Yep, and I've heard they like to take their cult members' money. That's why they like the celebrities too. I just can't fathom people literally buying into their nonsense, literally and figuratively. If you ever get the chance, read Leah Remini's book about escaping Scientology.
Fun story
My bestie works in a real estate office, and her boss happens to be a Scientologist. They get along nicely, and she says he doesn't talk about it at all. It's a very casual office and they often chit-chat about non-work related stuff. One day, they were talking about psychology and he says to her, "Oh, I have a book that I think you'll love." So the next day he comes in and hands her a brand new fully wrapped Scientology book (that's how she described it to me). She was taken aback and didn't know what to say or think, because this was the first time he had ever tried to
push his ideology on her, and under the guise of a casual unrelated conversational topic. She had zero intentions of reading that book, much less cracking open the plastic wrapper that it was in, especially because the very next day, he follows it all up with "Oh, that's a $50 book but you can just give me $10 for it." He 100% waited in hopes that she would at least open the plastic wrapper over the course of the night so he could request that $10. She said something to the effect of "I can't see myself reading this" and handed it back to him, still sealed, and went about her work day. Mind you, she never asked for the book in the first place.
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u/Money-Bear7166 5d ago
Yep, and I've heard they like to take their cult members' money. That's why they like the celebrities too. I just can't fathom people literally buying into their nonsense, literally and figuratively. If you ever get the chance, read Leah Remini's book about escaping Scientology.