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A clear sighted revelation, a deep penetration into the world of Scientology by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of the now classic study of al Qaeda s 9 11 attack, the Looming Tower Based on than two hundred personal interviews with both current and former Scientologists both famous and less well known and years of archival research, Lawrence Wright uses his extraordinary investigative skills to uncover for us the inner workings of the Church of Scientology its origins in the imagination of science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard its struggles to find acceptance as a legitimate and legally acknowledged religion its vast, secret campaign to infiltrate the U.S government and its dramatic efforts to grow and prevail after the death of Hubbard.At the book s center, two men whom Wright brings vividly to life, showing how they have made Scientology what it is today The darkly brilliant L Ron Hubbard whose restless, expansive mind invented a new religion tailor made to prosper in the spiritually troubled post World War II era And his successor, David Miscavige tough and driven, with the unenviable task of preserving the church in the face of ongoing scandals and continual legal assaults.We learn about Scientology s esoteric cosmology about the auditing process that determines an inductee s state of being about the Bridge to Total Freedom, through which members gain eternal life We see the ways in which the church pursues celebrities, such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta, and how young idealists who joined the Sea Org, the church s clergy, whose members often enter as children, signing up with a billion year contract and working with little pay in poor conditions We meet men and women disconnected from friends and family by the church s policy of shunning critical voices And we discover, through many firsthand stories, the violence that has long permeated the inner sanctum of the church.In Going Clear, Wright examines what fundamentally makes a religion a religion, and whether Scientology is, in fact, deserving of the constitutional protections achieved in its victory over the IRS Employing all his exceptional journalistic skills of observations, understanding, and synthesis, and his ability to shape a story into a compelling narrative, Lawrence Wright has given us an evenhanded yet keenly incisive book that goes far beyond an immediate expos and uncovers the very essence of what makes Scientology the institution it is. Best Download Going Clear by Lawrence Wright For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr What a terrible and scurrilous attack on a noble and helpful religion What a libel against its honest and self effacing founder and prophet, L Ron Hubbard And upon its current and not at all insane leader, David Miscavige, who is by no means a sadistic tyrant And upon Tom Cruise, who is not at all a megalomaniacal weirdo Psstis everyone gone Is it safe Okay, I really liked this book It s a hard hitting expos of Scientology that has to be read to be believed That first paragraph above What a terrible and scurrilous attack on a noble and helpful religion What a libel against its honest and self effacing founder and prophet, L Ron Hubbard And upon its current and not at all insane leader, D...Not an untypical story of a modern cult a paranoid narcissist with a few interesting ideas starts a religion, abuses his followers, and nearly implodes a couple of times before a sadomasochistic sociopath takes the reins, summoning dark order out of chaos Narcissist recedes into background, sociopath assumes complete control, narcissist dies, and everything runssmoothly andevilly than before Until all of a sudden it doesn t.This is a dreary book, for both these two the narcissist Not an untypical story of a modern cult a paranoid narcissist with a few interesting ideas starts a religion, abuses his followers, and nearly implodes a couple of times before a sadomasochistic sociopath takes the reins, summoning dark order out of chaos Narcissist recedes into background, sociopath assumes complete control, narcissist dies, and everything runssmoothly andevilly than before Until all ...This is a vile viscous book which is a pack of lies And lawrence writght hates the first amendmant and free speech and religous freedom and heh heh heh not really lawrence wright is the living badass who s written all about religion the prison of belief , most notable for his truly great pulitzer prize winning study of radical islam, the looming tower i ve written elsewhere in the...I have really mixed feelings about this book On the one hand, I don t want to give it a bad rating, because I don t think it s a bad book, and I really appreciate all the time and effort Wright and hundreds of other people seriously read the acknowledgements put into investigating Scientology He is almost painfully even handed, even if the rain on the roof effect of the constant footnotes cementing the Wall of Denial the church is trying to put up around his findings Tom Cruise has neve I have really mixed feelings about this book On the one hand, I don t want to give it a bad rating, because I don t think it s a bad book, and I really appreciate all the time and effort Wright and hundreds of other peo...This is not a church or a religious organization, the labor minister, Norbert Blum, told Maclean s magazine Scientology is a machine for manipulating human beingsYes, I already saw the HBO documentary Going Clear based on this hefty tome by Lawrence Wright, and so it was obvious that I d just have to read the book that made it possible After all, for any dedicated reader the idea that a picture is worth a thousand words simply means that there are thousands of words that should be rThis is not a ch...What a hoot A religion started by a bad science fiction writer OMG, the greed, the debauchery, the paranoia, the totalitarian re education camps, the power trips, the murders, the mayhem, the countless lives ruined, the advent of the petty sociopath David Miscavige And I thought the history of the Roman Catholic church was scandalous It is, but the Church of Scientology is giving that hoary institution a run for its money and it s all about the money of course The Roman Catholic Church has What a hoot A religion started by a bad science fiction writer OMG, the greed, the debauchery, the paranoia, the totalitarian re education camps, the power trips, the murders, the mayhem, the countless lives ruined, the advent of the petty sociopath David Miscavige And I thought the history of the Roman Catholic church was scandalous It is, but the Church of Scientology is giving that hoary institution a run for its...I can t lie I fell in love with Jesus at a young age.I was about 6 years old and my parents took me to see Jesus Christ Superstar That was about the extent of my religious education.I was conflicted to who wasdreamyJesusor Judas In the end Jesus won out not because of his morals as a 6 year old I was attracted to both but I am afraid I was justattracted to JesusI mean seriously do you want to align yourself with the troubled man who hung himself from a tree or I can t lie I fell in love with Jesus at a young age.I was about 6 years old and my parents took me to see Jesus Christ Superstar That was about the extent of my religious education.I was conflicted to who wasdreamyJesusor Judas In the end Jesus won out not because of his morals as a 6 year old I was attracted to both but I am afraid I was justattracted to JesusI mean seriously do you want to align yourself with the tro...Wright gets an extra star and my slack jawed admiration for his willingness to face stalking, slander, harassment, and a potential avalanche of bankrupting litigation in order to write a book that his own UK publisher wouldn t even release for fear of the retaliatory powers of what I initially thought was just ...This book is horrifying I knew a bit about Scientology before I started reading, but was unprepared for how much craziness and violence there was in this cult religion.I listened to this on audio, and there were many times I actually gasped when some shocking detail was revealed Such as when members were locked in a room for days with little to eat or drink, and they were forced to fight each other during a game of musical chairs They were told that those who didn t get a chair would be kicke This book is horrifying I knew a bit about Scientology before I started reading, but was unprepared for how much craziness and violence there was in this cult religion.I listened to this on audio, and there were many times I actually gasped when some shocking detail was revealed Such as wh...Every organized religion has it s bat shit crazy parts I don t belong to any religion myself because of this reason, but if a person gets something meaningful out of being a part of such an organization, I m not one to judge them.But Scientology is not a religion It s just not It was formed by bat shit crazy L Ron Hubbard to avoid paying taxes That s it This book is fascinating and terrifying This church has held people against their will for years and has somehow avoided being shut dow Every organized religion has it s bat shit crazy parts I don t belong to any religion myself because of this reason, but if a person gets something meaningful out of being a part of such an organization, I m not one to judge them.But Scientology is not a religion It s just not It was formed by bat shit crazy L Ron Hubbard to avoid paying taxes That s it This book is fascinating and terrifying This church has held people against their will for years and has somehow avoided being shut down One girl was put on the Scientology boat when she was just 18 and was held there for twelve years.TWELVE A woman was allegedly..ah hem killed beca...

Going Clear
  • English
  • 21 July 2017
  • Hardcover
  • 430 pages
  • 0307700666
  • Lawrence Wright
  • Going Clear