It's always interesting to see high profile scientologists trying to make scientology appear to be something it is not to avoid embarrassment/having to answer uncomfortable questions. A couple of examples surfaced recently. One of the great scientology scam artists, Grant Cardone put a reel on Facebook (it's only about 20 seconds and well worth a look): https://www.facebook.com/reel/1061963735350614 In it he proclaims he really isn't about money, which sets the tone of what is to follow... He is actually all about spirituality. And that means his relationship with God, w … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2024
When the Media Challenged Tom Cruise About Scientology
This is an old article that appeared in Premiere magazine in 1993. I came across it while I was looking for something recently and it reminded me of the days when journalists in major publications were not afraid of taking on scientology and challenging the celebrities involved to account for their support of the cult. These days, with a very few exceptions (Tony Ortega, take a bow), reporters are so afraid of even asking about scientology, the issue is ignored. Cruise forbids questions about scientology as a condition of doing interviews. The lack of attention and exposure of the beliefs and … [Read more...]
High Conflict Personalities
I was sent this article by a reader and found it interesting and relevant. I doubt there is anyone who reads this blog who has not encountered this sort of personality, I think cults tend to be breeding grounds for extreme behaviors. I had no idea that this was an identifiable and categorized type of person. There is a lot of information out in the real world that can help make sense of cult experiences! High conflict people (HCPs) have a pattern of high-conflict behavior that increases conflict rather than reducing or resolving it. This pattern usually happens over and over … [Read more...]
Where is the IAS?
If this situation is so dire, why isn't the IAS stepping in to spend ten thousand dollars to buy some generators/batteries? The IAS has sucked in hundreds of thousands of dollars in the past based on Freedom Medal winners who "brought LRH tech to the government of Ukraine and thus brought sanity to an entire nation." They have used the Ukrainian Freedom Medal winners to do fundraising events. They have explained how important it is to "bring the tech" to this nation. But now in their hour of need, the IAS is nowhere to be seen, instead it's a Facebook pitch to keep the mission bringing the … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Midwest Unite Giving money to "build a great Midwest" by finally renovating the Battle Creek building purchased nearly 20 years ago -- they should be trying to open some orgs in the Midwest as most Midwest states have no scientology org at all. Poor Mike Blake This guy gets hit up for everything in Columbus. Why isn't the ChanMan ever participating in giving his money? Columbus org paying for Battle Creek Why? They're supposed to have opened dozens of missions by now that should be turned into orgs (remember Miscavige's infamous "arrow" graphic?) -- … [Read more...]
Freedom Medal Winners Become Fundraisers
This guy, like so many other IAS Freedom Medal winners, got awarded for accomplishments in “disseminating scientology” - and promptly stopped those activities and started being a fundraiser for the IAS. There are literally dozens of Freedom Medal winners who promptly vanished from the scene, most of whom only appear to raise money for the IAS. From the “disseminators” to the “psych busters” (and if you added up their supposed accomplishments, psychiatry should be a distant memory at this point as they have "shut down" psychiatry in so many places everyone has lost count) to the “Way to Ha … [Read more...]
LRH Books Are Saving Iran
It is sometimes interesting to look back at promises made in earlier years. This is some empty hype from 2014 that reads the same as their bs pitches today. They start with offering that “12 important opinion leaders” were “introduced” through the “L. Ron Hubbard Series” (NOT “LRH books”) and then one unnamed leader talked about The Way to Happiness (not supposed to be promoted as an “LRH book.”). They claim to have gotten permission to distribute the “beginning books of Dianetics” and WTH to libraries. No scientology of course as they are pretending this is not religious material (the bait … [Read more...]
Kissing David Miscavige’s Butt
This is one of the recent press releases put out by scientology. That they're not embarrassed to have this appear anywhere says a great deal about just how much of a cult scientology is. The only comparison to this drooling idiocy is the fawning supplication of the poor people of N. Korea who fall over themselves to praise Dear Leader Kim Jong Un. Scientologists these days fall over one another to praise their Dear Leader -- for "saving the tech in it's purest form" (while he has completely decimated it), as a "get humanitarian leader" (which overseeing one of the … [Read more...]
Solo NOTs “Orders of Magnitude”
They announced they had reached their target of 10,000 on May 4th. That’s 3 months ago and they have added 100 since then. That means 400 in a year, so at this rate, making the next target of 25,000 is going to take more than 60 YEARS! Yet they are so proud of this accomplishment! Isn't it just a little ironic that in the face of this, "Mr. Solo NOTs" is doing a briefing about "orders of magnitude" -- when they are so far off any possible correct order of magnitude? The world of scientology is a world of delusion. If the sheeple are told something is good, they accept it w … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Winning? 34 years on staff, which has accomplished what? Wiso Gossett knows… His accomplishments as an artist set him apart Brian Anderson! For years the Flag PR spokesman - now part of the “Infinity Group” renting master bedrooms. How do you leave the Sea Org and remain so brainwashed? Tampa Org promoting Mace-Kingsley And it will only cost you $25! (That way they can count attendees as “First Service Starts”) Lot of kids stuff Flag, the top of the Bridge… Getting those intro services rocking … [Read more...]