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Mike Rinder

Born

in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

April 10, 1955

Died

January 05, 2025

Website

https://www.mikerindersblog.org/

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Michael John Rinder was an Australian-American senior executive of the Church of Scientology International (CSI) and the Sea Organization based in the United States. From 1982 to 2007, Rinder served on the board of directors of CSI and also held the post of executive director of its Office of Special Affairs, overseeing the corporate, legal and public relations matters of Scientology at the international level.
Rinder left Scientology in 2007. Ever since then, he had spoken about the physical and mental abuse inflicted upon staff members by Chairman of Scientology, David Miscavige, and by Rinder himself before his departure from the organization, and has explained how abuse was embedded into the culture of Scientology. From 2016 to 2019, he ...more

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Farewell

This is the last post on this site. I have shuffled off this mortal coil in accordance with the immutable law that there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes. The site will remain as an archive of more than 4000 posts and 300 thousand comments. It has been a labor of love […]

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Mike Rinder’s books

Average rating: 4.28 · 7,888 ratings · 958 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology 4.30 avg rating — 7,629 ratings — published 2022 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Escaping Scientology: An Insider's True Story: My Journey With the Cult of Celebrity Spirituality, Greed and Power by Karen Schless Pressley, Mike Rinder (Foreword), Steven Hassan (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.97 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoirs of a Scientology Warrior by Mark Rathbun, Russell Williams (Editor), Mike Rinder (Editor) 3.53 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Money, Power, Servitude: Adventures in the Wonderland of Scientology by Peter Bonyai, Mike Rinder (Editor), Gergely Simon (Preparation) 3.65 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Mike Rinder (?)

“The fear of psychiatry is one of the hardest ideas to shake when you escape from the mind-prison.”
― Mike Rinder, A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

tags: cult, psychiatry, scientologists, scientology

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“The absolute conviction that what you are doing is right and just and saving mankind provides enormous strength to persist and overcome incredible odds. It’s almost a superpower.”
― Mike Rinder, A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

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“his book proved, beyond any doubt, that Hubbard was an inveterate liar.”
― Mike Rinder, A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology

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