[Brighton] I really hate that Scientologists

[Herr Tubthumper]

I remember when I was in my late teens they used to hang about on London Road in Brighton and they'd target young people and they'd use either a very attractive girl to approach a male or a good looking guy to approach girls. This very attractive female scientologist came up to me, asked me questions, smiled sweetly, gave me a card, smiled at me again and walked off looking back at me. They know exactly what they're doing.

I didn’t realise they were quite so sinister.

I might join.

Quite. I guess I could get a role as a honeytrap.

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

I’ve always been curious to find out what’s inside one of their auditing machines.

 

[Weststander]

I was 18 and a pretty girl comes up to me outside Woolworths. She knew I wasn't going to tell her **** off. I was a Scientologists dream mark.

How did you get on?

 

[hart's shirt]

I’ve always been curious to find out what’s inside one of their auditing machines.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-meter

 

[BrianB]

I used to come in contact with them when they weren't 'working ' there's a definite other worldyness that's quite easy to spot .....
Having said that - there's a lot of weirdness about East Grinstead and Forest Row in general.

 

[Van Cleef]

I used to until they followed down Tottenham Court road and into the tube station to freak me out. Long story but can't be bothered...

If you had a conversation with families of members you might change your view.

They hide behind the mask of being a modern religion. If they were considered as what they are, a really odd expensive personal improvement marketing thing they would have been shut down years ago.

"Religion" ? Who are they trying to kid!. Cult? Very possibly. There are plenty of documentaries and first hand accounts out there. I've made my mind up that's for sure. Sinister is a pretty good one word summary.

 

[vegster]

I used to work in the town centre in Worthing, so, lunchtime out was always fraught with danger if you went to M&S for a meal deal. Always Chuggers working the precinct. However, I always found the Mormons nice lads. Always smartly dressed and always polite, in fact it was very difficult to tell them to go away.

 

[WhingForPresident]

I work with National media for my company, promotion proactive stuff, defending reactive stuff etc.

Once had a call from these Scientologists who wanted to make a video with one of our guys, very high up in a very intellectual field, who had converted in recent years.

I chose to go along with it and allow it, not making judgments on people's beliefs. They were f***ing weird beyond belief. All dressed the same, saying the same phrases in a really odd way. Some of the shit this clearly very intelligent guy came out with was genuinely shocking.

I think it's a weird cult that deserves zero respect.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

L Ron Hubbbard's science fiction books are REALLY

 

[Springal]

Their whole presence and the big building in Los Angeles is slightly odd.

 

[warmleyseagull]

Can't say I am mad about using 'that' when 'those' is more correct and nothing even better.

I would of thought (joke, just in case...) we can get thread titles grammatically correct.

 

[Cotton Socks]

I took one of their 'personality' tests in the early 90's after being accosted at Churchill Square (I was young). I was apparently a nice person but was given the L Ron Hubbard book. My Mum said it was a cult & told me to chuck the book in the bin & not to go back for the 'life advice' I was offered. My life could be perfect now if it hadn't been for my mum telling me they were a cult! Tom Cruise seems to have done alright by it though!

 

[BadFish]

I used to come in contact with them when they weren't 'working ' there's a definite other worldyness that's quite easy to spot .....
Having said that - there's a lot of weirdness about East Grinstead and Forest Row in general.

I used to work up there and there is a weird vibe around that place.

I accidently ventured onto their land via the moutain bike track and was told to leave in no uncertain terms by some scary looking gentlemen.

 

[JetsetJimbo]

Surprised this thread made it to a second page before anyone mentioned the disappearance of Shelly Miscavige

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Tom Cruise seems to have done alright by it though!

That Oprah interview suggests otherwise

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I remember when I was in my late teens they used to hang about on London Road in Brighton and they'd target young people and they'd use either a very attractive girl to approach a male or a good looking guy to approach girls. This very attractive female scientologist came up to me, asked me questions, smiled sweetly, gave me a card, smiled at me again and walked off looking back at me. They know exactly what they're doing.

Young women obtains 40% of net income shocker, it will never catch on

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I used to work up there and there is a weird vibe around that place.

I accidently ventured onto their land via the moutain bike track and was told to leave in no uncertain terms by some scary looking gentlemen.

Should have said you were following the science

 

[BNthree]

Don’t they believe something along the lines of all our souls come from dead aliens and the souls were disturbed by a volcanic eruption and flew to earth? But they only reveal this after you’ve given them £100,000s??

 

[HeaviestTed]

The thing I find fascinating about the scientologists is that there are now people who were born into it, for them it is no different than people born into Christianity or any other religion.

Imagine being brainwashed from birth to believe in L Ron Hubbard, or some fella who could turn water into wine? It’s a real trip.

 

[Van Cleef]

The thing I find fascinating about the scientologists is that there are now people who were born into it, for them it is no different than people born into Christianity or any other religion.

Imagine being brainwashed from birth to believe in L Ron Hubbard, or some fella who could turn water into wine? It’s a real trip.

It's like supporting Palace. You're in, but really, deep down, you want to leave.