Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, (Paperback)

from thewanderingjew

At first blush, L. Ron Hubbard seems quite disturbed. He is described as an accomplished liar. Even his memories of his military career cannot be documented as he wrote it. Most of the information in his background, that he provided, is unsubstantiated and false. He seems like a philanderer, with...

from Y2Ash

Honestly, I never really heard of Scientology before Tom Cruise bit Mat Lauer's head off regarding the effectiveness and validity of psychiatry and antidepressants. Then, all of those rumors came out: the auditing process, how they treat children, how they treated defectors. Before I read Going C...

from TheAmpersand

It's easy to make fun of Scientology. There's its celebrity following and the thing about the demon space god Xenu and its relentlessly upbeat commercials and its creepy melding of corporate and spiritual diction and the heaps of money it asks its adherents to pay in order to receive spiritual co...

from slouchycowman

Going Clear is an amazing look at the world of Scientology that most of the public never get to see. I loved this book from beginning to end and that's hard to usually say about a book that is 430 pages. I can give this book enough praise and recommend it higher. The book is written by Lawrence ...

from stevesmits

This is a thought provoking book. While it is highly, and rightly, critical of Scientology (more on that below) it prompts one to consider the nature of all religions and why people are drawn to any of them. What are the defining characteristics and functions of a messianic leader? What are the e...