It's the Season of Giving -- to us. Hey, I thought it was scientology that was supposed to be changing communities? Dallas? Promoting an OT 1 success story? I guess they don't have any completions on the services they deliver at their "ideal" org? The role of planet earth and why we are here... Nothing like a promise you can't deliver. Wonder what an "Ideal Org" event is? They have been "ideal" since 2003. New status Nothing gets scientologists more excited than a new status. Damn the volunteer work and who might be … [Read more...]
Freewinds Desperation
There are no public to reg and no situation causes a greater state of terror on the mighty Sea Org flagship. Hitting an iceberg would cause less fear and panic Apparently even the tiny number of OT VII completions (5-10 per week) are not showing up at the Freewinds for OT VIII. So, how are they planning to solve their dilemma? By announcing they are inventing some service to convince people they should go to the Moneywinds to get "debugged" on going onto OT VIII. I guess they haven't put too much thought into this. It seems pretty clear to me that if they can get someone to agree to pa … [Read more...]
Is Quinn Taufer Qualified For The Sea Org?
Seriously, do they really buy this bunk? "The mock up now is to make Albuquerque the fastest org in the world to go Ideal." WTF are you talking about Quinn? They have been being hammered to be "ideal" just like all the other orgs around the world since 2003. Well over a decade. And now, they are going to be "the fastest"? Fastest from when? The coming of Quinn Taufer? And then you follow that up with a statement that if everyone came prepared to hand over enough money we could have a "ONE AND DONE" event? And boy, just a moment's thought to that "LRH quote" -- especially the … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Be a genius... Avoid handing over anything for something so stupid. ASHO's finest This here is a proud ASHO Duke of the Book Reading Elite. Big News No doubt it will be monumentally epic if it's being announced by the "OT Alliance I/C" Hold the presses... It's even monumentaller than that. Two people are required to give it the gravitas it deserves. So, bring in the PES. Wonder what the org ED is doing on Saturday night? It's not big enough for him/her to make the announcement? In that case, I would give this one a miss... … [Read more...]
Scientology Wants Your Money. NOW.
They are really pouring it on to try and make some money before the end of the year. For most staff, the ONLY paycheck they receive that exceeds $100 is at XMas when there is an annual "bonus" that is paid based on "production" (which means income). So, they pull out all the stops. Including informing the sheeple that at this time of year (?) "the US Government will back up your Bridge progress." Scientology always prefers hubris over humility. And scientology ALWAYS has a reason for you to give them your money. Immediately. Before the world ends. Before Thursday at … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
As you might have expected, Thursday Funnies this week is dominated by Thanksgiving items with a theme of trying to attract people to come to scientology orgs with potluck dinners in order to have some turkeys on hand to squeeze the stuffing out of. It is somewhat incongruous for "churches" to be insisting that people bring their own food or BUY their Thanksgiving dinners, I can imagine you would be hard pressed to find another church in the United States that has this approach to Thanksgiving, and especially not one that has billions of dollars and claims their expansion is straight up and … [Read more...]
What Is The Ideal Org Program?
Any time there is a post about ideal org failures, there is a lot of speculation about "Why?" I have written various posts and comments about this from time to time, but realized I had never put it all in one place. There are two reasons for the ideal org program that go hand in hand. And it explains why, in spite of the clear failure of this program to bring about planetary clearing, or anything at all aligned with the "Aims of Scientology," it will continue to be pushed until the very end. 1. It is vital for Miscavige to hold onto his position 2. IRS … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
There are no words... Schedule an appointment... ...to be part of the greatest movement in history Acting as a church This is such a strange promo piece. Nearly 4% done!!!!!! This is the model, double SH Size ideal org and their CF filing is 96% backlogged. Still skateboarding Wow, this must have REALLY impressed those people at Flag. My win is that I didn't skateboard on the street where I could have been run over. That seems even more Super Powered to … [Read more...]
The Best Scientology Fundraising Event Is A Front-Page-Headline Disaster – Paris Edition
Scientology is busily engaged in one of their favorite pass-times. Using a tragedy to squeeze money out of people. And you can bet the below example is just one of many pitches being made. The IAS is no doubt having a great week. As I commented earlier today, the scientology fundraisers motto is: The best type of fundraising event is a front-page-headline tragedy. Here are a few facts: WTH booklets cost about 10c a piece to print, so the 250,000 copies for Paris is a $25,000 investment. Double it for inefficiency, shipping and handling and call it $50,000. The WTH Foundation … [Read more...]
Wise Getting In On The Boogie Man Pitch
It is a time honored tradition that creating enemies and instilling fear is an effective method of fundraising. It's much easier to get money by preaching hellfire and brimstone than to appeal to people's benevolence to support the good works you do. It's the difference between the TV evangelist and the Salvation Army. Per capita the TV evangelist extracts orders of magnitude more from their marks. Scientology has refined this technique and employs it from someone's first contact to their last dollar. Imagine if you had no "Ruin" and were not convinced you had a reactive mind ravaging y … [Read more...]