My +1 was to Espiritu’s comment above regarding Scn continuing into the future.

Well Alanzo,
You just made my day, thank you!

I can’t stop laughing about the ‘they are treated like little mushrooms: kept in the dark and fed bullshit all their lives’. There must be something to that…
Greta

Very thoughtful post, Richard Grant. My opinion as to the survival of the subject of Scientology is that it’s going to survive simply because, as you said, there is so much stuff in it that people have found to be good and useful. It is out there out there and people will always connect with these things because there is so much there that is universal Truth. People will apply these truths in their lives more and more as time goes by. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: No matter what Miscavige or anyone else does …..it’s going to be alright.
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cre8tivewm, the answer is that a person doesn’t die when their body dies. One just keeps going on and on. Of course I can’t prove that to you, but you will find out for yourself eventually one way or another. Same is true for those who have done Scientology OT levels. They don’t die. Just their bodies do. Their bodies die of the same things that other people’s bodies die of. For a spiritual being, there is no death. We are all spiritual beings. Of course I can’t prove that to you either, but in my experience that is the truth of the matter.

Dean, I noticed this outpoint, too. Not a well-surveyed image or slogan for Austin. Whoever designed that poster is not, I suspect, a Texan at all.

I was thinking about this too Richard. Great thorough comment. I also wanted to say it’s quite different to read about something than it is to do it, especially when applying it to yourself is going to produce some change. An imperfect analogy might be studying surgery, reading about all the various things that can occur. Your first actual surgery would be a lot different than the book, blood is pumping! You might want to start with some stiches before you start on the brain. Auditing comes alive when it is applied to someone at the right time, you are engaged and participating in the potential results. It’s easy to make fun of things that one has no personal relationship with. I’ve always been amazed at the complexity of Hinduism, with all it’s god’s, beautiful stories, ghosts and spirits. To Hindus, this is all perfectly normal. The Scn philosophy has never seemed that unusual to me.

ask a minister from scientology “what is scientology?” and a MINISTER, following standard patter will in short order say “go find out for yourself”. shouldn’t this person be able to expound as one would expect a minister would?

I’m an ordained Scientology Minister with my cert still intact.

I expound plenty on the subject.

White Star, I love the point you make here. There is SO MUCH about Scientology that most Scientologists – especially those in the Church – don’t know. They know nothing of Scientology’s court history, Hubbard’s real biography, the sources for Scientology and all the people who developed the tech. They don’t even know how the tech volumes and OEC vols were written (They think Hubbard wrote them all)

And the reason they know so little is because in the Church they are treated like little mushrooms: kept in the dark and fed bullshit all their lives.

Alanzo