Take, for example, Mark Rathbun who was the Inspector General for CoS. It would be hard to argue that all these former high level members would lie about this.īesides the testamonies from former members, in The Oxford Handbook of New Religious Movements on page 427 the Lord Xenu story is also attributed to "secret Scientology mythology".Īgain, be careful with attributing beliefs to Scientology.
There are other ex-members out there who have made similar statements. Mike Rinder a former high level member of CoS, says in an interview that Lord Xenu is part of part of the teachings of Scientology. Tory Christman ( Tory Magoo) reached OT VII and described Lord Xenu in, for example, a speech given in San Diego (about 39 min into speech). (There is a reason for this that I will not get into). Granted, in the same documentary several celebrity Scientologists deny the story about Xenu. Besides the documentary Beghe also describes his "encounter" Xenu in an interview (with Mark Bunker) and in another interview on Australian TV. In the documentary The Secrets of Scientology ex-member Jason Beghe indeed acknowledges that Lord Xenu is part of OT 3. One key thing that sets Scientology apart from, for example, Christinity and the other major world religions, is that the church has secret texts.īesides and Wikipedia, many high level ex-members of CoS have stated that indeed they came across Lord Xenu when they reached OT 3. And first one notes that the average Scientologist you meet on the street has not reached this level, so while Lord Xenu is part of the belief system, it is unknown to even many Scientologists. You start the levels after you have gone "Clear".
It is commonly known that in CoS the whole Lord Xenu thing is something you learn when you reach Operating Thetan level III (OT III). That is, it is actually possible to be "a Scientologist" and not a member of CoS. There are many anti-Scientology websites out there and one good one is the one pointed out in the other answer: .īut as points out one might want to make a distinction between Scientology and the Church of Scientology (CoS) (Some might argue that the C in CoS means Cult). The other answer given here seems to ignore this. And when you put a label on any system of belief you will have people putting the label on themselves but disagreeing with parts of what the label covers. Of course this can turn into a discussion about what defines Scientology. But if the question is whether or not all Scientologists believe in the story the answer in no. If the question in whether of not the story of Lord Xenu is part of what is taught in the Church of Scientology, then answer is yes. But you have to be a bit careful when you ask about what people believe. I agree with what has been said in the other answer.
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