See most recent post: Scientology’s Cowardly Celebrities. Along with those celebrities is the other category of major enablers who remain conspicuously silent in the face of the abuses; the financial supporters, especially the "Whales." Here is a list of the biggest supporters of the IAS Not by any means complete and it excludes anyone who has given less than $1 million (there are many). Most of those named below have also give a lot of cash to the “Ideal Org,” L. Ron Hubbard Hall, Planetary Dissemination, “4th Dynamic: campaigns” and various other fundraisers. The figures are just their … [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...]
“Solve it with Scientology”
Hurricane Debby reminded me of the original Hurricane Debbie -- Debbie Cook's email that rocked the scientology world on 1 January 2012. In addition to other points she laid out, Debbie highlighted Hubbard's insistence that scientology NOT engage in "fundraising" but sell and deliver Dianetics and Scientology as the only way to success. Here are some Hubbard quotes Debbie cited: From HCO PL Org Ethics and Tech: “GET RID OF DISTRACTIONS FROM SCIENTOLOGY in your org. Baby-sitting or raffle tickets and such nonsense.” From HCO PL Org Programming: “If the org slumps… don’t engage in ‘fu … [Read more...]
A Window Into The Scientology Bubble
There is quite a lot to be gleaned from this FB post and the comments. First, and most obvious, these scientologists are apparently NOT at cause over their lives and are struggling financially. Second, their solution is NOT to "solve it with scientology." Haven't they read all the success stories from the people who listened to the ACCs and it totally changed their life/handled all their problems/ got them moving on the Bridge etc etc? Not going to be auditors who are cause over life? They didn't even take them out of the plastic wrappers. So many scientologists have been convinced to … [Read more...]
Money on Account — Can You Ever Get It Back?
Going to Have to Sell a LOT of Cupcakes
This is not going to make the grade. It's almost sad to think these poor deluded people in one of the absolute forgotten, backwater scientology organizations are holding a bake sale to try to get an ideal org (and it's not even IN Aarhus, but at AOSHEU because there are only a handful of scientologists in Aarhus itself). It's like some kids with lemonade stand raising money to buy a house in Beverly Hills. After 20 years of the ideal org program, they're just now getting going on Aarhus... Cause over life? … [Read more...]
Carrot on a Stick — Literally
This is what the mighty ideal org in Melbourne is reduced to. Holding a farmer's market to try to get anyone to show up at their building so the regges have some prey to circle. One of our commenters quoted Hubbard concerning yesterday's post and it’s entirely applicable here: SOLVE IT WITH SCIENTOLOGY [Excerpt from HCO Policy Letter of 24 February 1964 Urgent-Org Programming) If the Org slumps: Don’t engage in “fund raising” or “selling postcards” or borrowing money. Just make more income with Scientology. It’s a sign of very poor management to seek extraordinary solutions fo … [Read more...]
The Pitch: Give Us Your Money Because That’s What LRH Did…
This happy looking, uptone pitchman is Jon DeVries -- formerly an executive in CMO International is now an ideal org fundraiser in South Africa. He has come up with a novel raft of lies to try to gather $6 million for “the last two ideal orgs in S. Africa” (I guess they have abandoned the two orgs in Zimbabwe). Like every scientologist everywhere he has found an LRH quote that seems to justify handing over money. This is what Hubbard said that he quotes: "The giving of something is a very high goal. You have to be in good shape to give things. If you're in good shape you can. Wi … [Read more...]
More Hype = More Fail
A recent leak from inside the bubble inadvertently disclosed the state of scientology “expansion.” Now we have more. These statements are from a recent “briefing” (ideal org fundraiser) where they have to walk a fine line: on one hand they need to maintain the party line that everything in the world of scientology is going gang-busters, on the other hand there's a desperate need for money right now, right now, right now because the world is coming to a rapid end. Then again, the sheeple are so conditioned to swallowing bs they accept even the most blatantly obvious lies and contrad … [Read more...]