How I Escaped the Church of Scientology | Informer 

It was the best deal in history: pay a few pounds to rent that South Park Episode and save £100,000.

It did! 🥳

​@@heavymestworker I watched it online for free.

@@MargaritaMagdalena That’s what Cult of Scientology calls being “out exchange”…

@@heavymestworker How does that work?

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I think Scientology has to be somewhat of a predator they first ask you all of your weaknesses using them against you.Anything you say or do can and will be used against you in the court of scientology. Much like a Pedophile a sexual predator praise on a child coming from a disadvantaged home. That's the only thing I can imagine is why anyone going in to this would not see right away that this is something they need to not spend another second getting into. But I guess the brain washing takes over before.You can even think for yourself. There's the court case coming up the scorn to rock the world of scientology, Leah Reminy.

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Ikr? I stopped for one in Seattle. Guy was very personable. We spoke for at least an hour. I knew something was wrong when he said he works 6 or 7 days a week with no pay. But he seemed very grateful because he said Scientology stopped him from using drugs. Anyways I later got something in the mail which promptly went in the trash as I wasn't taking any chances of being caught up in a cult!

You are so beautiful my lady❤

And the online ones were used to scrape data by Cambridge Analytica and Russian trolls to build a profile influence voters in. The US 2016 Election and Brexit.

I was waiting for my movie showtime at the TCL theatre and some people from the Hollywood Scientology church tried to get me and my friends to take the personality test. There were a lot of tourists and other folks inside but they tried particularly hard for us it felt like, probably because we were college freshmen and looked young, impressionable, and newly far from home. Anyway, I only looked up Scientology after that incident and felt like I dodged a bullet. I thought it would be fun to do the test but instantly balked and felt off when they wanted to take us to the back and separate us in different rooms. I thought it would just be a paper test. We backed out with the movie is starting excuse but they actually wouldn’t let us leave without filling out a paper slip with contact info. I put something fake on it and GTFO. So creepy

And keep the kidds away. Scientology believes children are old beings in small bodies. Super creepy. A lot of children has been traumatized.

Now I'm interested!

how does it pass building laws? surely buildings need windows?

This place is real?

@@saibot1221people are paid off.

​@@TomTreutleinI don't think so. It has windows. They said it has no windows

Scientology is about reaching the state of clear. Clear your bank account that is.

@@paulmark992 The philosophy of less equals more! Unless you're David Miscavige!

Lmfao

I did a research report on them in high school & went to their location in Times Square to get some information. They asked me how old I was & where I lived, then told me “come back when you start making money” then kicked me out 😂

@@jm2307 loool

sounds like something a Scientologist would say

Let's not forget the human trafficking of children and adults for free labor use and SA.

@@julieb2398 you are quite right. I myself was trafficked to England when I was 13 years old.

​@@The_SP_Chef I am so sorry you had to go through this. I am a never in that has went through years of research on this cult. I am disgusted that they continue or that they were allowed to practice this behavior at all. It is my mission to help shut this cult down once and for all. I hope that you have been able to get the help you need. Please know that you are loved and people care about you.

How does someone even get convinced that Scientology is real? I used to be a fundamentalist young-earth creationist non-denominational Christian. I was told that I’d suffer forever if I didn’t love God, when I was a kid. How does an adult get brought into a religion that targets adults, unlike Christianity’s targeting of kids?

You get rich writing science fiction, then ghastlighting people into believing it.

Marshall Applewhite who was the founder of the Heaven’s Gate death cult did both! 🥶

I used to see his commercials doe his book on the aaaallll the time as a child

Writing very bad science fiction!😂

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This video needs millions of views

They are?

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Ayeee Sergiooo what’s uppp homie 😝

Sergio ❤

Serge!

Stay safe protesting

We need more likes and shares

💖 so much love and support in the "SP community" 💖

Nora! ❤

You’re a legend Nora 💕💕💫

There is also the Aftermath Foundation. I have heard good things about them helping people get out. I’m what they call a never-in,and I look forward to the day the cult is out of business. I’m so glad Vice is shedding some much needed light on them and their actions.

They know exactly who he is.

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eh, most NDAs are just intimidation tactics

Why am I not surprised that their international location, "Gold Base", is in California.

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Normally thats the detail they add to the story of how they got in 😂

The front door... not so easy to get back out though.

He just said the free personality test is how they recruited him, either your a bot or didnt watch the vid.

Yeah I get it but getting in is always Easy, it’s the GETTING OUT the hard part. Also most of the time the person tells how and why they got in anyways so yeah 🙂

The first 5 minutes is how they got him in lol

Keep it up Danny! ❤ you and Leah

FREE DANNY

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So excited to see what’s next for you and Leah. Hopefully the shoes won’t get taken as evidenced. #spicyeyes

We need more shares this video needs 10million views

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We can’t because of freedom of religion. Everyone has the right to believe what they want in America. As for me I love Jesus Christ. ❤

After the layoffs, they're, actually starting to get out some good stuff. Whether it's past work, or some of their newer stuff. This could be a way of them trying to change back, and do some real journalism. It may have hope to ressurect from the dead, if we are lucky. But, if they die due to their past woke stuff, so be it

@@ZynetESLD you poor snowflake

Ya I seen these videos. Hilarious. "Don't do it, depta septa it's a cult" and "there's our boy Lurch".

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youtube has ramped up sensorship heavy. every comment we make is read over by a Ai and if it dosent like it even without telling you it will delete your comment seconds after posting. you can refresh and it’ll be there but come back the next day it will be gone. absolutely disgusting censorship from youtube. let’s hope this one stays.

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It's good to see you commenting on this video, Alex. I hope that this video gets new people digging into your channel and others'. The SPs who've spoken out have shared a wealth of knowledge about everything this guy mentions, and much more.

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A lot of those representatives are being PAID by the cult so they don't do anything.

South park did a good episode on this to.

It's a must see if youre reading this comment and considering watching it

I'll check that out, thanks for recommending

It's amazing. And watch Leah's series "Scientology and the Aftermath" to get a lot more personal stories about the people who escaped that world.

Panorama is good as well. Scientology is crazy hopeful. One day, they will lose their tax exempt so it can be stopped.

Agree!

Why? By now, everybody already knows it's a crazy cult. And we've known that for at 15 years. With all the negativity and stories online about them, you'd be a complete fool to still join them. The truth is just one Google search away.

​@@Cloudnine2024the more exposure the better. They still have a tax exempt status with the US IRS.

@@Cloudnine2024 - the bigger picture is stripping their tax exempt status and getting children and the elderly, who are being abused out. You ship someone from another country, take their passport, house them in buildings in “birthing” areas that they can’t afford to leave AND subject them to auditing people regarding things that no child should even understand!

@@Cloudnine2024 Sorry, it ISN'T just a "crazy cul". It is a DANGEROUS, fraudulent and VERY abusive organization, pretending to be a religion. Until this horrible organization is stopped, there is NEVER enough said . And if you don't understand the depth, perhaps you might also want to do a little more Google searching yourself.

No it’s not

💯💯💯 very similar cult

​@@worldisfilledb Cults use similar methods, it's no suprise it's similar

the only factor separating a cult and religion is time. you gave a cult enough time (usually a long one), it'll turn into religion.

@@tabi91100 No even close!

This!! Get to LA, VICE! Talk to William Goude (Streets LA) and Jessica Palmadessa. Defender of Ants and Confident Chris. Protestors who have been harassed by Scientology and the cops who have been working to shut down the protests with false arrests on camera. There have been numerous assaults for nothing but these young people standing outside with their phones recording. Multiple SWAT'ings. Protestors help at gunpoint by police who know full well no laws have been broken by them. It's beyond wild!

I don't know. I'm thinking of joining Heaven's Gate. They come with cool Nikes. Also a free ride on a comet thats traveling at 100,000 mph

The good news,regarding your statement, is that the real number for COS is less than 30,000. Anyone who has taken a personality test, bought a dianetics book, etc. is put on their mailing list, which is next to impossible to get removed from. Those people will forever be “counted” as a member. That AND, of course, they lie. The org puts all of their money in tax exempt real estate and most of these places are desolate. They just want to keep outsiders out and keep the duped in.

For the non-religious, I can totally understand the perspective that all religions (including this "religion") fall into the same category and just pull the wool over people's eyes for gain. If I were in your shoes, I'd see this cult and say, "Nope," to all religions because it is genuinely repulsive. I am religious, though I really dislike that word, but I can freely say that I am not beholden to anyone except of my own free volition and that I try to love others with even a tiny fraction of the love God has for me and you. It has made my life so much better, I hope it's making others' lives better, and I've never felt so free to be who I am. That being said, I despise and want nothing to do with the toxic blend of religion and politics, judging people with different lifestyles or even tattoos. (Oh, no! You know how "they" can be!) We (the "religious") tend to get fixated on judging the people who make us most uncomfortable. It's an insatiable desire to drown out our own glaring insecurities by saying to ourselves, "At least I'm not that person." I grew up in that caustic mess, and it's a disgrace. It's the opposite of how Jesus treated people. I truly empathize with those who were harmed or judged accordingly because I myself was one of those on the receiving end. So many people who claim to follow a given religion make a complete mockery of it by not only ignoring but doing the complete opposite of the religion's tenets. Hopefully, new generations will learn from this and set a better precedent.

As someone who works in a bookstore: it's amazing what people don't know about. The sheer volume of teens who spend all day online talking about Harry Potter and have no idea how much Rowling hates trans women has taught me more about bubbles than anything political; ignoring how political Rowling can be.

Not many new people join . The younger people in , were born or raised in it . Many have left and are speaking on youtube without masks .

Read what she actly wrote and dont trust the hadlines... she dont hate trans 😂 it is so overblown. Thay just wanted to drage a famouse person to the ground. It is what media does...

Just because people passively hear about it and realize it’s a cult, doesn’t mean we should not care and want to help the helpless get out. Children cannot consent! The people who have spent their lives inside and then are cast aside when they’re old and of no use to scientology, get stuck in sub par facilities which lack proper medical care. They have them sign over what little social security that they have, open credit cards in their name, max them out and let it go. The abuses are too numerous to list. There are many people in this world that need help but, the trapped, tr*fficked and abused should not be hidden behind this “church’s “ tax exempt status!

It's kind of like saying that you don't empathize with abuse victims, because there is enough info about abuse and they should know better. Yet you don't seem to know better either. Cults follow the same route as an abusive relationship. Cults lure people in with some non-religious content, possibly without even disclosing their religion in the beginning. Once disclosed, they convince you that whatever you know about them is a misconception. They keep up this fake image until you're committed, then slowly reveal themselves.

And North Korea

Not an actual religion, just a big scam.

How would you compare it to Islam, especially Boko Haram, al-Shabaab, Hamas, Hezbollah, IS, al-Qaeda etc.?

@@DavidZ4-gg3dm Islamic extremism you mean?

@@youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904 If Islam is a religion of peace, the extrimists would do extremely peaceful things.

Scientology is a cult, not a religion, and the specific organized groups you've mentioned aren't either. They're terrorist groups. Who happen to be religious. The KKK is another example of an extremist group who happens to be religious (Christian). I'm not religious myself, but from what I can understand, true religion is about peace, community, and love @@DavidZ4-gg3dm

Exact same thing happened with me. And I am on squirrel squad lives all the time.

A - Evil - Cult - .

es una sekta !!!!

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He’s on his way 😂

He done messed up!😂

Why didn't you say it.. the first time I said 'A-A-Ron'??

Pre-sent.

I was going to tag him. Scientology done messed up. 😂

The alarm should be raised when you actually read the contract and they go berserk because reading the contract “means you don’t trust them”. (Trust is a two way street: if it was about trust they wouldn’t be pushing people into contracts in the first place.)

@@heavymestworker This is very important. The contracts that Scientologists sign have always sounded predatory, and the pressure they're put under to sign without reading is wild.

The contracts themselves are unenforceable in any legal sense. They read like a pledge to volunteer for between 2.5 years... and a billion. They have children sign them without their parents being present. Or their consent. The danger comes when you don't fulfill the contract, and are blacklisted by the cult. Who then demands every member disconnect from them. Including family, friends, employers, children, parents... Otherwise they become blacklisted too. They call it being declared an SP or "Suppressive Person". Who are then subject to Hubbard's policy of "Fair Game." Where members are encouraged to destroy the SP's life if they do not remain silent about their grievances with the cult or it's members. Scarry stuff. Definitely NOT written on the contract. Which are primarily ceremonial in nature. And have no validity in any court of law. Scientology doesn't care about courts outside their own internal "Courts of Ethics" and "Committees of Evidence." Scientologists are forbidden from calling authorities on other members without explicit approval from them to do so. Same thing with civil courts and lawsuits. Violating this policy is grounds for immediate blacklisting. Even if your child was assaulted by an adult member of the "Church". People compare the horrors of similar events in the Catholic Church. But I don't remember the Pope declaring anyone calling the cops on a sick priest an "enemy of the church." That's precisely what Scientology's Pope 'David Miscavige' does. They don't stop at covering it up like the Vatican. They "Fair Game" the victim and their family until charges are dropped and the victims are silent. If they DON'T speak out to the authorities, and remain in good standing with the cult... The victims are blamed and punished for "pulling it in". The ultimate victim blaming. This was proven in court recently in the Danny Masterson trial. Mind blowing details revealed on the record. In case you missed it, Actor Danny Masterson was found guilty on multiple counts of drugging and assaulting women in the worst way. And Scientology was shown to have actively taken steps to silence two of the victims who were members at the time. Who were punished for reporting it to them. Because Danny was on that 70's show. And could get away with anything as a celebrity. The point is Scientology, as an organization, shouldn't be legally allowed to exist. Their policy is provably criminal. And is always followed by their members. It's all in writing. The Mafia doesn't have a legally sanctioned headquarters. They're forced to operate under the radar. Scientology doesn't have this problem. They can lie, cheat, steal, defraud, traffic human beings... All with no oversight. Many deaths have occured as a result. And countless lives have been destroyed. If people want to read books about Scientology. And mess around with pseudo therapy and imitation lie detectors... They should be allowed to. As long as it's only adults. With absolutely no money changing hands. And no "centers" for this to happen as any kind of business. The same standard for any organized crime in the US. Scientology's list of felony level crimes is staggering. They hold the record for the largest FBI raid in human history. And are responsible for the largest infiltration in US history as well. And yet we're still subsidizing them with our tax dollars. And they're still using fake contacts to gain free labor. Who are abused to the point of mental breakdowns on a regular basis. Most people think they're just some goofy weirdos. Playing with alien spirits. And not the very real danger they have been allowed to be in society today.

@@carpeimodiem The contracts that must be signed before taking CoS courses are legally binding and force you to accept “arbitration” instead of your normal right to sue. I have been educated that I must read and understand everything before considering signing anything so even the (unenforceable) Sea Org contract should be read and questioned and if pressed to sign something my law teacher was clear: the answer is “no”.

A lot of people they recruit are young 18-21 year old ppl who have never had a job in their life. They sign the contract because they think that’s what ppl do when getting jobs & opportunities

Defender of Ants let's gooooo!! 👏🙌

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Unconditional allegiance to any person or group of people is very dangerous. History repeats itself over and over, unfortunately.

Yes, they still do. They are ruthless.

Same, I tucked into a personality test when I was 19 I am 40 now. They only stopped sending me things, 2 yra ago. They're relentless. Luckily I was one of the strong ones.

@@melanatedandlovingit1305 im surprised they stopped. I just ignore them

Me too

Cause they have a lot of money. They in the government. Hollywood. Music industry. Basically a branch of the illuminati

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Hostage & Kidnapping.

They are currently being sued for trafficking. Their tiny leader has just been served.

Shelly! I remember leah remini tried looking for her in twin peaks or pikes

She’s alive. @Growingupinscientology actually made a video about it yesterday. He was able to speak to an informant in her security team.

Narconon is a front group

"Thetan" is just satan with a lisp. Hubbard is trolling his prey from the grave. The first rule of xenu club is that you don't talk about xenu club or they'll hit you with the xenu club.

Makes you think why corporate entities want these personality tests.

if they can get away with having a "church" built in Detroit recently they probably are paying them off enough to prevent that.

At the secret base at Twin Peaks waiting for Hubbards return.

It was secretive until South Park did an episode mocking it. Now, it's pretty common knowledge even for non-Scientogolists.

They are not allowed to read or see anything that is critical to the cult. I do not think those that signed the thousand year contract are allowed to go on the internet.

im curious as to how they were convincing at that point in your life? What did they do precisely?

Well I know when uneX arrives, it will be in a StarShip or F-22 Raptor.

Religious status

They attacked the IRS via operation Snow White and infuriated the government until they gave in,