I happened to stumble upon this yesterday. It was put out after the "5th Anniversary of the Maiden Voyage" which means shortly after June 1993. Yes, that is right. TWENTY THREE YEARS AGO. And look at the requirements -- OT VIII and SHSBC Grad (or Gard V and ALL Tech Specialist Courses), all orgs St Hill Size and a "A safe environment." More than two decades later: OT VIII's are being pushed to do Student Hat, Purif and Objectives as their "set-ups" for OT IX and X. There is NO Briefing Course. You cannot do it even if you paid for it. There are less "SH Size orgs" (by ANY … [Read more...]
Scientology Children
These have all been sent to me in the last week. The focus on children as a money-making tool, for recruitment and as free labor is very disturbing. In scientology, children are treated as "old thetans in small bodies" - meaning they are capable of pretty much anything an adult is able to do, only limited by their physical size and ability. This is one of the creepier parts of scientology -- they find nothing strange or offensive about showing a 5 year old boy signing a pledge to give money to an "ideal org." Scientology likes to justify its activities by claiming "this is just like … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Jazz potluck? And an R&B Dutch treat. A Rock and Roll buffet and an orchestral bake-off. Back by popular demand Try lip syncing this while you are playing your air guitar with no socks on: "Loser" (it's a song by Beck) Flag is getting personal And they are "quite literally" going to rock your world with a video. OMG. And the D/CO Flag is personally inviting you because Flag is now 100% accessible -- providing you have enough money... They keep getting weirder and weirder. The video is "unheard of" (?) Maybe because nobody is listening, … [Read more...]
Fear: That Which Drives the Church of Scientology
A new piece from the author of the recent post "An Evaluation of Scientology." Fear: That Which Drives the Church of Scientology Religions go through cycles. They begin as seemingly benevolent and benign organizations with the intention of improving conditions and answering the basic questions of life. After a while, though, many—some would say all—devolve into strictly controlled practices ruled by fear in order to control their members and solidify their power base. The Church of Scientology has followed this pattern and is steeped in a culture of fear, permeating every aspe … [Read more...]
SuMP Stories
The lies roll off their tongues so easily. The SuMP (scientology's useless media productions) is the next big thing that is going to absolutely, definitely bring about planetary clearing for reelz. But as with everything like this, the absurd joke of this is also very revealing of the desperation inside the bubble. This poor sap is "ordered" to relay this information. The SuMP is STILL not open, though the opening has been scheduled twice now and canceled. I assume whoever wrote this actually believes the opening of this white elephant is going to drive in masses of people to … [Read more...]
Video Confessions
Regraded Being had another engagement. Will be back next week. Scientology has a sick new tactic right out of the North Korea playbook. You have likely seen videos of POW's "confessing" and denouncing imperialist America. We saw Peter Schless paraded before the cameras calling Ron Miscavige a lousy musician. Now they have taken it to an even lower level. This GMA segment on Ron Miscavige's book contains two bizarre statements from Lori Hodgson's children. (Around 2:55) In typical scientology style they have been coached to "attack the attacker" by claiming it is "more important for … [Read more...]
An Evaluation Of Scientology
This was sent to me by someone who wishes to remain anonymous at this time. She is not declared, and has recently been on org lines. I find it interesting to read the observations of someone who has been inside orgs VERY recently. I come to a different conclusion about what must be done, but I agree with many of these observations. I have stated a number of times my belief that all dianetics and scientology materials should be made available online for free and the subject will live or die based purely on its workability and value to mankind). It is somewhat reassuring to know there … [Read more...]
Scientology’s “President”
Though this "PR Newswire release" is in ENGLISH with a title that claims "Church President Describes Basic Beliefs..." if you read the article you will see that the "President" who is doing the describing (apparently in english?) is the "President" of the church of scientology in Madrid, Spain. Once again, it highlights the huge omission of the "President Church of Scientology International". Heber Jentzsch has been disappeared in the great tradition of oppressive dictatorships through history. He is written out of history. There is no explanation for his absence at the most important … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Ribbon Cutting Fever... These days they will cut a ribbon for anything - a waterfall? Really? No brains required... Surely if you don't need to pay attention to "file CF" there is something a little more entertaining than this they could be showing. How about "The Master"? "Body Snatchers"? Yes, that’s right! You will be able to see Meg Ryan (and Tom Hanks and Kevin Kline) at Tampa Org CF this Sunday. We’re hosting a DOUBLE FEATURE MATINEE Watch two romantic comedies starring Meg Ryan while working on CF. Our Double Feature Matinee starts with You’ve Got … [Read more...]
Ruthless/SuMP
Been a few interesting days leading up to Miscavige's birthday bash. Though they apparently sent out decoy messages that the event was canceled (maybe it was and then changed to being back on again which would not be unusual) it seems this was the "gift of expansion" that Dave wanted for his birthday. So he went ahead and yanked his ribbon to commemorate the occasion. Apparently there were dozens of security people surrounding the place yesterday as the faithful awaited the arrival of the Grand Ribbon Yanker. The stage was built and the anticipation was high. I don't have confirmation of … [Read more...]