Leah recently reminded me of this wonderful website, and in particular, this article by my old friend Jeff Hawkins. Jeff is one of the kindest, smartest and most decent people I know. When Miscavige blew him off, he lost one of the only real marketing geniuses in scientology. Jeff was responsible for the single successful marketing campaign in scientology -- returning Dianetics to the top of the NY Times bestseller list in the 80's. He is a wonderful writer -- I highly recommend his book Counterfeit Dreams -- and a thoughtful analyst of the world of scientology. I am taking the liberty … [Read more...]
Scientology Dating
It seems there is an increased interest in date locating :) in the shrinking world of scientology. Perhaps they are running out of prospects... These two emails were forwarded to me recently, both pitching "scientology" dating sites/services. On the eve of Valentine's Day they seem oddly apropos. Apparently, they have managed to scrape together 200 members (another interesting measure of the real size of scientology). And here is the second: Interesting, if you look up this site, their main claim to fame is that they have handed out 27,000 copies of the Way to … [Read more...]