Our old friend Brian Lambert reached out to me with a new guest post. As always, he has an insightful take on things. THE MOST PRECIOUS LESSONS I LEARNED BEING A SCIENTOLOGIST My 11 year Scientology experience has yielded essential survival lessons. These lessons are so valuable, in my view, that countless times I’ve communicated to my wife (a never in) how grateful I am for my experience in the Scientology mind prison . When I’ve dissected with great focus and unrelenting self inquiry what were key psychological elements of personal damage skillfully implanted into my mind, … [Read more...]
Scientology Eerily Similar to Domestic Abuse
I received this from a reader and I felt it deserved a wider audience. She has many insightful observations, and it is most gratifying to read that the exposure of abuses in scientology reaches a wider audience of victims, something Leah and I were both hoping would be an outcome of our work. As a Domestic Abuse Survivor, Leah Remini’s “Scientology and the Aftermath’ Is So Relatable, It’s Scary. Binge-watching the Scientology series, I was shocked to recognize myself and the abusive situation that I had lived through in the stories of Scientologists who had escaped their … [Read more...]
Scientology Squeals Victim
The response to Leah”s lawsuit is scientology’s standard “a bigot is being mean to us poor victims” drivel. This one is especially unhinged, indicative of how worried David Miscavige is about this latest lawsuit naming him. The greater the purple prose and insanity of the inevitable ridiculous comparisons they make directly correlates to the level of volcanic eruption that occurred in the COB suite when he found out about the lawsuit. As Scientology responses go, this one is in the Hall of Fame. I am including their whole statement here in indented italics with my comments … [Read more...]
Best “Apology” Ever
This is perhaps the best "apology" ever issued to scientology, by an Irish satirical news organization Waterford Whispers News. I love the Irish, always have, but then spent some absolutely magical time in Dublin and my connection to the Irish became unbreakable. Their unique sense of humor and absolute "I don't give a shit what you think" attitude is so pervasive it could be called the national character. This piece illustrates everything I love about the Irish. If you have not seen it yet, enjoy! https://twitter.com/WhispersNewsLTD/status/1676186234152968192 … [Read more...]
Justice for Danny Masterson’s Victims
At last, a measure of justice for the victims of Danny Masterson. It has been too long coming. And these women have had to endure WAY too much to get to this point. Each of them are strong beyond comprehension to have survived the ordeal they were put through: first by Masterson, then by scientology, then by law enforcement and finally having to relive the horrendous events in not just one, but two trials. If you think you have any idea the emotional, mental and physical toll this sort of experience exacts, unless you have endured it personally, you cannot know. I hope these 3 victims, … [Read more...]
Chat GPT on Psychiatry and Scientology/L. Ron Hubbard
My friend Phil Jones sent this to me. He received a copy of an email from "Psychbuster Extraordinaire" Ken Kramer. Ken thought it would be amusing to have ChatGPT do a takedown of psychiatry. Dear ChatGPT, "Can you write two pages or 800 words about psychiatry in the style of Mark Twain, scathing, humorous, cynical, ironic?" "Certainly! Here’s a scathing, humorous, cynical, and ironic piece about psychiatry in the style of Mark Twain:" Psychiatry: A Madhouse of Foolishness By ChatGPT May 21, 2023 I have had the misfortune of encountering a peculiar breed of … [Read more...]
What Happened to the Biggest Disseminator in History?
Remember when Tom Cruise was lauded with the Flavor Flav "Freedom Medal of Valor" for being the greatest disseminator in the history of scientology? The video went on and on about how he is relentless and unwavering in his efforts to get the word out about scientology. That he has "brought LRH tech to over 1 billion people on earth, and that's just the beginning..." Remember the stories about how he rounded up all the celebrities in LA and read them the riot act about not being dedicated enough and not doing their bit to expand scientology? Those days are long gone. He … [Read more...]
Simon Weisenthal Center Pandering to Tom Cruise, Anti-Semitic Sympathizer
Please watch the YouTube video I did on this subject with Marc Headley this evening. The fact that the Simon Wiesenthal center lauds Tom Cruise by having him be a co-chair of their "National Tribute Dinner" is puzzling if not disturbing. Back in 2011 they honored him with their "Medal of Valor" Tom Cruise is one of the recipients of the IAS Freedom Medal (he got a special one a "Freedom Medal of Valor" with a larger medal) -- this is what you see in the photo at the top of the post. Another recipient of this medal is Tony Muhammad, Western Regional Director of … [Read more...]
Another Wealth of Scientology Information
A reader just made us aware of this excellent resource of information about scientology at the website pseudoscientology.us It's a great collection of valuable information. This is a list of some of the recent posts: Check it out. The more information there is available about the abuses of scientology and the lies it spreads, the better the world will be. … [Read more...]
Easter Special — Scientology v. Christianity
Amy Scobee and I did a YouTube video livestream about scientology and Christianity on Good Friday. If you haven't watched it, please do so. The documents on screen in this video can be found in this earlier post: Can Scientologists be Christians or Jews Too? In the video, I mentioned the "White Paper" Pastor Willy Rice had put together on this subject some years ago and promised to try to get a copy and post it for viewers of the video to watch. I include the title page of the 25 page document below. You can click here to read it in its entirety: Scientology- A Christian Response to … [Read more...]