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Ron Miscavige: Scientology and my Son

TheThinkingAtheist

The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

4.82.8K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Ron Miscavige is father of David Miscavige, leader of the Church of Scientology. Ron tells the story of his son, Scientology, and his escape from the church's controlling grasp.

Ron's book, "Ruthless:" https://www.amazon.com/Ruthless-Scientology-Son-David-Miscavige/dp/1250096936/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1487075049&sr=8-1&keywords=ron+miscavige

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0:00.0

Okay, here we go. The step-by-three, two, one. Action!

0:06.4

Assume nothing.

0:08.3

Rash ball face black for me.

0:10.5

Question. Everything.

0:12.3

I find it extremely hard to imagine. Open your eyes.

0:16.4

It is quite all right to be an atheist.

0:18.6

The fastest growing group of people in the country

0:21.0

has been measured as being those who have no belief

0:23.4

or who are atheists.

0:24.9

You don't have to be apologetic or quiet about it.

0:27.3

Challenge the opposition.

0:28.9

You see religion on a hundred fronts losing the argument.

0:32.6

And start thinking.

0:37.8

This is the thinking atheist worldwide.

0:45.0

Imagine that you had joined a church

0:48.2

and you brought your whole family into the church.

0:51.6

And your son was increasingly involved in the church

0:55.0

and of being primed to go out into a mission field.

0:58.5

Change the world and you were so proud of your son.

1:02.4

And you spent decades inside the walls

1:05.2

of that religious institution watching your son grow

1:08.2

into a position of greater prominence

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