A recent interview with Alex Gibney in Rolling Stone where he was asked the following question, jogged my memory. I had the pleasure of seeing Going Clear at its Sundance premiere, which was pretty wild. Is Scientology still on your case? And I’ve done a lot of reporting on Scientology as well, so what’s it like to see Tom Cruise still be the king of Hollywood? It seems he hasn’t had to answer a single question about this stuff in the eight years since Going Clear. I agree. And I’m kind of surprised. I think he took a step away, so he’s not the kind of ambassador for Scientology tha … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2023
ScientologyTV “All New Season”
Well, the "All New Season" of scientologyTV was an underwhelming flop. We have a LOT more new and original programming on SPTV. This is what is listed as the programming when I clicked on the site. "A Description of scientology" which has been aired several times a day every day since they started their "TV channel." Then a tour of the Sydney "ideal org" -- really a sort of travelogue of the city itself. Don't know if it was there previously, they have had these videos about "orgs" since day one and they all look the same other than the city they are in. Then they have 3 "shows" … [Read more...]
How Many Sea Org Members Are There?
According to the good people at AOSHUK, there 6,800 Sea Org members on earth. This is of course a high number -- every number scientology proffers is inflated. It is just how things are done. But let us take their hype figures at face value. Even they admit that every SO member is going to be responsible for clearing more than 1 million people. ONE MILLION. They have not cleared 100,000 people with ALL Sea Org members and all staff in 73 YEARS. They are so far in left field they are not even in the same country, let alone the stadium. If we give them the benefit of the … [Read more...]
Another Wealth of Scientology Information
A reader just made us aware of this excellent resource of information about scientology at the website pseudoscientology.us It's a great collection of valuable information. This is a list of some of the recent posts: Check it out. The more information there is available about the abuses of scientology and the lies it spreads, the better the world will be. … [Read more...]
The “OT Bubble” Miscavige-Movie-Thon
It seems scientology has reached new depths of cult-leader worship. Captain Miscavige has officially become the only person who matters in the world. The source of all wisdom and inspiration. The man who can do no wrong and may not be questioned. It is he, and he alone, who is "keeping the show on the road." It was he who was "gearing up for planetary expansion" (as he shut scientology down harder than than any circumstances required, mostly to cover up the fact that the "Chase Wave" required wholesale removal of registrars and executives to avoid a catastrophic prosecution). And … [Read more...]
Regraded Being
Thursday Funnies
It's ALWAYS "around the corner" Or "coming up." Never happening NOW or "already happened." Why is it just the same 4 "beautiful people"? Isn't there anyone else in Vancouver? Good luck with that... They're about as valuable as last week's newspaper. Going back to the 50's Scientology has been stuck in the 50's, well, since the 50's. You need a Class IX to explain this? That's what the Comm Course supposedly teaches you? Power Up Your Life? They bring in someone from Twin Cities -- one of the deadest of the dead … [Read more...]
Live Chat Tonight — “Too Gruesome to Confront”
Aimee and I will be discussing "Too Gruesome to Confront" on my YouTube channel tonight... It's one of the more shocking aspects of life inside scientology, but especially inside the Sea Org. Intimidation and violence is part of the culture and is founded in the writings of Hubbard. We will talk about our experiences and some of the bizarre, cruel and even sadistic things done in the name "Clearing the Planet." Please tune in and subscribe if you haven't done so already. We will be going live at 7:30pm EDT. Here are a few documents we will be referring to. The … [Read more...]
Mickey Asks: Where’s Shelly?
This image is from the end of Jon Oliver's Last Week Tonight show on HBO. He has been one of the most consistently critical voices of David Miscavige and the abuses of scientology. He is relentless, and his bringing these things to the attention of the world is appreciated and I wanted to take a moment to thank him. Birthday Wishes: Thank you all so much for so many kind birthday wishes and messages yesterday. There's no way I can respond to them all individually, but have tried to read them and at least "like" as many as possible... Had a wonderful time with Christie and the … [Read more...]
L. Ron Hubbard Lecture: He Explains OT III in Detail
In my recent YouTube video about Scientology and Christianity, I read an excerpt from one of Hubbard's lectures from the Class VIII course. You can hear the relevant section of this lecture, accompanied by a slide show (you can select various sources for the slide show -- South Park, Going Clear, Panorama and some others). There can be no doubt what Hubbard is saying when you listen to the entire 10 minute excerpt. I wanted to put this up on my blog so it i … [Read more...]