The Church of Scientology: A History of Violence Part 4

Anderson Cooper interviews several former high ranking officials within the Church of Scientology who say they either witnessed or were physically assaulted by the church leader, David Miscavige.

This segment looks at what happens to people after they leave the Church

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Scientology
• Anderson Cooper 360
• Investigation
• Abuse
• David Miscavige
• Tommy Davis
• L. Ron Hubbard

[9tEjk]

Here's some stats L. Ron Hubbard awarded three Guinness World Records in the past three years: Most published works by a single author: Most translated author in the world: 71 languages. Number of individuals completing Dianetics and Scientology counseling and courses doubled in the past two years. Total number of counseling hours doubled in the past decade. Total number of people newly introduced to Scientology and starting on training or counseling doubled in the past five years..need i go on

[mackiesyotub]

@9tEjk Yes, you do, because you've presented no hard numbers. Specifically, how many new Scientologists have been joining the Church? How many Clears and OTs are being produced?

The Church specifically avoids discussion of these hard numbers because they can't back them up. For example, they claim 8 million members worldwide. But the latest Religious Identification Survey in 2008 shows 25,000 in the US, home to the greatest concentration of Scientologists.

[oneconcerned]

Does growth in Scientology validate it? The Catholic church experienced growth during the Dark Ages and Middle Ages because it kept people in the dark and twisted or hid info. Lay people weren't even thought to be intelligent enough to understand the book. And just like Scientology, Roman Church made much money from selling indulgences, icons, and medals, and using relics of "saints" to heal people. if you disagreed with popes, they had you silenced. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

[oneconcerned]

ANother example of Scientology misleading people is their "cross" symbol. It's meant to make Christians believe that Scientology is "christian" and that this symbol is a "cross." But then Scientologists admit this is NOT a cross but won't admit that it is a variant of a Rosicrucian Cross used by the (pagan) order of Rosicrucians and was a variant of another cult order founded by the devil-worshipper, Aleister Crowley. The Bible says...people are destroyed for the lack of knowledge. (Hosea 4:6)

[shadowjsw]

@elendir8 dont bother, the account is closed. They always do this, yell and run

[elendir8]

@9tEjk fake and gay

[boi187]

@mackiesyotub I think you will find that it is 25,000 – 35,000 cult members maximum WORLDWIDE and that is being generous. They are pathological liars and extremely brainwashed and manipulated. L Ron Hubbard was a fraud and a phoney. Scientology doesn’t deliver and it takes all of your money. Need I go on?

[boi187]

@9tEjk I think you will find that it is 25,000 – 35,000 cult members maximum WORLDWIDE and that is being generous. They are pathological liars and extremely brainwashed and manipulated. L Ron Hubbard was a fraud and a phoney. Scientology doesn’t deliver and it takes all of your money. Need I go on?

[terrybarsucks]

Maybe it did double from about 1,000 to 2,000. It is still a cult that is bleeding members. Many are leaving because of the management, many just can't take it after paying major bucks for OT III and then realize that they DO expect you to believe the Xenu story that they are constantly denying. lol With the bucks they extort from members, they can afford to translate Hubbard's drivel into many different languages. Makes no difference, nobody will read them.

[krazygreen]

@9tEjk Your stats are useless considering that means nothing right now, when everything bad about your satanic cult is being exposed and people are running away quicker then ever. Nobody is stupid enough to fall for this pyramid scam anymore, I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news. I hope one day you can open your eyes and realize that, move on with your life and start over. I know it's a tough pill to swallow, but it's something you will one day realize.

[krazygreen]

@mackiesyotub Impossible, there aren't "millions" of scientologists in the world. That's such a skewed number. They take every single person who ever had a "personality" test or got 1 audit and bounced the cult as a scientologist. They're stats are severely skewed. The recent census showed that they have under 100k members in the entire world, and I even think that number is exhaggerrated.