Why Scientology Wasn't For Me - Part 3/3

[arj1981]

The video doesn't play all the way through.

[BurtBenz]

@arj1981 I hope that was temporary. It seems to work fine for me now..

[silentfades]

hey Burt thank you so very much for the series you have done

really appreciate your delivery and expirience you share so freely

Marc

[BurtBenz]

@silentfades Thank you, Marc! :-)

[Vesna333]

he sound like some one who is forced to speak like that...real victim feel real harm of cult activity ...much harder than this young man said.

[Vesna333]

video is ok border cult religion is not clear. CULt is different sort of social phenomena than is religion..some of tuday biggest religon are born in form of cult. Christianity was cult in Rome empire as evr ebody know.Modern cults are basiclly resulat of deprivated social life of many people and in not so rare situations when individual lose identity in his or her wish to got that necessary feeling that he&she belong somwhere.

.All best to all victims of brain woshing...that is thir method.

[appledore2]

Very well thought out and communicated in a way that can allow someone who has ever thought of joining, both sides and points of view. Light clears up the room.

well done.

[jdtrickster4]

I'm happy for you. I left in 2005. It feels great to be TRULY FREE. :)

Enjoy life and pursue ALL your dreams. Best of Luck and thanks for posting.

A 25+ yr ex-member.

[bigrobnz]

good on yer! I"ve been out for over 20 yrs!! It gets better all the time!

[jdtrickster4]

Thanks. :)

What do u mean by "It gets better all the time!?" Care to elucidate?

[bigrobnz]

I mean every day I"m getting stronger and they"re getting weaker and losing support fast. Soon they"ll be history and good riddance to them!

[jdtrickster4]

As I've already commented on the other 2 videos, you did a GREAT JOB - very articulate & very well put together. Your ideas are simple & to the point. And they're (all 3 vids & ideas) easily understood. Kudos.

Some have spoken about time but time isn't relevant. The thing is to recognize the truth; which you did - no matter how long it took you. The truth shall set you free and it did, as did me but I didn't have the benefit of the internet when I joined. Once I knew the truth, I was gone, too.

[jdtrickster4]

It seems to me, the most helpful qualities were you maintained your integrity & your critical thinking faculties throughout. Well done!

And you're right about $cientology & therefore L. Ron Hubbard contradicting themselves, as they surely DO. Ron & $cn want to have it BOTH WAYS and this is what George Orwell called DOUBLETHINK or Black/white: Holding two thoughts or ideas opposite to one another as true (according to the party line at the moment). There's a good article on Wikipedia on this.

[Aishiya1]

Thanks for commenting on the immense amount of jargon! I had learned English and a little bit of French but when I got into Co$ I had to learn a parallel sort of English! It was crazy.

[Livkenbash]

I also like how you presented your case. I wish people from other "religions" could express themselves in this way. I think it would help a lot of people.

[BurtBenz]

Thanks for your comments! :-)

[cjellwood]

I spent some time at Saint Hill Manor. How did it take you 1 year to realise it was shit, it took me 3 weeks!

I sense bullshit. My BS meter went ballistic when i was in that place. I had an encounter with their heavies too when i would not bow to their opinion in an argument

[BurtBenz]

You should be grateful for such a meter! I was very young and naive when I encountered Scientology. Very insecure and sensitive as well. I think it was my critical thinking along with living not not so near the nearest $ci org, that saved me from ruin.

[cjellwood]

although very practical and alluring, scientology is just another of lifes time wasting distractions. False promise

It seems that truth and freedom is not available via any man or organisation, let alone scientology. A personal voyage

[TellyBumsquat]

What an articulate testimony. One of the best I've heard, and I've heard dozens. Perhaps it was being gay, in addition to being so intelligent, which made you introspective enough to deeply question the methods and objectives of this cult. How great it is to know, you found valuable information on the internet.

[BurtBenz]

Thanks for your appreciation! I'm glad to hear it comes across that way.

[stevesbigblueford]

good work.

[brewt1mer]

superb vids my friend

[BurtBenz]

Thank you! :-)

[zdogy1]

im glad you made it out and you did a very good job with this. you should seek A career in this area

although you seem to smart to have ever joined this silly colt

[RDSchley]

Caled "internet" hehe. sorry, i just found this funny. this is a very informative piece and very true and unbias. thank you for this video.

Al Gore would be proud of your use of the Internet

[rrt5thofnov]

Very well put,

Awesome job explaining it for everyone.

[gluten426]

Very nice video. Quite informative too about the Alienation through vocabulary.

[up4itgal]

This is an excellent doc by you, thanks for being so brave.

[depresli]

good vid,thanks for the vid and the detail text

[PassionOfTheAtheist]

Nice vids! Scientology are psycho's!

@BurtBenz: zat je bij Scientology in Amsterdam? En hebben ze je na je vertrek jou nog gestalkt?

Greetzzz

[Sparkanoid1]

Why Scientology Wasn't For Me - Part 1/3

[BurtBenz]

This is really part 3. The intro and outro of all 3 parts are the same though.

[ApachePiL0T]

Yes, they are. I've realized this fact my friend. Scientology make to do a bait & switch move on me. We have similar situations from Scientology.

Some is good, and helpful, as farther you go, more outrageous the content became for me.

[hansendrexler]

wow i'm realy glad i'm not gay

[supowit]

At the risk of being accused of playing your dirty games (name-calling)... you're a douchebag. Your comment doesn't even really make a point.

[RDSchley]

wow i'm really glad im not you

[BnThDnTh]

DM said that the reason people have trouble understanding Scientology is because of "misunderstoods" words.

These M/U are the fault of the transcriptionists.

COB has taken all the transcriptionists and locked them up in the Fort Harrison. They will be put into saunas for 4 hours a day, giving vitamins and large doses of Niacin, then placed on the RPF to help rebuilt Golden Era Productions and be slaves to Tom Cruise.

In other words....

Yes, they WILL be punished.

:-)

[Shandalaybgood]

excellent, well put together and balanced!

[6cth6ulhu6]

this was an amazing series. i am happy that you were able to get out with most of your free will. thank you for putting that information out to the public.

[DjC4]

GREAT VIDEO SERIES!!

[DjC4]

You should make your own videos :)

[Cetramarius]

Yeah, if I was stupid enough to join scientology in the first place.

[dutchfagadam]

This is one of the best video's I've seen on this topic .. EVER !

Great work fellow Dutchy.

[MARYBLEUZ]

thank you for your story

[magicdosh]

Very well put- the use of in-group jargon is common with cults as it limits communication with people outside the cult and demands lots of time to learn. Well done for seeing the truth with your own eyes and for choosing freewill-I hope your story can help anyone inside make up their mind.

[dynamiteduane]

the reason I think the CoS was not happy with the Tom Cruise video where he receives his medal being on youtube is because of terms used the general public will not understand. One term was KSW = Keeping Scientology Working for example. There an offical Scientology youtube page now if anyone cares to visit it.

[magicdosh]

So, it wasn't because Tom looked like a deranged fanatic then?!

[EikC]

They've disabled all kinds of feedback, of course! :)

[jayneshat]

I'm very glad your family was able to step in and you were able to help yourself before it was too late.