He Who Shall Not Be Named made a stealth appearance at Flag Graduation. He took the stage basking in the glory of his "victory tour" of the City of Clearwater to con them into handing over yet more of downtown Clearwater to the first scientology city (at least by square feet of tax exempted property). What is most interesting about the Graduation pitches is that there is no record of them. So, he cannot be held to his promises as they disappear into the ether as soon as the clapping and cheering has died down. But we are fortunate to have a first hand report from one of our Special … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Of course, the focus this time of year is on the magnificent Maiden Voyage events, things no scientologist would want to miss (though a large number of them do just that, the attendance keeps getting smaller and smaller and the hype and gimmicks they resort to become more and more bizarre). Our Friend Rupert Murdoch Always good to hear from Twit of the Year. Wonder if he realizes that Rupert Murdoch is a YUGE SP Merchant of Chaos? Clearly the brown nosing instinct and desire to appear to be an important person trumps even his "I am the most important scientologists in the UK" … [Read more...]
The OT Farce
This is the latest bulletin from the largest, most powerful and most effective OT Committee on earth (at least that is what they claim, and it is probably true, they really don't have much competition). They single-handedly purchased a building for Orlando and Puerto Rico and opened the Atlanta ideal org all in 3 weeks. They need to be put on Miami as that has been dragging on for years now - oh wait, they are already.... These people are delusionary cause. And on top of that, one of their members completed the student hat! OMG! How OT is that? And of course, some final rah-rah from … [Read more...]
OT VIII Ain’t What It’s Cracked Up To Be
Here is another in the apparently endless stream of "successes" from people who are OT VIII and then get roped in to do Super Power. One for one, they proclaim that Super Power "got them into PT" and "handled things I had not handled on OT VII and OT VIII." Huh? Here is what is so strange about this. Hubbard never claimed Super Power was "above OT levels" -- in fact, it was specifically designated for "St Hills" as something to sell people who went Clear on NED and thus were not able to be sold Power Processing. This was way back in "Ron's Journal 30" in 1978 (where he promised it … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
New Bright Idea It seems they are trying to match the success of the "Extension" courses the church offers. They apparently don't realize the Extension Courses have become the preferred method of avoiding regges and Call In people -- "I am doing my Basics Book Extension Course so leave me alone..." What Do You Get? Not this, that's for sure. One thing EVERY ideal org FART Div 6 has is common. They are completely empty. Plan to do it at a later date? It's getting more bizarre. They are not just asking "would you attend if we put it on at a later date?" Now they … [Read more...]
The Survival Rundown – The Latest Scam
Another in the continuing series of thought provoking posts from Terra Cognita. TC's previous posts: Communication in Scientology... Or Not, Am I Still A Thetan?, To Be Or Not To Be, An Evaluation of Scientology, Fear: That Which Drives Scientology and Justification and Rationalization. The Survival Rundown – David Miscavige’s Latest Scam I’m embarrassed to say that I actually spent many hours on this rundown. I’m proud to say I finally woke up and queried what the fuck I was doing. That said, I’m not here to defend or condemn LRH or objective processing, but to explain this … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Join Staff Or not. I guess I am the wrong public. There is no way this would interest me in joining staff in Birmingham... It has the opposite effect. If this represents the homo novis world of scientology then it's a sorry future indeed. Valley STILL not done And it's a looooong way to go. SO now CC is doing it for them? And some ringers from Flag (how did the LRH Hall let Tom Cummins give money to Valley instead of the most vital dissemination program in history?) WTF I thought the Scots had a bit more class than this.... You DO NOT want to … [Read more...]
Communication in Scientology…Or Not
Another in the continuing series of observations by our friend Terra Cognita - still not declared. And in my view, this may be his best yet. This is perhaps the single biggest glaring irrationality in scientology. TC's previous posts: Am I Still A Thetan?, To Be Or Not To Be, An Evaluation of Scientology, Fear: That Which Drives Scientology and Justification and Rationalization. Communication in Scientology…Or Not LRH wrote extensively on communication. He wrote volumes. He lectured extensively on the subject. The man was all about communication. One of the first steps in Sci … [Read more...]
Am I Still A Thetan?
Another thought provoking article from Terra Cognita. Now that I’m Out of Scientology…Am I Still a Thetan? I grew up in an atheist home where religion was the “opiate of the people” and spiritual beings were the stuff of fairy tales. I kept these beliefs to myself when I first walked in the front doors of the local Org. A few years later, George Lucas had discovered the Force, and I began to accept that there was more to me than my corporeal self. Maybe there weren’t enough gray cells inside my noggin to hold all my memories after all. The majority of people on the planet believed they wer … [Read more...]
To Be Or Not To Be
Another in the series of posts from our special correspondent, now known as Terra Cognita. See earlier articles: An Evaluation of Scientology, Fear: That Which Drives Scientology and Justification and Rationalization. To Be or not to Be: Is Scientology Worth Saving? I recently helped my dad fill out a medical level-of-care form. Choices ranged from doing everything humanly possible to keep the patient alive, to “do not resuscitate.” Followers of Scientology face similar choices. Lots would like to keep the church alive. Many of you reading this have chosen to step away from the pat … [Read more...]