Leah Remini’s Emmy-winning Scientology and the Aftermath is in its second season and the impact the show is having on the world of Scientology is… Read More »Some Thoughts about Scientology and the Aftermath
Scientology has been featured in the news and entertainment media more than ever before in the last few years and many people have questions about it. This video is going to answer some of the most common questions I’ve seen people asking in a simple and straightforward way using as little Scientology language as possible. If you want answers, stay tuned.Read More »Answers to Common Scientology Questions
In this video series, we are going to take a long hard look at the philosophy and practice of Scientology.Read More »The Basics of Scientology – Overview
Five years ago today, on July 3, 2012, a Scientologist was found dead. Whatever ideas come to your mind when I say the word Scientologist, I want you to clear them out of the way because those aren’t significant in deciding how to think about the death of this young man. He was not some nameless, faceless religious zealot. He was not some low IQ idiot who deserved what he got because he was stupid enough to join a destructive cult. In fact, objectively speaking, none of these extremist labels apply to him. Just the opposite actually. He never was asked whether or not he wanted to be a Scientologist. At the time of his death, he was a former Sea Org member, he was a son, he was a husband and he was my friend. His name was Alexander Jentzsch and this is his tragic story.Read More »Alexander Jentzsch: A Scientology Tragedy in 3 Acts
This week it’s a live stream episode with a very special question that I get to ask as well as answering a bunch of questions… Read More »Critical Q&A #113
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Hi, my name is Chris Shelton and I am a cult survivor and now advocate against destructive cults. I was involved for decades with the Church of Scientology but I’ve found since leaving that group four years ago that high control groups which engage in undue influence or cohersive persuasion have a lot in common. If you’re watching this, you may know someone who is in one of these groups and want to know what you should and shouldn’t do to help them see the error of their ways and get them out of that group. Now I’m not a trained psychologist or psychotherapist, but I have helped people escape from Scientology and I’ve helped some others recover. Let’s go over some things and see if some of what I’ve learned can help you too.Read More »Advice to Family & Friends of Cult Members