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Taryn Kelly Rinder

January 22, 2023 By Mike Rinder 28 Comments

My daughter, Taryn, was born on 22 January 1978. Today she turns 45. I thought I would take the opportunity to reprint the letter addressed to her and her brother at the start of A Billion Years. And also to put some photos of her here. As you may know if you read my book, after I escaped in 2007 my personal belongings were sent to me, without ANY of my photos or anything that memorialized my life in the Sea Org. Since then, scientology has spent inordinate amounts of money creating internet hate sites about me, many focused around my children and ex-wife. They have used some of my photos … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids Tagged With: Barbara Rinder, Benjamin Rinder, Cathy Rinder, Ian Rinder, Taryn Rinder, Taryn Teutsch

Want to be a Sea Org Parent?

June 6, 2022 By Mike Rinder 39 Comments

Thanks to Christi Gordon for uncovering some new documents that have not seen the light of day before. This one is a fascinating glimpse into the mindset of the Sea Org with respect to children. The basic gist of this issue from 1982 is this. Sea Org members are supposed to produce 5X what it costs to retain them Babies produce no monetary exchange to the Sea Org Babies cost the Sea Org at least $3000 a year To be able to keep a child in the Sea Org you have to prove that you are providing more than adequate exchange for yourself AND for your child(ren) otherwise you are not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids, Sea Org Tagged With: Christi Gordon, David Miscavige, Parent Financial Eligibility Review, Sea Org kids

Joburg Org Getting ‘Em Young

September 4, 2021 By Mike Rinder 17 Comments

  Joburg Org is working overtime to get those old thetans in young bodies back onto the Bridge. Quite possibly these are the only public on service in the org.... There are after all only two students' graphs on the wall.   When these courses are delivered in schools or businesses, they are denominated as "secular"... They are exactly the same thing in a scientology org (in this case Jobur) as they are in a Delphi school or a WISE Consulting business. Here is a screenshot from the ABLE website promoting exactly the same book for "secular" use:   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Kids Tagged With: Ideal Orgs, Joiburg org, Kids, Learning How to Learn, Secular tech, WISE

More Wasted Lives

July 28, 2021 By Mike Rinder 35 Comments

How sad is this? Embarking on a "career" path to nowhere. I assume these are children of scientologist parents -- probably some commenters here know their families. Such a horrific waste. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Clearwater, Kids Tagged With: Abby Byrnes, Belleair Mission, Sara graves, Sarah Eckelberry

Scientology Child Auditors — Child Abuse

January 6, 2021 By Mike Rinder 30 Comments

Thanks to "10000 OT VIII" we can bring you this. So much to unpack. Former scientologists have often discussed "child auditors" in scientology, and I think some believe it is an exaggeration. This child has already been through the grueling TR's, including TR 0 bullbait -- where you are goaded, teased or intimidated "bullbaited" to react in some fashion whether flinching, laughing, blushing or blinking and then made to do endure the abuse over and over until there is no reaction. Now, this 9 year old child is counseling another child through their traumatic experiences, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Golden Age of Tech, Kids Tagged With: Auckland Org, child abuse, child auditing Golden Age of Tech, David Miscavige, Flag, Joburg sec check, Karen Hollander, Lauren Hollander, perversion, Purification Program, TR 0 bullbait

Grooming the “Next Generation” of “Org Execs”

October 19, 2019 By Mike Rinder 32 Comments

This is how scientologists are groomed from an early age. Indoctrination into the Hubbard "study tech" which teaches you that if something he said doesn't make sense, it is simply because there is a word or symbol you have not understood. According to Valentina Smith, these are the "next generation of org execs". Valentina is one of the Admins on the "Scientology - Perth" Facebook group (where this was posted). As I recall, she is one of the lonely staff of the Perth "ideal org", though I may be mistaken. Scientology increasingly relies on second and third generations to be their "new … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs, Kids Tagged With: Children, Ideal Orgs, Kids, Perth, Valentina Smith

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