A great discussion about disconnection and Scientology's policies and public statements. These are the documents (and video) we used. Tommy Davis' infamous CNN interview: https://youtu.be/eC5hoyIgpKc?si=8XmlXy8rjAsKglD8 Christie and her disconnection story o0n the front page the Sunday edition of the NY Times. From the scientology website: And the completely contradictory statement from the same Scientology.org website that a viewer pointed out during the episode: … [Read more...]
Leah & Mike on CNN
Leah and I were interviewed by Jake Tapper Friday evening. You can watch the segment here. Unfortunately, breaking news cut us a little short, but Jake gave us an opportunity to cover plenty of ground. We really appreciate him reaching out to us and the fact that he had gotten himself familiar with the facts in the case. As he says, this is an under reported topic -- we hope he will do more. And that other national media will follow his lead. … [Read more...]
Why Do Scientologists Lie?
I originally posted a version of this in early 2017. I have updated it with additional information and quotes. It's important, especially in light of the ongoing prosecution of Danny Masterson, other investigations, and civil cases. Anyone who confronts scientology witnesses needs to understand the nature of the beast. While repeatedly asserting that they are "the most ethical group on earth" and that they are constantly having to "get rid of" people who "cannot live up to their ethical standards," in truth, every dedicated scientologist is a liar. Why? The short answer: … [Read more...]
CNN on Clearwater & More from the Tampa Bay Times
Earlier today I chatted briefly with Michael Smerconish on CNN. Unfortunately, there is no embed code for the video so you have to click HERE to watch it. It was a VERY short piece, not really enough time to explain such complex issues, but it is good to see national media paying some attention to this issue. Hopefully more media outlets than just the Tampa Bay Times will want to dig in to this. Tracey McManus also published a new story concerning community reaction to middle-of-the-night distribution of Freedom magazines. As usual, the glossy hype of scientology's PR effort does nothing … [Read more...]
Scientology Attempting to Revise Clearwater History
After Tracey McManus' bombshell article dropped on 20 October, scientology immediately began their efforts to revise history. The next day, Freedom magazines started popping up all over the city. I wrote an article addressing some of the falsehoods Scientology BS Grows Deeper Then they began trying to make a dent in the social media world to cast the article as a bigoted assault on scientology and highlight the wonderful contributions they make to Clearwater. Freedom magazine has a twitter account @Freedommag and on October 21 they began sending out tweets. This is the tweet that is pinned … [Read more...]
Inside the Mind of a Scientologist
This is NOT a post about politics. This might just easily have been a scientologist's Facebook post about Pro-Trump people and Fox News as about anti-Trump people and CNN. What this Facebook post actually illustrates is the blinkers through which scientologists "see" the world. Anyone who disagrees with their view is "psych-controlled" and "bought by Big Pharma." These are the scientology boogeymen that "explain" all failures, all opposition and all that might be bad in the world. Literally. It's "The Psychs". Why this woman believes psychs are partial to CNN but not Fox News, or … [Read more...]