Andreas Heldal-Lund
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| Born | December 10, 1964 Oslo, Norway |
| Occupation | webmaster, Operation Clambake |
Andreas Heldal-Lund (born on December 10, 1964 in Oslo) is the operator of Operation Clambake.
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[edit] Operation Clambake
Operation Clambake[1] is a website about Scientology and the Church of Scientology that (as of March 18, 2007) appears in the top three results on Google for the search term "Scientology".[1]. Most of the information presented by Operation Clambake is critical of the Church of Scientology and its leadership, although dissenters are given prominent space to air their differences.[2] Heldal-Lund began criticizing the Church of Scientology in 1996, after the Church was found liable for fraud in Norway. He has stated many times that he doesn't object to people practicing the religion of Scientology itself, but he objects to the abuse-ridden management of that religion by what he has called the "criminal and corrupt" Church of Scientology.[2]
[edit] Praised by Tory Christman
One of the Church's most high-profile critics, Tory Christman, credits Heldal-Lund with convincing her to leave Scientology after thirty years. According to Christman, she had already had doubts about the Church, due to having been unwittingly drawn into participating in the sporgery attack on alt.religion.scientology, but conversing with Heldal-Lund (whom she had previously decided "must be the devil") led her to conclude that Scientology had been deceiving her, and she made her decision to leave. [3] [4]
[edit] Quotes
"People should be free to believe whatever they want, including Scientology. What I have against Church of Scientology is its deceitfulness, its lack of compassion for its members (especially the hard-working staff), its aggressive hard sell, its arrogance, its attack on free speech, its litigiousness, its harassment of its critics, its lack of concern for families, its gross neglect and abuse of children, etc."
[edit] Notes
- ^ Google web search on "scientology"
- ^ Heldal-Lund, Andreas Comments from Scientologists (website accessed 4/27/06)
[edit] External links
- Heldal-Lund's Scientology site Operation Clambake
- Heldal-Lund's personal website: A Life in the World of Andreas
- Video of Heldal-Lund being interviewed by Joel Philips: Andreas Heldal-Lund in Hollywood
