What an excellent interview! Nonstop informative. Thank you.

I did a bit of research about the young man Wright wrote about in his book.It is truly a horrific and heartbreaking story. So many lives ruined.Rest in peace Kyle Brennan.

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My best art works was copied from my dreams,..i also learned from Scientology that i was or will become after this life a fly.
The Goddess Sheba daughter of God told me this in my dreams, but somehow i always knew it..

I guess the question is: did he do this to make money, or knowingly, or, like Sun Yoong Moon (sp?), was he mentally ill?

I'm curious - has Mr. Wright read Kate Bornstein's account of life in the Sea Org and subsequent separation from her family?

Wow. Operation "snow-white?"

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John from Washington Heights - If this was an interview with Archbishop Dolan, many of us would be picking on Roman Catholicism, too. All "organized" religion is mythology.

It sounds to me like a combination of things:

1. Hubbard was delusional (Thetans)
2. Jungian (past lives)
3. Mormanism (outer space)
4. A mishmash of made-up science fiction

Those four things thrown into a huge salad bowl, well tossed, and presented as a religious package. This can only appeal to people who have no formal religious training or scientific background and are unable to think critically and logically. Very sad.

Have Scientologist lawyers come after Mr. Wright? They take legal action at any negative mention of their organization.

As an atheist,the thing I don't understand is why everyone seems to want to pick on Scientology. Yes, it is totally ridiculous but so are all the major religions of the world. They all ask us to believe completely made up magical stories and they all punish what they consider to be the heretics threatening their existence.

Even though this religion sounds bizarre to many including me,especially the "science fiction" aspect, if someone started a religion today based on some christain beliefs like emmaculate conception, angels speaking to humans, different miracles in the bible,etc.,in all fairness I can't help but believe that this established religion,in addition to others with equally questionable ideas, would be looked askance at, if not with down right ridicule. I mean no offense to anyones beliefs.

Please ask the author whether he's experienced the (personal or otherwise) usual threats of "the church" in publishing the book, for which they are famous.

But Ed--Scientology enjoys the tax-free status of "real" churches. That alone should fill most people with a bit of rage. But they're definitely following the Roman Catholics on the acquisition of real estate; when the lawsuits fly, that's solid capital!

It's interesting. When people get away from real religion, they still have the longing for God. So they find themselves in these off-the-road areas.

My guess is that Scientology is a method of self improvement, of aiming at personal perfection through one's own effort. Is that accurate?

Excellent book! I'm in the middle of it now and I'm really enjoying it. It's crazy that ANYONE followed LRon Hubbard after reading your synopsis of his life. But the scariest part I have read so far is the young life of David Miscavige. He is one frightening human.

Technically it's not a 'church' since it doesn't have the Eucharist, and I don't think it would be called an 'ecclesiastical association' because it doesn't confess Christ. Hmm.