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Scientology is Dying Off

August 22, 2020 By Mike Rinder 98 Comments

A tiny Mission in the LA area sent out the following in memoriam announcement about 3 of its members. This is a significant number of deaths in a group of people that probably numbers no more than 100, and that is being very kind. Scientology doesn't actually promise you will never die -- though they come mighty close. These people certainly didn't discard their bodies to continue their OT research unencumbered by a meat sack as L. Ron Hubbard is claimed to have done. Therefore, according to scientology they must have been PTS, and probably had unflat NOTs. This is the cause of all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Scientology Tagged With: age, death, Foothill Mission, In Memoriam, Scientology

Theatre of the Absurd

July 19, 2020 By Mike Rinder 63 Comments

As they become more desperate, the crazy becomes absurd. Their "successful action" is apparently to hold "potluck dinners" (success is, of course, a relative term). So, with typical scientology “enthusiasm” (Hubbard coined a term for this: "glee of insanity") they proclaim how excited they are to have a VIRTUAL potluck dinner where people share pictures of what they are eating. If The Onion ran a headline and article about virtual potluck dinners it would not seem out of place. That these deadly serious thetans are NOT joking and this is not a parody, is just sad. Involvement in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Scientology Tagged With: Foothill Mission, John Cowden, potluck

Making an “Ideal” World

July 31, 2019 By Mike Rinder 110 Comments

The “ideal” nuttiness is seeping into every corner of scientology. After 16 years of the "ideal org" program being pushed as the "solution" (and the carrot for release of "OT IX and X"), "ideal" has become a scientology catchphrase.  Of cpurse, it is a successful means of getting cash, so why not? There are now ideal orgs, ideal AOs, ideal Narconons, ideal Missions, ideal accommodations and even ideal families... Still, idealiness notwithstanding, it seems life in the scientology bubble is not all unicorns and butterflies. The ideal org program has ground to a slow and painful state of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Ideal Orgs Tagged With: Foothill Mission, fundraising, Ideal Missions, Ideal Orgs, Key to Life, L. Ron Hubbard

Foothill Msn Fail

July 25, 2018 By Mike Rinder 93 Comments

You might remember we earlier made mention of the Foothill Mission GoFundMe page (That's Some Ideal Mission) to raise money to replace their ceiling and thus become "ideal." It seems that might have created a problem. Publicly begging for money to replace your ceiling is not the hallmark of a flourishing and prospering mission. So, they have a PR story as to why they have taken it down.... I would bet the orders came down once this appeared here. And this failing joint is a candidate for an "ideal" mission -- if that is the case it is a sad reflection of the state of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Missions Tagged With: Foothill Mission, Ideal Orgs, Missions

That’s Some Ideal Mission

June 23, 2018 By Mike Rinder 53 Comments

The big push to "go ideal" is happening at the perpetually moribund Foothills Mission. There is in fact no such thing as an "Ideal Mission" -- there is a policy by Hubbard called "The Ideal Org" which is what is used to name the concept Miscavige has foisted off of raising money to buy and renovate a new building for an old church. In fact, the "ideal orgs" don't resemble the Hubbard policy. But there isn't even a policy about "Ideal Missions" so this is even more squirrel... BUT, it's being touted as a new fundraising cause: Now for the big reveal of what is going to become the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Missions Tagged With: Foothill Mission, fundraising, Ideal Orgs, Missions

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