If you saw HBO's outstanding "Going Clear" on Scientology, you should read Twitter about it.

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12. 16 Things We Learned from the Shocking Scientology Doc Going Clear. Esquire

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8. Jason Beghe is the kind of guy you'd want to have a beer with.

It's a good thing that Going Clear is playing on HBO and not PBS; otherwise, Beghe—who plays Hank Voight on Chicago P.D.—might not have made the final cut of the film, as his fascinating insights into the Church and his own experiences as a Scientologist are filled with expletives. But in the most charming way possible.

9. Marty Rathbun is the Michael Jordan of auditing.

In the film, Beghe refers to Marty Rathbun, a former executive with the Church and one of its preeminent auditors, as both the Michael Jordan and Wayne Gretzky of auditing. Which amuses Rathbun. "Here is my recognition after all of these years," Rathbun tells Esquire in an interview, with a laugh. "I really looked at what sort of set me apart or put me at this place where he would say, 'Hey, he is really good,' and recognize all of this complicated, sophisticated stuff that goes with it. The only thing that set me apart was my ability to instill confidence in somebody."

They are still harassing him.

11. Scientology is tax-exempt.

After having its tax-exempt status revoked by the IRS in 1967, current Church of Scientology leader David Miscavige was able to have it reinstated on October 1, 1993. A major celebration followed, with the Church declaring that "The War Is Over."

They harassed the IRS so badly, the IRS caved.

14. Being labeled an SP (suppressive person) is not a good thing.

In the documentary, former Scientologists share the stories of how they were labeled SPs and forced out of the Church. "It is really Byzantine and complicated, depending on your status and whether you are staff or a certain level," Rathbun tells us. "The bottom line is that if you don't tow the line, if you are critical, if you express criticism to any degree and you persist with it, you will be labeled a suppressive person. And when you are a suppressive person, all other Scientologists—by longstanding policy—must disconnect from you in every way, shape, matter, or form, including any communication or any association whatsoever." When Rathbun chose to leave the Church after 27 years, his wife stayed. "I spent the last 10 months attempting to sort of reconcile the fact that I had to go because of the extremity of abuse that was going on.(My wife) was a second-generation Scientologist. She chose to stay."