Is anyone surprised that there are now former Scientologists coming out of the woodwork to sell their stories? Jenna Hill Miscavige, the 24-year-old niece of of leader David Miscavige, defended the new Tom Cruise unauthorized biography because the star is "supporting a religion that tears apart families, both in the media and monetarily."
Jenna claimed that the church is now harassing her and even declared her — gasp! — a suppressive person. The church is allegedly demanding that Jenna's friends disconnect from her, and eight of them have taken heed by removing themselves from her MySpace. Yikes, that's not good.
Jenna remained a Scientologist until 2005, even though her parents left the church in 2000. She said she was kept in a boarding school after her parents left and was only allowed to see them once a year. She details her bizarre daily regimen after the jump.
If you flunked your uniform inspection, sometimes if you were late … you would be dumped with a five-gallon bucket of ice water. We were also required to write down all transgressions … similar to a sin in the Catholic religion. After writing them all down, we would receive a meter check on the Electropsychometer to make sure we weren't hiding anything, and you would have to keep writing until you came up clean. This is from the age of 5 until I was 12.
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i'd like to see some crazy scientologist dump ice water on my head, i'd beat 10 shades of shit out of them.
No kidding, deimos. I wonder why she stayed in the fold for so long, even though her parents had left.
It's always so romantic when your husband grabs you around the waist and wrist, dragging you around like a prison guard.
I agree jujubees!! Romantic indeed
Do any of these Hollywood Liberals realize that LRH was a paranoid Commie-hater, and his "religion" is simply Ray Bradbury-meets-Joe McCarthy Red Menace bullshit? This "suppressive person" list is just like McCarthy's notorious blacklist of pinkos and comsymps - which was well populated by Hollywood Lefties in the 1950s.
Psych 101: 50's science fiction as manifestation of societal Cold-War paranoia.
Ditto for Scientology.
jbonz: That would assume that Scientologists are intelligent, which: not so much. I think we can agree Intelligent Scientologists = oxymoron.
Have you read any of their interviews. What the hell are they talking about. Stay away from the ps2's or you'll get disconnected from your xbox 360 and get your vp's all twisted in a knot. Ok, koo koo for brains.
Good for her getting out. Scientology is dangerous.
I think most of the book about Tom are right. It's just to crazy for it not to be true! And look at the way he leads Katie around, that's to show that she's his property.
I think part of the reason she stayed is because it IS so dangerous. It's one thing to be "ex-communicated" or whatever, but these people go after you with a vengance.
It like they are swuare dancing: now promenade around the city - hold your wife's wrist until you're done/ keep her close now, dont you pity - and break that wrist if she tries to run. Now Dosee do!
Keep that wife in line. Bow to your husband.
I had to square dance when I was in elementary school. We had to put on a program for our parents and everything. Fortunately, I didn't get stuck with the gross guy who always farted and didn't speak English.
[b]Global pickets against CoS Feb 10 2008[/b]
A series of pickets against the Cult of Scientology is being planned and you are invited to join. Be peaceful and help inoculate the world against this criminal cult!