Another Scientology Defector breaks their Silence (TODAY SHOW - 9 MARCH 2010)

BROADCAST DATE: 9th March 2010
Show: TODAY SHOW

Raised as Scientologists, Christie King Collbran and her husband, Chris, were recruited as teenagers to work for the elite corps of staff members who keep the Church of Scientology running, known as the Sea Organization, or Sea Org.

They signed a contract for a billion years — in keeping with the churchs belief that Scientologists are immortal. They worked seven days a week, often on little sleep, for sporadic paychecks of $50 a week, at most.

But after 13 years and growing disillusionment, the Collbrans decided to leave the Sea Org, setting off on a Kafkaesque journey that they said required them (1) to sign false confessions about their personal lives and their work, (2) pay the church thousands of dollars it said they owed for courses and counseling, and (3) accept the consequences as their parents, siblings and friends who are church members cut off all communication with them.

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[cosmicforums]

@ironwilldienikes - Oh, I am one of those ex-christians. Hard core Atheist right here baby. I tell you though, at least atheist groups are open and accepting of letting all kinds of religious people into their groups. Not very many religious groups will allow an atheist to join their groups. Is this a proof that atheist are more civilised and community minded than non-atheists? I mean, you dont see atheists killing people in the name of "no god" do you? Nope.

[azasadny]

Hail Xenu!

[ProdigyIncorporated]

@cosmicforums they dont do it in the name of anything....they do it because they are unhappy =/

[macnefrititi]

All religions are mind control, its the police force of the stoneage!! God is not the problem, its the people who follow him, thats the problem.

[curiousmindish]

One more thing. Scientology is expensive. "Volunteers" get "auditing" or courses in exchange for their service. Before you finish one course of study, they sign you up for the next course. Each course also requires that you buy expensive books. They don't care if you are poor or wealthy. They even encourage you to borrow if you don't have the cash.They simply hook you from one expensive course to another & sign you up for auditing, which is just as pricey as any REAL therapy.

[curiousmindish]

I believe her. Before I got wise to what Scientology was all about (I thought it was for self improvement), I became a course supervisor in exchange for the pricey "auditing", which is similar to what therapy does for people (not!). After I complained about the dishonest way they recruit new people & that I did not believe in "past lives" or that we were dropped here by aliens, I was disciplined & told I had pay for the (unfruitful) hours of auditing (thousands of dollars). I refused and left.

[beerbellygdog]

40,000 OR 10,000, YA AINT GETTIN SHIT FROM ME!

[saltme3]

Dam the defector is like Hott!!!

[Getsen42]

@GoreyFantod , ok thanks alot! Now I spit my coffee all of the keyboard through my nose! ;-)

[GoreyFantod]

@anonUK Amway for the soul.

[JulesGunn]

scientology operates like any other nefarious, homosexual secret society (freemasons).

and matt lauer crosses his legs like a bitch...smh...

[jarvisda]

Any organization that has Tommy Davis as a spokesperson has to be fake.