hello! I, (19f) got bored so i thought i would post an AMA post as it has officially been 2 years since i left scientology any and all questions are welcome to be asked and i will try to answer every question the best i can ! ( note i will not answer too many personal questions but most are fine to ask)
I grew up in scientology AMA
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Share one belief from scientology
As someone with an open mind and an open heart, a quick run down of Scientology itself would be great. Also what made you leave. Please.
Are you “spiritual” at any level any more? Do you see it as a cult?
How has your relationship with your family been since leaving?
How is Lord Xenu doing these days?? Is Tom Cruise considered some kind of prophet? Your thoughts on South Park marathons?
I found the anti-Scientology shows and documentaries fascinating. Are the disconnection policies and strict as depicted? Also, I no longer consider myself Catholic. However, there are aspects of Catholicism that will stay with me, in a positive way, forever. Are there any tenants of Scientology that will stay with you and you still believe?
What do they think of Jesus Christ?
Any weird sex cult stuff that goes on?
Have you ever met any of the celebrities that are part of Scientology?
What do you think has happened to Shelly Miscavage?
How hard is it to get out ? Do they blackmail you to stay ?
Do you like Pokémon?
I know that if you leave some members basically bully you endlessly. Has that happened so far?
I have heard that members live in shared apartments within scientology. So how does dating / sex life before marriage work?
What was the title of the book that changed your mind about Scientology and why were you open to reading and internalizing it?
How are women treated in Scientology?
Growing up, did you get audited with an e-meter, when you were upset or physically hurt?
Did you go to school?
How much money does the member have to pay per year?
How do they justify cutting off family if you’re no longer involved. Surely love is more important?
At only 19, would it be safe to say you hadn’t made it very far up the “ranks”, thus know very little, or at least only slightly more than someone who isn’t involved? I’ve heard through more than one source, you ascend in Scientology mostly through donations to the cause. How accurate is this?
Did you hear about any politicians being part of Scientology? Do you think they try to expand to politics, or not at all?
What are you most proud of doing since leaving Scientology?!Any big culture shocks
And are you (and other Scientologists) big fans of science fiction?
So parents regularly just stop all contact with their kids if they leave? So awful.
how is this the post that got 2 people to flirt with me bye
Same, girl. Glad you got out of there. It destroyed my family.
Did you find the clay stuff helpful in your education?
Do you have any notion of how big the membership is? I’ve read that what they claim is massively exaggerated and at most large events they have to fill it out with actors.
What’s Tom Cruise like?
Are u allowed to have a bf while in their system? Or u got one only after leaving them?
What got me in at first was the low-level stuff like arc, tone scale, etc., which still makes sense to me. Liked fot, too. Worked on staff for a bit, met Ron Miscavige Sr., who was really nice. Met his son Dave once, who seemed to be a bit of a hard-a–, who was already in the Sea Org (actually all the so folks seemed way way too serious). Philadelphia Free Library has some really good books about scn, you might check out their online catalog for titles. Congrats on surviving, now enjoy your freedom and have some fun. Take care.
How much focus is there on L Ron these days? And how about David Miscavage? Are they Pope-like figures in the church?
How does a scientology party look like?
are cowboy boots good for everyday use?
Stay safe dude, one love
Why don’t people who practice Scientology go to the doctor or take any medicine, vitamins, pain relievers, etc? I have a friend who is deep into Scientology and she refuses to go to the doctor or take a simple Advil.
How exactly is Lord Xenu still alive after billions of years?
I also left a cult. Have you considered the possibility of spirituality without the need for religion or dogma? I find myself aligning much more with gnosticism these days after a hard cutoff from anything “spiritual” for years, realizing it was my trauma from my cult wanting me to cut everything off and almost subscribe to science as my new “religion”/belief-system.
Is the South Park episode on Scientology accurate?
My parents bought a beach house a few years ago and one of the books that was left from the previous owner was Dianetics from 1986. There is a self-addressed postcard inside it from 40 Years ago which you mail to request more info about Scientology.
Should I mail it in 2025? I have a photo for anyone who doesn’t believe me.
How were you able to leave?
In another comment you described the group as a cult. How do you define a cult, and do you think all religions are cults to some extent or are cults something very distinct?
How were you even so foolish enough to join in the first place?
Did you guys live in like a commune or did people just live anywhere and have meetings like ‘church every Sunday’ type of thing?
Who is getting the donations? Or what is it for? I’m totally new on this and find it so interesting. And how does it work? Like your day to day? Do your parents work in the day and then in the evening go to meetings and such etc?
Is the Xenu thing an actual part of the religion?
What happenes if you leave my bread in toster for trillions of years and 40 days AND 40 nights? Seriously what happenes. And the toster is at level 10 on burning heat level. And is sientology like science?
As a fan of science fiction literature myself who doesn’t know too much about scientology, what is the church’s consensus on L. Ron Hubbard’s science fiction novels like? Are they a significant part of the church’s teachings?
Were you in the sea org? And did your family also leave or were they forced to disconnect from you (apologies if that’s not the correct term)?
When does a child that is born into Scientology decide to convert, and how does one official accept membership if they are born into Scientology?
Do they like black people? Who aren’t rich?
How far up the bridge did you get? (I watch a lot of YouTube channels from ex scientologists.)
What an unfortunate bad start you got off to, which is no fault of your own. Life is hard enough than to spend your early formative years in an MLM cult which was started by a mediocre science fiction writer to make bank.
What do you think about the sexual abuse allegations of underage girls?
I am the evil Lord Xenu. You will be punished for leaving. I will pump 100,000 thetans into your brain.
Do people in Scientology realize how weird and creepy the rest of the world finds this cult? Or are they so insular that they don’t have a sense of that?
Several years back.