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...]
Regraded Being
Thursday Funnies
What it means to get ready for OT IX and X Absolutely nothing. There is no "meaning", there is nothing to mean about... California Completion Gala They've got 2 left. Not a new org in sight and nothing has changed with the opening of SFO, Steven's Creek, Los Gatos, Orange County, San Diego, LA Org, CCLA, Valley, Inglewood, Sacramento... 40 million people now being "served" by 10 ideal orgs getting nowhere, will then have 12 getting nowhere. What will be different? What's the point? It's a "game" and when this one ends they will invent another. They love "games" … [Read more...]
Disconnection — Scientology’s Spin
Scientology has long attempted to defend the sordid abuses of disconnection by proclaiming it is a "personal choice" and an "individual right." Tad Reeves, a devout scientologist and OSA frontman is active on social media attempting to promote and also defend scientology from "attacks." He has a blog, and frankly, he seems like a decent guy caught in the distorted world of scientology-think. What is most interesting is that he goes into such detail about the subject of disconnection. His utterances on this subject are certainly coordinated/cleared with OSA before he posts them. This is the … [Read more...]
The Hypocrisy of the IAS
Today is "Giving Tuesday" -- the idea is to stimulate online charitable giving to help those in need. When I got the email from the IAS I had to google this to see if it was a "thing" or just the latest invention of scientology to get people to part with their money. Here is the first thing that showed up on my google search -- and it is a typical example of the orrganizations that participate in this: But here is what is even more important about this organization and others who participate in this program: Yes, 85% of the money they raise goes to those in need. And their … [Read more...]
Ideal Org Failure #47X – San Francisco
SFO is one of the first ideal orgs (the "originals" were Buffalo, Joburg, NY and SFO)... The email accompanying this said "San Francisco is going SH Size". This "ideal org" had it's ribbon yanked by the Chairman of the Bored on 29 Nov 2003. That is almost exactly 14 years ago. FOURTEEN YEARS and this org has not expanded to the "Make-break" point, the size where staff can earn a living wage according to L. Ron Hubbard. Of course, the other "original" "ideal" orgs are also dismal failures. Buffalo has never amounted to anything at all. New York continues to struggle. Joburg, the one … [Read more...]
Clearwater Con Job
Winter Wonderland is coming to Clearwater once again. What is different about this year? It's not the fact that scientologists pretend to celebrate Christmas when they believe christians are "wogs" who need to be saved -- that has always been the case. I have included excerpts from a couple of choice Hubbard writings on the importance of "Safe Pointing" areas and how scientologists are expected to view and address other religions. No, this year their promotion has NO MENTION of scientology. Apparently Winter Wonderland is done by the "Clearwater Community Volunteers" and the word … [Read more...]
Scientology and Help
It's SaTerraDay... Scientology and Help The best band of all time said it best: “Help! I need somebody. Help! Not just anybody. Help! You know I need someone. Help!” Friends, family and countrymen have all failed to help us at times throughout our lives. Mom and Dad, brothers and sisters, ex-husbands and ex-wives have all shirked their duties at to help. We’ve all experienced times where we’ve asked for help, only to be rebuffed, told to scram, told to we were losers and not worth the trouble. We’ve been promised the moon, only to taste green cheese. We’ve been promised fortunes, happiness, … [Read more...]
Regraded Being
Sorry, we experienced some unexpected technical difficulty with RB, exacerbated by the holiday. So, I have resurrected one of my favorite earlier editions. Hopefully everything will be back to normal next week. … [Read more...]