You heard it here first. The First Clear Country is going to be the United States, according to ASHO. This is the organization that was created SOLELY to deliver the Briefing Course and Power Processing. They haven't had a Briefing Course for 20 years, since Miscavige decided it was "off-Source" (even though the course is almost entirely simply listening to the lectures Hubbard delivered to the Briefing Course students at St Hill in the early 60's) and Power Processing is the MySpace of scientology services. A "thing" in the past, nothing today. So, apparently they have turned their … [Read more...]
Scientologists: Republicans or Democrats? Pro-Choice or Pro-Life?
I am often asked this question, and my answer is usually that while there is no hard and fast rule, scientologists tend to lean Republican because of Hubbard's words: He opposed "big government" (pretty much ALL government -- it's "group bank") He opposed welfare -- that is "rewarding downstats." He opposed taxes. He believed homosexuality is an "aberration" He opposed government funded medical programs because "they support psychiatry." These positions pretty much ensure any good scientologist is a Republican voter. We saw in 2016 that the only precinct in LA that voted for Trump for … [Read more...]
Making Planetary Clearing an Unreality
Here's a recent post on Facebook. You know scientology constantly goes on about how they "are Clearing the Planet." The reality of course is something entirely different. Here is a new Clear. His Clear number is 75,906. This is the GRAND TOTAL of all Clears made since 1950 -- or at least since 1966 when they handed out the first Clear bracelet to John McMaster (subsequently declared a Suppressive Person -- far from the magical powers of a "Clear'). 75,000 Clears in 50 or so years is not going to Clear Andorra (more than half of these "Clears" are no longer "Clear" … [Read more...]
Between Lives Implants and Clams
This recent promotion on Facebook brought up the subject of "Between Lives Implants," one of Hubbard's crazier concepts. Their lecture is necessarily a regurgitation of Hubbard's "technology" contained in his wonderfully bonkers book, History of Man. You know, the one that begins: This is a cold-blooded and factual account of your last sixty trillion years. The test of any knowledge is its usefulness. Does it make one happier or more able? By it and with it, can he better achieve his goals ? This is useful knowledge. With it the blind again see, the lame walk, … [Read more...]
Correct Estimation of Effort
This is one of the things scientology is absolutely insane about. They convince themselves they are "clearing the planet," "changing the civilization" and "salvaging earth" because they tell themselves it is so. Yet the truth is they have no measurable impact on anything except the lives of those they come in direct contact with. This "briefing" will of course be a complete joke. Their special message about "International Dissemination" is not going to be anything remotely close to covering what the "correct estimation of effort" is because that would be so unreal and uncomfortable that … [Read more...]
Can Scientologists be Christians or Jews Too?
This is the eighth "vacation" post, revisiting some of the more important articles to have appeared on my blog over the years. The original post and comments is here. Scientology likes to tell the world that you can be a scientologist and also be a Christian, Jew, Buddhist or anything else. This is an "acceptable truth" (defined by Hubbard this way: Handling truth is a touchy business also. You don't have to tell everything you know-that would jam the comm line too. Tell an acceptable truth. Agreement with one's message is what PR is seeking to achieve. Thus the message … [Read more...]
Scientology Homophobia
This is the sixth "vacation" post, revisiting some of the more important articles to have appeared on my blog over the years. The original post and comments is here. Is scientology homophobic? There has been considerable discussion about this. In today's world, where it is no longer socially acceptable to be anti-gay, scientology has taken steps to attempt to portray itself as tolerant and welcoming of the LGBT community. But similar to scientology's claims that disconnection "doesn't exist" or is simply a "personal choice," the PR smokescreen hides an ugly and … [Read more...]
The “Glory” of Scientology’s Dead “Enemies”
This is the fifth "vacation" post, revisiting some of the more important articles to have appeared on my blog over the years. The original post and comments can be found here. A couple of days ago, Tony Ortega posted a lengthy "success story" from a woman who had recently completed "Super Power." Of course, it was over-the-top bizarre, but one paragraph stood out: While on the rundown two major SPs (2.5 percent) connected to my dynamics received their bitter end. One died in an unexpected way, and the other got put in a psychiatric hospital by his best friend. This filled … [Read more...]
Why Do Scientologists Lie?
This is the third "vacation" post, revisiting some of the more important articles to have appeared on my blog over the years. The original post and comments can be found here. I originally posted a version of this in early 2017. I have updated it with additional information and quotes. It's important, especially in light of the ongoing prosecution of Danny Masterson, other investigations, and civil cases. Anyone who confronts scientology witnesses needs to understand the nature of the beast. While repeatedly asserting that they are "the most ethical group … [Read more...]
A Scientology Committee of Evidence is NOT Arbitration
This is the second "vacation" post, revisiting some of the more important articles to have appeared on my blog over the years. The original post, along with the comments, can be found here. See also, these other posts on the subject of scientology "arbitration" li9nked lower in this post. Scientology has managed to persuade courts that people who signed Enrollment Agreements as a condition of starting a scientology service, are bound by a paragraph of the agreement where they agree to resolve disputes through a scientology "religious arbitration." Here is the language … [Read more...]