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224. Leaving Scientology

heretics. | andrew gold

Andrew Gold

Personal Journals, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.4968 Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

We continue the interview with Aaron Smith-Levin, and he tells us how he managed to escape scientology. Aaron Smith-Levin links: https://www.youtube.com/c/GrowingUpInScientology https://twitter.com/GrowingupinSCN Andrew Gold links: http://youtube.com/andrewgold1 http://instagram.com/andrewgold_ok http://twitter.com/andrewgold_ok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Even when we got to the point where we were like, man, this is pure hell, we don't want to do this anymore,

0:06.7

there was still actually no part of us that thought, and we want to leave Scientology.

0:12.4

My whole family was Scientologist, her whole want to leave Scientology.

0:12.6

My whole family was Scientologist,

0:14.1

her whole family was Scientologist.

0:15.8

All we wanted to do was leave the Sea Org.

0:17.6

If you don't agree to go through their procedures

0:20.7

for leaving the Sea Org,

0:21.6

you're going to be expelled.

0:22.4

Your family's going to disconnect from you.

0:24.0

So that's why getting pregnant is the easiest and fastest way out of the Corg.

0:29.0

This is part two of my two-part special with Erren Smith 11, the former Scientologist who grew up in Scientology.

0:37.0

If you have come over, presumably you have come over from having just listened to the growing up in

0:42.8

Scientology part with Errin Smith Levin and it makes sense that way.

0:48.1

It might be that you are somebody who likes to do things the other way

0:51.0

round and why shouldn't you we should celebrate that and maybe

0:54.1

you're getting into this leaving Scientology bit before even knowing how he grew up or

0:58.4

maybe you don't care about the growing up and you're just here for leaving I

1:01.2

would recommend you listen to both, but this bit does have a lot of

1:05.3

feels in it. We get into the, especially when we get into parts about Errin's family, his

1:09.7

twin brother and things like that. It is actually quite difficult and emotional at times and that's

1:15.2

what this is you know if you're in a cult if you're leaving a cult if your family has been

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