Aaron James Krause
Aaron James Krause is a lifelong Alaskan resident who spent time studying abroad in Australia and loves to travel. It was while traveling that he finished his first self-published novel, The War That Never Began, and met his partner. When not working in local government, Aaron can probably be found writing his next work of fiction or spending time with the people he loves.
by Aaron James Krause
“It slowly starts to get in your mind and your subconscious [that] it’s Scientology against the world . . . anybody who puts Scientology down is your enemy, is our enemy…. Then you start to insulate yourself from people who aren’t Scientologists, and that’s how it begins.” - Leah Remini
I listened to Leah Remini discuss her experience getting out of Scientology, and I couldn’t help my tears. What she was saying in the documentary – it made sense. I had never been a Scientologist, didn’t have any friends in Scientology, and barely knew anything about the faith. But I could relate. I, too, had been shunned.
Shunning is worse than rejection. Because it’s not just the loss of a relationship. It’s also the loss of identity, of community, of purpose. It’s like dying.