Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

[Alex K. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Alex K.]

Anyone see this? Amazing documentary on this insane cult. Fascinating and scary. A must watch.

[Mark Tolch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark Tolch]

Was just going to start a thread on this, I saw it last night. As you said, amazing. 2 hours of essentially what is talking heads, and not boring for a moment. It's mind-blowing to see what a fuckin lunatic LR Hubbard was, and how many people have flocked to it. The tax-exemption and the resulting billions of dollars in acquisitions is not only indicative of how religions take advantage of the tax system, but how strength in numbers and influence can result in bad people getting away with bad things. Miscavige, Tom Cruise....they look like slimy car salesmen.

I'm not a big fan of religions in general, but Scientology and the wingnuts who follow it and harass those who they feel threaten them make my blood boil. They're despicable scumbags.

[The Silly Swede Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Silly Swede]

Not yet, but I love documentaries on this subject so I'll be seeing it sooner or later.

[llj Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close llj]

I'll still probably watch Mission Impossible 5 though.

[Barry M Super Fiend Find all posts View Profile Close Barry M]

I enjoyed James Spader going off on L. Ron Hubbard in a BOSTON LEGAL episode the other night, and this sounds like almost as much fun.

[Alex K. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Alex K.]

I'd like to check out the book because it goes into even more detail like the mysterious death of Hubbard's son:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Hubbard

[The Silly Swede Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Silly Swede]

Saw this tonight, as it was aired on public service here. Took a while to get going, but once it got rolling, my god. 2 hours of documentary and I didn't want it to end. These people are so fucked up it scares me. And as said above: L. Ron, those old films of him.... what a fucking lunatic. And the scary part is the people who succeeded him are even worse!