Came across this promotional item from 2020
It contains a quote from Hubbard that is not dated. Probably from the 50’s or 60’s, but let’s assume for argument’s sake these were his last words in 1986.
That’s almost 40 years ago now — and I guess the passage of time has proven that in fact we CAN’T clear Earth.
Things have in fact gone backwards. Even counting all the “Dianetic” and “Natural” Clears — there were no more than 75,000 cumulative by 1986. The population of earth in 1986 was 5 billion. Today it is 8 billion.
Today, according to scientology’s latest Clear number that I have reported is 75,900 in 2023.
So, in 1986 there was 1 Clear ever in 67,000 people alive today. At present it’s one to 100k. There are tens of millions of new NON-Clears being made every year (where do all these thetans come from?) The Planet is literally LESS Clear today than it was yesterday and the decline is accelerating.
The rallying cry of “we are Clearing the Planet” is a joke.
MJM says
Clearing Earth is an ill-defined and thus impossible goal to achieve. No wonder they’ve been floundering all these years!
A better objective would be the following:
1. Clear the world of Scientology
2. Deprogram Scientologists infected with the “Hubbard is source” virus
3. Get them to think their own thoughts
A painful, yet necessary step on the road to recovery.
Mikey says
1. Clear the planet
2. Generalities won’t do
Cognitive dissonance, much?
Clio says
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Aquamarine says
(Facepalm, Eyeroll, Teeth Grinding) How – HOW can they “CLEAR” Earth if they’re not training any auditors? If the PURPOSE is to CLEAR EARTH why the F would you cancel all the auditor’s certs and make them study the whole shebang all over again at their own expense (GAT 1) and then cancel all THOSE certs and make them study everything yet AGAIN (GAT 2) and WHY would you ALSO require that BEFORE a student could do ANY auditor training he/she MUST do the FULL Basics Course package…WHY would any sane person in charge of Scientology Tech – irespective of whether or not you believe it works or not, I’m just making a point – WHY would someone in charge of achieving this goal make it SO hard, SO expensive and SO time consuming to become trained as an auditor, IF the SINCERE PURPOSE is to Clear Planet Earth, which entails clearing, what? – 7 billion people…i? It blows my mind, end of rant, thank you.
Survivor says
Exactly. Here’s the argument that I would make:
1. LRH said your chances of going OT are as good as you can audit.
2. KSW point #1 is ‘having the technology’
3. The two things that made expert auditors and ensured standard tech, the Class VI and Class VIII courses, have been gone for 28 YEARS.
4. You no longer have the technology
5. Whoever did this is an SP.
Not that I buy any of it anymore. But thinking this way started my road out,
Phillip says
I’ve got to admit the flyer is more effective than telling the truth.
Because the truth runs more like this.
#1 Only we can “make things better” (vague idealized goal)
#2 WE REALLY CARE ABOUT THIS
#3 You desire to help (because you’re such a good person)
#4 We have the tools that really work (puffery) to “make things better”
#5 Let us $$$$$$ELL you the information we say you need
(Ignore the blatant lie about WE REALLY CARE because if we really cared and thought Clearing the Planet was important we’d be giving the information away for free.
And ignore the part about you’re such a good person, because we don’t know you/fresh meat, don’t really care and will abuse you mercilessly if you $ign up, it’s simply ego stroking to make a sale.)
#6 Now let’s all get out there and dust, mop and vacuum the planet.
LoosingMyReligion says
Phillip, in fact, for me, even when I was in the SO, this has always been a question mark.
If there is an apparent alarm in the neighborhood for a supposed fire and everyone is participating to contain it or save people, it’s strange for someone to start selling firefighter clothes, courses on how to manage the disaster, and why not donations for the next neighborhood party on the spot. This would dangerously delay everything.
If clearing this planet is so urgent, and even overdue, why those high prices and all that time-wasting fundraising that distracts from the goal?
There is no real urgency. Just sales talk. They have no clue about what to really do.
Phillip says
I really like your analogy about there’s a fire/emergency – so let’s go SELL firefighting clothes.
Jeffrey Augustine says
In its entire 74 year history no Scientology Org or International management body has ever went Clear.
INT Base is not Clear.
RTC is not Clear.
OSA is not Clear and is, in fact, full of people in hiding who must non-Scientologist contractors to do its work.
Flag Land Base is not Clear.
The $100 million dollar paperweight a/k/a Scientology Media Productions is not Clear.
Pac Base is not Clear.
St. Hill is not Clear.
No Sea Org Org is Clear.
The fact that Scientology cannot make Clear even one of its own management organizations or one of its own Sea Org Org’s shows the delusional nature of the claim.
The real test would be this: Scientology needs to make just ONE of its own management organizations or Sea Org Org’s Clear to prove the concept.
Mike Rinder says
Good point! Can’t even clear their own, let alone the “wogs.”
jim rowles says
YES! Even in 1970/1 when the postulate check fiasco had the orgs in treason I said: If you have all of this time on your hands why not train and audit all staff to improve their lot? “But, the orgs are in treason so each staff member is in treason.’ F**K that said me as I walked out for some years.
At that same time Phil Spickler’s franchise in Palo Alto was thriving doing only Book One training and co-auditing. His success? All of his staff were early clears, all class 6/8, and no ethics to muddy the scene. Hubbard took their money and was jealous. The 1984 Mission Massacre shut down the only workable aspect of Hubbard’s scheme.
Militancy and enlightenment do not mix, so you do not need to hold your breath waiting for a ‘clear org’ to happen.
vǝda says
MIKE, NEIL GAIMAN’S FINALLY BEING EXPOSED!!!!
Sorry for being off-topic (is it?). I don’t expect you to let this comment go through, but holy shit, I just had to tell you. I’m elated! You know how long I’ve been blowing the whistle on that pos.
*hug* hope you’re doing better. I still want that pizza date.
Chris Shugart says
Back in the late seventies, I was completely convinced that we were on the verge of clearing the planet. At the time, there was a global push that created a new fervor to “clear Earth.” Clams like me, believed that a worldwide movement had begun. I can’t speak for others, but I also believed that such an ambitious and comprehensive plan could be achieved in a matter of a few years. In retrospect, it’s difficult to fathom how this ludicrous pipe dream can be sustained with propaganda rather than results.
LoosingMyReligion says
“Where do all these thetans come from?”
This is a good question. And depending on the answer given, the concept of the thetan would lose all its meaning, and consequently, all of scn would no longer make sense.
Many Eastern religions (from which hubbard often claimed to draw inspiration) have a very different concept. In short, we are all extensions (therefore points of view) of a single consciousness, which through these experiences gains self-awareness. There is no separation, nor are there eternal beings unto themselves or ‘personal home universes.’
As for clearing Earth, just look at the fascist internal conditions of scn to understand what they are really clearing.
mwesten says
There were “trillions” of thetans left on Earth after Xenu fried half the confederation.
That doesn’t seem to include Earth’s native animal and insect populations, which would take Xenu’s death toll up into the quintillions. And what of plants, bacteria, archaea, algae, protozoa? (Yes, GEs are thetans too – bigot!) I assume they were also vacuumed up and implanted.
Of course, most of these ended up as BTs/clusters and attached themselves to those who came after.
And of those who came after, some must have decided to stick around long enough to see the Marcabians installing a forcefield around the exosphere and setting up implant stations in the Pyrenees. I guess that wasn’t considered creepy or suspicious.
The rest of us were thetanapped from elsewhere and dumped here like trash. Possibly in an ice cube.
So if my reasoning [sic] is correct then either:
1. There are at least billions more thetans trapped on Earth than previously thought. They wander among us, patiently waiting for new bodies to become available. They were either already here when the Marcabians first arrived or have been dumped here since as part of some super mass dumping extravaganza (some five billion on the homo sap line alone since 1967).
2) Body thetans don’t need to be audited at all. They can and do take bodies when available. Maybe they just tag along with us for the ride while they wait.
3) It’s all bollocks.
Aquamarine says
“And what of native animal and insect populations…plants, bacteria, archaea,algae, protozao (Yes, GEs are thetans too – bigot!)…I assume they were also vaccuumed up and implanted”
Still laughing 🙂
LoosingMyReligion says
After pondering it for a long time, I opted for the third conclusion. All bollocks.
Billions and billions of beings piling up here on Earth (who knows why for millions of years) is a stimulating thought.
Besides, all this “research and discoveries based on electronic evidence” done, if you’re lucky, with just a Mark V leaves me, I don’t know why, slightly doubtful.
mwesten says
😂😂😂
GL says
Does that mean that every single cell in a human/non-human body has thousands of ghosties attached to them as well? If it does then using trillions, even quintillions, is meaningless in trying to describe the numbers involved. No wonder they can’t clear the planet, let alone themselves.
mwesten says
The GE animates all the minutiae, supposedly. And Hub never cared much for the minutiae.
In the original OT8 student briefing, Hub referred to an implant “laid in by carefully controlled genetic mutation at Incident Two” suggesting GEs were also brainwashed in some capacity. The corruption of Earth’s genetic lines means successive generations of meatsacks are more susceptible to the whisperings of a shady, interdimensional, extraterrestrial cabal. Or something.
Exactly how were GEs implanted? Don’t know.
Are some former GEs now body thetans? Don’t know
How do we prevent man’s imminent doom? Don’t know.
Miscavige yanked it off the Bridge, chopped up OT8 and has been delivering a scaled back, family-friendly version ever since.
Denny Owen says
I submitted the obvious problem to Google’s Gemini AI. As expected…
The Obvious Problem with “Clearing the Planet”
The discrepancy between the stated goal of “Clearing the Planet” and the actual rate of progress raises significant questions about the efficacy or feasibility of the methods employed.
If the number of “clears” has increased at a much slower rate than the overall population, it suggests that either:
✅ The process of becoming “clear” is extremely difficult or time-consuming. This could indicate that the requirements or techniques for achieving this state are highly demanding or inefficient.
✅ The definition of “clear” may have been adjusted or lowered over time. If the criteria for being considered “clear” have become less stringent, it could artificially inflate the numbers.
✅ There might be a lack of widespread interest or participation in the process of becoming “clear.” This could indicate a shortfall in recruitment or outreach efforts.
Ultimately, the slow progress in achieving this ambitious goal casts doubt on the overall effectiveness of the Scientology approach.
Glenn says
The ONLY THING the cult clears is member’s bank accounts. Totally disgusting trap full of false promises. One member I know gave them everything then became unemployed, bankrupt, homeless with only a car to live in. Maybe the person should have asked the cult for a refund so as to get by? Well we all know where that would have ended. Despicable, disgusting and totally worthless cult.
GL says
I’ll be surprised they didn’t try to pressure him to sell his car. Just think of the money Demento could make if he started an organ harvesting program to “help” cash strapped sheepbots.
Glenn says
Wow! Never thought of that!
Get members to sell a kidney and give the proceeds to the cult. Keep this to yourself! I worry Missycabbage would actually do it.