Rinder Mike
Rinder Mike - A Billion Years My Escape From A Life In The Highest Ranks Of Scientology - Paperback
Rinder Mike - A Billion Years My Escape From A Life In The Highest Ranks Of Scientology - Paperback
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Description: One of the highest - ranking defectors from Scientology exposes the secret inner workings of the powerful organization in this remarkable memoir that is not only a cautionary tale but also an inspiring story of resilience (Leah Remini New York Times bestselling author). Mike Rinder's parents began taking him to their local Scientology center when he was five years old. After high school he signed a billion - year contract and was admitted into Scientology's elite inner circle the Sea Organization. Brought to founder L. Ron Hubbard's yacht and promised training in Hubbard's most advanced techniques Rinder was instead put to work swabbing the decks. Still Rinder bought into the doctrine that his personal comfort was secondary to the higher purpose of Hubbard's world - saving mission swiftly rising through the ranks. In the 1980s Rinder became Scientology's international spokesperson and the head of its powerful Office of Special Affairs. He helped negotiate Scientology's pivotal tax exemption from the IRS and engaged with the organization's prominent celebrity members including Tom Cruise Lisa Marie Presley and John Travolta. Yet Rinder couldn t shake a nagging feeling that something was amiss Hubbard's promises remained unfulfilled at his death and his successor David Miscavige was a ruthless and vindictive man who did not hesitate to confine many top Scientologists Mike among them to a makeshift prison known as the Hole. In 2007, at the age of fifty - two Rinder finally escaped Scientology. Overnight he became one of the organization's biggest public enemies. He was followed hacked spied on and tracked. But he refused to be intimidated and today helps people break free of Scientology. An intensely personal cathartic memoir of blind allegiance betrayal and liberation (Kirkus Reviews starred review) A Billion Years reveals the dark dystopian truth about Scientology as never before.
Title: A Billion Years My Escape From A Life In The Highest Ranks Of Scientology
Author(s): Rinder Mike
Publisher: Gallery Books
Barcode: 9781982185770
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/13/2024
Category: Memoirs
Description: One of the highest - ranking defectors from Scientology exposes the secret inner workings of the powerful organization in this remarkable memoir that is not only a cautionary tale but also an inspiring story of resilience (Leah Remini New York Times bestselling author). Mike Rinder's parents began taking him to their local Scientology center when he was five years old. After high school he signed a billion - year contract and was admitted into Scientology's elite inner circle the Sea Organization. Brought to founder L. Ron Hubbard's yacht and promised training in Hubbard's most advanced techniques Rinder was instead put to work swabbing the decks. Still Rinder bought into the doctrine that his personal comfort was secondary to the higher purpose of Hubbard's world - saving mission swiftly rising through the ranks. In the 1980s Rinder became Scientology's international spokesperson and the head of its powerful Office of Special Affairs. He helped negotiate Scientology's pivotal tax exemption from the IRS and engaged with the organization's prominent celebrity members including Tom Cruise Lisa Marie Presley and John Travolta. Yet Rinder couldn t shake a nagging feeling that something was amiss Hubbard's promises remained unfulfilled at his death and his successor David Miscavige was a ruthless and vindictive man who did not hesitate to confine many top Scientologists Mike among them to a makeshift prison known as the Hole. In 2007, at the age of fifty - two Rinder finally escaped Scientology. Overnight he became one of the organization's biggest public enemies. He was followed hacked spied on and tracked. But he refused to be intimidated and today helps people break free of Scientology. An intensely personal cathartic memoir of blind allegiance betrayal and liberation (Kirkus Reviews starred review) A Billion Years reveals the dark dystopian truth about Scientology as never before.
Title: A Billion Years My Escape From A Life In The Highest Ranks Of Scientology
Author(s): Rinder Mike
Publisher: Gallery Books
Barcode: 9781982185770
Pages: 352 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 2/13/2024
Category: Memoirs
