Travolta defends Scientology for the second time since the release of HBO's recent documentary on alleged abuses of Scientology members titled, "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief."

In an interview with "Good Morning America" Monday to promote his new movie "The Forger," Travolta, 65, says that the probable reason why there is so much intrigue surrounding the Church of Scientology is because it is not understood.

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Travolta's advice to people so they can better understand Scientology is to read  "A New Slant on Life," or  "Dianetics," both written by Scientology founder, science fiction writer, L. Ron Hubbard. The actor attests that the religion founded by Hubbard works for him especially during the time when his 16 year-old son died in 2009.

Travolta, who has been in the religion for 40 years continued to say that one of the reasons why Scientology has become a target is because it works. He says that Scientology is a "beautiful thing" for him and that it had helped him save other people's lives as well as his own

It was mentioned in the HBO's documentary that when Travolta wanted to leave the Church in the past, he and his family were threatened with a "black PR package," meaning damaging information from the actor's taped confessions will be revealed to the public.

Scientology holds regular filmed confessions of their members called "auditing" where a member is forced to talk about his deepest secrets and fears, a process to attain the ultimate goal of spiritual and mental clarity or what is referred to as "going clear."

Scientology leader David Miscavige according to HBO's documentary relies on star power in order to recruit new members and to raise money for the church, which is worth billions of tax-exempt dollars.

Travolta joined the church in the 70"s.  The film,  "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief," shows an old footage of Travolta saying that his favorite concept in Scientology is the idea of a world without criminality, war, and insanity.

Travolta did not mention that the science-fiction writer founder, L. Ron Hubbard also believes that humans on earth came from the planet Xenu.

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