Sent by a Special Correspondent. Rings true to me. … [Read more...]
Mind Control Made Easy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJfm71I0OyU&feature=youtu.be Someone sent me a link to this video. It's production values and the quality of the video itself are poor, but the information it contains is pretty interesting. It isn't long and there are no big words (which I appreciate). I am sure anyone who has experience with scientology will find many parallels here. … [Read more...]
More Thoughts on FSMing
Our friend Andy Porter submitted this as a comment in response to Terra Cognita's recent posting: Why Scientologists Don't FSM. I felt it deserved to be a posting to supplement the thoughts expressed in that post. I worked at the Bellevue Mission and was in the Mission Network for many years. One thing I would constantly hear was that it was MUCH easier to bring new people into a Mission, rather than a Class 5 Org because the new people were handled “better” in the Mission, meaning that they were not harassed as much as they were in an Org. Another thing that I observed over and over was … [Read more...]
Why Scientologists Don’t FSM
Another in the continuing series of essays from Terra Cognita. See earlier posts: Respect, The Survival Rundown - The Latest Scam, Communication in Scientology... Or Not, Am I Still A Thetan?, To Be Or Not To Be, An Evaluation of Scientology, Fear: That Which Drives Scientology and Justification and Rationalization. I ran across an old evaluation of the local Scientology scene in which the ED determined that seventy-five percent of all new people had come in off the FSM line back in the org’s heyday—which was a good thirty-five years ago. Now? No one brings anyone into the org … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
I burst out laughing, then crying, then laughing... This sounds vaguely insane. Rolling down the sidewalk in a wheelchair laughing and crying - like this is good? Learn how to indoctrinate your kids What a win! You too can have gains like this. Late breaking news... The biggest win since the IRS victory isn't enough? There's a "special announcement" AND a release too... Chairman of the Board's strategy for clearing the planet Buy empty buildings with other people's money. It's going real good... Wow - more GAGging Wonder … [Read more...]
The L. Ron Hubbard “Biographer”
Someone sent me a new promotion for the "L. Ron Hubbard Series" which prompted this post. Dan Sherman has been working on the "L. Ron Hubbard biography" for more than 25 years. Imagine anyone else getting away with no product for that long? And being paid handsomely to boot.... Sherman's problem is that he can NEVER produce an actual biography. He would have to omit so many things from the book to satisfy the condition that there be nothing negative included about Hubbard that it would be a running joke. Everyone who can use Google would tear it to pieces. A very cursory list of … [Read more...]
Respect?
Another in the continuing series of thought-provoking essays from Terra Cognita. TC's previous posts: The Survival Rundown - The Latest Scam, Communication in Scientology... Or Not, Am I Still A Thetan?, To Be Or Not To Be, An Evaluation of Scientology, Fear: That Which Drives Scientology and Justification and Rationalization. A few weeks ago, a person contributed an essay to this blog in which he talked about respecting a friend still firmly involved in the Church of Scientology. Over the years, I’ve wrestled with the concept of “respect” and how to apply it to the people i … [Read more...]
The Path
I posted about this on Facebook, but think it is important enough to reiterate here. I just finished watching the last episode of season one of The Path on Hulu. This is a very well scripted, acted, shot, edited and scored series. But more importantly, it is the best portrayal I have ever seen of the prison of the mind that entraps those in cults. It is extremely difficult to understand why people remain in a cult for anyone who has not experienced it themselves. This show portrays it accurately - the torment and anguish that those with doubts go through, the threat of losing loved ones, … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
New Bright Idea It seems they are trying to match the success of the "Extension" courses the church offers. They apparently don't realize the Extension Courses have become the preferred method of avoiding regges and Call In people -- "I am doing my Basics Book Extension Course so leave me alone..." What Do You Get? Not this, that's for sure. One thing EVERY ideal org FART Div 6 has is common. They are completely empty. Plan to do it at a later date? It's getting more bizarre. They are not just asking "would you attend if we put it on at a later date?" Now they … [Read more...]
Good News from Flag
I usually publish these after I have accumulated a few and add some points to the long term graph. But it has been more than a month now, and no word from either Jeff Mintz or Sandy Dodwell about ANY "good news" at Flag. It's a pretty good indicator that things are not going too well at the top of the Bridge. They ONLY put out these things when they have something THEY think is "good news." Remember back when they first put these out they included all of the following completions? Purif, Objectives, Running Pgm, Super Power, Clears, L's, OT's, OT VII's. They long since dropped me … [Read more...]