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Lawrence Wright


American
August 2, 1947
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Scientology is probably the most stigmatized religion in America already.


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I don't want to constantly be writing about terrorism and strife.


Lawrence Wright
Journalism is a flawed profession, but it has a self-correcting mechanism. The rule of journalism is: talk to everybody.
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I don't dispute Scientology can help people; I think that is a very important fact to keep in mind.


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From the very beginning of this movement, Scientology has always been a very closeted organization. That aura of secrecy is something that the present-day management continues.
Lawrence Wright
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There are many different rivers that lead into despair: there's poverty; there's political repression; there's gender apartheid - there's a sense of culture loss; there's religious fanaticism.
Lawrence Wright
People often pulled into Scientology want to address personal problems in their life, and Scientology says we have technology that addresses these kinds of problems. Just focusing on the problems and trying to remedy them can be helpful.
Lawrence Wright
There are many countries where you can only believe more or you can believe less. But in the United States we have this incredible smorgasbord, and it really interests me why people are drawn to one faith rather than another, especially to a system of belief that to an outsider seems absurd or dangerous.
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When I went to Egypt right after 9/11 I was very upset. I used to live in Egypt. I had a lot of friends there. I spent two years teaching there. I had very fond feelings for that part of the world, and the fact that a culture I liked so much had attacked my own culture was really very upsetting to me.
Lawrence Wright
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