You can tell how much fear is permeating the scientology PR bubble by what they send out as paid press releases. Here is their latest. This is an attempt to shore up the walls against the increasing cries for them to lose the cloak of religious protection. In the US this was highlighted by Going Clear and the subsequent publicity, including Alex Gibney's repeated demands that something done about this. With the media in the US increasingly unafraid of the threats and retaliation the church has become known for, there is a growing fear in the bubble that the constant battering at this … [Read more...]
Freewinds Fail
Every week in the Thursday Funnies we see promotional pieces for the latest Freewinds "seminar" about making money. I usually make some snarky comment about them. Frankly, they have become pretty tiresome. But there is a more important point to be made than pointing out that the Moneywinds is consumed with trying to suck money out of people to the point where they are pretty much full time running seminars designed to teach people how to make money -- so they can then get it from them as most people have run dry and do not have enough money to make it up the bridge. The larger point i … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
It's IAS Event week So the overhype is spectacular in it's epicness. I have spared you all the trash they sent out this past week. Monumental in volume. Miniscule in content. They keep coming up with these silly phrases -- Shaping a renaissance for freedom... It's Huge! History is made... Bubbles chimes in with some less than convincing hype. The Freedom Metal winners... Beyond your imagination - perhaps the only true statement. Actually, it's an epic rehash... The opening of Harlem and the AO in Australia. Woopee. But don't miss the … [Read more...]
Letting Go — Out From “Under The Radar”
This is an essay contributed by a third-generation "Scientologist," Elizabeth Gale. I think it is an important message for many reasons. Elizabeth comes from a prominent scientology family. She attended school at Delphi, Oregon, took courses at CCint and Flag, among other places, and had a stint on staff, though never joined the Sea Org. Her parents attained high level OT status - her father, David died in 1995 of heart failure. Today Liz is a happily married mother of two. She has a Bachelor's degree in Child and Family Studies from Portland State University. She believes … [Read more...]
Igniting the Golden Age of Dissemination
Apparently, this is the latest thing to "ignite" in scientology (their pants have been on fire for a LONG time). How is it that now, months AFTER the SuMP was launched, there is something else that is needed to make the Golden Age of Dissemination a reality? They told everyone that the SuMP was IT. All by itself the SuMP would reach the billions on every airwave and launch a new era of massive, epic, watershed growth as the Golden Age of Dissemination was heading straight up and vertical blah blah blah But now it seems that was yesterday's news. The REAL "ignition" is the sale of "The … [Read more...]
A Cleared Confederation
Forget the Cleared Planet. We gotta think BIG! As they say, every journey starts with a single step... So, after 65 years, you would think that single step would have been made. One country done... How about one city? How about all the staff in a single org? The unreality inside the bubble is difficult to comprehend. Surely these people have to at least have a fleeting thought -- "If we have not gotten anywhere in 65 years, what does the future hold?" A Cleared Confederation is so "out there" it is not even comprehensible. But that doesn't stop them putting it in their … [Read more...]
Facilities Available
Here is a new paid press release from scientology in Clearwater. They are trying to make people think everyone is welcome to come on down to the Ft Harrison and hold their event under the grandeur of the Bohemian crystal chandelier. Anyone, unless it is someone that espouses an idea the church disagrees with -- despite its repeated claims to champion free speech. And any group that chooses to do an event there had better realize they will be used as PR fodder -- scientology promoting their presence as if it means a full endorsement of the church. But perhaps the most remarkable … [Read more...]
David Miscavige Desperate for PR
You can always tell how much "entheta" is enturbulating the COB. Efforts are redoubled to attack perceived threats to his good name and to flood the internets with "theta" about him. "Public Enemy #1" at this time is Ron Miscavige. I assume Louis Theroux and Steve Cannane are soon to move up the rankings. But for the time being, Ron M retains the top spot and every possible avenue is being used trying to negate him and destroy his credibility. Fake email accounts generate weekly smears, like these from "oliviapaterson873": I never open them because I know exactly the sort of … [Read more...]
The Unreal World of Scientology
Below is a recent email from one of the unfortunate SO members in PAC. The delusion is amazing -- promoting an entirely new era of EXPANSION and WINS at a whole new order of magnitude. And for this reason, they are re-showing the 1993 IAS event. That makes a lot of sense. The real reason the "War Is Over" event is being re-shown is because Miscavige believes it shores up his reputation with scientologists. In his mind, this is his finest hour. It shows him in the best light and confirms for all the sheeple that they can thank him, and him alone, for the survival of scientology and the … [Read more...]
Thursday Funnies
Monday Service? It takes all the dynamics to make a freedom... Huh? This is THE BEST... Central Files Team.... All 6 of them in this, the largest ideal org on earth. Consummate Con Man The REAL tech he learned to "help others" was Big League Sales.... This is Expansion? A rehash of Atlanta. A tiny Auditor's Day event in Pasadena for the entire LA area and a replay of the 1993 IAS event? Confirm Now. Who would want to miss this. Miscavige is feeling the hurt This tired old event gets rolled out whenever he … [Read more...]