Scientology: Lies and the Lying Liars

The public image of Church of Scientology (CoS) has been taking a beating in recent months in no small part to Scientology's celebrity poster boy Tom Cruise. His attack on Brook Shields, his interview with Matt Lauer on the today show, His jumping on Oprah's sofa, and then the internal Scientology video leaked on the internet has backfired on the church. Anonomous calls these idiotic errors of judgment foot bullets. Tom has been reported to having attained OT7, which is close to the highest level attainable in the CoS. If Tom is a representation of what Scientology can do for people not many wogs (non-Scientologists) are going to be attracted to join the Church.

At this point, no doubt, CoS leaders are hoping to let this flap die down so that they can continue scamming people who haven't heard about the abuses committed within the church. When reporters question CoS spokespeople about internal abuses they are denied even in the face of overwhelming evidence that shows otherwise.

Many outside observers find it incredible that CoS officials can lie so blatantly. However, ex-members show no surprise at all. In fact many of the ex-members report that learning to be an effective liar is one skill all new members learn early in their indoctrination into the cult. The founder of the CoS, L. Ron Hubbard was a habitual liar. To read more about the Lies and Lying Liars of the Church of Scientology click - Here -

Scientology Ethics - Control and Hypocricy

If you get involved with Scientology you will soon learn that the word ethics takes on an entirely new meaning. And observers and ex-members recognize that the way "ethics" are handled in Scientology is a crucial part of the methods used to control members. Any critical thinking, or any individual subjective observation or insight about the "tech" that doesn't conform to Church dogma is "out ethics." If have discovered something that works better than standard "tech" you are "out ethics." Part of "Keeping Scientology Working" (KSW) is enforcing ethics both on oneself and on others. So, members are always on guard to catch any break in acceptable behavior as defined by CoS. Having critical thoughts about L. Ron Hubbard or doubts about the efficacy of Scientology "tech" will get you sent to the ethics officer for handling. The ethics officer will do a run down to find the source of the problem. If the problem cannot be corrected immediately then the member may be handled in different ways. You may be forced to write up your crimes for hours or even days until the ethics officer is satisfied that it has been handled. You may be routed out (kicked out), put into a lower condition, or sent to RFP if you are a sea org member. Members learn very quickly that it is much easier to put their doubts out of their mind. Having doubts reflects very poorly on the person having doubts. If you've paid thousands of dollars to get progress along the bridge why on earth would you risk losing it and be forced to redo expensive courses just to consider the merit of outside criticism. The truth is few dare risk reading anything that might jeopardize their standing in the Church. It is as they say, "counter-intentional" self-defeating behavior.

As a Scientologist you learn that "ethics" means you need to be honest with other Scientologists but not necessarily with "wogs" (non-Scientologists). As a Scientologist you find out that it is OK to deceive and manipulate "wogs" if it promotes the goals of the CoS. And the attitude toward those who would dare speak out against Scientology or simply report the truth about the illegal activities of the Church of Scientology is totally outside normal social bounds. In this case the policy of "Fair Game" maybe applied. It is OK to lie to them, cheat them, or destroy them utterly.

To put it simply, "Scientology Ethics" is an oxymoron.

My Karma ran over my Dogma

This article was written by a member of the Church of Scientology who left after 34 years. In the early years of Scientology there was little talk of it being a religion. Early Scientologists were primarily interested in the tech. Getting benefit from it directly and in helping others to benefit from it. Later, L. Ron sent out orders to all the missions to call themselves a church and for all auditors to call themselves ministers. They were in the middle of a battle with the IRS to get tax exempt status so the religious cloaking was vital to their case. So, although they never talk about God, they now conduct weekly religious services at each church. If the intent of the church leadership were sincere about wanting to clear the planet the price they charge for religious services (auditing) would have to come down.

Read this article - Here -

Hollywood, Satanism, Scientology and Suicide

Is the Church of Scientology (CoS) the way to happiness or the way to hell? For some, Scientology is a way to suicide.

There have so many suicides connected to the Church of Scientology over the years it's actually quite difficult to keep track of them all. These reported suicides come in from around the world. And some of these reported suicides are very suspicious and may actually have been staged to hide murder. Alarmingly, the numbers seem to be increasing. Could it be the result of the increasing number of gang bang security checks? The family's of the victims would like to know, "What the hell is going on inside Scientology?" Why do so many members and ex-members end up killing themselves? See -- Why Are They Dead --

The Scientology celebrities are kept ignorant, and are shielded from all bad news. They're kept totally away from all the cruelty and the abuse that goes on inside the organization, and at Scientology's gulag-type concentration camps and punishment program called Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF).

Most Scientology celebrities are victims themselves and don't know that they are being systematically deceived. A very few of them know about Scientology's secret goals, but most of them have no idea about the suicides or the attempted suicides at the Celebrity centers or other centers. Any time they hear anything negative they are told "It's all lies. Don't listen to it. It's just the psychiatrist attacking us again." See -- The Fable --

If Scientology were actually working so well for people why don't they open themselves up for a truly scientific review of the results that they claim are so miraculous? The truth is they can't and expect to be able to continue. They actively resist any outside scrutiny or any form of scientific testing on their technology. So, it's obvious, Scientology's obsession with secrecy has developed for a purpose. Their secrecy and religious cloaking is meant to hide its failure to deliver on its promises, its abuses, its casualties and its real, evil purposes and its true, satanic nature.

Operation Freakout

Scientologists will tell you that L. Ron Hubbard's "fair game policy" was cancelled in 1968. If that is true, then that cancellation hasn't stopped Scientologists from continuing illegal attacks on their critics.

Operation PC Freakout, was a Church of Scientology (CoS) covert black op intended to have the author Paulette Cooper imprisoned or committed to a mental institution. The plan, undertaken in 1976 following years of Church-initiated lawsuits and covert harassment, was meant to eliminate the perceived threat that Cooper posed to the Church and obtain revenge for her publication in 1971 of a highly critical book, The Scandal of Scientology. The FBI discovered documentary proof of the CoS's illegal attacks and the preceding campaign of harassment during their own investigation into the Church of Scientology in 1977.

You can read Paulette Cooper's book that caused the CoS to freak out,
online here -- The Scandal of Scientology --

You can read Paulette's personal version of Operation Freakout as she experienced it,
online here -- "The Inside Account of the Story That Almost Killed Me" --

Scientology: A Coercive Psychological System

This essay is an analysis of the Church of Scientology as an coercive psychological system.

Anybody can unfairly accuse or attack an organization or group they disagree with or dislike by calling it a "cult" or saying that they are using coercive mind control or coercive psychological systems as you call it. FACTNET uses specific criteria to determine if a coercive psychological system has been used. It does not imply organizations or individuals are using coercive pyschological systems or are destructive or dangerous cults without careful research and determination that the evidence fits definite criteria.

So does the Church of Scientology fit the criteria? To find out read this revealing article from the Cult Awareness and Information Center. -- Read More --

Study Tech by Dr. David Touretzky

Study Tech has been around for several decades, but today, only Scientologists recommend it for use in public classrooms. Its proponents claim miraculous results, yet no independent evaluation of its effectiveness has ever been done. Its creator claimed that it represents a revolutionary advance in learning, yet it is in practice little more than a method of compelling mindless rote learning devoid of any critical thought or interpretation.

Those who support Study Tech undoubtedly believe in its effectiveness. Then again, as Study Tech's supporters are overwhelmingly Scientologists, they also believe many things that the general populace would find hard to accept as everyday reality: recall of past lives, possession of super powers, and at the advanced levels, telepathic contact with space alien spirits. No proof is ever offered for the existence of these things. That poses no problems for Scientologists, as proof is never requested. For Hubbard's followers, it is an article of faith that whatever Ron says must be correct, even if its correctness is not evident to anyone else. The effectiveness of what Scientologists call "the tech", of which Study Tech is a part, is a matter of religious doctrine. It HAS to work.

But Study Tech is no more a secular learning methodology than wine and communion wafers are a Sunday morning snack. Its ambitions may be entirely conventional, but its vocabulary and practices are part of a religious doctrine closely tied to Scientology beliefs. The end product of Study Tech is an individual who has been taught to "duplicate" uncritically any proposition, no matter how dubious. It deprecates critical analysis and genuine understanding in favour of a mindless acceptance of the author as an unassailable authority figure. It reflects L. Ron Hubbard's profoundly authoritarian desire to be seen as the "Source" of all Scientology wisdom and it serves his aim of encouraging unquestioning acceptance of his authority.

The real danger of Study Tech is that it was designed for indoctrination, not education. While it may be good at producing obedient Scientologists, it is completely at odds with promoting the ability to think independently. It quite deliberately aims to reduce a student's ability to think critically. Students are taught to distrust their own intelligence and background knowledge, passively and uncritically accepting whatever they are being told. This can only deprive students of a skill vital in an age saturated with conflicting messages, where critical thinking is essential to making sense of the world. Study Tech's doctrinaire and authoritarian approach to teaching is hostile to, and deserves no place in, secular educational institutions.

If you would like to read Dr. Touretzky's complete critique of Study Tech and Applied Scholastics click -- Here --.

Good Training for Criminal Con Men

L. Ron Hubbard is considered to be a god by adoring Scientologists and a very clever con man by his skeptics. Whatever he was, now that he is dead, remains to be determined by the future. But his legacy, the Church of Scientology, lives on as a kind of viral meme, infecting the minds of his followers with the amoral message -- the ends justifies the means. "Make it come out right!"

Reed Slatkin a former Scientology minister ruined the lives of hundreds of families. You could say that he found their ruin in their desire to find a good safe return on their investment capital. "My money's with Reed," Scientologists used to brag as the wunderkind investment broker returned high dividends for high-rolling Scientologists like Anne Archer and Greta Van Susteran. That was before it was discovered that Reed was actually perpetrating the biggest Ponzi scheme in history and donating much of his illegal earnings to Scientology. Altogether, investors lost 200 million dollars. The investors weren't just high-rollers either, many were your average middle income folks. Reed is now serving a 15 year term in prison. Being a white collar criminal he'll probably be out in 7 years. Of course Reed was declared an SP, no doubt, because some Scientologists were also caught up in the scheme. Watch YouTube video -- Here --

Herb Zerden another criminal Scientologist and owner of the Florida Foreclosure Assistance Solutions, LLC is operating a different scam. This time it's an unlawful Mortgage Foreclosure Rescue Scam run as a telemarketing operation.

Homeowners who responded to Foreclosure Assistance Solutions were pressured to immediately sign a $1,200 contract. Once Foreclosure Assistance Solutions received its fee, company representatives rarely interacted with clients. When homeowners repeatedly called the company seeking information or action, they were ignored. Because the terms of the company’s customer contract strictly prohibited homeowners from directly contacting their mortgage companies, Foreclosure Assistance Solutions inaction worsened the situation for many homeowners. -- Read More --

Scientology's Richest Man 'Disconnects' from Church

Mr. James Packer was introduced to Scientology by his friend Tom Cruise in 2002 at one of the lowest points in his personal and business life. He was overweight and depressed, his marriage to his first wife, Jodhi Meares, had ended and he was reeling from the humiliating and very public collapse of One.Tel, losing $350 million from the family business on the way.

A video from 2004 shows Mr Packer in the front row with the world's most senior Scientologist at a convention in Los Angeles at which Tom Cruise was awarded a large medal before a roaring crowd.

Now the Church of Scientology has lost its grip on James Packer. The billionaire's closest friends have revealed that he has quietly distanced himself from Scientology, labelled a cult by some former members, as it faces international controversy about its anti-psychiatry stance.

Members of Mr Packer's inner circle have confirmed that the billionaire, who had ranked as Scientology's wealthiest member in the world, was no longer undertaking Scientology courses and had slowly moved away from the religion, telling his closest friends he no longer "needs it".

High Pressure Money Grubbing Cult

"If you really want to enslave people, tell them you are going to give them total freedom." -- L. Ron Hubbard --

Watch this YouTube video from XenuExposed .

In the video ex-Scientology staff members reveal how they manipulated new recruits into cashing out life insurance policies, sell cars, and mortgage their homes in order to pay for costly Scientology courses. From highly-calculated emotional manipulation to bizarre hour-long staring sessions, the lengths which the Church of Scientology (Co$) will go to acquire money is truly disturbing.

Personality Test Results in Suicide

Kaja Bordevich Ballo, aged 20, the daughter of Norwegian MP Olav Gunnar Ballo, committed suicide two months ago after been persuaded to take a free Scientology personality test. The family blames the Church of Scientology for her death and has decided to go public with the story. Ballo's Test results and suicide note were discovered after her death.
On March 28, 2008, Ballo, a student at the University of Nice took the Scientology personality test. A few hours later she killed herself by jumping from the window of her dormitory. Her friends and roommates claim she was in good spirits and showed no signs of a mental break down or depression prior to taking the test. The test was stamped and dated by the Church just hours prior to her suicide.

"I believe Kaja would have been alive today if she had not gone to the Scientologists," says friend and fellow student Henrik Møinichen, 19, to Dagbladet.

The Church, which is located only meters from Ballo's dormitory, states that the results had shown Ballo was "DEPRESSED, IRRESPONSIBLE, HYPER-CRITICAL and LACKING IN HARMONY" (results contrary what her friends and family report). The Church also states that it is "unfair to blame Scientology" for Ballo's death and that the test is not dangerous and had nothing to do with it. However, the Church has since REMOVED THE TEST from its Norwegian website (an action strongly suggesting the test was responsible for Kaja's death). Kaja left behind a note telling her family she was sorry for not "being good for anything."

The incident has generated criticism against the Church from friends, family members and politicians. Inga Marte Thorkildsen, one of the members of Norway's Parliament, told the Oslo newspaper Dagbladet that "All indications are that the Scientologist sect has played a direct role in Kaja's choice to take her own life."

Psychologists state that the "Oxford Personality Test" used by Scientology has no Scientific validity and that it is deliberately rigged to produce poor results. The candidate, in the face of a disappointing result, is then encouraged to buy expensive books and courses to "improve themselves". The test has no connection to Oxford University and the cult uses the title to give the test a false validity.

Bare-Face Messiah by Russell Miller

"What is true is what is true for you." - L. Ron Hubbard

There are two wildly conflicting versions of the life story of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the

Church of Scientology, The first, promoted by the Church, is that he was an unfailingly honest, generous humanitarian whose profound insights have transformed the world. The second, propounded in its fullest form in Bare-Faced Messiah by Russell Miller, is that he was a pathological liar, a fraud consumed by greed and paranoia who sucked literally millions of people into an extraordinary fantasy world.

The quotation above is one was one of Hubbard's favourite aphorisms, highlighting his claim that subjective truth is all that matters. If that's correct, then either account is equally plausible. But if objective truth is at all important, relying on evidence and reason rather than pure belief, then Bare-Faced Messiah is considerably more convincing. I have provided links between Miller's account of Hubbard's life and that of the Church of Scientology (on their Web site, www.lronhubbard.org). Compare and contrast the two biographies, look at the supporting evidence and then decide for yourself. -- Link to Bare-Face Messiah -- the book.

Foreward By Chris Owen

Cult Friction by John Cook

After an embarrassing string of high-profile defection and leaked videos, Scientology is under attack from a faceless cabal of online activists. Has America's most controversial religion finally met its match? To read more check out this article is from the April issue of Radar Magazine. -- Read More --

The Secrets of Scientology by Dave Touretzky

The Church of Scientology is a rich and vengeful religious cult, or as one critic puts it, "a cross between the Moonies and the Mafia." But it would be a mistake to dismiss its underlying technology as harmless or ineffective. Scientologists know a great deal about thought control, social control, rhetorical judo (defeat by misdirection, deft use of logical fallacies) and high pressure sales, though as victims of their own technology, they wouldn't characterize it that way.

Despite its extensive advertising campaign, including half-hour TV infomercials for Dianetics, the Church has been careful to maintain a veil of mystery about its teachings, in part by outlawing any meaningful discussion or analysis of them. -- read more --

Counterfeit Dreams

Jeff Hawkins spent 35 years working for the Church of Scientology, all over the world, and at all echelons, including the top level at the Scientology International Base in Hemet, California. This link contains his story.

We all dream.
We dream of a better life. A better us.
Even a prisoner in the darkest cell dreams, if only of escape.

Every guru, every spiritual guide, every cult leader knows this. They know how to appeal to this inner dream. "You can be great," they say. "You have greatness within you. Your body, your life, your limitations, are just illusions. You have within you a core that is powerful, aware, transcending time and space."

It's a very, very seductive message. Because we feel that there is a truth there. What is the human mind really capable of? No one knows. Where do we go when we die? No one can answer. Will we ever reach wisdom, freedom, fulfillment, enlightenment? No one can say.

Except the guru. "Follow my path," he says, "and you will have it all."

And not just for yourself. "Follow me," the guru says, "and together we can bring enlightenment and freedom to the world."

Make Money Make More Money

A little of what it takes to bring Dianetics and Scientology to the world. Make the person feel really, really bad about the condition they are in. You take their problems and you magnify them and you get the person to think about how bad their future will be. And you get them to the point where they feel that their future is nothing unless they do something. Then you tell them that their only hope is Scientology. You don't let them decide. You tell them what to do. You handle them. People were told to re-mortgage their homes, cash-in policies that were supposed to pay off their mortgages, borrow against their pensions, sell their family jewels, sell their cars anything you could possibly imagine that a person could do raise money, people were persuaded to do, to pay into Scientology.
Watch this YouTube video

New Advancement in Religious Technology

After spanning the globe doing research into ancient arcane pseudo-psychotherapeutic technologies, and spending years doing exacting pseudo-scientific research, Jeff Jacobsen, the founder of the Church of the Personal Truth Science (Church of PTS), has discovered a method to sharply increase a person's IQ, eliminate asthma, and improve personality. (note: Sadly it doesn’t help people to quit smoking due to interfering volcanoes.)

First, shave a 3" circle directly above each ear. Then, purchase 2 of the Church of the Personal Truth Science, specially designed Sucker Puller (tm) suction cups (in your favorite color!). Squish one directly into the middle of each shaved area. Now, with your first finger in the handle of each Sucker Puller (tm), gently pull out on both SP's (Sucker Puller shortened) at the same time. DON'T do this while driving. Keep

pulling and releasing in a comfortable rhythm for approximately 15 minutes in the morning and evening. While you are doing this, CLEAR your mind of any thoughts whatsoever.

For an even greater effect, you may have our licensed, highly trained Field Sucker Manipulators (FSM's) come and do the process for you in the most precise, spot on method known to mankind. A sliding scale of donations has been set up for your convenience.

This method has been scientifically tested on 26,300 subjects with 100% results. Any confident pseudo-laboratory should easily be able to validate this process and its amazing improvements on health, IQ, and social skills. Oh, sure, there are those skeptics out there, but to them we say, get your own Sucker Pullers (tm) and try it yourself! It's the only way you'll know if it's true or not! All the research has already been done for you! Shave your head and do it! The fate of mankind rests with you.

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Pseudopsychotherapeutic Dianetics

Scientology, as a religion (NRM[1]), constitutes a body of beliefs and related practices initially created by American science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard. The beginning of Scientology can be traced back to the phenomenal success of L. Ron Hubbard's book Dianetics. The practice of Dianetics (the precursor of Scientology) as described in the L. Ron's book, came under attack for making claims of medical cures without its claims being established scientifically. Rather than conducting any scientific studies to prove its efficacy, L. Ron decided to reintroduce Dianetics practices under the protective umbrella of religion. A religion can be just about anything that a person or group claims it to be as long as the practices do not violate established law. In the beginning Scientology sold courses and auditing services according to a price schedule and they did not enjoy tax-exempt status. Later the Church of Scientology was careful to ordain ministers, hold church services and define all fees for training and auditing as voluntary donations. And then they took the IRS to court to demand recognition of their tax-exempt status.

[1] NRM: New Religious Movement is a neutral term that is suggested as a replacement for the word "cult" because it is an emotionally charged word that has negative connotations. What constitutes a religion or a cult is debatable. Critics of the Church of Scientology (COS) call it a cult. Scientologists dislike the term cult if it is used to characterize Scientology. Whether a person considers the Church of Scientology a religious cult or not largely depends on the person’s relationship to, or experience with, the group. This is a topic for another blog. Selling Scientology