That is hilarious, but only Miscavige would be able to walk through the door and stand up in the structure.

Miscavige keeps the loyalty of the whales by having them believe in “expansion”. The whales are mostly “publics” who have to police the information they receive and transmit about the cult. Ironically one of those, Grant Cardone, has a bigger personal cult following (which is a pretty accurate way to describe it) than Scientology itself.

The celebrities aren’t really delivering for Scientology anymore, few being willing to plug the cult publicly. A purging of executives, virtually no new recruitment, and no succession plan. If it really hits the fan for them (and there’s no certainty of when or whether it even happens), who’d be left for them to turn to?

Have you seen those commercials about meds, then that disclaimer with all the possible side effects that has you thinking “oh yea, I want to take that! Not”.

Any suggestions about what a scientology ad would be?

Sign up for scientology courses and help to clear the planet, save the planet! Don’t forget the Spiritual Freedom! WooHoo!

disclaimer: we make no promises, or guarantees, or proof of success, but this may cause loss of connection to family and friends, loss of all assets, loss of privacy. Don’t stop scientology without the express consent of your spiritual advisor or it may create harassment and loss of pets, jobs, reputation. If any of these occur it’s your own fault and you need to return and seek counseling and courses and keep climbing that bridge. Cash and credit cards accepted.

I hear you on everything, Richard. And, yes, although not ever wealthy, I too was once a fundamentalist in that I believed that everyone should eventually do Scientology. And back then, nothing could have convinced me otherwise. Of course I was operating on limited data that had been carefully spoon fed to me. So I forgive myself. And you too, my son 🙂

LOL!

Don’t forget there is a next boat to collect money for too. The Freewinds is now a permanently moored office block with accommodation.

Mary, keep in mind that Duggan still has kids in Scientology, so he can be expected to keep up appearances in order to avoid disconnection.

While this seems like a major show of loyalty, it may be just a token compared to what he has done in the past; and he may be the largest donor to the project based on what he gave in the past when he and his ex-wife were still very active together. My guess would be that even if he’s on his way “out,” he’s at that stage where he still believes that there is some good in Scientology and that he got something out of it, so it wouldn’t be entirely disingenuous, either.

Hubbard/Scn has managed to capture and hold perhaps a hundred wealthy patrons. My guess is that most of them would write a similar “testimonial” as Duggan. Maybe it fills a void in their life and gives meaning to their life? If they were questioned about the obvious abuses in scn who knows how they would respond or if they would respond at all. It’s probably easy breezy to get through a security check if you are wealthy and a fundamentalist. I could probably begrudgingly call myself a fundamentalist when I was in since I believed that everyone should eventually do scientology.

patron – a person who supports with money, gifts, efforts, or endorsement an artist, writer, museum, cause, charity, institution, special event, or the like:
a patron of the arts; patrons of the annual Democratic dance.

Hey Bob, if you read this, I can save you millions. If I did this for you, would you pay me a commission?

Scamology could get rid of every member today and not come “crashing down”. It has enough assets to keep up appearances for more than a century.