A bit of history to introduce another of the methods Hubbard used to try to gain acceptance and win friends and influence people. In 1974 when the Apollo was experiencing continuous problems maintaining "safe ports" (in fact, in the previous year Hubbard had fled the Apollo when things got too hot in Morocco and moved to Queens NY using a fake name until he deemed it "safe" to return to the ship -- now plying Atlantic Portuguese and Spanish ports) he hit on a "bright idea" to gain "acceptance" for the Apollo. He pulled together musicians (and then dancers) and formed two musical groups … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2017
Scientology Massive Popularity and Expansion
Scientology makes various claims about 47X expansion and 421.7 people per second reach for scientology and scientology has "the most visited religious site" on the internet blah blah Out of curiosity I looked up the status of traffic on Scientology.org. Alexa, if you didn't know, ranks websites by traffic volume. The most visited site in the world is #1 (Google). Thus, the smaller the number, the better. Scientology.org is ranked at 126,424 in the world and 38,851 in the US. This is not very good, and as you can see, their trend is not healthy. Out of curiosity, I … [Read more...]
Oh Bless Me Father, For I have Sinned
It's SaTerraDay again... Oh Bless Me Father, For I have Sinned Catholicism has nothing on Scientology when it comes to sin. When it comes to crime, confession, and contrition, Scientology kicks ass. On one hand, Scientology preaches that man is basically good. On the other, church members commit overts like springtime rabbits popping out bunnies on a wet year. If a Scientologist has any chance at salvation, he will confess his sins, bend over, and take his medicine. One thing I can say with certainty about Scientologists: they’re never done sinning and confessing. It’s a certainty that by t … [Read more...]
