Should scientology be tax exempt? At the outset -- I am not a lawyer. I am certain those more knowledgeable than I can find fault with some imprecise terminology or descriptions I use. But I doubt they would disagree with the general picture I am trying to paint. Of course, the answer about scientology's tax exempt status for many people (myself included) is "No, they should NOT be entitled to special exemption from taxation." But why? And what is different about scientology than other exempt organizations? There is a long tradition of protecting religious freedom in the United … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies II Friday Edition
Yesterday I didn't have time to put together the full edition of Thursday Funnies, so here they are today. CFL No comment needed.... Batshit craziness to start things off on the right foot. More Games Wow - its something NEW. Give us your money. That is every "game" in scientology. Valley Running Amok They pour out a continuous stream of dreck. Wonder what happened to the "hard hats" and the "Infinity Club"? Just lifting off "to ideal" now after 10 years of fundraising? A Guest Management … [Read more...]
Lying As A Way Of Life
Scientology actually sent out an email that includes this: "When we go door to door with booklets, crime takes a holiday. When we run out of booklets and can't get any out, there is a rise in crime and murder." And immediately following is the "ask" -- of course. You need to give us money. But wow, IF this were really true, would the IAS, or the church or someone just print up the booklets and get them out tout de suite? Set aside the actual value of doing this for society. Just think about the goodwill. And the PR. And boy, could they use some goodwill and PR right about … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Hahaha No corroborating evidence? Except what scientology churns out every day to try and discredit the movie.... Terrific promotion for the film though. BTW, an interview Alex and I did will be airing on NPR All Things Considered today at 16:40 / 18:40 / 20:40 EDT (17:40 / 19:40 PDT). New promotion for leaving scientology... THE best way to overcome financial stress. Flag OTC buying their own bs Puerto Rico and Orlando are "on the runway." Obviously they have no idea the state of these two failing field groups. But even better "Ma … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Do It For Ron The Birthday Event hype is in full swing. Here is a favorite. "The best gift we can give him is the gift of expansion" so.... Give us £104 for "SMP". Makes total sense. And you will get a "special" "104" commendation to file in the round file of useless pieces of paper -- you only have "ethics protection" based on your NEXT "donation." Dear Mabel, This week we celebrate the 104th Birthday of our Founder, L. Ron Hubbard. The best gift we can give him is the gift of expansion. And the best answer to that is Scientology Media Productions, the most important project in S … [Read more...]
Never Ending Ideal Org Blood Sucking
In celebration of LRH's birthday, here is something to celebrate. The clearest expression of the future for all scientologists. There is no end in sight. Fundraising will continue until there isn't a single person left with a dollar or asset to their name who is still "with the program." It will be a collection of bone dry skeletons, bled dry and discarded like used kleenexes. As each person realizes they have nothing left to give or that this is in fact a game where nobody wins, they will fall away and then distance themselves completely from the insatiable maw that is corporate s … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Out of the mouths of babes... "I don't like to be fundraised." New terminology: Being fundraised. This accompanied an email for people to come in to a fundraising event! They moved LRH's Birthday Now it's 31 March. Anything for a game... And we will be presenting the gift that LRH didn't want. Regging for donations. Happy Birthday Sir! It's Rush. It's exclusive. It's "closed door." But everyone is invited? It's a call to arms. Translation: give us money or sign up for staff. If not, hand over a child to join … [Read more...]
Warehouse 8 Hypefest
This not an exciting post like yesterday. And I dont have the time nor energy right now to do anything more. I caught a bug when in NY and have been in bed for 48 hours. Hope to be done with it soon. Must be PTS hanging around with all those SPs... This promo piece encapsulates so much of what is wrong with scientology in such a short space. The hype. The astonishing false statistics that are presented as "fact" and accepted just because. The amazing amount of money they feel they are entitled to be given just because they are. The absolute (and unfounded) certainty that they have the ONLY … [Read more...]
How Many Humanitarians Does It Take To Screw In A Light Bulb?
Wow. If it really DOES take 35 "humanitarians," it tells you how outrageous Valley "ideal org" is -- as they not only have 48 they have Bart Simpson who counts for about 20. And after 12 years, it tells you how well these other orgs are doing. Hawaii with 1. On this basis, it will take them 420 years to make it to 35.... But no worries because Santa Barbara will be wrapped up by the year 2225. And this is the "closest" Cont to being done? … [Read more...]
More “Ideal” Org Fail
There have been some magnificent flops in the ideal org strategy (Malmo anyone? Cambridge? Berlin? Phoenix? Pretoria?) but I don't think any have been such a fail as Inglewood. Hyped to the hilt by Miscavige as one of the two orgs (along with Harlem) that was going to "bring scientology to the black cultural centers," it has done nothing and become a white elephant sitting in the middle of South Central LA. And here is the latest proof. A SINGLE Purif completion is BIG NEWS. It's not even a Clear or a Grade Completion. Let alone more than one. But what is even weirder, Richard … [Read more...]