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Fascination and Understanding

January 8, 2017 by Mrs. Julien 4 Comments

My beloved and I have been watching Leah Remini’s fascinating and savvy documentary series, Scientology and the Aftermath, and have been incredibly impressed by the sincere passion and compassion she is bringing to the topic. Having long been fascinated by the cult, I am often amazed when discovering people I would otherwise respect or think of as sensible were members, including Remini herself. It’s a judgmental attitude born of my curiosity about the group and this book goes a long way to change that for […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir Tagged With: autobiography, entheta, leah remini, rebecca paley, scientology, scientology cult, surviving hollywood and scientology

Mrs. Julien's CBR9 Review No:1 · Genres: Biography/Memoir · Tags: autobiography, entheta, leah remini, rebecca paley, scientology, scientology cult, surviving hollywood and scientology ·
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Leah Remini does good Scientology memoir.

January 30, 2016 by narfna 2 Comments

“Belief and faith are great, but very few people have been led astray by thinking for themselves.” I finished this book at one AM on a work night, when I had to be up at 6 AM the next morning. I did this even though I knew I would feel like shit the next morning, because I just couldn’t help myself. I was thinking, boy, I should go to bed! I’m going to regret this tomorrow (and probably the days after)! And then I just […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Religion Tagged With: #memoir, cults, leah remini, narfna, Non-Fiction, rebecca paley, Religion, scientology, surviving hollywood and scientology, troublemaker

narfna's CBR8 Review No:18 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Religion · Tags: #memoir, cults, leah remini, narfna, Non-Fiction, rebecca paley, Religion, scientology, surviving hollywood and scientology, troublemaker ·
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