Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief Comments

  • Marques 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    The only reason religion exists is the seven deadly sins of man...

  • Madyson 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    A certain D's method is exactly the same as that of this cult, and I don't know who learned from whom. Reading some psychology and sociology books can really help to see the nature of these events. Tom and John Travolta are probably pretending to be...

  • Eula 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    Everyone is the same, but the flags are different. Some go even...

  • Elliot 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    The Hollywood version of Wang Lin's Apocalypse takes advantage of the closed psychology of celebrities who lack a sense of security. Once the small circle is full of falsehoods and illusions, there will be opportunities for...

  • Estevan 2022-03-26 09:01:10

    Want to see Tom's interview, he and the new cult leader have very interesting personalities. The fight with the IRS is brilliant, and everything to do with religion seems to be about control and fear. From the fact that there are only eight people in front of and behind the interviewee, it is vaguely felt that what has been photographed is still only the tip of the iceberg....

  • Kristofer 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    Remember who said that after two thousand years, a cult is a religion. ....

  • Dee 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    HBO has had a blast this year, first with The Jinx and then with this one. I think Paul Haggis summed it up right, which was probably 'they want you to think for yourselves but if you don't go their way then fuck off'. I always feel that Tom's religious beliefs and eyes wide shut have a wonderful intertextual...

  • Tania 2022-03-25 09:01:15

    The part where reaching OT III to get cheap sci-fi manuscripts is crazy lol? [WTF is also very cheap, and asked how tall the second generation leader is, because he is even shorter than...

  • Clarissa 2022-03-24 09:02:59

    I don't know if religion is the opium of the people, but I'm sure cults must be. All the cults in the world have the same essence - they all claim to find a way to redeem mankind, as to whether the people who get on the cult ship are too innocent or too stupid, I think the only reason is that they read too little. Personal enlightenment needs the wisdom of the outside world and the inner spiritual self-awakening. If you refuse self-enlightenment because of your own fragility and laziness and...

  • Ervin 2022-03-24 09:02:59

    I don't know if religion is the opium of the people, but I'm sure cults must be. All the cults in the world have the same essence - they all claim to find a way to redeem mankind, as to whether the people who get on the cult ship are too innocent or too stupid, I think the only reason is that they read too little. Personal enlightenment needs the wisdom of the outside world and the inner spiritual self-awakening. If you refuse self-enlightenment because of your own fragility and laziness and...

Extended Reading

Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief quotes

  • Paul Haggis: I finally get to OT 3 and they give me the secret materials, which I've been hearing about all this time. They're hand written by Hubbard. You'd have to keep them in a locked briefcase, be very cautious because they would always say if this gets out it's dangerous to people. It can actually do them harm if they are not adequately prepared. And I read it and it doesn't make any sense... I think, I remember for one fleeting second thinking well maybe it's an insanity test. Maybe if we believe this they kick you out. You know? Maybe you're insane! That of course is not the case. They talk about, you know, the fact that the earth was created, that such and such of trillions of years ago and this guy, who's this space guy... and put them in volcanoes and then blow them up with A-bombs... And we have these lost souls all over us and we have to get rid of them. And I'm going what the fuck are you talking about? I mean, I'm down for the self-help stuff. I'm down for, ok, I can be clear, I can, you know, I can get rid of those, the negative emotions, but what the fuck is this?

  • Lawrence Wright: Scientology really is a journey into the mind of L. Ron Hubbard and the further you get into it the more like L. Ron Hubbard you become.