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...]
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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...]
“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...]
NEW Exposing Scientology Podcast: Brendan Tighe “Young Sea Org Member”
Brendan Tighe was born and raised in Scientology. By age five he was a cadet in the Sea Organization and went on to work in the Office of Special Affairs, the Renovations Organization and as a Security Guard at Flag Land Base. In this conversation between Christie & Brendan he shares interesting stories from his life in Scientology including interactions he had with David and Shelly Miscavige. Listen to the episode here: … [Read more...]
The Narcissistic Personality Part 5: Do Narcissists Cry?
See earlier posts in this series: Part 1: The Narcissist Part 2: The Sneaky Techniques of the Cover Narcissist Part 3: The “Generous” Narcissist Part 4: The Altruistic Narcissist The propensity to cry is not something I ever observed in either Ron Hubbard or David Miscavige -- this is perhaps the first trait describing the narcissist that has not applied, though certainly the underlying emotions and motivations were present. But it is enlightening in a broader sense for anyone trying to understand or dealing with a narcissistic personality. Overview of nar … [Read more...]
The Narcissistic Personality Part 4: The Altruistic Narcissist
This is an interesting twist — at first glance altruism and narcissism seem completely contradictory. In my experience, both L. Ron Hubbard and David Miscavige displayed these traits: claiming to have pure intentions to help mankind, even requiring enormous personal sacrifice on their behalf, until it no longer forwarded their objective. Then it’s forgotten faster than yesterday’s news. Read the earlier posts in this series: Part 1: The Narcissist Part 2: The Sneaky Techniques of the Cover Narcissist Part 3: The “Generous” Narcissist What is an Altruistic Narc … [Read more...]
NOI is Winning the War with Scientology
This building was purchased and renovated concurrent with the Inglewood "ideal" org. It was announced as a facility that would host local groups and a place where the org could introduce the community to scientology. And offer a venue for the front groups of scientology to operate. Since the efforts to bring the NOI on board began, it has been an interesting spectator sport to try to figure out whether scientology could absorb the NOI and thereby increase its membership, or whether this might end in a colossal backfire. It has never seemed realistic for Miscavige to … [Read more...]
New Haven Completed Ideal Building Fundraising – An Ideal Org “Success”
I recently came across this promotional item from June 2014. Exactly a decade ago. New Haven hit a major milestone with the complete funding of their Ideal Org building purchase! But hold on, they actually PURCHASED their "ideal org" building in 2003. And Miscavige announced it very publicly on many occasions as “proof” his ideal org strategy was rolling full steam ahead. So, in 2003 they announce the “big news” the ideal org building has been purchased, then a decade later the next big news is that they completed the fundraising for the ideal org building purchase that had occurred 11 … [Read more...]
NEW Exposing Scientology Podcast: Former Sea Org Executive Karen Pressley
A new episode is now available with Karen Pressley, a former Sea Org member who worked directly with David Miscavige at the international scientology base, and was in charge of the Celebrity Centre. She shares how she got into scientology, stories about her experiences in the Sea Org, how she purged scientology from her mind and what she has been up to since leaving. Listen to the episode here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2267616/15219902 She wrote an excellent book: Escaping Scientology: An Insider's True Story In the course of our discussion she … [Read more...]
Not a Single Act of Violence
Scientology's hyperbolic claims about itself have hit a new high (low?) Gathering at the Advanced Org (why there are not Joburg org?) -- a "diverse and eclectic team" mobilized on election day to hand out Way to Happiness booklets. As a result of the "more than 400" who joined in passing out the booklets (the photo shows about 50 and you can bet it's a staged shot to include as many people as they could) the "predicted riots" were "everted." Not since the claims that OT VIII's brought down the Berlin Wall have we heard such unadulterated poppycock. The delusion is breathtaking. Surely … [Read more...]