I happened to stumble upon this yesterday. It was put out after the "5th Anniversary of the Maiden Voyage" which means shortly after June 1993. Yes, that is right. TWENTY THREE YEARS AGO. And look at the requirements -- OT VIII and SHSBC Grad (or Gard V and ALL Tech Specialist Courses), all orgs St Hill Size and a "A safe environment." More than two decades later: OT VIII's are being pushed to do Student Hat, Purif and Objectives as their "set-ups" for OT IX and X. There is NO Briefing Course. You cannot do it even if you paid for it. There are less "SH Size orgs" (by ANY … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2016
Justification and Rationalization
Another thoughtful piece from our Special Correspondent who brought us An Evaluation of Scientology and Fear: That Which Drives Scientology. Justification and Rationalization in Scientology Rationalization of doctrine occurs in all religions. From the moment one is introduced to the creeds and canons of a church, he’s forced to make sense out of the illogical and absurd if he has any chance at salvation. Scientology is no exception. Making excuses for material that doesn’t make sense, but which one is expected to accept as true, becomes a way of life for church members. This is e … [Read more...]
More SuMP Insanity
Tony Ortega has some excellent material on his blog today about the opening of the SuMP. A few other/additional/redundant thoughts on this subject. First, one of the more insane emails ever to come my way, Pasadena org sent this out at 8 pm on Friday night to let everyone know to come to the org at 7am the following morning because "course starts at 8am" -- the most important thing about the most important event in the history of scientology, in fact the entire universe, is to keep those student points up and NOT MISS A MINUTE of your "enhancement"! Of course, the email also contains … [Read more...]
The SuMP is Upon Us
It's finally arrived... the day for the ribbon yanking of the greatest boondoggle in scientology history (and that is saying something). After all the put-off dates and promotion with NO dates and emails from anyone and everyone, the crowds will gather, the video crews will be capturing every word and every angle, and scientology will launch itself into the 20th century with a white elephant for the ages. Below is just a sampling of the frenzy of urgent messages to implore all scientologists everywhere to show up for this event. You have to wonder how many "celebrities" will be there, as … [Read more...]
Regraded Being
Thursday Funnies
Central Files This is REALLY important. And absolutely everyone is doing it! Even the Captain FSO (OMG) is involved! The movies must be a popular thing! Wonder how many things are misfiled as people are distracted by JT or Steve Martin? No such luxury in Miami. You just get a finger pointed at you. And there is a Sea Org ProGAM chief there... Pasadena SH Size They don't even have a Bookstore Officer? Then again, as my old friend Rob Williamson pointed out, they ARE the size of SH... As in small and empty. DEAR XXXXXX, CONSIDER THIS... "The … [Read more...]
“Completion” Lists
Can you believe ANYTHING in scientology? A Special Correspondent just sent this to me. Remember, this is an "Ideal Org" that is not only clearing Denver, but the entire state of Colorado. As well as Nebraska, Wyoming and various other parts of the Midwest and Mountain region. And you can bet, this is not an isolated example. This huge building is a complete failure when measured against "clearing the planet" but a huge success when measured against "clearing wallets." Hey Mike, I just got Issue 427 of "Integrity", the Denver Org's magazine. I've attached the … [Read more...]
OT VIIIs: The Blind and Deaf
Scientology is a study in contradictions. But it would seem even the most enlightened beings at the top of the bridge aren't able to perceive even the most obvious of them. Read this first message sent to OT VIIIs by the Senior C/S for their "next OT Levels." Put aside there is no such thing, which they have apparently not realized yet, I wonder if they recall the "success story" they wrote after they completed OT VIII about how they were now total cause over the universe and had the full meaning of life revealed... But hold on, these super beings who have completed the first of the … [Read more...]
A New Civilization Built of Empty Buildings
Really? This is the best they have? OT Ambassadors from "61 org fields" did not even fill the ballroom of the Ft Harrison. 61 org fields is more than half all the orgs on earth. And this is THE big deal in scientology, more important than anything else with more time and effort and force devoted to it than any program in the history of scientology. I would estimate there are about 125 people in this photo -- they either didn't have 250 people there or they couldn't persuade them to be in a photoshoot. More likely the former as they routinely exaggerate everything even when there is a … [Read more...]
Scientology Children
These have all been sent to me in the last week. The focus on children as a money-making tool, for recruitment and as free labor is very disturbing. In scientology, children are treated as "old thetans in small bodies" - meaning they are capable of pretty much anything an adult is able to do, only limited by their physical size and ability. This is one of the creepier parts of scientology -- they find nothing strange or offensive about showing a 5 year old boy signing a pledge to give money to an "ideal org." Scientology likes to justify its activities by claiming "this is just like … [Read more...]