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Mad Menand The Handmaid's Talestar Elisabeth Mossis a lauded actor who's no stranger to accepting awards. But, aside from her accomplishments, she's probably best known for one other thing. Moss is a Scientologist, having been raised in the controversial religion. And, understandably, people are very curious about it all, especially considering the negative press Scientology has received over the years. In a recent interview, the actor—who stars in the new Apple TV+ show Shining Girls—opened up about her experience with Scientology, including naming the one aspect of the group that she says is the "most misunderstood." Read on to learn more.

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The Church of Scientology was founded by science fiction author, L. Ron Hubbard, and is notorious outside of the group for a few things. For one, there's a definite Hollywood connection, with Tom Cruise,John Travolta, and Moss among the religion's high-profile practicing members. For another, many believe that Scientology is abusive,punitive, and otherwise problematic. Some ex-members claim to have faced retaliation for leaving or speaking out against the church, as well as maintain that members are forced to "disconnect" from friends and family who are not supportive of their involvement. "I was in a cult for 34 years," screenwriter and ex-ScientologistPaul HaggissinabiThe New Yorker(via Ang tagapag-bantay) in 2011. "Everyone else could see it. I don't know why I couldn't."

Scientology vehemently denies these claims on their official website.

Fans of the show reasoned that, if even some of the accusations leveled against the church are true, then it wouldn't sound much different from Gilead, the strict, oppressive society that provides the backdrop for The Handmaid's Tale—and that Moss' character June has been fighting against.

In 2019, Moss addressed the comparison in an interview with The Daily Beast.

"Listen, it's a complicated thing because the things that I believe in, I can only speak to my personal experience and my personal beliefs," she said. "One of the things I believe in is freedom of speech. I believe we as humans should be able to critique things. I believe in freedom of the press. I believe in people being able to speak their own opinions. I don't ever want to take that away from anybody, because that actually is very important to me. At the same time, I should hope that people educate themselves for themselves and form their own opinion, as I have. The things that I believe in personally, for me, The Handmaid's Tale, and the ability to do something that is artistically fulfilling but is also personally fulfilling, I've never had that. The Handmaid's Tale lines up so perfectly parallel with my own beliefs in freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and the things that this country was actually built on."ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb

The New Yorkerrecently profiled Moss and chronicled how she was born into Scientology—and how it basically started her career. The actor's father, Ron Moss, met musician Chick Coreaat a Scientology center in England. They hit it off, Ron became Corea's manager, and Corea became Moss' godfather after she was born. A dancer before she was an actor, She performed in one of Corea's music videos when she was just five years old. The New Yorkeralso noted that Ron played in a band with Ron Miscavige, the late father of Scientology's now-leader David Miscavige. Before Ron Miscavige died, he left the church andwrote a book about the experience, in which he alleges that his son was surveilling him, among other troubling things that the church denies.

According to the publication, Moss began taking Scientology courses when she was eight years old.

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When asked by The New Yorkerabout her long-held beliefs, Moss said she didn't "want to come off as being cagey," but also didn't "want people to be distracted by something when they're watching [her]."

"Ang mga tao ay maaaring malinaw na hawakan ang kanilang isip kung ano ang nais nila, at hindi ko makontrol iyon," nagpatuloy siya, pagkatapos na paalalahanan na maraming tao ang nanonood sa kanya na alam na siya ay isang Scientologist na. "Kung hindi iyon, magiging iba pa. Hindi talaga ito isang saradong-off na relihiyon. Ito ay isang lugar na napaka-bukas sa, tulad ng, pag-welcome sa isang tao na nais matuto nang higit pa tungkol dito. Sa palagay ko iyon ang bagay na iyon ay marahil ang pinaka -hindi pagkakaunawaan. "

Ang New YorkerAng mga ulat na sinabi ni Moss, "Hikayatin ko lang ang mga tao na malaman para sa kanilang sarili" ng relihiyon nang higit sa isang beses sa panahon ng pakikipanayam. "Tiyak na nagkasala ako sa pagbabasa ng isang artikulo o panonood ng isang bagay at pagkuha nito bilang ebanghelyo." Ang ilang mga kritiko ng Scientology ay itinuroAng sagot ni Moss ay kapansin -pansin na katulad sa mga sagot na ibinigay ng iba pang mga kilalang siyentipiko sa mga nakaraang panayam.

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