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L. Ron Hubbard on the Christianity “Cult”

November 22, 2022 By Mike Rinder 53 Comments

Here is another quote from L. Ron Hubbard expressing thoughts about Christianity: “It’s an interesting thing that there exists on Earth a cult which believes a hundred percent that it has the only god there is in this universe. And this is quite an interesting thing. See, this is terribly interesting. Anybody who says he has a total monopoly on all there is of something, which you can’t weigh, see or measure, is suspect. Christianity’s gain in the world and its departure from its own announced principles were in the main in the direction of control…It is not even a major group today in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: L Ron Hubbard Tagged With: Christianity, Jesus Christ, L. Ron Hubbard, scientology cross

Can Scientologists be Christians or Jews Too?

August 2, 2022 By Mike Rinder 2 Comments

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...]

Filed Under: Scientology Tagged With: Christianity, irs, Jesus Christ, OT III, R6, R6 bank, Scientology, scientology cross

L. Ron Hubbard Has Been to Heaven: He Has the Scientific Research to Prove It

June 29, 2022 By Mike Rinder 35 Comments

As a follow up to Ron's Saturn quote, Karen De La Carriere sent me this Source reference about heaven. Ron had really hopped on the crazy train the day he wrote this -- it's so out-there that it doesn't even appear in the current Tech Volumes. There is little wonder why -- it makes clear his claims that he "has no beef with Christianity" and thinks Jesus was a man of goodwill and that scientology is non-denominational are just more bs. Here are a few of the choice quotes (not even including the absolutely bizarre date, down to the seconds, when the "implant" occurred). He gets … [Read more...]

Filed Under: L Ron Hubbard Tagged With: Christ, Christianity, Heaven, implants, L. Ron Hubbard

Scientologists Professing Their Love for Jesus

April 26, 2022 By Mike Rinder 36 Comments

Kathie Lee Gifford has recently published a new book she is promoting. It contains a whole chapter that purports to address scientology's take on Jesus, as presented by David and Kelly Pomeranz and their son. You can see the whole chapter here: Pomeranz family interview in book The Jesus I Know Of course, the discussion is a total sham. Using the PR lines scientology always uses, as to tell the actual truth about Hubbard's teachings about Jesus would leave no doubt that there is absolutely nothing compatible between scientology and Christianity. This is an excerpt: Here is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations Tagged With: Christianity, David Pomeranz, Jesus. Kathy Lee Gifford, Kelly Pomeranz

Easter — Scientology Style

April 16, 2022 By Mike Rinder 22 Comments

They are at it again: Scientology pretending it is aligned with Christianity. Celebrating Easter is even more hypocritical than celebrating Christmas -- which almost transcends a religious holiday in most Western countries. But Easter, like Passover is truly a religious day, there is no federal holiday designated for these occasions in the US. This is the day to remember Christ on the cross. And a day for scientology to try to cash in on their "christian-friendly" PR line. But what does Hubbard have to say about this occasion? I have written about this before Can Scientologists be … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Scientology Tagged With: Christ, Christianity, Columbus Org, cross, Easter, L. Ron Hubbard, man on the cross, R6 bank

Episode 66: Dr. Willy Rice Pastor of Calvary Baptist Clearwater

November 15, 2021 By Mike Rinder 20 Comments

We welcome Dr. Willy Rice, Senior Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater to the podcast. Willy has been one of the few community leaders who has taken a strong, public stance against the abuses of scientology. We talk about the influence of scientology in the community and the lie that you can a Christian and a scientologist.     Below are the documents we talk about in the episode. The infamous OT VIII document scientology claims is a forgery that contains the following passage: [T]he historic Jesus was not nearly the sainted figure has been made out to be. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Calvary Baptist, Christianity, Confront and Shatter blog, Fair Game Podcast, Going Clear, L. Ron Hubbard, Lawrence Wright, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Price list, Public Image PL, Ray Cassano, Stefani Hutchinson, Willy Rice

Scientology, Christianity and the IRS

September 19, 2021 By Mike Rinder 35 Comments

Reiterating something I have covered before on this Sunday morning. The idea that you can be a scientologist and a Christian is a lie, yet scientologists claim this all the time to try to appear "normal" or "non-threatening." You can see from the official IRS publication above listing the criteria the IRS uses to determine whether an organization qualifies for tax exempt status as a religious organization, that one of them is: Membership not associated with any other church or denomination   During the quest to obtain exemption, scientology explained things to the IRS like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Tax Exemption Tagged With: Aar9on Smith-Levin, Christianity, Churches defined, irs, Joy Villa, L. Ron Hubbard, Ray Cassano, Tax exempt status

Episode 35: Chris Shelton Part 1

April 5, 2021 By Mike Rinder 61 Comments

This week, Leah and I are joined by our old friend Chris Shelton. He is a very well-informed former scientology executive who has provided some of the most cogent analyses of scientology in his podcasts, appearances and writings. He is studying Psychology of Coercive Mind Control at the University of Salford. This is a fascinating discussion that covers a wide range of topics -- so much so that we recorded a second episode which will be Part 2 next week, taking a deep dive into two topics. A lot of what we talk about today concerns the fake “religious” aspects of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Brene Brown, Carl Sagan, Chris Shelton, Christianity, Critical Thinker at Large, Fair Game Podcast, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Robert Cialdini, Robert Jay Lifton, Scientology A to Xenu, Sunday Service, University of Salford

“I’m a Christian and I’m also a Scientologist”

March 4, 2021 By Mike Rinder 74 Comments

  This guy is running for elected office in Minnesota. He appears to be a legitimate, if unreal, candidate for Minnesota's 4th Congressional District. It's been a democratic district continuously since 1946, the current incumbent has been re-elected every 2 years since 2000. He is a Republican. This guy, like the now forgotten Joy Villa, is a Donald Trump superfan and conspiracy theory supporter on everything from fluoride to vaccinations. And like Joy Villa, he is trying to have his cake and eat it too. He wants to appeal to the Christian right who generally vote Republican, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Scientology, Special Feature Tagged With: Christianity, Jews, Joy Villa, Michael Snellings, Minnesota

L. Ron Hubbard on Christianity

April 13, 2020 By Mike Rinder 91 Comments

Had I been thinking straight, I would have posted this yesterday on Easter Sunday. As is often the case, I am a day late and a dollar short. Though I can try to salvage some face by noting Easter Monday is a major holiday in Australia and a lot of other countries... I have done a few earlier posts about Hubbard's view of Christianity, most notably Can Scientologists be Christians or Jews Too? But while looking for some other materials I came across some interesting things I had not seen before. In 1954, looking to increase the revenues of scientology (it is a long sordid tale of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: L Ron Hubbard, Scientology Tagged With: Christianity, Dianetics, Easter, Jesus Christ, L. Ron Hubbard, man on the cross

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How Many Taxpayer-subsidized Mansions, Homes and Offices Does a Dead Man Need? It turns out to be a LOT when it comes to #scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. Once again, where is the #IRS? How is this a valid exempt purpose? https://youtu.be/JfmJHiGfevA via @YouTube

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yesterday in Brazil went viral an article about Suri not having contact with her father, the article didn't mention Scientology at all and you guys can't imagine my surprise and pride when I saw in the comment section A LOT of people talking about scientology and @LeahRemini show

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