Agreed. The church PR is so bad and so far gone it can never be repaired. Once I got out I realized that the church is universally hated, even by my friends and family who I thought were “okay” with it. Truth is, they were just playing nice so I wouldn’t disconnect from them. What a fool I was.

“Miscavige Holy Office Policy Letter”

LAUGHTER!

Craig doesn’t go into the Orgs. Sally is the one that coughs up the payola. She doesn’t go into the Orgs either. She is a nice lady. They gave 550K to have a boat refurbished “for Sea Org Training”. Nobody has seen that lovely little sailboat for decades that I know about. I heard some of the Freewinds staff went out in it a few times. I wonder what ever happened to it. Reno’s could not have been more than

The way they talk about getting your donations credited towards your next status level is just like how airlines tell you they will post mileage to your frequent flier account so that you can earn your next status level — gold, silver, platinum, executive platinum. The only difference is that when I get credit towards my next status level with an airline, it results in free trips, upgrades to first class, and other good things that make me happy. It doesn’t result in a ruined credit rating, depleted savings, bankruptcy or foreclosure.

i agree completely. On marty’s blog i have written many times of my beleif that the “admin tech” is a very flawed body of work, unlike the spiritual tech which really works well and helps people. There are some really great nuggets of “tech” in the admin vols, like the Data Series and parts of the Conditions tech, and others. But most of the Ethics policy is simply dangerous when also backed up by fanatical robotic central authority.

Good for her!

Yes, in the Age of the Internet, all that robotic outflow of the church only drives the public to goodle and the critics of the church. Thankfully, there are sincere indies out there for the true seekers to connect with for spiritual help, but the vast majority will simply see all the drama and choose to avoid the whole mess–but at least they won’t get mauled by the church.

This being true, and given its nature, the Cof$ has no choice but to practise extrmeme financial vampirism upon its remaining membership. Of course, this is a game of ever diminishing returns and is ultimately unsustanable from a membership standpoint. The church is the crawling dead. It is the sincere and hard working indpedent scientologist that will preserve the subject for future genterations.

I agree, it is insane to think that fundraising is what will solve the the condition of failing ideal Orgs. I remember a time when getting auditing, training and wins were the focus. I can hear the wins now, “I drilled to ask my mother to take a 2nd mortgage out so can borrow the money to donate to the ideal org in Timbuktu – and by using command intention she did it! Woo hoo, I’m such a powerful being.”

Good for her! Yes, in the Age of the Internet, all that outflow from Cof$ simply drives the public to google and the critics of the church. Thankfully, there are sinciere indies out there for the true seekers to connect with for spiritual help. Sadly, the vast majority will simply avoid the whole mess, but at least they get the info needed to avoid getting mauled by the church. Minus the facism, Scientology is a wonderful thing to do, and its the hard working and sincere independent scientologists who will preserve the subject for future generations.