Ed, it is unfair to characterize it in the manner you have. You offer nothing but a generalization that “it is simply B.S.” How about a couple specific real life (your life) examples of the BS you encountered to back up your remarks? Or, if you don’t have any, then I’ll assume you are no more than a run-of-the-mill troll spouting the stuff you do having been given your material from others, and I won’t engage further.

You didn’t have the same experience as I did obviously since you are rejecting every bit of it. I’m rejecting much of it and for good reason. But I wish to be honest and acknowledge the good and the bad. Your choice of course to spew your remarks. I found that there will always be some people unwilling or unable to do what is necessary to get a gain. Their choice in a free society.

“is that the technology of auditing and some of the administrative ideas are good and workable”

And that is simply B.S. And not the “Bachelor of Science” type. Although, even if you now like to believe that, what-ever you learned from this “church” is not worth even the time. Not alone the money.

It’s really great! Especially the bit where children get abused. Love that. And the bit where you get paid $50 per week on a good week.
Sign me up! and my children.
I feel enlightened just thinking about it.

Can’t they reissue the copyrights?

Exactly correct. They have a need to massage the information about their “religion”.

“Visited over several weeks and got hooked up to the e-meter probably a dozen times for free. We found a few of my deepest darkest secrets (engrams-subconcious scatomas) and I was very very grateful. ”

That segment already told me that this poor chap lying through his teeth.

What a promo though.

The most accurate description of what this thing really is was stated by Yashar Ali. He is generally recognized as one of the Internet’s leading experts. He said:

“It is a criminal organization set up as a for-profit business masquerading as a religion.”

I would like to add:

The reason he calls it a “criminal” organization may be because it uses mind control techniques and extremely high sales pressure techniques that often results in members “donating” all their wealth including all their bank accounts, all real property, all retirement plans, all of their childrens’ college funds, etc. until people are driven into bankruptcy. Any attempt that a member makes to complain about this treatment results in the so-called “disconnection” from all of their family members. Disconnection is almost identical to “shunning”. In addition, this cult has become expert in convincing members to increase all of their credit card limits to the maximum and then borrowing every penny they can from the credit card companies until they are all maxxed out. Since they cannot possibly pay what they owe, most are forced into bankruptcy. A most terrible life.

Members are treated in a terrible, almost medieval fashion and the punishments for any transgressions are often inhuman and would be clearly criminal except for the fact that by calling this scam a “religion”, they are able to inflict all manner of brutal punisments on their members which would be clearly considered criminal if they could not use the First Ammendment to claim these punishments are not criminal because they fall under the heading of religious exceptions.

This cult has spent more than 50 years refining their techniques to avoid the criminal law and they are now one of the strongest scams this world has ever known. Their current net worth is estimated to be more than $3 billion dollars. That is mostly due to the fact they were able to secure a religious tax exemption which means they never pay any tax for any reason.

Many people have been calling for the end to this Tax Exemption Status. But this cult spends as much money as it takes on lawyers to fight and intimidate anyone who complains about their treatment or about their tax exempt status.