really awesome thread. i'll share what little information i have...
in hollywood, there are many struggling people. a lot of people come out there to ''make it big'' and get swallowed in the lifestyles that place presents. members line the streets of hollywood boulevard, attempting to prey on tourists and angelinos alike. desperate for cash, i was looking for anything possible. these people were always hiring, and i got interested. first thing you should know, is the people looking to get the walking traffic interested in scientology are extremely pushy. they don't smile and are extremely forceful in getting you into the scientology building once you've shown any interest at all.
so i told them i was seeking employment. i really had no idea what would follow. these people plopped down a massive form for me to fill out. being young and stupid, i did start to fill it out to the best of my ability. the questions were utterly mindblowing though. when you fill out applications for normal places, they basically ask you generic questions and put what they want to hear. this particular form held back nothing. anything that makes a human being uncomfortable was mentioned in this quiz: suicide, murder, sexual questions. i really don't even want to get more specific than that because my stomach will start to turn. the questions that made me stop filling the form out were questions about how much loyalty i had towards my family. these questions were basically designed to see if you would become a slave to them.
i told them i wasn't going to fill out the rest and that i was leaving, but they wouldn't let me. three people guarded the door quickly before i even got near it. it was near this point i really started getting scared. they snatched up the forms and just asked me to watch a video, then i could leave. i refused to sit to watch the video, and a few seconds into it i knew it would be fucking crazy. it was at least 30 minutes long and was just insane. while the application asked you questions about your personality, the video was more like ''this is the answer. if you don't realize this, you may as well be dead already''. that's not verbatim, but it's very very close. it had a lot of moments where people were on the brink of suicide and were saved by scientology. i don't know if i could describe the video more accurately than that...
the form had my phone number, and they called me constantly. at first it was every day, then it tapered off once every few days. eventually i yelled at them and they never called back.
i was green, and i gotta say this experience in particular made me realize that this world has some extremely evil people. you must be on guard, for both yourself and your loved ones at all times. there are no moments where you are 100% safe. cherish any moment where you're at peace, because there are seriously depraved human beings in this world
