It seems Paul Clark is not the only one "spreading the flap" on the Razzline (see recent post "Don't Freak Out"). These guys just don't seem able to restrain themselves. By the time this program airs there won't be anyone in the bubble that is not aware of it. And believe me, a lot of people will watch it out of curiosity even though they are warned not to do so. It has really been built up BIG TIME inside the church. Normally it is pretty easy for the run of the mill Kool Aid drinker to ignore anything that is in the media as merely being the rabid utterances of the "merchants of … [Read more...]
“Don’t Freak Out”
The Razzline is doing an effective job of "spreading the flap" -- letting everyone know about the HBO "hatchet job" that is coming... Working in league with the church, they are demonstrating remarkable prowess in making this the most well promoted documentary ever to appear on HBO, perhaps on television. From: Paul Clark [mailto:clack45@yahoo.com] Sent: Friday, January 30, 2015 6:58 AM To: TheRazzLine Email Service Subject: Opinion. Re "Hatchet Jobs" on the church and the most recent movie. Don't freak out and don't be effect every time some self-important jerk does a … [Read more...]
Cardone on Compassion, Wiki on Going Clear
The real question here is how "GC" applies his philosophy to himself. Does he fear the church? Is this why he and his beautiful bride hand over so much cash to keep the church happy? In that case, does he classify himself as the weak that listen to them? This guy is a caricature of everything that is bad about scientologists. Money and status obsessed. Arrogant. No empathy. And absolutely certain he has the answers to everything. Except perhaps how he can be such a dupe... Wikipedia on Going Clear Someone has done an excellent job with the new Wikipedia entry … [Read more...]
Scientology’s Age Of Evasion
Scientology's "Golden Age of Evasion" (GAE) is unfolding in all its glory. They ran an ad on the Super Bowl they called "Age of Answers," proclaiming "welcome to the age of answers." Like most things scientological, what they state is the polar opposite of reality. First, the ad was placed only in those areas with "Ideal Orgs" -- and not even all of those qualified. Some of those "ideal orgs" are such pitiful failures that nothing could justify throwing away money placing the ad in their market. The ads were placed FOR EXISTING SCIENTOLOGISTS. Fearing the repercussions of exposure of … [Read more...]
Going Clear Prison of Belief II
This is a cheat, partly because I am traveling today, but more because I think Tony Ortega has literally said almosgt everything I wanted to say about the second showing of the film at his blog. He recounts my thoughts after last night as we sat together and I felt able to watch it more objectively than the first time. The art of this film is how it is woven together into a cohesive picture. The problem with this film from scientology's perspective is that they will NOT be able to convince people that everyone in it is just lying (audiences will make their own value judgments about the … [Read more...]
Going Clear: The Prison Of Belief
I am late to the party with my thoughts about Alex Gibney's Going Clear The Prison Of Belief, not being as diligent as Tony Ortega, who despite NOT being a "former Scientologist" nevertheless has the work ethic of a dedicated Sea Org member. There are numerous media accounts of the film and the premiere and I will not try and recount everything, because I don't want to spend hours rehashing what has already been said by others. And frankly, nobody else's take on the movie is going to have the same meaning to you as you will get when you have the opportunity to see it. Which is itself high … [Read more...]
Volunteer Ministers Hype
This is the text of the full page USA Today ad that appeared last Thursday. Back in the good old days, USA Today required DETAILED proof of the claims made in church ads. Today, pretty much anything goes.... A global movement more than 200,000 strong. Active in better than 120 nations. Based on the rest of the scientology demographics, more than half of the total activities occur in the United States. So, ballparking it means there are more than 100,000 VMs in the US. So, where were they when the massive tornadoes rolled through Oklahoma? They tried to … [Read more...]
Here They Go Again
The champions of protecting intellectual property rights (as long as they are their own) are at it again. This is the organization that promotes itself as the LARGEST private humanitarian relief force on earth. That they are at the forefront of guaranteeing human rights. Their dear leader has repeatedly equated himself with the Catholic Pope (as recently as his letters to HBO). Yet, they don't put HIS picture on the Way To Happiness booklets. Of course, harsh reality is that if they did put his photoshopped visage on their booklet, everyone who didn't burst out laughing would … [Read more...]
Shit Scientology Says
This is the third in the scientology HBO footbullet series. See the two previous posts. My comments about are in blue. They follow reviewing the Freedom magazine pages about Alex Gibney and HBO. Below is the introductory statement: More than two years after Alex Gibney, Lawrence Wright and HBO started working in secret on a film glorifying bitter, vengeful apostates expelled from the Church of Scientology for malfeasance, they continue to stonewall any offers to meet with Church officials. Furthermore, they won’t tell the Church any of their allegations, let alone allow for a fair and … [Read more...]
Scientology/The Media Redux
Thanks to Tony Ortega for being right on the ball and putting up the image of the full page footbullet early this morning. Tony also took the time to retype the text of the ad and I am taking a few minutes to comment on some of their drivel. First, there is this quote from Monique Edwige Yingling in the NY Times article of last evening: "Monique E. Yingling, a lawyer for the church, said shunning was practiced by a number of religions, has been upheld as legally permissible by courts and, in the case of Scientology, is reserved for those who have started “attacking the r … [Read more...]