Okay, I'm calmed down now. Ohhhhhh. It is sad, Scientology was supposed to be a great hope for mankind oppressed by the demons within and the demons without. Scientology was supposed to help a person self-realize and be at peace with himself even if the world was in turmoil. Scientology was supposed to help a person achieve high states of spiritual awareness. Scientology used to be fun, an adventure, a place for free thinkers, peopled by idealistic men and women who saw a better world.

Where are all these people now? The truth is that the leadership drove almost all of them away. The remaining ones are slaving away, a shadow of their former selves.

Libraesque, according to scientology doctrine a criminal always dramatizes his crimes and puts them on others, so you might have a good point there re the OBSESSION with pedophiles. Plus, their failure to really help such people in the first place might be a factor too.

Scientologist have what is called "survey tech" and they go out and find out what people's "hot buttons" are and they probably discovered that people get reactive when the word 'pedophile' is brought up, thus they throw that accusation around with abandon. Otherwise it is an act of meaningless desperation.

I was not going to comment -- until I heard so many lies coming from CofS members that I have to speak out the truth. If you wish to read more true (yes, CofS members, true) stories of people who are no longer member of CofS goto the Ex-Scientologist Message Board. A lot of human emotion and reaction and gut-wrenching true stories.

Really, CofS members, they can't all be lying! You make it sound like being an ex-member is some kind of pathological disease. I used to think the critics were frothing at the mouth, but it is you, CofS, who is frothing at the mouth and the world is laughing at you.

I was a member of the Church of Scientology for 9 years and, yes, I can step up to the witness stand and say that all of these stories told by ex-members are true.

What really disgusted me was the Scientologist who tried to represent that the CofS no longer has a covert policy of dirty practices (very dirty) to get their "enemies". My husband used to work for OSA so don't try and sell me on their being a boy-scout organization. When was the last time you volunteered for an OSA operation, Mary?

Sadly, there are too many people like Mary still left in the Church, hanging onto every word of their leaders, without question. They are not allowed to question leadership -- that will get one into lots of ethics trouble and possibly they can be denied their Bridge, a big fear in the Church of Scientology.

I do not fight against people like Mary or the other defendants of the CofS, because I am sure they believe what they are being told and believe in what they are defending. I once did the same.

Nevertheless, in my opinion, the leadership of the CofS is lying to its members while taking their hard-earned money to enhance their real estate empire.

Put ethics in on your own house before you go and put ethics in on the planet, like with a sledgehammer.

"Infamous lawyer Graham Berry, known for his commitment in supporting those who've been harassed and sued by the Church of Scientology, has announced a major win for an outed member of Anonymous, Sean Carasov (aka Rorshach) who was currently under investigation by the the Los Angeles Police Department for alledged crimes related to protest activities at LA Scientology Org centers."

--excerpted from Glosslips

"Infamous lawyer Graham Berry, known for his commitment in supporting those who've been harassed and sued by the Church of Scientology, has announced a major win for an outed member of Anonymous, Sean Carasov (aka Rorshach) who was currently under investigation by the the Los Angeles Police Department for alledged crimes related to protest activities at LA Scientology Org centers."

--taken from Glosslips