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Scientology defector Mike Rinder on his memoir ‘A Billion Years’

The Business

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Cruise and Rinder: A Billion Years, My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

Rinder fled Scientology in 2007 and has publicly opposed the organization ever since. He has now released a memoir, A Billion Years, My Escape From A Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology. Cruise figured out that his very public embrace of Scientology was alienating some fans; he dialed it back. In Scientology, you are what they call on post 24/7, meaning you have no life of your own.

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