I saw the documentary a few days ago. It was quite an eye opener.
In the documentary I noticed the active believers did not respond well to criticism on camera. That may have been on purpose for the documentary. I remember L. Ron Hubbard and one of the ex-wives told their interviewers, “shame on you” or “that was rude of you” about a remark they did not want to challenge. It’s hard to defend a belief system that has no facts to support it. I can imagine why they are so upset.
One lesson I learned from the show is that if you cross a Scientologist they will get even with you as a group. They even black mailed leading IRS employees to get their tax exempt status. I found it very interesting that the higher the levels of Clear you go the more dirt the organization will have on you for blackmail. When a member finds out you’re having doubts they will task special members to scour your Auditing sessions for any form of dirt to keep you quiet.
Finally I now know why they have an erupting volcano on the Dianetics book cover.
A leader of an over populated alien world sent people of that world to our planet and dropped them into earth’s volcanos. After detonating atom bombs within those volcanoes the souls of the alien people, called body thetans, began roaming the earth invisibly. Life’s mental problems are a result of being possessed by these body thetans. The Auditing sessions reveal the life experiences of these body thetans. The goal is to get these beings purged from your mind. There could be many in one person. That is why you try to attain higher levels of Clear. You’re clearing out the aliens from your mind. This is all I could gather from the film.