ex-Scientologists out there complaining.<\/p>\n

If I had that ratio of success in my business, I would be a billionaire.<\/p>\n

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