#163 - Scientology is on the Verge of Destruction | Aaron Smith-Levin

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

4.4 • 777 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2022

⏱️ 187 minutes

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Aaron Smith-Levin was raised in Scientology. From early childhood he worked for the organization full-time, as a staff member and a Sea Org member. He held various positions in Philadelphia, Clearwater & Los Angeles, all related to training Scientology auditors. Aaron officially left Scientology in early 2014, and since 2015 Aaron has been educating the public about Scientology and exposing abuses within the organization through his YouTube channel “Growing Up In Scientology.” EPISODE LINKS: Aftermath Foundation: https://theaftermathfoundation.org YouTube: https://youtube.com/@GrowingUpInScientology Instagram: https://instagram.com/asmithlevin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're like the biggest voice in Florida or like the clear water area on Scientology.
0:13.3	It's pretty wild.
0:14.2	It's true.
0:14.9	Mike Rinder's on that list, but he doesn't live in Clearwater.
0:17.1	He doesn't live here anymore?
0:18.2	Well, he's up in Palm Harbor.
0:19.0	He's in Palm Harbor.
0:19.8	Okay, yeah, he is on that list.
0:20.7	He was like number three in Scientology, right?
0:22.7	Depending on how you define it.
0:23.7	I mean, depending on how you define it, he was number two.
0:26.3	Oh, really?
0:26.9	There's no hard, hard to find.
0:29.9	The corporate structure and the hierarchical structure of Scientology is so redundant and complicated.
0:37.4	There's no hard hard fast definition. But the way I'm
0:41.2	thinking about it, it would be accurate to even call him number two at one point. Scoot the thing out
0:44.8	just a little bit. You're just talking a little bit in front of it. Perfect. Yeah, it would be accurate to even call him number two at one point. Really? Yeah, yeah. How did you get involved in
0:53.1	Scientology? I was essentially born and raised in it.
0:56.2	So I was four years old when my mom got involved. Yeah. Like their second, most Scientologists are
1:01.6	second, third generation Scientologists. Most Scientologists these days did not join Scientology.
1:06.7	So like I was four years old when my mom started to get involved.
1:17.4	I was 12 years old when my mom pulled me and my siblings out of school to start working full-time for Scientology.
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