It was a wet and windy night but apart from a lot of debris and no power we came through unscathed. Sadly, the same can’t be said for many others in the area — we will only start seeing the extent of the damage now there is light. As always, your kind thoughts and support are much appreciated. … [Read more...]
Hurricane Milton
Hurricane Milton is heading our way -- right into the middle of west Florida. The latest tracking from the Nation Hurricane Center shows it making landfall around 1am on Thursday morning. It is currently a Cat 5 -- though expected to lower to a Cat 3 before landfall (though these predictions can be wrong). Either way, it is a major storm. I have been trying to answer as many texts and emails as I can from people wishing us well and that we remain safe. Our home is NOT in an evacuation zone and we are not in danger of flooding. It is a brick construction and won't get blown off it's … [Read more...]
The Great Hubbard Archives Scam
One of the great scams Hubbard and scientology has engaged in is the "Archives Project." The pitch: the scribblings of L. Ron Hubbard are so important to the universe that they must be preserved for all time so when life returns to earth after the inevitable nuclear holocaust has turned it into a wasteland, the "tech" will be there for them to start over again. To that end, Hubbard designated the bulk of his estate be allocated to an organization that would be created for this purpose. This is the "Church of Spiritual Technology" or CST. Hubbard's money could not be transferred to CST … [Read more...]
Scientology and Litigation
I came across this on the STAND website. As with everything they ever utter, it is laced with falsehoods. What is the Scientology position regarding litigation? During the history of the Church, some individuals sought to make money from unfounded allegations, but the Church successfully defended against those claims. Well, not exactly. Julie Christofferson won a massive judgment, so did Larry Wollersheim. The family of Lisa McPherson extracted a lrge settlement, so did many victims of Narconon. Litigation involving Churches of Scientology in America is virtually nonexistent today. Only … [Read more...]
LA is on the Verge of a Moral Revival
So they finally admit that the numerous previous fundraising efforts that brought about "mass distribution" of WTH in LA accomplished nothing. They are now going to begin bringing about the revival. Here is what their press release says: Los Angeles is on the verge of a moral revival, and Artists for a Better World International (AFABW) is leading the way! The dynamic LA-based non-profit is creating a buzz by distributing The Way to Happiness, a common sense guide to better living. According to AFABW’s President, Barbara C., the response to the custom-printed covers of The Way to H … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Free Dinner Really wonder if anyone shows up to these things... Native American dance -- do not want to miss! Battling for a lost cause. More dinners on offer Double Dipping You need to be an IAS member AND a local Malmo org member? This quote... Presented with "much love" Why? Because it's cheaper than anywhere else Their unattainable target Flag has 25K SNOTs, AOLA has 150 Solo auditors. 250 is such a drop in the bucket it won't accomplish anything even if they make this impossible … [Read more...]
L. Ron Hubbard: The Metteya (New Buddha)
This is quite strange. Scientology no longer publishes Hubbard’s Hymn of Asia for obvious reasons… Hubbard was never one to hide his light under a bushel. Pronouncing himself a doctor, nuclear physicist, war hero, master mariner, great philosopher, musician, photographer, cinematographer and more, he also claimed he was the second coming of the Buddha. He wrote a poem called Hymn of Asia supposedly to be presented to a Buddhist convention in the mid 50’s. In this book he claims the Buddha is to be reincarnated in 1950 as a golden/red-haired Westerner. Wonder who that could be? The book … [Read more...]
Scientology in India
This promo piece prompted me to re-emphasize something I have said many times in the past. The idea that scientology is "clearing the planet" is a farce. The two most populous nations on earth -- India and China -- do not have a SINGLE scientology org between them. They are not making ANY Clears, and don't even have the ability to do so. Recently, India with 1.417 billion inhabitants, overtook China (1.412 billion) -- between them they account for 35% of the earth's 7.95 billion people. If you add Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, Russia, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Egypt -- all … [Read more...]
L. Ron Hubbard: My Philosophy
I recently did a post about “What Is Greatness” (L. Ron Hubbard -- Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?). This is a follow up with another of Hubbard's "PR" pieces intended to make him sound magnanimous and benign. These are the two pillars of the Hubbard myth. If you read My Philosophy without blindly accepting what he has to say, it is apparent that his philosophy is to tell a whole lot of lies. I'm not going to document each of the lies with the factual citations — just make note of the most egregious ones in he recounting of "hi philosophy." If you want to know the truth read Barefaced Messiah by … [Read more...]
Become “Superhuman”
For many years, the German Government have cited the fact that scientology wants to create "superhumans" as a major concern and threat to their constitution based on the history of Nazis plans for a "master race" consisting of Übermensch. (From Wikipedia: The term Übermensch was used frequently by Hitler and the Nazi regime to describe their idea of a biologically superior Aryan or Germanic master race; a racial version of Nietzsche's Übermensch became a philosophical foundation for Nazi ideas. The Nazi notion of the master race also spawned the idea of "inferior humans" (Untermensche … [Read more...]
Safe in Wake of Hurricane Helene
A lot of friends have checked in on us in the wake of the hurricane that passed by yesterday. Fortunately we survived unscathed. Lots of fallen branches and we lost power and don’t know when it will be restored making for a warm house, no internet or ability to cook. But those are minor discomforts in the overall scheme of things and certainly insignificant compared to the losses of so many others. Thank you all for your thoughts and support as always. The Rinder Family … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
The Chan Man is back He is playing football for freedom now? I suspect he is not very good... But there is a free dinner. So maybe some hungry people will come. I get invitations like this all the time -- free dinner and we get to pitch you on our MLM scheme, Time Share, investment planning options or funeral service... Oh-oh... No confidence all those OT VII and Superpowered people aren't going to be able to keep the place safe even though the predictions are that it will NOT hit Tampa Bay? And why move it to the Mission and charge an entrance fee and not offer food? … [Read more...]
Freewinds Failure
I recently did a post How Desperate is the Freewinds? after a promo piece came in offering a $750 "wedding package" on board. I noted that the reason for the Freewinds existing at all was for the delivery of OT VIII -- which supposedly needed to be done "off the crossroads of the world." This was what Miscavige told the public -- who would have much preferred it be delivered at Flag which would not require a second trip to a different org in another part of the world once they completed SNOTs. Funny, yesterday I came across this from a fairly recent edition of Source magazine. As anyone … [Read more...]
L. Ron Hubbard — Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?
Hubbard churned out thousands of writings -- books, magazine articles, policy letters, technical bulletins etc. I have often noted that if something Hubbard said is inconvenient to the current circumstance, you can probably find something else he said that is contradictory and will suit the current need. There are a few writings of Hubbard that were pure self-promotional propaganda. His statement: "the work was free, keep it so" comes to mind, ha ha ha. NOTHING is free in scientology. But perhaps the most blatant of all is his essay "What is Greatness?" It is used by … [Read more...]
More Miscavige Brown-nosing
These self-promotion tweets are so desperate. Miscavige is pleading: "please everyone, don't think I am a bad man. Look what these other people [sheeple caught in the scientology mind prison] say about me. The bad stuff is all lies, made up by people who want to destroy me." How can he not be embarrassed to put this foolishness out into the world? It’s hard to imagine until you remember, sociopaths have no conscience. They don't feel shame or guilt or embarrassment. They will tell the world how wonderful, kind, smart, brave, superior etc etc they are without a second thought. They b … [Read more...]