Left Behind: Leaving the Church of Scientology

By Martha

In 2007 my husband and I decided to leave the "church," but we wanted to go quietly, just fade out of sight of their radar. We began chatting with other former members on a private yahoo group, under phony names.

One post apparently was just a bit too specific and before we knew what happened, a staff member from the Flag Land Base showed up at our door. She produced photocopies of some of our messages to the private group and said that we must stop going to that site and we must stop talking to a particular person (a family member who was on that group). We told her "no, we're going to communicate with anyone we choose."

Soon after that we were informed that we had been "declared suppressive" by the "church." And, as night follows day, the disconnections came rolling in: long time friends, my employer, our contractor on our house renovation. We are very happy to be out of that ridiculous cult. They truly are nuts.

If you want to read some really great essays on the subject, I recommend:
http://askthescientologist.blogspot.com
http://counterfeitdreams.blogspot.com

Obviously there are gazillions more, but both of these are incredible.

judythpiazza@newsblaze.com

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