A Billion Years: My Escape from a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

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apparently persuaded him to let his hair down and let his consciousness flow to reveal the real Rinder. More importantly though, Mike deserves his story to be heard as his story--not only as an example of David Miscavige's criminal abuses or of Hubbard's sociopathic con game. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. But, all along there were nagging thoughts that troubled him about the religion and if they had all the answers why were the highest people (those in the Sea Org) treated so horribly.

Penned with clarity, style, and immense vulnerability, this engaging memoir absolutely deserves a place at the top of the list of Scientology survival stories. To not have anything from Ron was an enormous omission that should have been a signal flare to every scientologist. Readers will be glad that Anderson eventually turned to writing prose, since the well-told anecdotes and memorable character sketches are what make it a page-turner. She has faced abuse and mistreatment of many kinds over the decades, but she touches on the most appalling passages lightly—though not so lightly you don't feel the torment of the media attention on the events leading up to her divorce from Tommy Lee. As to the lawsuit, that was made crystal clear two years ago in two posts on this blog (Monique Rathbun vs.

If you are at all familiar with scientology beyond the tabloid headlines, this book will fill in many gaps regarding things that have happened over the last 20+ years. Kirstie Alley (RIP) did stay until she 'left her body to move on' and always said Scientology safed her life.Sir Michael Caine knows a thing or two about gangs: whether that’s joining one as a kid, or playing them in movies for over 50 years.

Thus, Rinder carefully deep sixes any pesky facts that might contradict what Rinder would like to fancy about his history. Everything outside the isolated world of scientology was invalid and could be bent to the will of the 'most ethical beings in the universe.There she is given the chance to undo her regrets and try out each of the other lives she might have lived. It was a tactic famously used by Stalin - keep your subordinates divided, fearful, confused, and off-balance. Rinder's feigned memory-loss is integral to erasing any event in his 67-plus years that might account for even one or two of the travails he suffered.