This guy, like so many other IAS Freedom Medal winners, got awarded for accomplishments in “disseminating scientology” – and promptly stopped those activities and started being a fundraiser for the IAS.
There are literally dozens of Freedom Medal winners who promptly vanished from the scene, most of whom only appear to raise money for the IAS.
From the “disseminators” to the “psych busters” (and if you added up their supposed accomplishments, psychiatry should be a distant memory at this point as they have “shut down” psychiatry in so many places everyone has lost count) to the “Way to Happiness” peace bringers who have tamed the gangs in LA and brought peace and happiness to Venezuela, Ukraine, Israel and Colombia to the Drug Free champions who cut the supply of dangerous drugs in Italy and salvaged entire populations in nation after nation to the Educators who saved Nigeria and many other countries with “study tech” and the Criminal Reformers who put “LRH tech” into the entire Indonesian prison system and all across South Africa — these people stopped what they were doing after their videos aired and the clapping died down s they walked off stage with their medals around their necks. (See earlier post IAS Freedom Medal Winners)
Even the almighty Tom Cruise, disseminator extraordinaire and winner of the Freedom Medal of Valor because he stood so far above all the other Freedom Medal Winners, no longer disseminates scientology. In fact, reporters are forbidden to ASK him about scientology.
As with everything in scientology — it’s all about photo ops and fundraising.
unelectedfloofgoofer says
When Freedom Medal laureates appear at fundraisers the cult members think they are super dedicated true believers with a true love for humanity, but in reality they’re just chasing the sweet commissions.
LoosingMyReligion says
They are just pathetically keeping the DM stat up. The Sea Org Reserves. How pathetic this can be. If this stat Is up he is right
Xenu caused the Wall of Fire and he caused the body-thetan problem for which OT 3 thru 7 exorcism steps supposedly fix .... says
I finally see the long made point that FSMing and IASMing is equivalent to multi-level marketing sales.
Because very few Scientologists make it to the Xenu/body-thetans quack exorcism levels OT 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, and how many stall and never reach OT 8,
It’s a stretched out imagination quack therapy and quack exorcism multi-level marketing scam with people adopting the Hubbard mentality that this is their religion.
Religion multi-level marketing.
The era of the “reg”. Scam others into doing the scam and make commissions.
All for Xenu’s body-thetans exorcism which sometimes drags out for decades.
And all the lower level Scientologists, which I was, can go decades without even knowing about the Xenu body-thetans exorcism steps of OT 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 being just imaginary exorcism.
Never do Scientology, never waste a minute other than to learn the Xenu story and relay that to interested persons.
Cindy says
They make a lot of money regging for the IAS. They get big commissions. That’s why all of them drop the other stuff and reg only for the IAS. Money, baby, it talks!
LoosingMyReligion says
Cindy, SCN has been engaging in a form of internal selfcannibalism for some time now, as it can no longer acquire new “bodies in.” From a medical standpoint, it is a severe form of autoimmune disease.
Cindy says
So true. It used to be that the Bodies in the Shop stat was very important cuz it meant new people exposed to Scn and new blood and new pc’s. But no more. Davey’s only stat now is money in the coffers, HIS coffers. So what happens when his elderly Whales die off? Will their kids, their heirs, want to give their millions to the church like mommy and daddy did? I doubt it. The end is nigh.
LoosingMyReligion says
In fact, many organizations that are managing to “crystallize” by keeping the people they have is a real success. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to get new members and even harder to bring back those who have gone offline.
But perhaps the most critical issue is getting new staff. This will be crucial in the near future.
Old staff leaving, expensive organizations to manage but empty, key roles not being filled. It doesn’t look good.
Arnold Erickson says
Imagine what Tom could have accomplished if he had dedicated himself to disseminating the Way to Happiness in the Sudan rather than performing stunts at the Olympics. But the freedom in the freedom medals means you are free to raise money.