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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Really, all, you NEED to watch Going Clear, and it will blow your mind!  Especially since it seems like people on this thread are surprised that anyone would choose Scientology as an adult--several of the people profiled in GC discuss how they came to join.  They give very plausible explanations.  I think it was the filmmaker Paul Haggis who said that he was drawn in by the self-improvement aspect, and was impressed that the beginning of each course began with the message that if what you learn helps you, go with it, and if it doesn't, discard it.  Leah Remini's show refers to "interrogations," but in GC it's explained that they are "audits," and are presented more as therapy.  Several ex-members said they looked forward to the sessions because they were cathartic.  [b]It's only later on, if you've been targeted for questioning the group, that it becomes more dirt-digging.  It sounds very empowering in the beginning. [/b] Couple that with the social aspect, making friends who are all Scientologists, and it kind of seems like a fun, elite club to be in.  Of course, most of the people in GC joined pre-Miscavige.  I can't imagine who would join it as an adult now.[/quote]

The bolded sums it up. People are drawn in by 'passing' their audits, advancing up, feeling awesome and self-actualized and welcome... so they keep paying for more courses... at some point when you are paying enough money, and more $ as you advance through levels... they start auditing around any 'problem' (for the church) areas and it's kind of like a groupthink or stockholm thing where you want to gain approval so you are willing to go through all that and pay the even bigger money as you advance. Calling you on your sh!t/ aka auditing enables the church to learn your dirty secrets in order to blackmail/support/protect/help/(however you see it) - you.

Hats off to a religion started on a bet! Asimov, Heinlein, Hubbard, and Herbert know Hubbard won that one.

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