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Scientology Violates Priest-Penitent Confidences — When It Suits Them

February 26, 2019 By Mike Rinder 101 Comments

  This comes from another of the entirely inappropriately titled scientology internet fronts, the "Truth Newsroom". This thing, with no names or identities associated, not even the word scientology - is clearly an OSA operation. They send out a constant stream of material taken from former Sea Org members' files. They put one out from one of my confessions that I felt bad about lying as if this was some sort of proof that I was lying today -- it made no sense as I said this when I was still the International Spokesperson for scientology and I continued to be that. But the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Public Relations, Scientology Tagged With: jeff hawkins, L. Ron Hubbard, Laura DeCrescenzo, Mike Rinder, OSA, pc folders, Priest-penitent, public relations, Truth Newsroom

Scientology — The Art of Cognitive Dissonance

November 21, 2013 By Mike Rinder 93 Comments

Somewhat random thoughts after returning from an out-of-town trip. Cognitive dissonance has reached an art form within the walls of the RCS bubble.  Cognitive dissonance is described this way: Mental conflict that occurs when beliefs or assumptions are contradicted by new information. The concept was introduced by the psychologist Leon Festinger (1919–89) in the late 1950s. He and later researchers showed that, when confronted with challenging new information, most people seek to preserve their current understanding of the world by rejecting, explaining away, or avoiding the new information … [Read more...]

Filed Under: David Miscavige, L Ron Hubbard Tagged With: Church of Scientology, Corporate Scientology, David Miscagive, Disconnection, ED Int, fundraising, golden age of tech II, Heber Jentzsch, Ideal Orgs, jeff hawkins, Senior CS Int, shelly miscavige, Tony Ortega

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