Beyond Belief My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape

I have not read the book but wanted to comment on the synopsis referencing Scientology as a religion.

Religion: the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.

I am glad she got out. I would not classify Scientology as a legitimate religion in the sense that its adherents are terribly exploited, oppressed and intimidated. While that can happen in organized religion, most faiths are not predicated on it, it is rather the failure of some adherents by their misapplication of their faith. In scientology, the “faith” itself, is fatally flawed.

L. Ron Hubbard was not superhuman, but apparently a sick, influental individual, and David Miscavige seems the same.

I suppose the most important thing is that Ms. Hill got out so that she can discover her identity on her own terms, and find out who God is to her. I'm not saying God is of our choosing, but that God wants us to be free in concluding what He means to them and how we relate to Him.