Umm…
“…and other conmen.”
Or
“…and utter conmen.”?

Stefani, the one I want to see is GOLIATH, the espy super-dog!

Skyler offered:
“Don’t forget the greatest number of lawsuits ever that have resulted from false imprisonment, sexual abuse and all manner of financial frauds.”

AND many/most of them due to Tommy Davis screaming “You dn’t have the F-ing RANK” to exactly the wrong person.

Belynda,

As an atheist myself — defined to be A (away from or without) theism (or not needing a god or gods) — about as close as I get to Xmas is “Winter solstice” which the Xians failed to completely subvert as most of the traditions of “christmas” are the earlier pagan ones. Solstice IS a real thing, and something to celebrate: the inexorable lengthening of Winter’s days, leading toward Spring and the celebration of the world being reborn anew. THAT’s something I can enthusiastically support wholeheartedly.

Jeanne M offered:
“How do you audit a three year old? My heart stopped when I saw that.”

Agreement, but “auditing” could be as mild as a “contact assist”, which I’ve observed to be helpful in a toddler’s “getting over” an inconsequential bump. Certainly, it’s not as enslaving as the TRs and objectives, and the silence is golden.

Joe Pendleton gave us:
“LESS robotic? Methinks not.”

TRUE DAT!

WHO could have passed that as “acceptable” to publish?? Hint: It could be that famous high school drip-out; too short to call a drop-out.

Thanks for the link, 6organs. I needed the chuckle today.

Thanks! Very interesting stuff!

The holiday catalog can be found here: https://imgur.com/gallery/DDcfp1t (And heads up, only the first ten or so pages of the catalog are shown initially, so be sure to hit the ‘load 67 more images’ tab under the last page to get the remainder of the catalog. That’s probably obvious to most, but I didn’t see it right away).

My favorite bit dealt with the E-Meter. They don’t want you to just order one, but rather use “these special offers to obtain a second or third meter for home, for travel or just in case,” After all, “with an additional meter to hand, you will never risk wasting a single moment of this brief breath in eternity.” That last sentence tries to be poetic but instead comes off as an oxymoron and is a good illustration of Scientology “scripture” as a whole: writing that attempts to be profound but is often illogical. The implication proffered is you don’t have a second to spare and you have all the time in the world. Those two phrases would be contradictory to most, but in the realm of Scientology they’re both true.

I didn’t see a price listed for the E-Meter, though. I also didn’t see a number to call or site to visit in order to get a price quote. Did I overlook something? On the reddit where the above link was posted, someone wrote that a new E-Meter costs around $4,000. Can anyone verify if that is accurate?