This is Scientology’s headline on their website following David Miscavige’s parking lot ribbon yanking: DOWN UNDER’S “CITY OF LIGHTS” WELCOMES NEWEST CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY
This is a double lie.
First, there is no “new church of scientology” in Perth. There is a new building, but that is not a “new church.” It’s the same crappy little scientology group that has been there for 50 years and has never amounted to anything.
Second, nobody welcomed them, except themselves.
Here are a few excerpts of Shermanspeak about the opening:
Perth may be far-flung, but the city’s can-do, entrepreneurial spirit is a perfect match for the world’s fastest growing, and coolest, new religion.
Fast growing and coolest? Don’t they ever tire of telling themselves how incredible they are?
Take the most remote major city in the world, sandwiched between largely empty vistas of oceans and deserts; add in wave after wave of hardy and hearty pioneers from England, Scotland, Italy, China, Vietnam, Greece and a score of other ethnic homelands; cook all of that in with the gung-ho, can-do spirit of Down Under; throw in battalions of gold prospectors and diamond miners; sing a couple of bars of Waltzing Matilda, add a kangaroo or two and you have the setting for the planet’s newest Church of Scientology: Perth, the capital and largest city in Western Australia.
Apparently Sherman has little concept of how utterly stereotypically insensitive he is. Gold prospectors? Kangaroos wandering the streets? Waltzing Matilda? “Provincial” would be the polite term for this description. Country bumpkins? Trailer trash?
The new light in this “City of Lights” is just one block away from the Great Eastern Highway, a mere fifteen minutes from the Perth city centre…
Euphemistic Shermanspeak for “it’s in an industrial park off the freeway near the airport way out from the city center where they used to be.”
It is here more than 1,000 Scientologists and their guests—some crossing thousands of miles to reach Perth—gathered on Saturday, May 5, 2018 to celebrate the grand opening of a new Church of Scientology.
Yeah, they flew them in from all over the country and they could only muster 200 people (of course 1000 is a joke) — just look at their official shot at the top of the post. You can count heads in there. I didn’t do so, but I would bet 200 is far closer to the truth than 1000.
Mr. David Miscavige, the ecclesiastical leader of Scientology, trekked 9,000 miles to reach Perth. He told the grand opening celebrants that he’ll soon embark upon a ribbon-pulling trek across another 20,000 miles.
Gosh, why bother? It was a complete non-event. But apparently this is the ONLY thing he does. And he’s going to waste more time (and money chartering private jets) doing more “soon.”
Mr. Miscavige spoke of Scientology’s new future in Western Australia. “And with that, we step out of Dreamtime to realise the final dream before that ribbon falls… “
Stepping out of Dreamtime? More culturally inappropriate idiocy. But more to the point, and notwithstanding all that has come before, in fact they stepped into the Twilight Zone of insanity just short of the front porch to infinity.
Mr. Miscavige has spearheaded a period of unprecedented growth with the opening of 65 new Churches in recent years. Perth marks number 66.
Errm. No unprecedented growth to see here folks… Just new buildings and they are all empty. It’s all smoke and mirrors. Not an actual new church of Scientology in the world for decades. In fact there are LESS scientology organizations today than in 1993 when scientologybgained IRS exemption.
Blue-ribbon speakers and celebrants represented Perth’s civic, cultural, educational, law enforcement and business communities.
Again, this is stretch for even the fervent imagination of the Sherminator.
Back in the day they used to con Mayors and Police chiefs, Senators and Religious leaders to spout platitudes at these events. Miscavige flew 9,000 miles to join in the exalted company of the featured speaker a “member of the Business Council of Western Australia” — and apparently a member of WISE who “spoke of his success in growing his company from five to 42 locations—all because of L. Ron Hubbard’s administrative technology…” This is a first that I am aware of. Miscavige sharing the stage with a WISE member as a “dignitary.” And the other 3 were a Professor of New Religious Movements (scientology has found a few of these around the world who have been paid well to offer “expertises”), a “Fellow of the Australian Natural Medical Association” (whatever this is?) and the “Founder of a charity partnership.”
The photo op with these “blue-ribbon speakers” is also a hoot. Using obviously forced perspective, this was a case of “short person step forward” to try to make it appear that the diminutive Miscavige was at least taller than the fellow of the Natural Medical Association. Vanity is such a cruel master.
The law of diminishing returns was on full display for all to see.
The crowd was smaller than ever.
The “blue-ribbon” dignitaries were less blue ribbon and more blue plate.
The Shermanspeak was even more arrogantly out of touch.
All in all, another massive, epic, watershed fail.
I applied for a administration job years ago, when I received a reply I was only sent an address and a time an date. When I arrived at the front door I discovered it was for the Perth Scientology’s center, and straight away I was worried about how it would end, but I knew at no time did I want to join them, as I’ve never seen them as anything else except a cult, because I’m a curious person I still went inside thinking it was an interview for employment. As soon as I entered they were upon me with strange questions, asking if I was a reporter, asking if I was a police officer or federal officer, asking if I had are ordering device or phone with me at the time, I became even more afraid for where I was standing. As soon as I was invited in to a private room, I was asked if I would sign a form stating that I would speak about what the church was about if I took the job, and I had to sign it if I wanted to continue the so called interview. The interview took me on a tour of the centre which was in an old building of Perth, during the tour I was asked if I could be honest with auditors and if I believed I was able to ascend to a higher belief. At the end of the tour and interview I was guided towards a room with a huge screen and told I had to watch the movie, well being a person raised in a very catholic upbringing and a person who is very grounded, I began to watch in shock, I felt sick that they were allowed to take advantage of people looking for employment by advertising a employment position to hide the recruitment. I tried to leave but found that outside the door was a person guarding which is how it felt. Er the video I was told that I should take an auditing session to see if I was suitable to join them and work with them, straight away I had to find a polite way to decline so I could leave quickly, but as I declined I was reminded of the form that I had signed. The feeling of knowing that they deceive through employment ads, and have you gaurded at doors, making you feel obligated to watch something that is so unbelievable, then to try and recruit a young person hoping that they have no self confidence to see it for what is it. They are cult and I am glad that I knew who I was and am as a person with enough courage to walk away. No employment is worth demeaning your self worth even when it is a true employment opportunity, this however was not his was a way to recruit with breaking the law. We are so lucky in Australia to have strong religious advertising laws, which is one reason why Scientology is not huge here. Scientology scares me and I am not surprised about the interviews we see and I don’t understand how they can be allowed to be called a church yet if any other group acted like them they would be called a cult and shut down.
Opportunity knocked. Good luck.
Say what you may. The truth be known…harping criticism is tantamount of criminality.
OMG. Davey-boy’s face looks like a bad shoop; slightly too big for the body’s apparent size annd a funny aura between it and the rest of the head. oesn’t anyone EDIT or at least proof these things before releasing them? No, of course not. It’s all too “rush,rush”, gotta get it out NOW and get the STATS! Quantity without quality being considered. “outflow equals inflow”, even when it’s obvious drek that shouldn’t see the light of day; not even the light of moonlight/crepuscule. (That last was to “prove” that I’d read Tubby’s excrutiating “study tech”.)
“Tubby’s” study tech works!
Why try to dominate the rap Jack with name calling and fake news.
Heed the cliche “Sticks and Stones……..”
Say what you may about me & others. The truth be know…harping criticism is tantamount of criminality.
Oh, you are going to edit it? Figures, considering the source of the suppressive person you are and your violation of our constitution and the golden rule.
Edit what?
Hi Mike. When I read the story in our paper online it was obvious that the words used by Miscavige were written by somebody with no idea whatsoever. How insulting.
I thought I’d check out the “blue-ribbon speakers”.
PAUL SHIEL – “MEDAL MISSIONARIES COMMUNITY”
I have a hunch that Scientology meant to refer to the Medical Missionaries, which would sound much more impressive than the “Medal Missionaries Community”, which has zero results in Dr Google aside from Scientology’s media hits for last Sunday.
So, who is this guy? Well, to start with, it seems he’s not from Perth. Paul’s business is in “property trading”, whatever that is. He spent many years volunteering with St Vincent de Paul in New South Wales, which is on the other side of the continent. Close enough? Only if you don’t give two figs.
https://imgur.com/a/019C6Mh
From page 18: https://www.vinnies.org.au/icms_docs/233673_NSW_Annual_Report_2014-15.pdf
STEVE HANSEN – BUSINESS COUNCIL OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Never heard of it. Or him.
JAYA KRISHNAN – “AUSTRALIAN NATURAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATION”
Jaya Krishnan is a homeopath. There is no mention of any “Australian Natural Medicine Association” according to Google, even on Jaya’s own website, other than Scientology’s media releases and reports about the event on Sunday.
While there is (or was) an incorporated body called “Australian Natural Medicine Association Incorporated”, it appears to be totally defunct:
i) It is not registered as a Charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission;
ii) It is not registered for an Australian Business Number (ABN), which is necessary to claim back the10% goods and services tax that any business that is trading can claim; and
iii) it has no web presence.
Jaya Krishnan is, according to her website a fellow of A.N.T.A., the Australian Natural Therapists Association. Again, no mention of any “Australian Natural Medicine Association”.
Homeopathy is not on the list of regulated health practices in Australia. My hunch is that the Scientologists didn’t think “Natural Therapist” sounded eminent enough.
https://www.naturaltherapypages.com.au/connect/jayapathics/service/39369
https://www.ahpra.gov.au/About-AHPRA/What-We-Do/FAQ.aspx#protected
BERNARD DOHERTY
Bernard was likely spotted by Scientology when in 2012 he wrote a comically ignorant appeal to Australians to be open-minded and let the Church of Scientology off the hook for its abuses. Sadly, the ABC has removed the comments from beneath this sad effort.
http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2012/03/20/3459702.htm
Since then, Bernard has made a cottage industry of writing about Scientology, as other NRM academics have before him.
Thanks Heather. So nice to hear from you!
Looks like the world needs some technology to help curb the chaos and that caused by merchants of Chaos who would spout such sooth.
Heather! Thank you for the wonderful research. As I read Mike’s blog, and after reading the press release, I wondered the same things, having never heard of these people before.
They have no shame whatsoever. If it wasn’t so terrifiying, it would be laughable.
Gigi
It garnered a whole 23 seconds on the news – woohoo!
“While Scientology claims upwards of 100,000 members in Australia, the 2016 census recorded just 1684 people describing their religion as Scientology” – quoted from WAToday.
There are 24.7 million people in Aus and they don’t need to recruit members. Do you think misgarbage is using the $9.3 million dollar building as a tax dodge?
I will have to take a trip past the building and check it out!
Yes, trip by and why not stop and find out first hand, Try do a course or read a book before you write of what you know nothing first hand.
If you look at the interior photos of this Org, the main reception area looks like a trade show floor, the roof even looks incomplete with the air ducts exposed etc. No expense spared by Davey Boy!
If it was the Dorkenfuhrer being thrown on the barbie (wouldn’t she melt as soon as you put a match to her?) then “Throw a shrimp on the barbie” would not offend me in the least.
Other than that it’s a bit of cultural cringe which was created by the “genii” at the Australian Tourism Commission back in the early ’80’s and aimed at the American tourist markets.
Coming soon: The Complete and Definitive L. Ron Hubbard Biography in One Sentence: It’s All Bullshit and I Only Did It to Make Money.
Yes, trip by and why not stop and find out first hand, Try do a course or read a book before you write of what you know nothing first hand.
“Mr. Miscavige spoke of Scientology’s new future in Western Australia. “And with that, we step out of Dreamtime to realise the final dream before that ribbon falls… “”
Bloody hell, what a disgusting insult to Aboriginal culture and mythology!
Looks to me like the current culture is in trouble with the drug epidemic, et and could use what Miccavige says in the accomplishment of the goal of a sane civilization where man can prosper….
Have you ever read what “the aims of Scientology” are?
The problem is that the Aims are not the PRACTICES. There is a lot that SOUNDS altruistic in scientology. The real world practice is not in keeping with those words.
Mr. David Miscavige, the ecclesiastical leader of Scientology, trekked 9,000 miles to reach Perth. He told the grand opening celebrants that he’ll soon embark upon a ribbon-pulling trek across another 20,000 miles.
He makes it sound as though his journey was long and arduous instead of a few hours in luxury in the skies being waited on hand and foot. And, oh my, he’ll trek another 20,000 miles before he can rest his weary head. Right up there with other great explorers like, Columbus, Vancouver, Lewis & Clark, Magellan, etc.
I agree. The writer makes it sound like Son of Schicklgruber rode camels across the Interior. He also seems to have confused Perth with Alice Springs. Or possibly Coober Pedy, though he missed a stellar chance to assert that the Cherch might just dig up some opals…*snickers*
Perhaps a fan of “Star Trekking across the universe, on the starship enterprise under captain Kirk, star trekking across the universe, boldly going forward ’cause we can’t find reverse.”
I flew there myself once and it was a long flight. What is your beef if he flew in a private jet even?
I say more power to him if hen fact did.
Is it just me or is Tom Cruise unusually quiet and absent from all these big publicity stunts the last couple of years…..even the new TV station where DM promised to see a lot of celebrities….no-one appeared. You would think TC would be involved in that huge launch.
TC is embarrassed to associate with scientology before the release of his latest film, “Midlife Crisis 6”, or whatever it is called.
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“Midlife Crisis 6” 🙂
Actually, that film wrapped but Workaholic Tom took no break and went right onto “Mission Impossible 55: Finding ‘The One’ “.
Mission Impossible 56 : Surviving ED
Right. As far as I know, not at the big IAS event in England either.
Why not simply be pleased that Scientology is there? Why try to spoon the celebration with such?
Judging from Scientology’s shrinking community, LRH’s PR handling instructions/series are not working. I think Miscavige is following them pretty well, so there is no need to blame him. But more to the point, unless Miscavige stops the worldwide downhill slide of Scientology’s PR, it will soon result in problems with the law like immigration and IRS. These agencies always follow behind bad PR. They never lead.
Immigration? IRS?
Oh I get it. All the fake news “bad press” is being done to spark an agency to cause investigate something that will the trouble although unwarranted that you seek?
Mary Kahn, my heart goes out to you. And to you, Mike, and everyone else whose brainwashed children won’t speak to them. How absolutely horrible! I’m not very religious these days, but I’ll pray for you (God bless you all).
Moving right along…I cringed reading Sherman’s patronizing and insulting references to kangaroos, Waltzing Matilda and dream time (made me picture some American yahoo wearing a floral shirt and a camera getting off the plane and proudly telling the customs inspector “Good on ya’ mate!”). Presumably his royal eminence read and approved that that little speech – which truly shows his lack of education, lack of sophistication and lack of tact and good manners. Actually, I’m glad Sherman made those comments, for what they reveal about the organization and its dictator.
Wow, I did not realize that they could stoop so low as to insult kangaroos. They need kangaroos. Kangaroos are very important to them. Without kangaroos there would be no Scientology kangaroo courts., about the only “Justice” they have left. No wonder that I did not even merit a kangaroo court before I was declared. They are great savers of trees which is why they could not spare the paper to send me a copy.
I can understand why a few of them wanted me dead. I wrote too many KRs on their most off-policy actions. It was real Dev-T to have to throw. them in the trash. But now, if they want to fuck with kangaroos., I will be honored to fight to the death to keep the kangaroos free. I may, and probably will die for the cause, but no kangaroo will be enslaved by DM as long as I am still alive.
Now I want you to remember that no kangaroo, ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor D..M bastard die for his country. You know, I actually pity that poor D..M bastard we are going up against., I really do.We’re not just going to shoot the bastard, we are somehow going to get him to understand just what he has done to Scn, supposedly man’s last hope. The recognition of rhis would surely have more effect than a bullet.
At tje risk of being verbose or injecting myself into the conversation more than is warranted., i will say that I almost died for the organization.
What organization, you might say.
The organization I was perfectly willing to die for and for which I fully thought death was imminent, was the organization LRH formed to clear the planet. It is quite a shock to find that this was not the organization I worked 80+ hours a week for. It is also somewhat of a shock to have survived this organization when a number of my friends and comrades did not. This is something I face every day. What I (we) need is an anti-Scn organization. A group of SPs who have the strength of purpose we once had to cllear the planet., but now directed to the greatest good for the greatest number of dynamics.Scn. INC does not have this. They work solely toward the greatest good for DM, not even his dynamics. It is totally squirrel and per KSW we have a duty to “Close the door on any possibility of incorrecr tech or application.
The fact that I am still alive is proof alone of the fact that they cannot follow orders or complete a simple cycle of action.
If they cannot even get a dead man to stop talking, the rest of you living people should make short work of them.
If any of you good people are bored or even offended by my comm, I would welcome you to tell me to shut up.
The church has not done this. I have received no comm from anyone in the “Church” saying that I should not said anything I have said. Without some of the great acks I have gotten on this blog, I would have to conclude that they are right and I really am dead.
Certainly they have reason to believe I am dead.
They made sure that I received no medical treatment before my T-Cell count reached zero and that my HIV viral load (which measures the quantity of HIV in my body) was too high to be measured by tests existing at the time.
None of the 25 million + people who died of AIDS could have had worse test results than I did. The test just can’t register any worse , just like you can’t have blood pressure or heartbeat less than zero.
I should cut them some slack and accept their sustained effort to ensure my demise.
And I would except for one point: WE WERE IN THE SEA ORG.
In the SO, there is no quarter given for failing to get the product. There are no justifications allowed, one either gets his product or he is a downstat.
I routinely had to get products that were impossible by WOG standards.
They did not have to do that. 6 WOG doctors told my wife that I was going to die, along with the only right arm ranked Captain in the Sea Organization., Captain John (Mike) Napier. They were on a roll. They were in the bottom of the ninth inning wit 2 outs when they told my wife to put me in a hospice to die.
(continued)….
(continued) Being in a hospice is almost as good as having a Death Certificate. As my doctor told me later: In a hospice I could receive no treatment for AIDS, just drugs to “keep me comfortable” until I was dead. But they screwed up. My wife (now disconnected) loved me and her sister was a doctor at San Francisco General hospital which has the oldest operating AIDS clinic in the world.
Oh, so they just did not know that there were effective treatments.
Wrong. The ship’s doctor told me on the phone that there were effective drugs for AIDS and no doubt also told the Captain the same thing.
I thought for years that these people were my friends. I would have died for many of them if it were necessary of if they had asked.
But it was not necessary and they did not ask.
I am trying to give them the benefit of the doubt but there is such a thing as “reasonable doubt”.
So I leave it to you to decide if anyone is guilty of anything or am I Guilty of Non Compliance with Command Intention.
Bill,
Methinks you are more OT by your will to live than any of those puff wads or status holders that strut around on the stage.
Thanks to your observations and experiences it is clear to me that the SO has no conscious nor honor. After all, Hubbard’s “Code of Honor”, Number ONE states: Never desert a comrade in need, in danger, or in trouble.
Hey, Bill,
First, everything that Jim just said, and then some.
When it comes to being OT, the cult should be paying YOU to deliver their “Postulate” Seminars.
Talk about “disagreeing with the physical universe”!
And “making it go right”!
You walked the walk of OT, Bill.
YOU are someone I would pay to hear talk about making a postulate “stick”!
You refer to L. Ron Hubbard as a dictator.
Then it is appropriate to add the word Benevolent to Dictator as his legacy was for all mankind in an effort that we may all survive.
By the way the best form of leadership or government is a benevolent dictatorship.. With any team is there not a captain. There was not any workable technology on earth until LRH developed such.
In regard to another post of people present I also noticed the lack of an Aboriginal person mentioned. I just wonder if they are considered the wrong “hue” as far as colors go to be seen on the same stage as the mighty midget.
My hunch is that if Miscavige could capture a chunk of that demographic cohort he would, for PR purposes. But on the other hand, it’s unlikely the Aboriginal population has enought money to be of interest to $cion.
Bixntram thats true the majority of the Aboriginal population would not have the money to pay. But more importantly i highly doubt that traditional Aboriginal people would be interested in Scientology as they are very spiritual and in many parts of Western Australia still have strong culture and are strongly connected to family and country.
I assume that by “spiritual” you mean under the influence of some kind of alcoholic beverage and abusing their children, when not waiting for their government handout. Very few of them are in any way spiritual in the positive sense of the word, any more than L Ron Miscavige is.
Yes, The “Midget” is “Mighty”. Although Aborignals were not specifically mentioned everyone is welcome including you.
Who are you anyway? I am submitting my name and email address below in an effort to make things better known.
Given Scientology’s history of cover up, I’m surprised his shortship didn’t have Rolf Harris as a dignitary. They could have sung a duet of “Tie me Kangaroo Down, Sport” with the wobble board.
“his shortship”. 🙂 nomnom.
Is that what I think it is?
No, it is not, you dirty-minded, elder-statesman of the SoCal beach boys, you.
In all these ribbon yanking photos, over the years, I just cannot get past “Sherman’s” creepy smile. It’s odd. Creepy. Always the exact same. Frozen. Emotionless. Fake. And his stance – always the same – like so much so I wonder if they are little tiny hand outlines where he is to place his hands on the podium.
That’s because he’s stressed or fearful and smiles never reach his eyes.
Anything you may have not noticed on a more positive light. How does it feel to be in antagonism and hostility?
Wow, but we have a new stat to compete with the current one of square feet of paved entrance floor for the ideal morgue: ‘number of miles flown’ by the miniature body of Miscavige.
This week the flown miles stat has an unprecedented historical never before seen highest ever!!!
Isn’t the point that another Scientology Organization has been opened? Have you ever read a book, gone onto the Scientology.org website or read a book even?
“Dr.” Jaya Krishnan is founder of Jayapathics, her own home-brew take on homeopathic treatment.
The organization she belongs to is actually named the Australian Natural Therapists Association Limited (ANTA). The liscencing board of Australia might be interested that she is using the word ‘medical’.
But doesn’t a ‘medical’ person seem more prestigious to have next to Cabbage-On-the-Barbie, than a mere therapist?
That’s it! I knew Sherman forgot a stereotypical phrase to describe Australia!
Shrimp on the barbie!
See, if he had included that, he could have offended WAY more people!
Alcoboy,
I’m not challenging you, just curious because I’m ignorant about Australia and have no idea: “Shrimp on the barbie” is offensive to many Australians?
We don’t call them shrimp (prawns) and we mostly eat them boiled ??
Maybe and maybe not. That was just my take on Mike’s comment on how Dan Sherman writes shit for Miscavige that is oftentimes culturally stereotypical, like the comments about Waltzing Matilda and kangaroos in the streets. It would be like Miscavige saying something like “Scientology auditing delivers more power than filling your tank at a Golden Fleece gas station”, suggesting that all Australians get their gas at this now defunct service station chain. That may not be the case.
By the way, Mike, do you remember those Golden Fleece stations in Australia?
Yep. Sure do.
If Dan is looking for an assistant or editor, I would gladly be of service.
I googled these “supposed” titles and they appear to be fake – surprised? No such thing as far as I’ve found as an “Australian Natural Medical Association”, I bet she isn’t even a real doctor nor are the men actually businessmen. I also bet DM grabbed these guys out of the org somewhere. Right Dave?
Drop the ‘Medical’ and substitute ‘Therapists’, you will find it.
So what? Scientology frees you as a spiritual being. Apply it and you may experience the miracle of an improved life.
Ron,
If you have found spiritual freedom through Scientology, I am glad you have found a path that has led you to a satisfying and fulfilling life.
I can only speak to my experience.
To respond to your question, I find it another example of Scientology trying to gain legitimacy with a falsehood, when they cannot gain it on their own merits.
Your first statement is a lie.
The second one is false.
Considering your zeal and initials, have you explored the possibility that you are LRH in a new body? I am sure the Scientology community would welcome the second coming of their Messiah.
Kyle
Forced perspective photos make the person in the front look fatter. Oops.
Valerie,
Just as Pinocchio had an expanding nose, the demented dwarf has an expanding head. One would hope his expanding ego does not cause it to explode. The image, the image, the horror, the horror.
Yes, he is looking a little more fat headed.
Fatter?
One of the world’s “cruelest new religions.”
This Sunday is Mother’s Day and I won’t be able to see my son. This will be the 5th Mother’s Day this is so. Why? Because david miscavige and his “cruelest of religions” won’t allow him to. Why? Because I read the internet and discovered how david miscavige is one of the world’s cruelest ecclesiastical leaders and he didn’t like me telling anyone what I discovered about him and his abuses. It’s really that simple.
Mary —
I don’t know how you do it. I’d never be strong enough to endure such cruelty and disconnection from my son. My heart is broken for you.
This Mother’s Day, I will be thinking of you, and all the other parents who have lost their kids to this disgusting organization. Big hugs coming your way.
I feel for you deeply in my heart. To say Happy Mother’s Day and hear my mom respond fills me with pride. So to you and every other mother who is blocked from hearing those words because of a cruel vindictive man I want to say “Happy Mother’s Day “to each and every mother out there. I hope you have the best day possible. It is not much but it is the best I can offer you. Thanks to all mother’s each and every day.
Thank you both. I appreciate the sentiments.
This is why we can’t let up on exposing this “coolest” (cruelest) of new religions. I know there are probably thousands of people that have been spared this cruelty because of Leah, Mike and all the other whistleblowers.
Mary Kahn: You have my solemn oath that I will do everything in my power to see that this is the last Mothers Day you will spend without your son.
So sorry to Mary, Lois and other moms out there that will be missing their kids this Sunday. All you parents are in my prayers.
What really tickles me lately is I’ve spotted the well used repeated line, “Scientologists and their guests.” What does that mean exactly? Do Scientologists drag along some sort of entourage of “guests” that are immune to Scientology? Maybe kids under five (although you wouldn’t relate to them as guests, surely), maybe the household cat or dog… what? With the, ‘with us or agin us’ enforcement of religious servitude to Scientology, muscled by disconnection policy and an overwhelming thirst for fresh meat for the regges – what in the fuck is a Scientologist’s guest?
Scientologist’s guest? = body thetan?
Paid seatwarmer?
Double-speak for we are open to outsiders. “See? We have non-scientologists at these events, just not YOU…or anyone you know…or any human you can find.”
Guest: Noun. Person shipped from another Scientology org to buff croud numbers when local membership would make a pitifully small presence for propaganda pictures. 🙂
“Scientologists and their guests.” Guests mean Cluster.
A guest is someone who is invited. Scientologists invited others to attend the celebrations of the opening of a new organization.
“…in fact they stepped into the Twilight Zone of insanity just short of the front porch to infinity.” Mike, you are too friggin funny.
Infinity. The book Scientology 8-8008 is a good book to read to attain infinity
Would Miscavige ever use his apple crate in situations like this?
It appears as though there are a few optical illusions being used in this photo
To: Chee Chalker
From: David Miscavige COB RTC
Re: standing on an apple crate.
STOP SPREADING THAT SHIT AROUND! I DO NOT STAND ON AN APPLE CRATE! I DON’T NEED TO! I AM THE BIGGEST BEING IN THE MEST UNIVERSE! EVERYONE BOWS DOWN TO ME AND I BOW TO NO ONE, NOT EVEN GOD! SO SPREAD THAT ON YOUR TOAST AND EAT IT!
ML
Dave.
To: David Miscavige COB RTC
From: Alcoboy
Re: you not bowing to anyone.
You don’t even bow to God?
Boy, are you in TROUBLE!
No love at all
Alcoboy
Understanding God is what Scientology is all about.
Mike, i appreciate you so much. Thank you for always showing us the truth of whats going on, and everything else you do to help expose Scientology for what it is…a lie.
Scientology is 100% make believe.
Yes, it was made to deceive 100% of the time, then there’s training which is another 100%, and of course then there’s donations, another 100% of all you’ve got. But then there’s the CCs & mortgages another 200%. Then there’s staff and billon year contracts… Geezers… the math is make believe heaven for the criminally but 100% dementedly insane.
True Dat!
Wasn’t Mike saying the opposite of what has been saying recently? Would that be called bigotry or being a bigot?
I like the photo. Somehow everyone else’s heads are the same size but little Davie’s head is huge. It shows him off as the clown he is.
Shouldn’t he have a rubber nose on his face?
Rubber nose?
He looks like he is 9 yrs old…lol..why hasn’t somebody beat the shit out of him..?? Wouldn’t be hard
You want to beat him up yet you complain that he has beaten others. Really? And you proper that David beat Mike! Doesn’t make sense when Mike is so much bigger that David. I smell a rat in Denmark!
Thanks Mike, we share the same sarcasm. Scientology is dead…
“Scientology is dead.” Shouldn’t we kick it to make sure?
The Church of Zombie.
And that’s exactly why cult has become the walking dead.
Oh, kicking is too good for it, too kind. Hit it with some defib paddles, see if it jumps.
Dead? The Sun never sets on Scientology as the technology and churches are all over the world.
A book of Sherman’s greatest hits would really be a hoot!
Or better yet, recorded by William Shatner … full Shatnerspeak doing Shermanspeak …
LOL. When I read Sherman, I usually have Shatners voice in my head. His pacing is perfect for that pretentious B.S.
I was wondering:
1) Does Sherman actually attend these events to be able to write what he writes?
2) I thought Sherman was not Sea Org, and that makes me wonder where does he actually live/sleep?
3) If he isn’t Sea Org, what is his official “job title”? Or if he IS Sea Org then what Org is he in and what is his post?
4) Does Sherman get paid for writing these speeches? How much?
Thanks for keeping us posted! I have a full time job now (working for The Man) and don’t look at my phone (or computer) much so I appreciate a few days in a row of your work to catch up!
1. Light now hurts his eyes. A suitable dimly lit environment is provided for Sherman 24/7 to keep him in peak form.
2. Sherman has not been seen to sleep by any outside humans in several years.
3. Sherman has to be kept in a special isolated environment. Exposure to even other SeaBorg speech and thought was found to have a deleterious impact on his effluent flow of eloquence.
4. Sherman is paid by the syllable. One bean/one rice kernel per.
Sarita, I only know how it was when I was there up to 2004. But back then Danny lived the high life with Sea Org slaves assigned to attend to his every need, in a two bedroom bungalow at the Int Base. With Dave not at the Base too much anymore it may be he has moved to LA. It would be easy to imagine special offices for him at Scientology Media Productions but I don’t really know.
He often attends events to work on the speeches, you would expect him to be behind the scenes somewhere at the openings. But possibly he doesn’t go, I don’t know for sure.
He officially is called the “L Ron Hubbard Biographer”. Every year he does a biographical speech at the L Ron Hubbard Birthday Event in the Ruth Eckerd Hall. And he has produced the “Ron” series, little fluff books on various aspects of Hubbard’s life. Exaggerated far beyond the maximum.
Some day he is supposed to come out with the definitive complete Hubbard biography. But the contradictions of fact in his work so far are so well known that it seems like a bridge too far even for him.
I can’t imagine he does all this for free, but I don’t know how much he is paid. I hope it is in the high class prostitute range, because his career is ruined for anything else.
Very well written article one of your best IMHO:
Catches the empty pomposity denial and despair in the bubble.
I happen to have done a detailed count of heads in that photograph, and came up with under 250, though undoubtedly I missed a few. In another photograph someone counted 382, but I have scrutinized that one and think I see evidence – which bolsters an eyewitness account from “Fred Basset” posted at ESMB and the Bunker that the crowd was much smaller than it appears in photos – that it has been heavily photoshopped to augment the crowd, using techniques much more sophisticated and harder to detect than the CofS had been known to be capable of.
Some of what I think I’ve found is in a post at the Bunker: http://disq.us/p/1scdks4 Particularly if anyone has, or knows anyone who has, expertise with Photoshop or other post-production tools, I’d be interested in opinions and feedback.
Some of them undoubtably have more than one head. (schizophrenic).
Sherman speak supreme! Does anyone understand it? Another bamboozle used. In one ear and out the other. I can hardly read it. 😀
In fairness, the ecclesiastical leader of Scientology is hardly diminutive; 155cm is nothing to sneeze at. Gesundheit, sir!
+1! Now that’s some funny shit!
Mike, do you think miss C would ever apologize for being a dicklet? Like, truly apologize ? Is there any hope left for Scientology(the way Lafayette intended it)?
Aaron El Wrong Hubtard intended scientology as a scam. DM is doing well by His standard.
Aaron,
My take is that the few good ideas that Hubbard fleshed out will continue forward with or without any formal organization. Those ideas need no force or enforcement to continue to exist. The rest…… will crash and burn as you see currently happening.
I’ve been following scientology for a couple of years now. If Hubbard had any good ideas, I haven’t come across one yet.
Correct bix. Nothing that El wRONg actually came up with (as opposed to taking from others) has EVER proven to have any lasting benefits to mankind.
He died didn’t he?
Dicklet…wouldn’t that be a small….oh, never mind.
Western Australia has some of the most awesome ocean front real estate. The idiot is too stupid to purchase and develop that.
I have a brother & his wonderful family in Perth. It truly is a remarkable state. Beautiful, particularly south of Perth with massive forests (Mediterranean type climate), pristine beaches, great fishing, plus lots of huge crayfish (lobsters to us Aussies, but technically they’re crayfish). Wildflowers abound with brilliant colour. Great surfing beaches, couple of white pointers hang about there though. There’s more millionaires there than you can poke a stick at, mining is good, but geezers it’s a long, long, long way from anywhere. Takes about 4 + days drive from Sydney and there’s a 2 hour time difference. If you love big deserts, Western Australia’s the place.
Sounds fabulous in every way! At one time I was all set to move to Australia. Went to Hawaii instead. Long story. Some day I’ll make to this country that has always intrigued me.
If you ever need any info just let me know.
It really does sound like paradise Yawn. An area with a couple million people spread around is plenty large enough for me.
Western Australia is different. It’s so isolated it’s like stepping back in time, but all the mod cons are there. My brother loves it, but its isolation sets it apart from any other city I’ve ever been. To me, it’s sort of an acquired taste. Be great to have enough $ to own a place there for visits etc – however, it’s damn hot with long, long summers!
No worries. I’ve lived in Scottsdale, AZ. High temps without the beautiful beach front. Looking at the map I see what you mean about the size and isolation. Pretty unique situation.
The North West “corner” looks almost uninhabited but lush and tropical. I read a book by a U.S. WW2 Sub commander. They put he with a few subs and a tender in some little bay up there to operate hidden against the Jap navy moving against Australia early in ’42. He said it was a paradise.
Yes. If you look at the maps pilots use, most of that north western & central sector of Australia is stamped “designated remote area.” That’s tells you just how remote it is and there are no services. I’ve been in it a couple of times barramundi fishing. Fabulous adventure, not for the faint hearted but worth the experience if you’re into such things. That sub commander would have had a ball up there, despite the war – it’s wild in its own way, will kill you if you’re not prepared but that’s the reality of the place.
How dare they use the term ‘Dreamtime’ and Scientology in the same paragraph. I am sure the local first Nations people would not be impressed. The proper thing to do would have been to invite an Aboriginal elder to welcome Misgavige & his entourage to traditional country. They mention pioneers from England, Scotland, Italy, China, Vietnam & Greece (the people with the money – mostly anyway). How disrespectful, but not surprising.
I have to ask Mike….
Don’t you ever get tired of publishing the same kind of story again and again?
I hope you don’t. 😛
They never seem to have a real and significant upstat!
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
When scientology starts doing/claiming something different, Mike will get a chance to do different stories, which I’m sure he’d like, but they NEVER learn; They can’t, by ironclad policy.