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Has Reza Aslan become an apologist for Scientology?
Cult News, Mar 02 2017

It appears that noted religious studies scholar Reza Aslan has become of a spin-doctor for Scientology. The best-selling author of three books and professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside will host a series on CNN titled "Believer" to premiere Sunday March 5th.

Here is what the public intellectual has to say to UCR Today about controversial organization Scientology, which has frequently been called a "cult" by its critics.

"People know about Scientology, but they don't really know what Scientologists actually believe or do. What I wanted to do was shed light on that aspect of it, including auditing. … I had the opportunity to visit Scientology groups around the world and to really focus on what makes this a successful, and perhaps the most successful, new American religion of the 20th century."

What Scientology does has been widely reported for decades including the Time cover story "Scientology: Cult of Greed," to more recent accounts such as the book "Going Clear" by Pulitzer Prize winning author Lawrence Wright and the documentary "Going Clear" by Alex Gibney. Historically, Scientology has frequently been accused of exploiting its members and in some cases brutal treatment through its Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF). Apparently Professor Aslan spent little if any meaningful time studying such historical information.

Instead Aslan says, "Scientology is a very secretive religion, a religion that, in their view, has not had a fair shake from the media."

Aslan then talks about "being audited" and that he "went through four or five hours" and it "was an extraordinary experience."

Aslan appears clueless about how auditing, confession with aid of an e-meter machine, which can be seen as a crude lie detector, is used by Scientology as leverage to manipulate its members. Moreover, notes taken through during the auditing process are passed along and become part of person's permanent file within Scientology. And that such files have allegedly been used to intimidate Scientologists and denigrate former Scientologists.

Has Aslan become an apologist for Scientology?

https://cultnews.com/2017/03/has-reza-aslan-become-an-apologist-for-scientology/





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