American - Author | August 2, 1947 -
From the very beginning, when you go into Scientology your world narrows down very quickly.
Lawrence Wright
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Hubbard set up the Church of Scientology in Hollywood in 1954 for a reason. He understood that celebrity was increasingly a feature of American public life, and celebrities themselves were going to be worshiped as minor deities were in the ancient world. The idea was: if you could get them, think how many people would follow.
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From the very beginning of this movement, Scientology has always been a very closeted organization. That aura of secrecy is something that the present-day management continues.
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People often pulled into Scientology want to address personal problems in their life, and Scientology says we have technology that addresses these kinds of problems. Just focusing on the problems and trying to remedy them can be helpful.
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I don't dispute Scientology can help people; I think that is a very important fact to keep in mind.
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IRS is very poorly equipped to make a distinction between what is a religion and what is not.
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Scientology is probably the most stigmatized religion in America already.
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There are many countries where you can only believe more or you can believe less. But in the United States we have this incredible smorgasbord, and it really interests me why people are drawn to one faith rather than another, especially to a system of belief that to an outsider seems absurd or dangerous.
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I get very antsy when I'm not occupied.
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There are many different rivers that lead into despair: there's poverty; there's political repression; there's gender apartheid - there's a sense of culture loss; there's religious fanaticism.
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Journalism is a flawed profession, but it has a self-correcting mechanism. The rule of journalism is: talk to everybody.
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Every medium has its advantages and weaknesses and there are many things I can put down on paper that I might not be able to put into film or into a stage performance. In each form, one can communicate powerfully in different ways.
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