Comments on: Review: Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, Lawrence Wright https://readingtheend.com/2013/02/18/review-going-clear-scientology-hollywood-and-the-prison-of-belief-lawrence-wright/ before I read the middle Fri, 26 Jul 2013 01:56:30 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief by Lawrence Wright | A Good Stopping Point https://readingtheend.com/2013/02/18/review-going-clear-scientology-hollywood-and-the-prison-of-belief-lawrence-wright/#comment-15681 Fri, 26 Jul 2013 01:56:30 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4142#comment-15681 […] Reading the End – “I thought Going Clear was an admirably well-sourced, engagingly-written history of scientology” […]

]]> By: Kristen M. https://readingtheend.com/2013/02/18/review-going-clear-scientology-hollywood-and-the-prison-of-belief-lawrence-wright/#comment-733 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:53:45 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4142#comment-733 Do you watch tv at all? Because there are like two or three Scientology ads that are being run right now and they are crazy. They obviously are trying to prey on “lost souls” and, well, hipsters who want to be more unique or something. Every time one is on, I think “what the hell is this a commercial for?” and then I remember and it seems crazy all over again. I think television ads for religion are ridiculous anyway.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/02/18/review-going-clear-scientology-hollywood-and-the-prison-of-belief-lawrence-wright/#comment-732 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:37:18 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4142#comment-732 In reply to April Books & Wine.

WHAT. Your Twitter friend is PLAINLY CRAZY. It is the opposite of boring! And I’m delighted to hear that Inside Scientology is interesting, because I’m going to read the hell out of that one too.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/02/18/review-going-clear-scientology-hollywood-and-the-prison-of-belief-lawrence-wright/#comment-731 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:36:41 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4142#comment-731 In reply to Gavin.

Yeah, and Lawrence Wright gets into the Tom Cruise connection as well. It’s all just really, really fascinating.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/02/18/review-going-clear-scientology-hollywood-and-the-prison-of-belief-lawrence-wright/#comment-730 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:36:22 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4142#comment-730 In reply to Jenny.

Yep! He’s from Texas and he graduated from Tulane. Woohoo.

]]> By: NWK (@MumsyNancy) https://readingtheend.com/2013/02/18/review-going-clear-scientology-hollywood-and-the-prison-of-belief-lawrence-wright/#comment-729 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 12:35:55 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4142#comment-729 In reply to Jenny.

Oh, is he from the South? That probably explains both his excellent manners and his calm in the face of crazy. As Julia Sugerbaker said, “Here in the South, we do not ask if you have crazy people in the family; we ask which side.”

]]> By: Eva https://readingtheend.com/2013/02/18/review-going-clear-scientology-hollywood-and-the-prison-of-belief-lawrence-wright/#comment-728 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:50:13 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4142#comment-728 I loved Wright’s Looming Towers, so I’m sure this is excellent. But it’s so creepy & strange I feel like I’d spend my whole reading experience completely freaked out, for possibly no reason. Hence, I’m not sure I’ll actually read this. Hmmmm.

I also feel like I need to clarify my comment on academic v journalist books. I enjoy books by journalists too! Especially investigative journalists, a la Wright. I just also seem to gravitate towards books by academics; it seems like so topic is too obscure for my uni press loving heart. lol I’m going to write about nonfiction & trust issues next week I think!

]]> By: litlove https://readingtheend.com/2013/02/18/review-going-clear-scientology-hollywood-and-the-prison-of-belief-lawrence-wright/#comment-727 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 08:58:28 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4142#comment-727 This is all overwhelmingly crazy. I have a hard enough time believing in God, just your average sort of negative theology God. Fascinating, though, to see the lengths people will go to in their quest for power.

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/02/18/review-going-clear-scientology-hollywood-and-the-prison-of-belief-lawrence-wright/#comment-726 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:08:46 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4142#comment-726 In reply to NWK (@MumsyNancy).

I know, he comes off so gracious and measured, doesn’t he? It’s astounding to me. (He’s from the South. In case you couldn’t tell. :p) I am not sure I’ll read the Miscavige book. Might just be too horrifying from that perspective, you know?

]]> By: Jenny https://readingtheend.com/2013/02/18/review-going-clear-scientology-hollywood-and-the-prison-of-belief-lawrence-wright/#comment-725 Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:08:07 +0000 http://readingtheend.com/?p=4142#comment-725 In reply to Aonghus Fallon.

It’s tough to say. Lawrence Wright makes the case — and it’s difficult to know about this! because people don’t always accurately self-report on surveys — that the church has far fewer members than they claim, so it’s not even an organization of substantial size. But he also says they have a living shit-ton of money hanging around soooooo….it may be around for a while.

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