Thread: New yorker Scientology Article

Paul Haggis Vs. the Church of Scientology : The New Yorker

This was an article from the New yorker that i read a little while back. i thought that it was pretty interesting. It is about Scietology. The article explains a few peoples experiences in Scientology. The story is engaging.

Cults have always been a fascinating subject for me. It's adherents are usually perfectly normal, intelligent, mentally healthy people. Brainwashing works.

One of the things that separates Scientology from other cults is its size. Most cults withdraw and hide form the outside world deliberately to protect itself. Once a cult reaches institution status, however, it uses bullying tactics others don't, probably because it feels it has to to protect itself from the outside world. This article is full of examples of Scientology doing this, but it gets far worse. They're known to send black suited men to the houses of people badmouthing them to press.

There's a church in Nashville that has started using very similar tactics called Remnant Fellowship. It was started by Gwen Shamblin who has called herself a prophetess and demands total control over her members to the point of starvation.