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5 Secrets About Scientology Alleged in Tell-All Book by Church Leader’s Niece

Mar. 18, 2013 1:58pm Billy Hallowell

Scientology is a religious construct that is mired in controversy, skepticism and mystery. That said, some of the church’s alleged secrets are being revealed in a new book that was written by a relative of its leader — a literary work that likely has Scientology officials on-edge.

Published by Jenna Miscavige-Hill, “Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology And My Harrowing Escape,” makes some shocking claims about the church’s conduct. Miscavige-Hill is the niece of Scientology leader David Miscavige (his official title: Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center).

A description published on Amazon credits the book, which was released last month, with offering an intense look into Miscavige-Hill’s personal experience. The author details her exit from the 2005 faith and the experiences she had as a member of the Sea Org, the group’s most prominent ministry.

The AFP adds additional details about the book, including claims that Miscavige-Hill, 29, was disconnected from outside family during her time in Scientology and that she was brainwashed. Additionally, the text alleges that she was pushed into forced labor as a child.

The church is calling these claims false.

“The Church has long respected the family unit while accommodating and helping those raising children,” spokeswoman Karin Pouw told AFP. “The Church does not engage in any activities that mistreat, neglect or force children to engage in manual labor. The Church follows all laws with respect to children.”

1) But the book paints a very different story. Miscavige-Hill recalls hours of hard work in the California desert, as she and other children were implored to toil on the “Ranch” a place she described, as per AFP and her book, as being “like a military boot camp, with grueling drills, endless musters, exhaustive inspections, and arduous physical labor that no child should have to do.”

“The conditions we worked under would have been tough for a grown man, and yet any complaints, backflashing (Scientology term for talking back), any kind of questioning was instantly met with disciplinary action,” she explained.

See Miscavige-Hill explain some of her experiences and the book on WHAM-TV:

2) She also claims that she barely was able to spend time with her parents. In fact, their work hours as members of the Sea Org were so intense that she purportedly interacted with them a couple of hours on the brief occasions she was allowed to see them.

Last month, The Daily Beastoutlined some of the book’s most shocking claims, further explaining this scenario:

At a young age, Miscavige Hill found Sea Org all-consuming. Her parents became members, and she would only see them at bedtime. Typical Sea Org members were required to work 14 hours a day, seven days a week, she says, starting at 9 a.m. and ending at 11 p.m., with an hour off each night for “family time.” Miscavige Hill would sleep at the Scientology nursery until her parents were off and could pick her up.

3) In addition to intense work and rarely seeing her parents, Miscavige-Hill claims that she signed a billion-year contract with the Sea Org when she was only seven years old. Considering she left the faith at age 21, it’s looking as though she cut that agreement pretty short.

For anyone wondering how a billion-year contract is possible, consider her explanation. At the time, the then-young girl was told, according to the Daily Beast and the text of her book, that she would come back after she died over and over again to fulfill her contract.

5 Shocking Alleged Secrets About Scientology Revealed | Jenna Miscavige Hill

Photo Credit: Jenna Miscavige-Hill

4) At age 13, Miscavige-Hill claims she was forced to fill out a very-detailed form about her sexual history. Beyond any sexual encounters that might have happened, she also had to give the church her Social Security number, IDs, credit card information and more, Daily Beast reports.

“I knew I had to do it, but it was hard to understand why the church needed this information,” she wrote in the book. “Even though I had nothing to hide, I felt like the church was asking me for information just for the sake of having it, almost asking for material they might blackmail me with that served no Scientologic purpose.”

5) While she lived on the Ranch, Miscavige Hill said that she and the other kids were told not to trust people who lived outside of Scientology’s realm. Anyone who doesn’t embrace the faith, as the Daily Beast notes, was referred to as “Well and Orderly Gentlemen” (Wogs). Because these individuals were considered “unenlightened,” members were told to avoid them, as they simply wouldn’t understand the religious system.

Want to know more about Miscavige-Hill’s life, her marriage and eventual escape? Be sure to read the Daily Beast article, which has five additional informative tidbits about the woman’s fascinating life and upbringing.

(H/T: AFP and The Daily Beast)

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Comments (57)

ObserverOnTheHill
Posted on April 6, 2013 at 8:26pm
the inventor of scientology, l ron hubbard did say

if you want to get rich, start a religion

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thibx
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 10:41am
rex humbard wrote the book there are things in the book that make a lot of sense. lot of common sense stuff. it used to be advertised on tv.

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- matt_c
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:20pm
  Dianetics? Yeah Hubbard was not a fan of psychological treatment, so he came up with that. I’m sure some of it does sound like common sense, but common sense doesn’t always apply to the way humans actually think.
  
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loneindividual
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 9:25am
Scientology teaches people Occultic Knowledge.

It’s also unoriginal.

Scientology is actively cancerous & parasitical of other religions & secret societies.

ps: Hackers Anonymous is also Occultic by nature…go figure.

It has nothing to do with symbolism & everything to do with being secret, arbitrary, & imperial.

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matt_c
Posted on March 19, 2013 at 6:54am
Some millions or billions of years ago, after winning a galactic war, space emperor Xenu sent the bodies of his enemies to earth in ships that look suspiciously like modern day passenger jets. He then had them stacked around volcanoes and blown up with nuclear weapons. Now we have what are essentially alien ghosts, called “thetans,” attaching themselves to our souls/bodies and causing us all sorts of problems. Those thetans can be removed through an apparently expensive process that only Scientologists with the proper equipment can carry out. This is the basis of Scientology.

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- OUTLAW_WEALTH
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:44pm
  Wrong bucko. If you’re going to criticize something you should at least know what it is you are criticizing. Bearing false witness will not aid you on your personal path to salvation.
  
  At any rate, how could the author of this book make a buck telling the truth? She would need to find a consumer base interested in the truth, and those are few and far between here in the good old Satan-worshiping USA>
  
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123456beatriz
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 9:27pm
Poor Kids!. God protects them

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MarvinMr
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 8:29pm
Insert sad pithy comment here {_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________}

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- rdietz7
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 8:54pm
  Is this Bill O’Reilly? What a pithy. Seriously though, do you get paid to do this?
  
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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:02am
  Scientology has got to be the stupidest religion and its no wonder that so many lawyers/judges are amongst the faculty……..Its just really really stupid like a sci fi movie, I have read their book and they just seem like a bunch of lost souls who need a God.
  
  Once I read the book I wondered how John Travolta and Tom Cruise ever could remember any lines for a movie…..Its really a ridiculous “supposed” religion supported by idiots…Power hungry Idiots.
  
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- QuincySmith
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:26pm
  Ride;
  
  As you pointed out, learning and repeating lines does not equate to intelligence.
  
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Melika
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 8:18pm
How many 13 year olds know their SS#, have a credit card, or multiple IDs?

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rdietz7
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 7:55pm
They prey on the weak! Little children, desperate mothers, youth trying to find themselves. The people that have money are able to utilize the technology. The rich benefit and get more energy and more success, while, the weak are brainwashed and forced into indentured servitude. And it is worldwide.

You can lose more than your house, your car, your money. You can lose your soul! Watch out for scientologists. Please beware!

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:37am
  How about I can go up to my pastor at church and talk to him in person or out in public……..How many people think they could just walk up to Tom Cruise or any other cult leader…….Its a cult and not a religion and that proves it…….
  
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- OUTLAW_WEALTH
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 3:46pm
  Some people believe anything.
  No, I’m not talking about Scientologists. I’m talking about Blaze readers.
  
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Rayblue
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 5:33pm
The criminal background is enough to convince even the casual purveyor. But casual research isn’t enough. Research yields only the outer trappings. The mask is darker and is set upon an all too corrupted Mausolus. .

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Buddyholly
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 4:12pm
And most of the “Movie Stars” are of the religion. I really feel sorry for them come the rapture.

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- SendTheMeteors
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 4:45pm
  As a wise person once said, “Never join a religion less than 100 years old.”
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 7:08pm
  Howdy Send The JZS,
  “As a wise person once said, “Never join a religion less than 100 years old.”
  
  So why did you join the progressive religion?
  
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- CanteenBoy
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 8:08pm
  buddy:
  
  the scientologists have spaceships on-call for just such an event -
  
  Time Over Matter Cruise Ships or…
  
  TOM Cruisers
  
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- rdietz7
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 8:08pm
  Don’t feel sorry for people that would use you, abuse you, then toss you aside. Those celebrities know full well what they are doing. As long as they keep getting what they want they will be apart of this. Scientology, like it’s founder, love when you don’t believe in their technology cause that is when you are vulnerable to have the technology used against you for their benefit. Scientology is real and it does work. You better be well connected and have lots of money though, otherwise, you are the victim. LRH was a wolf and his replacements are wolves. Have no pity. Have no mercy. Pray for their destruction.
  
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- JGraham III
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 8:23pm
  Progressivism is simply the modern name for something that has been around for thousands of years. Go look up “Nimrod” on any reasonable search engine and it will tell you that he was the first recorded in history to actively try to set up a world system whose aim and purpose was to turn the hearts and minds of men and women away from God. Atheism fits the description quite nicely as to most all other “isms” a person can think of. Same old lies from the pit o’ hell; just new marketing techniques.
- INVISIBLESMITHANDWESSON
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 10:40pm
  http://www.amatteroftruth.com/the-rapture-one-taken-and-one-left
  
  I’m sure you feel sorry for them that will be utterly destroyed. For the wise know that it’s the wicked who’ll be ‘taken’ and the righteous who’ll remain. Taken as in ‘ashes under the feet of the righteous.’
  
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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:08am
  @canteen…..lol
  
  These comments are why The Blaze excels far past any other “news” website…..
  
  Honestly these people are really into bondage and it includes a lot of people, not just Hollywood but Power hungry FREAKS…….scientology is about control of people and not a religion of guidence……They are all about bondage and thats why Toms wife split….Theres the secret out of the bag…..Bondage…….gasp.!!
  
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shorelineliz
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:48pm
Christ gave everyone the easy rubric: By their fruits ye shall know them.

Do they do good deeds or bad? Simple test.

@ if she is forced to work and labor 14 hours a day and NOT see her parents is this a good deed? If she is forced to hand over her social security number and the money she makes from laboring 14 hours a day is this a “good deed?” I believe the little girl. Hands down. I KNOW that Scientology is a control freak religion. As is Jehovahs Witness. Facts speak louder than anything related to “good” because “good” is relative in the eyes of the beholder. I have heard too many times that person is “good” only to find out it is all veneer. particle board. Even drug dealers make their kids wash up, eat their vegetables and go to school. Are they “good?”

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- RIDEMODELS
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:40am
  Its not a religion…Its a cult……I can walk up to my pastor and talk to him, I see the charity events from donations……..You could never walk up to Tom C or any other of these CULT members….Its a CULT plain and simple.
  
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thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:18pm
Scientology is a brainwashing cult disguised as a church. Anyone who would believe that Ron L. Hubbard (a science-fiction writer) is the perfect enlightened leader of a church and that he came with others from outer-space, and they came as souls and hid in a volcano that eventually erupted and spit them out……………is a effuseekayeyengee idiot. Germany outlawed it outright. They said it is not a religion. They are right.

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- Pontiaku
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:39pm
  “Scientology is a brainwashing cult disguised as a church.”
  Irony.
  
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- rdietz7
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 8:38pm
  As Tom would say, ‘you are so glib’. If you dismiss these people as idiots you are a potential victim. The technology is real and it could be easily used on you if you are not wearing the armor of God.
  
  Eph 6:11-17
  
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MHSETRadTech
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:16pm
This reminds me of Mormons. I’ve been taught my whole life that Mormons were a cult, were evil ect… But I listened to beck for a year and agreed with him so much on biblical and spiritual issues and then I found out he was Mormon. So I stated to do some research everytime someone made a claim about Mormons and everytime they were wrong. It’s misinformation passed down generation after generation without anyone every lookin into the religious themselves, all hearsay. I learned from everyone who was not a mormon tell me what Mormons believe, and once I found out they were wrong and knew nothing abou them, I told myself I would never criticize a religion without firsthand knowledge

Now as for Scientology, I know nothing about them. This woman coming out with this book about her experience
1. Doesn’t make it true that it even happened
2. Was that one fanatical sect in the religion?

Research before criticizing

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- Silvertruth
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:36pm
  Well, the actual issue you are highlighting is religious propaganda. Many faiths put out propaganda about other faiths, highlighting their ‘evil’ differences. It gets very hard to tell truth from fiction, it’s much like today’s political propaganda. The spin gets so intense, you can’t even tell what is or isn’t being spun any more.
  
  Scientology, until it opens up about its deeper doctrine and processes will continue to suffer from this kind of book and from other kinds of propaganda. To use your example of the Mormon’s, they opened up their doctrine decades ago and it has taken this long for people to finally see the faith as being pretty non-threatening. It also explains some of their quirks. Even their most closely guarded, ‘sacred’, things like their temple ceremonies are available to anyone that does basic internet research, but I echo your sentiment, beware of someone putting a good or bad spin on it. They are what they are, spin says more about the author of the information than the religion being studied.
  
  I would hope that Scientology learns that lesson and opens up, rather than shuts down. Otherwise they will end up like the Shakers.
  
  Christ gave everyone the easy rubric: By their fruits ye shall know them.
  
  Do they do good deeds or bad? Simple test.
  
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- Cogent1325
  Posted on March 19, 2013 at 12:19pm
  All I need to know about Mormons is they believe Jesus is NOT God. They believe we are all equal to Jesus as sons of God and Jesus was a “special” prophet but not actually the only son of God. (This is why they always address one another as “Brother” or “Sister.”)
  
  They believe there are many gods and our God is a mormon who was once like us. Also, the church is called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It is not called the “Mormon Church.” I believe they are a cult. In fact, many people do not understand history do not realize the dangers of “churches.” A good start is to realize that the word church is not biblical. The KJV has an incorrect translation. http://www.biblepages.net/gg06.htm
  
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- P8riot
  Posted on March 21, 2013 at 3:10pm
  @MHSETRADTECH –
  
  I completely agree with your post! I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (aka “Mormons”) and had the exact same thought, just from another perspective. My entire life I’ve heard people misrepresent what my religion truly believes. Some, like you, do some research and discover that they have been misinformed. Others, automatically believe the spin (or out-right fabrication) and pass it on to others. These experiences have taught me that one should go to the source to discover what a religion believes (e.g. I wouldn’t go to a Pastor to find out about Islam or I wouldn’t go to a Rabbi to find out about Buddhism, or I wouldn’t go to an athiest to find out about Christianity).
  
  This lady is absolutely an authority on her personal experiences – however – those who have recently abandoned a certain religion are not usually the best authorities to teach the doctrines of that religion.
  
  @COGENT1325 -
  
  you’ve proven my point very well – you do not understand our doctrine and have either been misinformed on what we believe or have put your own spin on it.
  
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- birdjericho
  Posted on March 24, 2013 at 4:01am
  I, too, am a member of the LDS Church, and I must second everything P8RIOT said.
  
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UNALIEN
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:07pm
Scientology is a cult, and Islam is also a cult demanding complete submission

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Cavallo
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:47pm
They’re weirdos. On a positive note, they don’t blow people up who aren’t Scientologists.

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- Landon410
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:19pm
  yet…….. but watch out, the aliens might come back….
  
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media-bias-steals-elections
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:36pm
We should thank people like her, otherwise we would be clueless why Hollywood seems to be making movies for Allister Crowley, instead of people who watched “Leave it to Beaver”?

You Republicans, you are the ones with the branding problem? It’s not a branding problem, the communication industry has a monopoly on over 200,000 media outlets ranging from local tv, cable tv, newspapers, and the internet? Throw in social media?

You don’t have a branding problem, you have a silence problem?

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boss_ross
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:29pm
At age 13, Miscavige-Hill claims she was forced to fill out a very-detailed form about her sexual history. Beyond any sexual encounters that might have happened, she also had to give the church her Social Security number, IDs, credit card information and more

Ah, I remember when I turned 13 and got my first credit card. Oh, the times my friends and I had with that credit card and all my IDs, such fond memories.

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boss_ross
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:26pm
waaaaaa….waaaaaa…waaaaaa cry baby!

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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:19pm
I get tired of these Scientologists here in Clearwater. You can’t go downtown without a gang of ‘em descending upon you with their literature. It reminds me of the constant infomercials the Ron Paul Scientologists, er acolytes, er supporters constantly put up on The Blaze during the Presidential campaign cycle until their penny pinching did Ron Paul in, lol..

But I have to admit…. that’s why I came here, heh-heh-heh.

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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:32pm
  Hi Time,
  
  You’re in Clearwater?
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:38pm
  I am in Clearwater MONK. Been here for two and a half years. Was in Madeira Beach yesterday at the American Legion for St Pat’s Day festivities. A wee bit down the road, but a great time had by one and all. Biggest Legion Hall in the states.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:44pm
  Hi Time,
  
  I’m familiar with that American Legion post. Used to hang out in Madeira Beach about 10 years ago. My old classical guitar teacher lives there. Used to have lessons every Sunday for about a year.
  
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- oldguy49
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:47pm
  well……monk and time are also Floridians, even though they are getting very close to northern cuba{Miami}…….hi guys..i am in {redneck} panama city beach……….where we still cling to our guns and use the right to use them if necessary
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:53pm
  MONK… Madeira Beach is a great area as well as the other beaches along there.
  
  OLDGUY… I’m actually from NY… lol…. don’t hold that against me. I got out years back.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:57pm
  TIME, MONK, I remember back in the earlier ’70s when I lived in Tampa, the TV ads for L. Ron Hubbard’s Scientology book. The ads never presented Scientology as a religion then. These days, TIME a what you have described, I’ve run across pockets of them too. The nearest group of them that I have heard about around here is a smaller group in B’ham. I have never run across them….yet. But, I am not looking to either. Wow! Clearwater has become something that I never saw down there.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:59pm
  Hi Time,
  
  Why in the world did you move to Clearwater?
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:07pm
  Hi RJJ,
  
  Oh yeah, it’s packed with them. They own just about everything there now. Wormed their way into businesses promising hope and change for the better and then end up owning them. Looks like a Navy academy there. White uniforms everywhere.
  
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- The-Monk
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 3:11pm
  Hi Time,
  
  Do you ever get over to Tampa?
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 5:36pm
  Sorry I missed your follow up comments / questions MONK and RJJ. Had to run and do some errands. As MONK described RJJ… A large swath of Clearwater is basically owned and operated by the Scientologists… mostly in the downtown area.
  
  MONK…. I ‘ve vacationed here before and after some years of travelling around the country from 2002 until late 2007 I gave Va Beach, VA a try for a few years, then came here as it was getting pretty snowy in them thar parts, lol.
  
  I get over to Tampa on occasion. Not as familiar with Tampa as I am this side…. by Clearwater, St Pete and south across the Skyway Bridge towards Bradenton, Sarasota.
  
  I WAS at the GOP Convention however looking to mix it up with some Ron Paul Girl Scouts… But they were in full retreat mode…. lol. WESTCOASTPATRIOT and some others who said they wanted to meet me never showed their skirts…. nor the whites of their eyes.
  
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- Mr.Fitnah
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 7:01pm
  I call BS TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12 Ive been living in CLW for 25 years never had a Scientology try to hand me anything .Sure they are there but they seem busy doing what ever.
  
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- TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 7:13pm
  FITNAH. They don’t hit the trailer park circuit off of Druid, lol.
  
  They are even worse in St Pete smart@ss. You must not get out much.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 9:12pm
  TIME, MONK, that is certainly not the Clearwater that I remember at all. The last I had heard about St Pete it was still being called the home of the newly wed, and nearly dead.
  Yeah, I recall back in the day we used to scoot over to Madeira Beach to rent a cottage on the beach every so often. Always had a great time there. That is where we saw Smokey And The Bandit when it came out. That was my last trip there.
  
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progressiveslayer
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:17pm
Let’s hear what ole Tommy has to say about his cult and the kooks that fill it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R_mLFXDdCM

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The-Monk
Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:05pm
I like the title of the book. Beyond Belief means something very different to me.

You will never see me use the term “I believe” anywhere. I will use “I think” though.

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- mecanic
  Posted on March 18, 2013 at 2:25pm
  “I think” it’s a cult from hell, just like any cult.
  
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