I’ve constantly made an effort to be open-minded when it comes to interacting with new-people, therefore I failed to manage another means whenever my personal day quickly revealed that he ended up being a Scientologist. Exactly what ensued had been certainly my
most notable dates ever
, although it surely left my mind rotating. Here’s what took place.

1. 
   Everything started off therefore normally.
   
   We would satisfied in a restaurant because type of “meet attractive” method lots of people dream of. All of our casual dialogue was in fact truly interesting, and I need state he had been rather pleasant when that talk converted into flirtation. I additionally had not been on a date for a while at that time, therefore I failed to really hesitate when he questioned me personally around. The time itself was pretty normal too. After all, we had been only
   venturing out for dinner
   .
2. 
   Yeah, I became astonished regarding Scientology thing.
   
   We simply got all of our food at bistro when the topic of faith came up. He very first asked what I thought in and that I freely admitted that I have been raised Catholic but currently thought about me a lot more agnostic than whatever else. Their feedback? “Oh. Really, I’m a Scientologist. Are you knowledgeable about the Church?” Gotta appreciate just how relaxed he had been, but no, I had no clue that was coming.
3. 
   A non-Scientologist matchmaking a Scientologist is pretty rare.
   
   Relating to my personal big date (and soon after affirmed by my post-date late night internet lookups), its rather unheard of for a Scientologist as of yet somebody outside of the chapel. In addition to Scientology becoming one of those
   fundamentalist opinion systems
   where in fact the theology will be the answer to anything and everything in life, the other reason behind this is really very easy. Scientologists just spend a lot of these individual amount of time in the church/engaging in chapel programs. That “meet lovable” that we had during the cafe? He had merely come from a session in chapel. And where was he before our big date? In the chapel naturally!
4. 
   The day sorts of became all about Scientology.
   
   While I found myself inclined to say “OK!” and move forward, my personal big date seemed really into what my emotions on his faith had been. The facts was actually that I absolutely didn’t wanna tell him my personal exact emotions on Scientology in cases where I insulted him, but I also failed to need lie… therefore I compromised with myself personally and told him that, similar to men and women, I would heard lots of various things about Scientology, a few of which might not be true. That proved to be a mistake since rest of the time in that bistro predicated on him attempting to A) see precisely what adverse circumstances I’d heard and B) convince myself that Scientology was actually simply FANTASTIC!
5. 
   He had beenn’t the first Scientologist I would ever before met.
   
   While this ended up being my personal first (and just) day previously with a Scientologist, the facts was that I would identified one before. It absolutely was in fact a buddy of mine in university, though she’d for ages been quite silent regarding topic. After that came one summertime where she revealed she had been making class to go work for the Church and none of us have you ever heard from her once again. Actually her fb profile was erased quickly after that. Every now and then In my opinion about their and expect that she is OK.
6. 
   I became into hearing every thing he had to state, but because I learn religions as an interest.
   
   I Am
   maybe not religious myself
   but I’m entirely fascinated by different belief programs. For a long time today, i have learned different religions in my own extra time concise that I can let you know the theology of all the major people following some. But instead of enlightening my big date that I already realized everything about programs, OT amounts, engrams, links, the ocean Org, Xenu, Tom sail, etc., I stayed hushed and listened. Give every person an opportunity to discuss their side of the tale, right?
7. 
   He wouldn’t really answer my personal concerns.
   
   Very much like i desired to listen to him discuss their own point of view on his viewpoints, he had been extremely elusive when I asked specific questions regarding it. Including, at some point I asked how much cash it are priced at, an average of, for someone to begin with in Scientology. Their feedback? “It’s so amusing you ask that as you truly can not place a price on it.” In the future, I inquired what might occur if he or one of is own relatives ever kept the Church. “you actually have a good imagination!” the guy said, before swiftly changing the niche.
8. 
   Turns out he’dn’t been in a long time.
   
   Like other Scientologists, my personal time had accompanied because people in their household performed, nonetheless it turned out they’d already been included for just over 5 years, that is very awful brief compared to a lot of people into the religion. He had been determined that Scientology had changed their everyday lives when it comes to much better but also for some explanation wouldn’t truly get into details about his parents or siblings beyond principles like how old these people were and where they certainly were living.
9. 
   He was a truly great, articulate man. However he had been!
   
   For those who don’t know, Scientologists learn through their chapel courses ideas on how to connect much better with people. So, many are extremely poised and well-spoken whenever around others, and I suppose times are not any exclusion. Very much like I became aggravated by my personal day’s unclear solutions about their faith, I couldn’t help but admire how the guy talked and carried themselves.
10. 
    No, the guy didn’t attempt to hire me (or at minimum he was subtle about this).
    
    We held waiting around for him to express something like, “You should arrive see on your own exactly why Scientology stones. Here’s a pamphlet!” but we respected the truth that the guy never ever performed. He undoubtedly depicted it in an optimistic light, at some point he performed let me know that he thought I’d benefit from it. Nonetheless, the guy never pressed us to go visit the Scientology center and I also appreciated that. Possibly he hoped I’d offer without any help to visit.
11. 
    I was thinking it ideal for the two of us when we failed to continue circumstances.
    
    I do not be sorry for my personal Scientologist time whatsoever, but We knew we weren’t browsing work-out. I politely tell him this at the conclusion of the night and therefore we hugged and parted methods. I do believe the guy knew it was the right step as well. We never saw him once again.