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In Spiegel Online, "Actor Tom Cruise Opens Up about his Beliefs in the Church of Scientology", April 2005:
Tom Cruise: "... A minority wants to hate — okay."
Spiegel: "There is a difference between hate and having a critical perspective." Tom Cruise: "For me, it's connected with intolerance." So, according to Tom Cruise, being critical is being intolerant. In his Access Hollywood interview with Billy Bush in 2005 he went as far as saying that people critical of Scientology are bigots. Tom Cruise must be inspired by the founder of the Church of Scientology when it comes to people with critical views:
People who attack Scientology are criminals.
— L. Ron Hubbard, LRH ED 149 INT, 2 Dec 1966, "Branch 5 Project, Project Squirrel"
Never discuss Scientology with the critic. Just discuss
his or her crimes, known and unknown. And act completely
confident that those crimes exist. Because they do.
— L. Ron Hubbard, HCOB of 5 November 1967, "CRITICS OF SCIENTOLOGY" Hubbard couldn't handle any criticism. He rather resorted to attack the character of the persons expressing criticism instead of reasonably countering their arguments. And this way of dealing with opposing views is actually part of the Scientology scripture, which explains why Tom Cruise would rather describe as "bigots" the people expressing critical views about many Scientology practices and beliefs. He is not allowed to question whether or not their criticism is actually worth investigating. As per Hubbard, critics of Scientology are criminals. Why are there so many people critical of Scientology anyway? Kristi Wachter resumes it well in What's Wrong with Scientology?; Jeff Jacobsen in 37 Sample Cases of Human Rights Abuses by Scientology; or Andreas Heldal-Lund in "Why do you hate Scientology?":
People should be free to believe whatever they want, including
Scientology. What I have against [the Church of Scientology]
is its deceitfulness, its lack of compassion for its members
(especially the hard-working staff), its aggressive hard
sell, its arrogance, its attack on free speech, its litigiousness,
its harassment of its critics, its lack of concern for families,
its gross neglect and abuse of children, etc. Hate is a
destructive emotion, I strive to be constructive. My
opposition to [the Church of Scientology] is based on
rational investigation of available information, not
emotions.
— Andreas Heldal-Lund, owner of xenu.net, exposing the Church of Scientology's abuses online since 1996. |
«I'm tired of watching Scientology, Inc. frame the arguments.
It's not a 'war' when there is no enemy. It's not 'hate'
when you care enough about people being
ripped off with a
bait-and-switch,
or being forced to choose between their
families
and "saving the world" without informed consent. That is
an act of love. It's not 'anti-Scientology,' it is pro-informed
consent. It's not 'religious bigotry' which is being intolerant
of a religion; it's more like zero tolerance of sitting
by and watching people and the law being abused by a corrupt
organization that has a goal of world dominance and
threatens democracy.
Whether that organization wants to call itself a religion
or not is irrelevant. It's not 'nattering' when there are
legitimate issues such as
fraud,
medical claims,
lack of appropriate
financial reports,
etc. that are bypassed, skipped over, misinterpreted on
purpose, spun, or otherwise not addressed. It's not 'suppressive'
when all you're asking is for an organization to take responsibility
for the consequences of its policy-driven actions that hurt
people and abuse the law. It's not an 'acceptable truth'
when it is a LIE.»
—
maggie,
There is no enemy
|
[* = to be completed, many more to add, still a work in progress. Some entries highlighted: in my humble opinion, good places to start reading.]
People | Judges | Countries | ||
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Adam Bjornson | Author of comic strips critical of Scientology | ||
Alan Levy | |||
Alan Walter | Former scientologist | ||
Alexander Dvorkin, Professor | |||
Andre Tabayoyon | Former high ranking scientologist, left after 21 years | ||
Andreas Heldal-Lund | Prominent critic, owner of the famous xenu.net website | ||
Anne Marie Dunning | Former scientologist, ex-EO/HCO Executive Secretary, Church of Scientology Buffalo | ||
Anne Rosenblum | Former scientologist | ||
Anonymous | A collection of essays/accounts from anonymous individuals | ||
Ariane Jackson | Former scientologist, attained highest available level, OT8. Left after 17 years | ||
Arnaldo Lerma | Prominent critic, former scientologist, 10 years inside | ||
Astra Woodcraft | Second-generation (former) scientologist, ex-member of the Sea Org | ||
Barbara Graham | Long time critic | ||
Bent Corydon | Former scientologist | ||
Bernie Headley | Critical of Scientology, many family members are still in Scientology | ||
Bill Franks (also William Franks) | Former scientologist. Former international executive director of the Church of Scientology. | ||
Birgitta Dagnell Harrington | Former head of the Church of Scientology’s OSA for Europe | ||
Bob "Da Sloth" Bingham | Critic | ||
Bob Penny | Former scientologist, left after 13 years | ||
Bonnie Woods | Former scientologist, former Sea Org staff member | ||
Bradley Woodward | Critic | ||
Brendan Moore | Former scientologist | ||
Brian Ambry | Principal researcher for Bent Corydon's book "L. Ron Hubbard: Messiah or Madman" [ref] | ||
Bruce Hines* | |||
Brock Chrisholm* | |||
C. H. Rolph | Author of "Believe What You Like: What happened between the Scientologists and the National Association for Mental Health" | ||
Carol Garrity | Former scientologist, left after 5 years | ||
Caroline Letkeman | Former scientologist, left after 24 years | ||
Catarina Sandström Pamnell | Former scientologist | ||
"Cerridwen" | A scientologist in good standing reporting to the wog world | ||
Cheryl Sola | Former scientologist, left after 13 years | ||
Christopher Evans, Dr. | Psychologist and computer scientist ("Cults of Unreason") | ||
Christopher Wood | Canadian critic | ||
Chris Owen | British historian, many well-sourced essays and analyses about Hubbard and Scientology. | ||
Christopher Reeve | Actor | ||
Chuck Beatty | Former scientologist, left after 27 years | ||
Cornelius Krasel* | |||
Craig Branch | Wrote numerous Scientology articles in The Watchman Fellowship | ||
Creed J. Pearson | Former scientologist, left after 26 years, victim of disconnection | ||
Cynthia Kisser | Former Executive Director of the Cult Awareness Network | ||
Cyril Vosper | Former senior officer scientologist, author of The Mind Benders - Scientology | ||
Dan Garvin | Former scientologist, 25 years in the Sea Org, 10 years in OSA | ||
David Bird | Long time critic | ||
David Bromage* | |||
David Cook | Former scientologist, victim of the Church's disconnection policy | ||
David John Carter | Former scientologist, ex-Sea Org member | ||
David Gerard | Long time critic | ||
David Graham | Former scientology, ex-Sea Org member | ||
David Mayo?* | |||
David Rice | Civil rights and human rights activist | ||
David S. Touretzky, Dr. | Prominent critic, Research Professor at Carnegie Mellon University | ||
Deana Holmes | Critic | ||
Debra Barnes* | |||
Dennis Erlich | Former high-ranking scientologist, left after 15 years | ||
Diana Mertz Hsieh* | |||
Dilbert Perkins* | |||
Dominique Bar | |||
Don Larson | Former scientologist | ||
Don Lindsay | Long time critic | ||
Donna Shannon, Dr. | Former scientologist | ||
Ed Hattaway | Chiropractor, former scientologist | ||
Edward Walters | Former scientologist, left after 9 years | ||
"Emma" | Former scientologist | ||
"ewsnead" | Former scientologist, insightful writings | ||
Ford Greene | Anti-cult lawyer | ||
Frank Copeland | |||
Frank Gerbode | Former scientologist, former head of the Palo Alto mission | ||
Frank Notaro | Former scientologist | ||
Frank Oliver | Former scientologist | ||
Fredric L. Rice | Long time critic | ||
Gabe Cazares | Former Mayor of Clearwater | ||
Gary Weber | Former scientologist, ex-member of the Guardian Office | ||
Geoffrey D. Falk* | |||
George Malko | Wrote, produced and directed television shows and documentary films and wrote articles for Saturday Review, Glamour, Mademoiselle, Holiday and Esquire. | ||
Gerald Armstrong | Prominent critic, former scientologist, left after 12 years | ||
Glen Stollery | Owner of scientomogy.info/passionofcruise.info web site | ||
Glover Rowe, Dee Rowe | Dentist who was brought along with his wife into Scientology through the front organization Sterling Management Systems | ||
Grady Ward* | http://www.strippingthegurus.com/stgsamplechapters/scientology.asp | ||
Graham Berry | Attorney | ||
Greg Barnes* | |||
Greg Hagglund* | |||
Hana Whitfield (Eltringham) | Former scientologist, left after 19 years | ||
Dr. Hans-Gerd Jaschke* | |||
Harriet Whitehead* | |||
Hartley Patterson | Long time critic (U.K.) | ||
Helen O'Brien | |||
Homer Schomer | Former scientologist and Treasury Secretary of ASI | ||
Ida Camburn | Her scientologist son disconnected from her | ||
Ildiko Bajnoczi | Former scientologist, reached OT 8 | ||
Ingo Heinemann | Author of Die Scientology-Sekte und ihre Tarnorganisationen (Scientology and its Cover Companies) | ||
James McGuigan | "An inside view of the Scientology reality tunnel" | ||
James Randi | James Randi is best known as the world's most tireless investigator and demystifier of paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. | ||
James Taylor* | "Satan's slaves, and the bizarre 'underground' cults of California" ref | ||
Jamie Kennedy | Great-grandson of L. Ron Hubbard, critical of Hubbard and Scientology | ||
Jane Scott* | Former scientologist | ||
Janice Hayward | Took many Scientology courses, did not obtained the promised results, sued the Church of Scientology | ||
Janie Peterson | Former scientologist, former member of the Guardian Office | ||
Jeff Jacobsen | Long time critic, former member of a cult, writer | ||
Jeff Lee | Long time critic | ||
Jenna Miscavige Hill | Former scientologist, and notably, niece of Scientology leader, David Miscavige | ||
Jens Tingleff | |||
Jim Beebe* | |||
Jim Lippard | |||
Jesse Prince | Formerly the 2nd highest ranking officer in Scientology's Sea Org | ||
Jim Bianchi | Author of A Basic Scientology FAQ | ||
Jim Samuels* | Author of The Official Handbook for Ex-Scientologists | ||
Jim Siegelman* | |||
Joe Lynn | Long time critic | ||
Joel Sappel | Deputy business editor for the Los Angeles Times | ||
Johan Wevers* | |||
Johannes Aagaard, Ph. D. | Cult expert | ||
John Dorsay | Canadian critic | ||
John Duignan | Former scientologist, left after 20 years | ||
John Gordon Clark, Dr.* | Victim of "dead agent" and "fair game" policies because he criticized openly Scientology | ||
John Forte | Author of The Commodore And The Colonels, an account of Hubbard's attempt to take over the island of Corfu | ||
Sir John Foster* | |||
John A. Lee* | |||
John Marshall | Canadian reporter | ||
John McLean | Former scientologist | ||
John Peeler ("BTs2Free") | Former high ranking scientologist | ||
John H. Richardson* | |||
John Ritson | Critic | ||
John Saunders* | Canadian reporter | ||
Jon Atack | Former scientologist, left after 9 years | ||
Joseph Cisar | Author of a thesis about Hubbard | ||
Joseph Mallia | Investigative journalist | ||
Joseph Martin Hopkins | |||
Joseph A. Winter* | |||
Joseph A. Yanny (Joe Yanny) | Lawyer representing the Church of Scientology, until they asked him to illegally obtain confidential medical records | ||
Julie Christofferson Titchbourne | Former scientologist, sued the Church and Hubbard for 43-million $ | ||
Kady O'Malley | |||
Karen [Schless] Pressley | Former scientologist, left after 16 years, 9 years as staff member. Author of a book titled Escaping Scientology. | ||
Karin Spaink | Dutch writer and free speech activist, stood her ground against the Church of Scientology, and won. | ||
Karl-Rainer Blumenthal | Critic | ||
Karsten J. Lorenzen | Former scientologist from Denmark | ||
Kathryn Descieux | Dianetics, Scientology, and the American People: America’s Attitude Towards L. Ron Hubbard’s Creation, 1950-1975 | ||
Keith Henson | Long time critic, fair gamed | ||
Kelli Ayed | Former scientologist, left after 13 years | ||
Ken Rose | Former scientologist | ||
Kendra Wiseman | Former scientologist, and notably, daugther of Bruce Wiseman | ||
Kenneth Robinson | Former British Minister of Health, target of a smear campaign by the Church of Scientology | ||
Keshet | |||
Kima Douglas | Former scientologist. | ||
Kim Palmer | Critic | ||
Kotze* | |||
Kristi Wachter | Long time critic | ||
L. Rick Vodicka | Author of "An Illustrated History of Scientology" | ||
Larry Brennan | Former scientologist | ||
Laura Kay Fuller | Author of a thesis critical of Scientology | ||
Laura Miller* | Stranger than fiction | ||
Laurel Sullivan | Former scientologist, left after 15 years. | ||
La Venda Van Schaick | Former scientologist, left after 9 years | ||
Lawrence Wollersheim | Prominent critic, former scientologist, left after 11 years | ||
Lawrence Woodcraft | Former scientologist, ex-member of the Sea Org | ||
Leo J. Ryan | Congressman, killed by cult members in 1978 | ||
Lorna Levett | Former scientologist | ||
Louis Jolyon West | M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine | ||
Louise Cook | Former Australian scientologist | ||
Lyle Stuart | Lyle Stuart was an American independent publisher of controversial books | ||
Magne Berge | Former scientologist, Norwegian. Sued the Church of Scientology and won | ||
Marc Headley, aka "BlownForGood" | Former scientologist | ||
Margaret Singer | Clinical psychologist | ||
Margery Wakefield | Former scientologist, left after 12 years. Authored four books | ||
Mark Bunker | Critic, owner of Xenu TV | ||
Mark Ebner | Investigative journalist. Editor for Drastic Media | ||
Mark Plummer | Former Sea Org executive, left scientology after 14 years | ||
Mark Sommer | Staff reporter for the Buffalo News | ||
Martin Gardner | Author of "Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science" | ||
Martin Hunt | Former scientologist | ||
Martin Ottmann | Former scientologist | ||
Martin Poulter | |||
Martin Samuels | Former scientologist | ||
Mary Johnston | Former scientologist, sued the Church of Scientology, settled out of court | ||
Mary Tabayoyon | Former scientologist, Member of the Sea Organisation for 21 years | ||
Michael Flynn | Lawyer involved in many lawsuits against the Church of Scientology, victim of Scientology's "fair game" practice | ||
Michael Henderson | Former scientologist; IAS Patron (donated at least $40,000 [ref]); reached OT 8 | ||
Michael Linn Shannon | Writer | ||
Michael Pattinson | Former OT8 scientologist, left after 24 years. Now an active critic. | ||
Michael Reuss | Critic | ||
Michael Robinson* | |||
Michael Leonard Tilse | Former scientologist, left after 27 years | ||
Michael Voytinsky | |||
Mike Goldstein* | Former scientologist (http://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.scientology/msg/604f0b2726f01371) | ||
Mike Gormez | Prominent long time critic | ||
Mike Krotz | Long time critic | ||
Mike O'Connor | |||
Modemac | Long time critic | ||
Monica Pignotti | Former scientologist, wrote a book of her experience | ||
Reverend Murray Luther | Scientology insider, 30 years in | ||
Maurice Burrell, Rev.* | "Scientology: what it is and what it does" ref | ||
Nan McLean | Nan McLean is an ex-Scientologist from Ontario. In the 1970's she was a major target for Scientology Fair Game | ||
"Nefertiti" | Former scientologist, had to escaped from the RPF | ||
Patricia Braine | Former scientologist, left after 15 years | ||
Patrick Jost | Tried Scientology for a while, then left after he realized that Scientology's wild claims are just that, claims | ||
Patty Pieniadz | Former scientologist, left after almost 30 years | ||
Paulette Cooper | Author, wrote a book critical of Scientology | ||
Peik J Strômsholm | Student of Theology, law student | ||
Perry Scott | Former scientologist, long time critic | ||
Pertti Muhli | Former Australian scientologist | ||
Peter Alexander | Former scientologist, left after 20 years | ||
Peter Fordes* | |||
Peter Reichelt* | Writer | ||
Phil Scott | Former scientologist | ||
Pierre Collignon | Danish newspaper reporter | ||
Priscilla Coates* | Worked for the former Cult Awareness Network | ||
Rich Dunning | Former scientologist, ex-Deputy to the Executive Director, Church of Scientology of Buffalo | ||
Richard Behar | Investigative journalist | ||
Richard Shand* | |||
Rick Branch | Wrote numerous Scientology articles in The Watchman Fellowship | ||
Rick Ross | Cult expert | ||
Robert Dardano | Former scientologist, former member of the Guardian Office | ||
Robert Todd Carroll | The Skeptic's Dictionary | ||
Robert J. Cipriano* | |||
Robert Geary | Dentist, was brought to Scientology through the front organization Sterling Management Systems | ||
Robert Gillette* | |||
Robert Kaufman | Former scientologist | ||
Robert Rawitch* | |||
Robert Vaughn Young | Writer, former scientologist and public relation officer for the Church of Scientology, left after 21 years | ||
Robert W. Welkos | Staff writer for the Los Angeles Times | ||
Roland Rashleigh-Berry | Former scientologist, left after 5 years | ||
Ron DeWolf | Former scientologist, son of founder L. Ron Hubbard | ||
Ron Newman | Long time critic | ||
Ron Sharp | Long time critic | ||
Roxanne Friend | Former scientologist. She was led to believe that Scientology could cure her cancer | ||
Roy Wallis | Sociologist, author of a study: "The Road to Total Freedom: A sociological analysis of scientology" | ||
The RPF Insider | [see ARS] | ||
Russ Baker | Investigative journalist | ||
Russell Miller | Journalist and writer | ||
Scott Mayer | Former senior-executive scientologist, left after 12 years | ||
Scott McClare | Canadian critic | ||
Scott Pilutik | Long time critic | ||
Scott Yeager | Former scientologist | ||
Sean Ostler | Former scientologist | ||
Shawn Lonsdale | Critic | ||
"Simkatu" | |||
Stacy Brooks Young | Former scientologist, GO/OSA staffer, left after nearly 15 years | ||
Dr. Stephen A. Kent | Professor Stephen A. Kent researches new and alternative religions | ||
Stephen Koff* | |||
Steve Hassan* | http://www.freedomofmind.com/resourcecenter/groups/s/scientology/ | ||
Steven Fishman | Former scientologist, left after | ||
Stewart Lamont | English religious studies scholar, journalist and broadcaster | ||
Stuart P. Derby | Critic | ||
Susan Simmel | Former scientologist | ||
Suzette M. Dearing | Former scientologist | ||
Tanya Lennox Durni | Scientology critic, victim of the Church's disconnection policy | ||
Tanya Neujahr | Former teenager scientologist | ||
Tawnya Fondren | |||
Ted Gunderson* | Former head of the FBI's Los Angeles office | ||
Tera Hattaway | Former staff member scientologist | ||
Teresa Summers* | Former scientologist, left after 20 years | ||
Thomas Gandow* | |||
Tilman Hausherr | Long time critic | ||
Tom Klemesrud | |||
Tom Padgett | Former scientologist, target of fair game practice after he left | ||
Tom Voltz | Former scientologist, author of Scientology With(out) an End | ||
Tonja Burden | Former scientologist, spent five years in scientology as a teenager | ||
Tony J. Bosnakoudis | Critic from Greece, author of New Order Mercenaries (in Greek). | ||
Tony McClelland* | |||
Tory "Magoo" Christman | Former scientologist, left after 30 years | ||
Ulf Brettstam | Swedish psychiatrist | ||
Ursula Caberta* | |||
Valerie Emanuel | Long time critic | ||
Vicki Aznaran | Former senior executive scientologist, left after 15 years. | ||
Vickki Ford | Former scientologist, victim of the Church's disconnection policy | ||
Walter Martin | Author of "The Kingdom of Cults" | ||
William Barwell | Long time critic | ||
William S. Bainbridge* | Writer of "Satan's Power" | ||
William S. Burroughs | American writer, tried Scientology for a short time | ||
Yolanda Howell | Former scientologist | ||
Zane Thomas | Former scientologist | ||
Zenon Panoussis | Free speech activist, posted the infamous NOTs to alt.religion.scientology in 1996 | ||
Zoe Woodcraft | Second-generation (former) scientologist, ex-member of the Sea Org | ||
[lot more to add...] | |||
non-English | |||
Daniel Deimerts* | Sweden (site went offline, and the web archive has been blocked...) | ||
Jean-Luc Barbier | Former scientologist, web site in French and English | ||
Martini Allarme | Italian critic | ||
Mickael Tussier | |||
Peter Schilte | Critic (Dutch web site) | ||
Roger Gonnet | Former scientologist, long time critic | ||
Wilfried Handl | Former Austrian scientologist, left after 28 years | ||
Organizations | |||
EFF | Electronic Frontier Foundation "Legal Cases - Church of Scientology" Archive | ||
FACTnet | Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network | ||
The Rick A. Ross Institute | |||
Countries | |||
Australia | Report of the Board of Enquiry into Scientology | ||
Canada | The Lee Report on Dianetics and Scientology | ||
France | |||
Germany | |||
Greece | For the time being, linking to Tony J. Bosnakoudis | ||
New Zeland | The Commission of Inquiry into the Hubbard Scientology Organization in New Zealand | ||
Spain* | |||
Switzerland* | |||
United Kingdom* | |||
Council of Europe* |