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Episode 68: Chris Shelton on Cult Apologists

December 6, 2021 By Mike Rinder 28 Comments

This week we talk to our old friend Chris Shelton about cult apologists. These are the people who make a career (often lucrative) out of offering expert academic opinions in support of "New Religious Movements" -- cults. It's a racket that scientology has used to gain credibility. We cover a lot of ground here. Chris has recently published a series of articles on this topic on Tony Ortega's blog -- they are well-worth reading. Chris also has a podcast that is worth subscribing to on YouTube:  Sensibly Speaking Podcast   We mention the scientology STAND League -- the OSA … [Read more...]

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  • Real on Ron on Saturn: “Oh it CAN and been tested Mike. ALL tests against claimed new abilities have FAILED. THAT is how the scientific…” Jun 29, 11:37
  • safetyguy on L. Ron Hubbard Has Been to Heaven: He Has the Scientific Research to Prove It: “And LRH was writing hay processed through the bowels of a male bovine if one asks me.” Jun 29, 11:09
  • grisianfarce on L. Ron Hubbard Has Been to Heaven: He Has the Scientific Research to Prove It: “30 years of research means he started in 1933? Not that he ever published the research for any of it…” Jun 29, 10:57
  • Mary Kahn on L. Ron Hubbard Has Been to Heaven: He Has the Scientific Research to Prove It: “It’s a well-researched, scientific fact.” Jun 29, 10:49
  • SL1978 on L. Ron Hubbard Has Been to Heaven: He Has the Scientific Research to Prove It: ““communicate with a beetle under a rock” lmao – Free us Ron!” Jun 29, 09:43
  • otherles on L. Ron Hubbard Has Been to Heaven: He Has the Scientific Research to Prove It: “LRH may have been on drugs. So were the authors of The Illuminatus! trilogy. At least they had the decency…” Jun 29, 09:35
  • otherles on L. Ron Hubbard Has Been to Heaven: He Has the Scientific Research to Prove It: “An honest researcher would conclude that LRH was insane.” Jun 29, 09:30
  • Mary Kahn on L. Ron Hubbard Has Been to Heaven: He Has the Scientific Research to Prove It: “Truth is truth. Water doesn’t need permission to run downhill. Therefore, what I say here is true.” Jun 29, 09:10
  • safetyguy on L. Ron Hubbard Has Been to Heaven: He Has the Scientific Research to Prove It: “That must have been some goooood drugs he was on. Really good drugs.” Jun 29, 08:21
  • safetyguy on Did Scientology Lie? Of Course…: “Word salad. It sounded evil when they thought about it so they put it in print.” Jun 29, 07:02

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