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We ARE Clearing the Planet — Proof

January 30, 2022 By Mike Rinder 29 Comments

Some news from the model ideal org in Los Angeles. Over 880 Clear (or "near Clear") in just the last few years alone. Best case scenario, the "few" years is the minimum it can be which is three. That is a bit less than 300 per year. 6 per week. More likely, the "last few years" is since they went "ideal" in 2010. That is 12 years. About 75 per year or 1.5 per week. Most likely they are counting this from when they became a full Sea Org "model ideal" in October 2014, with 200 imported SO members. That is 7 years. Confirming that is the likely time period, here is their hype … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Clearing, idealorgs, LA org, Planetary Clearing

Thanksgiving Funnies

November 25, 2021 By Mike Rinder 27 Comments

  Happy Thanksgiving to everyone in the US. Thank you. No Thank you. No, thank you... But in the end it's only Ron that matters.   Eradicate the Reactive Mind I've got a faster, better, cheaper idea. Don't buy into the idea in the first place. In the end, they coax you into believing you created it in the first place.   Holiday Escape Rooms? They lock you in a room with a reg and see if you can get out without going bankrupt?   Big News You can bet it has something to do with you giving them your money for their holidays. That is always … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Funnies Tagged With: Adrien Flueler, AOSHAf, Bruce Lewis, CCHR, Celebrity Centre, Clearing, Columbus Org, Dave Petit, denver org, Drug Free World, Gavin Jones, graduation, Joanie Sigal, Malmo Org, Meghan Fialkoff, Rafferty Pendery, reactive mind, Shawn May, Source Mag, Stacy Simon, Vancouver org, way to happiness, youth for human rights

Become The Best

September 25, 2021 By Mike Rinder 22 Comments

A new promo piece presents some interesting questions. Scientology is now trying to sell their ads as events that people need to see. This new 3 minute ad for training is a mixture of cartoon characters and real life actors with a twangy soundtrack. As with most of the centrally produced scientology video offerings, it has high production values. It's corny, but well produced corny. What is most interesting about it is the approach they are taking to try to persuade people to train as auditors. It is not to actually AUDIT people up the Bridge. It is to use the training to become a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: L Ron Hubbard, Scientology Tagged With: Auckland, auditor training, Clearing, L. Ron Hubbard, Special Zone Plan, volunteer ministers

Clearing the Planet is Hopelessly Bugged

December 10, 2020 By Mike Rinder 64 Comments

  The claim "we are Clearing our area" or "we are Clearing the planet" is almost a mantra inside the scientology bubble. It seems they believe if they say it often enough, it will make it true. What they are willfully oblivious to is the fact they are doing no such thing. And every measure of this is glaringly obvious. There have been no NEW Class V orgs opened since Taiwan. There are the same number of scientology orgs now as there were in the 80's. The number of missions is shrinking. So too Narconons and all the other front groups. There isn't a single Class V org in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Clear the Planet, Clearing, Expansion, Ideal Orgs, Planetary Clearing

Clearing The Planet

November 19, 2020 By Mike Rinder 77 Comments

It's a catchphrase in scientology. "We are clearing the planet." "We are making planetary clearing a reality." There are a dozen different variations. It's a time-honored hot button that is used to get people to hand over money and "progress up the Bridge." One of our readers sent this new promo piece to me recently, with some comments that made me think we should address this topic again. In part, this is what the contributor said: When I looked at this promo piece, it reminded me of the jarring, shocking and unpleasant experience of finally, after clawing my way up into the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Scientology Tagged With: Clear, Clear the Planet, Clearing, Dianetics, L. Ron Hubbard, reactive mind, Scientology, technology

Planetary Clearing in Reverse

March 1, 2020 By Mike Rinder 40 Comments

This is a new Clear proudly displaying his "Clear Bracelet" numbered 73,357. Let us assume for arguments sake that there have in fact been 75,000 Clears made. The number is significantly lower, most of the lower numbers are for people who were subsequently declared "Not Clear" and also every org is allocated a certain block of numbers -- there are probably 5,000 numbers out there waiting to be claimed, Salt Lake City gets 71,401 to 71,500 and Atlanta has 71,901 to 72,000 etc etc. But 75,000 is a nice round number that is pretty easy to do the math with. Since 1950 that is a little over … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Scientology Tagged With: Clearing, Planetary Clearing, Scientology

The Sad Delusion Scientology Breeds

September 2, 2019 By Mike Rinder 110 Comments

This "success story" is not unusual, but it highlights the utter delusion that is fostered in scientology. It either attracts or creates people who have truly lost touch with reality. It is like Trekkies or Star Wars fanatics who live in a world of make-believe, except rather than thinking Captain Kirk is a hero or Darth Vader is a bad guy, scientologists are certain L. Ron Hubbard is the savior of earth, "the psychs" are trying to kill them and that by handing over more money to scientology it will make them "responsible" for the world and give them an elite status as a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Scientology Tagged With: Clearing, delusion, IAS, Ideal Orgs, Planetary Clearing, Success

The “Model” Ideal Org

July 10, 2019 By Mike Rinder 91 Comments

4 years ago, David Miscavige turned LA Org into the "model" ideal org by importing 200 Sea Org Members and turning it into a "Sea Org" org (specifically not the model for orgs around the world...) This is supposed to be the shining example of what a Class V organization could be (if manned with 200 SO members)... They have just sent out an announcement celebrating 4 years of model idealiness. The idealiest org of all has 200 staff working a Sea Org schedule, 9am - 11pm 7 days a week and produces 665 "Clears and NED Case Completions" in 4 years.. Let's just call this 600 Clears … [Read more...]

Filed Under: General, Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Clearing, David Miscavige, Ideal Orgs, LA org, Planetary Clearing

How Long to Clear the Planet??

June 24, 2019 By Mike Rinder 69 Comments

The question scientologists all over the world are asking -- at least if you ask Sea Org Recruitment Officer Jett Lahde... There are so many oddities in this -- it is an interesting look into the mind of a young Sea Org member. He has probably never clicked on the tv or turned a page in a newspaper (this is not part of Sea Org life) — but he knows what he has been told. He knows about the legalization of Marijuana (it deserves a capital letter apparently) and someone has clued him in that Ecstasy and mushrooms and LSD are "on approval lines" at the FDA (?) and 80 million Americans … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Scientology Tagged With: Clearing, Scientology

How Big is Scientology?

April 1, 2019 By Mike Rinder 101 Comments

The question as to how big scientology really is comes up often. The organization does not make its membership figures known though they have a good count with the total number of IAS members. Of course even that is inflated as it is notoriously difficult to get OFF a scientology mailing list and as long as they can still send you junk mail you "count" on their statistic. Over the years, spokespeople have variously claimed 4, 6, 8 or 10 million "members" but then refuse to define what a "member" is though a few times they have stated it is "anyone who had bought a book or taken a service … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Scientology Tagged With: AOSHUK, Clearing, Clears, St Hill, stats

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