This video continues the story of Larisa Smith, former Scientologist and daughter of Tim and Sylvia DeWall. In part one, we covered Larisa’s upbringing through… Read More »The Terrible Culture of Scientology: Part 2
Scientology has been a lot of things to a lot of people, some claiming it did them a lot of good while others, not so much. One thing for sure is that Scientology is much more than simply some books that L. Ron Hubbard wrote or a New Age mix of feel good literature and plagiarized psychotherapy. Over the years since L. Ron Hubbard first unleashed Dianetics upon the world in 1950, he gathered a small but intensely loyal core of followers and created a sort of alternate reality, a bubble world of belief in both him and his outlandish mythology.Read More »The Terrible Culture of Scientology: Part 1
In this new 4-part series, my mother and I discuss our mutual history in Scientology, how our family became involved in it and how we… Read More »[VIDEO] Me, My Mom and Scientology – Part 1
The weekly show where I answer questions from the comments sections of my Q&A videos or sent to me by email at AskChrisShelton@gmail.com. This week, the questions I answer are:Read More »Critical Q&A #50
One of the most common and powerful recruiting methods Scientology uses is the “free personality test.” This is a 200-question informal examination given at Scientology centers. One answers various questions with Yes, Maybe or No and gets a graph or profile which plot various personality traits on a scale from -100 to 100.
Scientologists claim that the test was developed scientifically and is not what they think of you, but what you think of yourself. Free test evaluations are supposed to reveal character traits and emotional or psychological problems a person may be having which Scientology then offers its services to cure.
What is this test really? Where does it come from, how is it used and does it have any real value? Let’s take a look at this in depth and see what we find.Read More »Scientology’s Personality Test: Science or Scam?
The weekly show where I answer questions left for me in the comments section of my Q&A videos or by email at AskChrisShelton@gmail.com. This week, questions I answer are: Read More »Critical Q&A #40