Comments on: High Crime and the Cost of Scientology https://www.mikerindersblog.org/high-crime-and-the-cost-of-scientology/ Something Can Be Done About It Sun, 17 Nov 2019 00:17:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Ashley https://www.mikerindersblog.org/high-crime-and-the-cost-of-scientology/#comment-310349 Sun, 17 Nov 2019 00:17:51 +0000 http://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=34309#comment-310349 How can anything calling itself a church honestly ask members to pay those kinds of prices? I go to any regular church and speak to a priest for spiritual advice it doesn’t cost a penny. Even if these voluminous materials really are amazing “tech” why doesn’t the church make it affordable. It is crystal clear that hearing all the latest survivor stories that it was just relentless pressure on the regs to sell,sell,sell and parishioners who feel they have to agree when the church show up at their house and won’t leave have to constantly donate. Oh and oops we made a mistake you now have to repurchase all the basic books back catalogue because of a semi colon being in the wrong place I mean it’s so transparent what they are doing constantly repackaging their services and all the rediculous membership fees. I saw one story where the guy gave 30 years of service and over a million dollars but the second he couldn’t give any more or he would have been in debt was written up because he could have “handled his debts in a year or two and given us more”. I mean it is just disgusting! The sea org members who are doing manual labor 50 hours a week and being paid 40 bucks and being feed slop are actually slapped with a freeloader bill when they leave? Scientology should be the ones paying the freeloader bill. Imagine how much money they save by not paying staff and all the work that is done in Scientology like renovations or building work or training is done in-house so they have bare minimum wage costs, the staff sleep in buildings owned by the church yet which ever org they work for has to pay rent! The org that Aaron Levin smith worked for paid 5,000 a week rent to house the SO members and it also worked out that the money used to feed them per week worked out at 80 cent per meal that’s less than prison inmates! But the worst thing I’ve seen is the policy of declaring members SP’s if they try to get a refund. Everything is designed to extract money that’s it. This church may have some decent members or even some decent programs however most of what they are doing is criminal and I can’t believe they are able to commit these acts so flagrantly citing it under religious freedom. They need to lose their tax exempt status now.

]]> By: Ellen https://www.mikerindersblog.org/high-crime-and-the-cost-of-scientology/#comment-214020 Sun, 25 Mar 2018 17:06:10 +0000 http://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=34309#comment-214020 Any chance I can be anonymously contacted? I feel I am in a dangerous situation just now. Thanks so much for being there.

]]> By: Cecybeans https://www.mikerindersblog.org/high-crime-and-the-cost-of-scientology/#comment-189516 Thu, 07 Sep 2017 16:02:56 +0000 http://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=34309#comment-189516 In reply to Cece.

sorry if my name created confusion for you, as you clearly preceded me in this group!

]]> By: gtsix https://www.mikerindersblog.org/high-crime-and-the-cost-of-scientology/#comment-189334 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 19:36:04 +0000 http://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=34309#comment-189334 In reply to Robert Brittian.

It’s called incremental changes. you don’t go in and they say “Abandon your family now!”. That is years down the road.

You also don’t get onto the OT levels in 2 months (unless you’re really rich). It takes time to indoctrinate yourself into the mindset. You believe the answers the CO$ are providing are real, and you are surrounded by people who (appear) to believe the same. You are slowly worked into a mindset where what you are being asked to do is normal and right.

Mny get in wanting to make themselves and their world better. The hell comes later, when they trapped themselves inside.

You going “undercover” wouldn’t work. You would be outed in a heartbeat by your own words and actions, and banned from any future courses as a PTS.

]]> By: Robert Brittian https://www.mikerindersblog.org/high-crime-and-the-cost-of-scientology/#comment-189305 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 17:26:38 +0000 http://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=34309#comment-189305 I really wish I knew somebody that would put up the money to let me join Scientology as an undercover operative and to report about what it is it’s being said what it is it’s being done cuz I’m totally fascinated by the lunacy of the human beings that get involved I mean what’s their mindset I but I don’t feel sorry for them at all how could they be so stupid I haven’t had a Fascination about it four years having met L Ron Hubbard as a child and having read Dianetics and been to their office in Hollywood but any person that’s going to tell me to give up everything about my life that I like and enjoy and give up all my money I look at them and tell him there are goddamned idiot you know what you can go do with yourself I love my family I love my money I just don’t understand it at all

]]> By: Robert Brittian https://www.mikerindersblog.org/high-crime-and-the-cost-of-scientology/#comment-189304 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 17:22:25 +0000 http://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=34309#comment-189304 How can wealthy people who are usually smarter than the average individual with their money and how they utilize it be duped into believing this with all the information there is out there against Scientology you would think they would do their homework before investing Like Consulting their lawyers or their money management firms or speak to people that are in Scientology and people that aren’t involved with Scientology at all how can they be so stupid I just don’t get it

]]> By: Cece https://www.mikerindersblog.org/high-crime-and-the-cost-of-scientology/#comment-189276 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 14:12:26 +0000 http://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=34309#comment-189276 In reply to Gravitysucks.

Note: Cece is not the same as Cecy. Just saying as today, as fortunate as I am, a friend thought was now CecyBeans. (I’d love to met him/her) 🙂

]]> By: OhioBuckeye https://www.mikerindersblog.org/high-crime-and-the-cost-of-scientology/#comment-189252 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 11:25:50 +0000 http://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=34309#comment-189252 In reply to gtsix.

…and Thank You ‘Six’! Honestly, being part of Mike’s online community is like going back to school. I have learned more about different theologies, philosophy, law, history and sociology than I ever would have imagined. My gratitude to all contributors here.

]]> By: k https://www.mikerindersblog.org/high-crime-and-the-cost-of-scientology/#comment-189220 Wed, 06 Sep 2017 04:21:24 +0000 http://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=34309#comment-189220 Wonder how lrh is liking being in hell.

]]> By: M8 https://www.mikerindersblog.org/high-crime-and-the-cost-of-scientology/#comment-189097 Tue, 05 Sep 2017 18:38:14 +0000 http://www.mikerindersblog.org/?p=34309#comment-189097 In reply to Spike.

Haha word!

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