The next episode of Listener Questions. As always, we cover a lot of ground, though not nearly all the questions you have submitted. This time we try our best to answer questions about how many scientologists are left, why scientology is so "white," should scientology celebrities be boycotted, the front groups of scientology, Applied Scholastics schools, Degraded Beings, Dilettantes and more. It's a lot of stuff! And here are some documents and resources to go alo0ng with the answers. The number of scientologists today -- this is a great visual done by … [Read more...]
“We Wanted a Big, Booming Org” — And We Don’t Have One
Well, I have to ask. Where IS the big, booming org in London? (Or anywhere...) And what does a staff member completing the PTS/SP Course have to do with a big, booming org? Now she is going to be able to confront and shatter the suppression that is preventing the org from expanding? In fact, this course teaches scientologists to stay the hell away from "suppression" -- they cannot confront nor handle it, let alone shatter it. So, that isn't going to help... Once again, this is the blind sheeple demonstrating their cognitive dissonance. 40 years ago, Hubbard said in an LRH ED "we … [Read more...]
Episode 46: The Life and Lies of L. Ron Hubbard Part 1
Tonight we begin a new series of episodes we are calling "Deep Dives," where we take a detailed look at specific areas of scientology. It seemed only appropriate to begin with L. Ron Hubbard -- the "Source" of scientology and "Founder" from which everything flows. There is no way to cover his entire life in a single episode. Or even 5 episodes. We broke this into 2 parts, the first focused on his life and claims up to Dianetics. Even in two episodes we can only touch upon some of the highlights (lowlights?) as there is a great deal to know. If you have not already done so, I … [Read more...]
The “New” OEC — The Latest Wrong Reason Orgs Aren’t Expanding
Miscavige is finally rolling out the "new" OEC. This is the next "big thing" that is now going to guarantee his "ideal orgs" actually expand. It will be announced with great fanfare that Miscavige has "discovered" a new "why" for orgs not making it to St Hill Size. The "new" OEC will be presented by him as his brilliant solution. Just like the "ideal orgs" was a "solution" to the same problem almost 20 years ago "because they could not perform all the functions of an org" (supposedly because they didn't have enough room) and like an auditing session couldn't be delivered without an auditing … [Read more...]
A Scientology Committee of Evidence is NOT Arbitration
Scientology has managed to persuade courts that people who signed Enrollment Agreements as a condition of starting a scientology service, are bound by a paragraph of the agreement where they agree to resolve disputes through a scientology "religious arbitration." Here is the language from those agreements. This is the paragraph concerning religious arbitration: Set aside whether an agreement to participate in services can encompass claims that have nothing to do with the service that is the subject of the agreement; there is another more … [Read more...]
Episode 45: Activist and Author Dr. Brian Sheen
I Leah and I welcomed Dr. Brian Sheen onto the Fair Game Podcast this week. I have known Brian since the days of the Apollo, when he was training to be the senior Case Supervisor for the Advanced Org in the UK. He led an interesting life in the scientology world outside the Sea Org, including in a mission and as a WISE business consultant. He had an experience with Flag that ended his involvement in scientology and went on to get a PhD, but because his former wife and daughter were still in scientology, never spoke out about Scientology. The story of how he came to be declared … [Read more...]
Hubbard’s Gauge of Scientology’s Success (Failure)
I came across this issue from 1982 the other day. It contains an interesting paragraph: All you have to do is look at where Scientology was in terms of numbers of orgs and missions even a few years back and where it is now to know. All you have to do is count the additional countries using it year by year. All you have to do is count the memberships of the Churches. And you know conclusively that while the enemy goes down, whatever the bombast, Scientology is going UP. "Ron" clearly offers 3 ways of measuring the success of scientology. The number of orgs and missions. The number of … [Read more...]
Episode 44: Tom Green County Sheriff Nick Hanna
What an enormous pleasure it was to speak to the Sheriff of Tom Green County, Texas, Nick Hanna. He recounted the incredible story of his work (and that of many others) in discovering, investigating and prosecuting the criminal activities and abuses in a compound of the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints on a ranch (the YFZ Ranch "Yearning For Zion") in the small town of Eldorado Texas in 2003. It is a perfect example of how law enforcement and the court system got it right with a religious organization abusing its members, especially children. A bit of background: Tom Green … [Read more...]
L. Ron Hubbard: Scientology Is Taking Over the World
This is another of those Hubbard statements that is accepted as fact because it makes those in the bubble feel good. He said this 50 or more years ago. They have never approached running anything at all, and today are even further away than they were when this statement was made. But the loyal sheeple repeat it as if it is true and is going to happen. Because everything Hubbard says is true. Sacramento, the seat of Government of the largest economic state in the nation, remains a small and failing org, despite the fact they got a new building a decade or so ago. They, like all the … [Read more...]
The Great Wisdom of Ron
Every day, Tony Ortega has a piece of Hubbard wisdom from the same date in history. The one from May 28th struck me. “Now, you’re a registrar and somebody is coming in, or you’re signing up PCs. (All of you have to wear a registrar’s hat at one time or another.) And you’re trying to get somebody to get some auditing, you’re a registrar, see? And there you are one fine day with a yow-yow-yow and a scream-scream-scream standing in front of your face: Seventy-five hours of auditing have been delivered — he feels terrible! He says, ‘Oh, I could kill everybody in the place,’ and he ought to go out … [Read more...]