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Episode 66: Dr. Willy Rice Pastor of Calvary Baptist Clearwater

November 15, 2021 By Mike Rinder 20 Comments

We welcome Dr. Willy Rice, Senior Pastor at Calvary Baptist Church in Clearwater to the podcast. Willy has been one of the few community leaders who has taken a strong, public stance against the abuses of scientology. We talk about the influence of scientology in the community and the lie that you can a Christian and a scientologist.     Below are the documents we talk about in the episode. The infamous OT VIII document scientology claims is a forgery that contains the following passage: [T]he historic Jesus was not nearly the sainted figure has been made out to be. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Calvary Baptist, Christianity, Confront and Shatter blog, Fair Game Podcast, Going Clear, L. Ron Hubbard, Lawrence Wright, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, Price list, Public Image PL, Ray Cassano, Stefani Hutchinson, Willy Rice

Episode 52: The Bridge Deep Dive Part 3 with Vicki Marshall

August 2, 2021 By Mike Rinder 44 Comments

This week we are joined by Leah's mother, Vicki, to discuss the OT levels. Vicki achieved the very pinnacle of scientology auditing, doing OT VIII on the scientology cruise ship Freewinds. We talk about the earlier OT levels and our experiences on them and then Vicki's recollections of OT VIII. Suffice to say, it was underwhelming. This is the Freewinds, the only place you can do OT VIII - her usual location is tied up at a dock in Curacao or Aruba. For the last year or more it has been Aruba: Here is some background information from an earlier post: The Real Story of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Fair Game Podcast, Freewinds, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, NOTs, OT 1, OT II, OT III, OT Levels, Price list, Vicki Marshall

Episode 50: The Bridge Deep Dive Part 1 with Bruce Hines

July 19, 2021 By Mike Rinder 44 Comments

We earlier had Jon Atack join us for two episodes taking a deeper look into the life of L. Ron Hubbard. This week, our old friend Bruce Hines joins us for Part 1 (of 3) where we take a look at the scientology "Bridge to Total Freedom" in more detail. In this episode we address the lower levels of the Bridge. Bruce was a highly trained scientology "Auditor" (counselor) and "Case Supervisor" (one who oversees auditors to ensure they are following the words of Hubbard exactly). Bruce appeared on an episode of The Aftermath and did a series of articles for Tony Ortega with Claire Headley on the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Asch conformity experiments, Auditor, Bruce Hines, Case Supervisor, control = income, Fair Game Podcast, Flag, Flag price list, Introductory Services, Leah Remini, Mike Rinder, niacin, OCA, Oxford Capacity Analysis, peer pressure, pleasant control, podcast, Price list, Purification Rundown, raw meat, testing, The Bridge

A Scientology Price List

March 6, 2018 By Mike Rinder 120 Comments

  This promotional piece was forwarded to me recently. Posting it here for posterity and to highlight once again the money insanity of scientology. They call them "donations" -- but don't try telling them you feel like donating a little less today, or nothing at all. You will quickly discover these are not "donations" they are fees. This price list is for Class V orgs in the UK. It is provided by New Era Publications because they sell the materials. Thus, they have an interest in selling training. Nobody else cares much about this in scientology these days. They focus on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising Tagged With: emeter, fundraising, Price list, Scientology

Class V Price List (“Donations” When You Want Them Back)

November 23, 2013 By Mike Rinder 125 Comments

This is a partial list of the new GAG prices for services in a US Class V org. I don't have a recent price list, so don't know how these numbers compare to pre-GAG prices. It appears there has been an effort to simplify things. Probably because Miscavige is convinced there are rip-offs occurring because it is too confusing and there are too many possible discounts and packages. You can be pretty sure that even if these prices appear to be LESS than pre-GAG prices they are in fact MORE than what was ACTUALLY being paid on average in Class V orgs through manipulation of discounts and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundraising, Golden Age of Tech Tagged With: Church of Scientology, Corporate Scientology, David Miscagive, fundraising, golden age of tech II, Price list

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