Going Clear (HBO)

Wow, just wow. This was one hypnotic documentary about Scientology. When you see all the parts put together you see the truth - the whole twisted truth. You learn what a nutcase that L. Ron Hubbard was and how dangerous the current leadership is.

I wondered as the documentary progressed and we learned more about how crazy Hubbard was, how anyone could follow Hubbard in the first place. He was creepy when he talked and I was distracted by the fact that he needed dental work.

And those goofy beliefs of his that makes Mormonism look like Judaism!! I am always amazed at the stuff that people will believe or convince themselves to believe. Where is the questioning? Where is the bullshit meter going off in one's head? Why can't I be fooled into that kind of blissful state.

The whole 'religion' is a scam. People pay to achieve 'levels'. The levels make no sense other than to make people spend more money to rise up the ranks. They hoped the higher they got the more 'superpowers' they would achieved. More and more secrets would be revealed if you could get high enough up the ladder. Then, at a certain level, the converted met Xenu and his a-bombs. Great stuff. Bullshit of the highest order. I can respect the guy who can come up with this foolishness but not the people who believe it.

"What the fuck is this?" - Paul Haggis after learning the church's 'origin' story.



Much of this stuff is not new to me but to hear the confessions of some of the highest ranking members of Scientology it all has a strong ring of truth. If any organization needs the disinfecting cleansing of sunlight then it's Scientology.

http://listverse.com/2015/04/02/10-bizarre-snapshots-from-the-world-of-scientology/