I was going to comment on the plates of rice and beans that those poor chaps were supping on…many have experienced the degradations of being in scientology.
But as sure as the sun rises, when you think about scientology, it only gets worse… filthy mop strings in a slop stew for staff or seaorg members is probably a mild punishment.
Can you imagine what the sick little deviant David Miscavige feeds to the people that really upset his fragile little ego? Frightening to imagine.
Many of these lectures were billed as seminars in which attendees would apply the data by writing up admin scales which ended up in desk drawers at home, never seeing the light of day.
I wonder what the percentage is of “completed admin scales.” 10%? Certainly no higher.
Thanks RB.
While on the RPF, we could only eat beans and rice for about 2 weeks straight. Every meal, for 2 weeks.
Eclectic Epicurean Delight would have been a wonderful welcome.
Hey, the seminars by non-experts are a “thing” right? I mean, LRH issued policies on marriage and familial relationships and he was married three times
The funny part is this exchange from Polly Grubb (wife #1’s) wikipedia page
Although she played a major part in Hubbard’s life, Grubb is not mentioned in official Church of Scientology biographies.[15] Indeed, Hubbard said in an interview for the British television series World in Action that he had only been married twice and had four children (actually seven; he was counting only those he had with his third wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, and omitted mentioning his marriage to Sara Northrup Hollister):
HUBBARD: “How many times have I been married? I’ve been married twice. And I’m very happily married just now. I have a lovely wife, and I have four children. My first wife is dead.”
Married only 3 times, was he? He doesn’t know anything about marriage and family relationships. If I want advice on that front, I would go for Elizabeth Taylor or Zsa Zsa Gabor or Mickey Rooney or Jerry Lee Lewis or Lana Turner or Tony Curtis. Six marriages is my minimum standard for expertise. My only question is whether Taylor and Turner get extra credit or a demerit for marrying the same person twice.
I think Zsa Zsa is the champion at 9. Unlike Lana Turner and Elizabeth Taylor, this woman at least had (has?) a sense of humor about herself. One of her lines – when asked by Johhny Carson if she was a good housekeeper she replied, “Dahling, I’m a very good housekeeper. After I marry a man I always keep his house”
Now, to many men this is probably about as funny as a blob of mayonnaise on a new silk tie, but what can I say, the audience roared, and so did Carson.
Certainly the best ever (and they are all brilliant). I have observed it all before from being a public, going into places I am sure I should not have been…lol
As I have said before…all that are left in the church are the most degraded of degraded beings…many were not like that I am sure, prior to entering into their very now, screwed up environment.
Amen….the statement that ‘Children Learn What They Live”…..fits the bill here. The same can be true for many devoted Fundamentalist religious sects…..they are raised from infancy to “OBEY WITHOUT QUESTION”……they know nothing else because they are forbidden to step outside the boundary of their religious confines.
They are to be pitied not critiqued. If you are strictly forbidden to view “the other side of the coin” you think the coin has only one side….THEIR side.
I actually loved my day in and day out of rice beans. lolol.. Pretty sad huh.. but it filled me up.. was piping hot and I could slather it in buttah….and then go work ’til midnight. Oh Yay. The good ol’ days. lolol
I remember a Sea Org 20 year old that came from the ship. The furnace kicked in whilst he was telling us how to “prosper and flourish” ….and then he tried to scare us by talking about how that would restimulate “FAC ONE”. I thought to myself – what an asshole – using fear to “restimulate”.
I remember that (because I had money) and I “BELIEVED” ….
That Scientology had their Registars hounding me day and night….and they always USED FEAR ….and Ron says that an SP restimulates…never erases….and I had many wognitions about it using Ron’s “tech”….
By the way I had already “prospered and flourished” LONG before I got sucked into the Scientology SCAM and Scientology Registrars around the Globe were salivating at getting to my “prosper and flourish pot” – but Scientology never did get it all – thanks to Xenu and all of YOU out here in Wog Land…exposing the TRUTH ABOUT SCIENTOLOGY DAILY – thank you~
I found out from Staff who BLEW – that the staff sit around and talk about the “whales” they are going to fleece dry.
I guess I could have been a whale for the cult – but I ended up a lowly Carp – who stayed at the bottom of the sea…trying to get some value out of Scientology – but only got scrapes of advice and philosophy written by others….that I ALREADY KNEW…
Idle Morgue, you lowly carp, you.
Our new mission holders from the L.A. area would have daily meetings where we would battle plan how to get the “whales” (and anybody we could think of) in our public to pay. I was a newly trained case supervisor, in addition to being the Org Exec Sec, and was expected to give up case data that could be used to “ruin” the prospect and get him/her to pay. I wouldn’t do it. I would be chastised and sit there FUMING, to the point that I almost couldn’t speak. So what the mission holders did, was have somebody go get folders and they would read through those folders themselves to bypass me and my counter-intention. I guess you can imagine they didn’t like me very much and I’m sure they were happy when I finally blew, because surely I became the “why” for all their problems. Funny, they lied to all our public and told them I was on a leave of absence to take care of my sick mother. Ha!
The young ones don’t see it because they’re too busy getting divorced themselves.
Their “admin scales change”. Their “goals and purposes are no longer in alignment” so, what else can they do? They get divorced.
What’s funny is that at no time will they ever admit to having marital problems. Uh uh! Their marriages are ALWAYS happy. Their relationships are fulfilling, always the greatest!
Until one day they’re divorced.
Theyll inform you, and when you understandably register something like surprise or even shock at this news they hasten to assure you that this is TOTALLY fine with them, divorce was the ONLY ethical solution, AND they feel GREAT about it!
Then they each get new spouses. And their relationships are GREAT. The best, absolutely. They’re so happy!
And rinse and repeat.
Aw so…..the old “SuperPower” trick! Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus would have billed that “THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH”!…….the midget can’t even get a spot on Ridiculousness (TV series)…..
Yes, be sure and attend these Scientology sponsored seminars covering the vital skills needed for a good life,
All of our seminar leaders are experts in their fields due to their unfailing and generally brilliant application of LRH tech to the various dynamics.
Want to have a happy marriage? Our seminar leaders have been divorced no less than 4 times.
On managing your finances and maintaining good credit and solvency, we have an ace businessman to enlighten you, who kindly agreed to deliver this seminar instead of attending a conference with his bankruptcy lawyers.
Now, if its a successful career you long for,, come and be informed by someone who’s never had a job
OSD, its like this: sometimes you can fail because you have bad tech, and you apply it. And sometimes you can fail because you have good tech, and you don’t apply it. There’s no hard and fast rule. What I try to do is make myself do what has provenly worked for me in the past. It doesn’t really matter what you’re trying to do, but surfing would be a fast way to illustrate either the application of bad tech or the non-application of good surfing tech, no? Because either way would end you up in the soup.
Indeed. RB’s best ever, in my opinion. Near genius ‘micro’ to ‘macro’ conjoined scientology of today put to ‘General Base’ Comic book form. Regraded Being, you’re at a new level worthy of the form. Great script. Great comic. The truth, by more than comic book simile drama form.
You know my city! And you’re absolutely right about the tacos & the great view. Right across the street from the HB Pier, where I spent my youth surfing. And, the chicks are hot! Very hot!
WhatAreYourCrimes says
I was going to comment on the plates of rice and beans that those poor chaps were supping on…many have experienced the degradations of being in scientology.
But as sure as the sun rises, when you think about scientology, it only gets worse… filthy mop strings in a slop stew for staff or seaorg members is probably a mild punishment.
Can you imagine what the sick little deviant David Miscavige feeds to the people that really upset his fragile little ego? Frightening to imagine.
WhatAreYourCrimes says
Reminds me of all those scientology dead functions and non-events … “refreshments will be served.”
Yeah, I think I’ll pass.
You sick f***s!
Tina Marie says
Truer words were never spoken….
Terra Cognita says
Good one RB.
Many of these lectures were billed as seminars in which attendees would apply the data by writing up admin scales which ended up in desk drawers at home, never seeing the light of day.
I wonder what the percentage is of “completed admin scales.” 10%? Certainly no higher.
Cece says
I probably wrote 10 and ‘did’ none. Like condition formulas much is for proff 🙂
Skip Young says
Brilliant and creative cartoon; keep ’em coming.
P. W. Dilettante says
Thanks RB.
While on the RPF, we could only eat beans and rice for about 2 weeks straight. Every meal, for 2 weeks.
Eclectic Epicurean Delight would have been a wonderful welcome.
WhatWhenAllWho says
“I told her I already knew that because I could hear hers.”
Best – Line – Ever.
CHRISTINE TURNER says
A&E announced Season 2 of The Aftermath starting to air on 8/15.
threefeetback says
Wrathbun will rue the day.
Ronthecon says
Martyr RAThbun
Tina Marie says
Omg, exciting news!?
thegman77 says
And has been going on for many, many years…at least back to the 70s that I know of.
Valerie says
Hey, the seminars by non-experts are a “thing” right? I mean, LRH issued policies on marriage and familial relationships and he was married three times
The funny part is this exchange from Polly Grubb (wife #1’s) wikipedia page
Although she played a major part in Hubbard’s life, Grubb is not mentioned in official Church of Scientology biographies.[15] Indeed, Hubbard said in an interview for the British television series World in Action that he had only been married twice and had four children (actually seven; he was counting only those he had with his third wife, Mary Sue Hubbard, and omitted mentioning his marriage to Sara Northrup Hollister):
HUBBARD: “How many times have I been married? I’ve been married twice. And I’m very happily married just now. I have a lovely wife, and I have four children. My first wife is dead.”
INTERVIEWER: “What happened to your second wife?”
HUBBARD: “I never had a second wife.”
hgc10 says
Married only 3 times, was he? He doesn’t know anything about marriage and family relationships. If I want advice on that front, I would go for Elizabeth Taylor or Zsa Zsa Gabor or Mickey Rooney or Jerry Lee Lewis or Lana Turner or Tony Curtis. Six marriages is my minimum standard for expertise. My only question is whether Taylor and Turner get extra credit or a demerit for marrying the same person twice.
Aquamarine says
🙂 Funny.
I think Zsa Zsa is the champion at 9. Unlike Lana Turner and Elizabeth Taylor, this woman at least had (has?) a sense of humor about herself. One of her lines – when asked by Johhny Carson if she was a good housekeeper she replied, “Dahling, I’m a very good housekeeper. After I marry a man I always keep his house”
Now, to many men this is probably about as funny as a blob of mayonnaise on a new silk tie, but what can I say, the audience roared, and so did Carson.
T-Marie says
Wow Valerie. I’d never seen that.
Stephen Hutcheon says
Certainly the best ever (and they are all brilliant). I have observed it all before from being a public, going into places I am sure I should not have been…lol
As I have said before…all that are left in the church are the most degraded of degraded beings…many were not like that I am sure, prior to entering into their very now, screwed up environment.
P. W. Dilettante says
It’s not all degraded beings still-in, some are born-in, brainwashed from infancy, know no better and need our help, not scorn.
T-Marie says
Very true, P.W. Dilettante.
Balletlady says
Amen….the statement that ‘Children Learn What They Live”…..fits the bill here. The same can be true for many devoted Fundamentalist religious sects…..they are raised from infancy to “OBEY WITHOUT QUESTION”……they know nothing else because they are forbidden to step outside the boundary of their religious confines.
They are to be pitied not critiqued. If you are strictly forbidden to view “the other side of the coin” you think the coin has only one side….THEIR side.
Madge Filpot says
I actually loved my day in and day out of rice beans. lolol.. Pretty sad huh.. but it filled me up.. was piping hot and I could slather it in buttah….and then go work ’til midnight. Oh Yay. The good ol’ days. lolol
TrevAnon says
Scientology can give you back those good ol’ days….. 😛
Idle Morgue says
I remember a Sea Org 20 year old that came from the ship. The furnace kicked in whilst he was telling us how to “prosper and flourish” ….and then he tried to scare us by talking about how that would restimulate “FAC ONE”. I thought to myself – what an asshole – using fear to “restimulate”.
I remember that (because I had money) and I “BELIEVED” ….
That Scientology had their Registars hounding me day and night….and they always USED FEAR ….and Ron says that an SP restimulates…never erases….and I had many wognitions about it using Ron’s “tech”….
By the way I had already “prospered and flourished” LONG before I got sucked into the Scientology SCAM and Scientology Registrars around the Globe were salivating at getting to my “prosper and flourish pot” – but Scientology never did get it all – thanks to Xenu and all of YOU out here in Wog Land…exposing the TRUTH ABOUT SCIENTOLOGY DAILY – thank you~
I found out from Staff who BLEW – that the staff sit around and talk about the “whales” they are going to fleece dry.
I guess I could have been a whale for the cult – but I ended up a lowly Carp – who stayed at the bottom of the sea…trying to get some value out of Scientology – but only got scrapes of advice and philosophy written by others….that I ALREADY KNEW…
So I Blew!
T-Marie says
Idle Morgue, you lowly carp, you.
Our new mission holders from the L.A. area would have daily meetings where we would battle plan how to get the “whales” (and anybody we could think of) in our public to pay. I was a newly trained case supervisor, in addition to being the Org Exec Sec, and was expected to give up case data that could be used to “ruin” the prospect and get him/her to pay. I wouldn’t do it. I would be chastised and sit there FUMING, to the point that I almost couldn’t speak. So what the mission holders did, was have somebody go get folders and they would read through those folders themselves to bypass me and my counter-intention. I guess you can imagine they didn’t like me very much and I’m sure they were happy when I finally blew, because surely I became the “why” for all their problems. Funny, they lied to all our public and told them I was on a leave of absence to take care of my sick mother. Ha!
Idle Morgue says
Wow
Scientology really is a science of scamming people
The staff have no idea but YOU did and that is an amazing level of awareness you posses!
Good for you!
Old Surfer Dude says
Hi pal! One of your best! And…that’s really the way it is in the Cee Org. Your posts probably scare the shit out of the dwarf!
Idle Morgue says
OMG – that was frightening accurate of what goes on behind the iron curtain in Scientology.
I noticed so many divorces in Scientology right before I blew the cult. Since I left – the divorce stat is straight up and vertical baby…
Can’t believe the young ones don’t see it – their parents are now divorcing after “going “CLEAR” three times and “being broke and bankrupted”….
It is quite mortifying when you get out and REALLY look at the Scientology carnage of Scientology’s so called “help”
Aquamarine says
Idle,
The young ones don’t see it because they’re too busy getting divorced themselves.
Their “admin scales change”. Their “goals and purposes are no longer in alignment” so, what else can they do? They get divorced.
What’s funny is that at no time will they ever admit to having marital problems. Uh uh! Their marriages are ALWAYS happy. Their relationships are fulfilling, always the greatest!
Until one day they’re divorced.
Theyll inform you, and when you understandably register something like surprise or even shock at this news they hasten to assure you that this is TOTALLY fine with them, divorce was the ONLY ethical solution, AND they feel GREAT about it!
Then they each get new spouses. And their relationships are GREAT. The best, absolutely. They’re so happy!
And rinse and repeat.
Nutty, huh?.
Python Swoope says
Aw so…..the old “SuperPower” trick! Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus would have billed that “THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH”!…….the midget can’t even get a spot on Ridiculousness (TV series)…..
Harpoona Frittata says
Bad food, bad company, bad sci fi and really bad liars…that’s $cientology in a nutshell alright!
Ms.P says
Yeah, the non-experts telling us how to handle our relationships, money, work and life in general. Another brilliant one RB.
Aquamarine says
Yes, be sure and attend these Scientology sponsored seminars covering the vital skills needed for a good life,
All of our seminar leaders are experts in their fields due to their unfailing and generally brilliant application of LRH tech to the various dynamics.
Want to have a happy marriage? Our seminar leaders have been divorced no less than 4 times.
On managing your finances and maintaining good credit and solvency, we have an ace businessman to enlighten you, who kindly agreed to deliver this seminar instead of attending a conference with his bankruptcy lawyers.
Now, if its a successful career you long for,, come and be informed by someone who’s never had a job
In brief – gotta problem? Ask the experts.
Old Surfer Dude says
But…but, they have the tech! Surely they can’t be wrong! Right? Ummm…right??-
Aquamarine says
OSD, its like this: sometimes you can fail because you have bad tech, and you apply it. And sometimes you can fail because you have good tech, and you don’t apply it. There’s no hard and fast rule. What I try to do is make myself do what has provenly worked for me in the past. It doesn’t really matter what you’re trying to do, but surfing would be a fast way to illustrate either the application of bad tech or the non-application of good surfing tech, no? Because either way would end you up in the soup.
Old Surfer Dude says
Thanks, Aqua! I feel better now! In fact, I think I’ll paddle out tomorrow.
Aquamarine says
RB, sir, you have outdone yourself with this one.. Its a tough call but I think its is my favorite so far.
Rocky says
Indeed. RB’s best ever, in my opinion. Near genius ‘micro’ to ‘macro’ conjoined scientology of today put to ‘General Base’ Comic book form. Regraded Being, you’re at a new level worthy of the form. Great script. Great comic. The truth, by more than comic book simile drama form.
thegman77 says
That final punch line had me howling. And yes, RB, this one is going to hit some of the long timers right in the guts. Kind of a call to action.
Dawn says
If this sort of thing is even remotely true it makes me furious and incredibly sad at the sad at the same time!
Wynski says
Dawn it isn’t REMOTELY true. It IS true.
Old Surfer Dude says
100% true! You can’t get more true.
threefeetback says
OSD truism: Fred’s Cantina has killer tacos and awesome views, if you can manage to look past the chicks.
Old Surfer Dude says
You know my city! And you’re absolutely right about the tacos & the great view. Right across the street from the HB Pier, where I spent my youth surfing. And, the chicks are hot! Very hot!