PseudoScientology

I don’t support most of their tactics, but I thought the video was interesting.

What do YOU think?

Indicators of a delusion
(Munro, 1999)

1. The patient expresses an idea or belief with unusual persistence or force.
2. That idea appears to exert an undue influence on his or her life, and the way of life is often altered to an inexplicable extent.
3. Despite his profound conviction, there is often a quality of secretiveness or suspicion when the patient is questioned about it.
4. The individual tends to be humorless and oversensitive, especially about the belief.
5. There is a quality of centrality: no matter how unlikely it is that these strange things are happening to him, the patient accepts them relatively unquestioningly.
6. An attempt to contradict the belief is likely to arouse an inappropriately strong emotional reaction, often with irritability and hostility.
7. The belief is, at the least, unlikely.
8. The patient is emotionally over-invested in the idea and it overwhelms other elements of his psyche (psychology).
9. The delusion, if acted out, often leads to behaviors which are abnormal and/or out of character, although perhaps understandable in the light of the delusional beliefs.
10. Individuals who know the patient will observe that his belief and behavior are uncharacteristic and alien.

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L. Ron Hubbard, in his own words

“MAKE MONEY. MAKE MORE MONEY. MAKE OTHER PEOPLE PRODUCE SO AS TO MAKE MORE MONEY.” - L. Ron Hubbard, Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter, 9 March 1972, MS OEC 384 (more…)

Clues

Around the late 1960s Hubbard was asked why he had turned Scientology into a religion. Some people, Hubbard said, might think it was mere opportunism. “There are many, many reasons. Amongst them is that society accords to men of the church an access not given to others. Prisons, hospitals, and institutions … cannot do otherwise than welcome men of the church …” [Scientology: the Now Religion, by George Malko, 1970. page 65].

Opportunism would be too kind a motive to assign to Hubbard’s methodology … there are much better words: PLUNDERER - to take wrongfully, as by pillage, robbery, or fraud; PERLOINER - to steal, often in a violation of trust; SWINDLER - to put forward plausible schemes or use unscrupulous trickery to defraud others; SCAMMER - a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud; EQUIVOCATOR - to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; FABULIST - a person who tells or invents fables.

Seven sentences written by L. Ron Hubbard, excerpted from his “Route to Infinity”

In interpersonal relations, you will notice that when you have a person agreeing on a decision, you will get action. If a person agrees on a decision, you will get action if it’s an action decision, and if it’s a “not to be” or an inaction decision, you will also get the inaction. In other words, you get what you want by bringing to pass an agreement. This is very, very important in interpersonal relations and is actually the one problem of interpersonal relations. You’ll find all arguments are based upon an inability to agree. You will find that all friction which occurs between an individual and a group, an individual and another individual or a group and a group is simply on this basis of disagreement. And this disagreement comes about because of a divergence of decision.

Huh? You’re kidding me … right?
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I believed in Satanism.

Penthouse, June 1983

There was no other religion in the house! Scientology and black magic. What a lot of people don’t realize is that Scientology is black magic that is just spread out over a long time period. To perform black magic generally takes a few hours or, at most, a few weeks. But in Scientology it’s stretched out over a lifetime, and so you don’t see it. Black magic is the inner core of Scientology –and it is probably the only part of Scientology that really works. Also, you’ve got to realize that my father did not worship Satan. He thought he was Satan. He was one with Satan. He had a direct pipeline of communication and power with him. My father wouldn’t have worshiped anything. I mean, when you think you’re the most powerful being in the universe, you have no respect for anything, let alone worship. (more…)

The prophet and profits of Scientology

By Richard Behar - Oct. 27, 1986

ONLY A FEW CAN BOAST the financial success of L. Ron Hubbard, the science fiction storyteller and entrepreneur who reportedly died and was cremated last January at the age of 74.

For roughly three decades Hubbard ran the notorious Church of Scientology®, a “religion” he formed to “clear” mankind of misery. It came complete with finance dictators, “gang-bang security checks,” lie detectors, “committees of evidence” and detention camps. In 1977 the FBI sent 134 agents, armed with warrants and sledgehammers, storming into Scientology centers in Los Angeles and Washington. Eleven top church officials, including Hubbard’s third wife, went to jail for infiltrating, burglarizing and wiretapping over 100 government agencies, including the IRS, FBI and CIA. Hubbard could hold his own with any of his science fiction novels. (more…)

Hubbard’s Magic

by Craig Branch

In a 1984 child custody case involving a Scientologist and his non-Scientologist wife, the court awarded custody to the non-Scientologist after seeing the documentation on the horrid practices of the organization. (more…)

I know Miscavige. I have also worked directly for him for many years. Miscavige is a second generation Scientologist. He was born into Scientology, a high school drop out and became one of Hubbard’s Commodores Messengers as a teenager. In this capacity, I have been informed and believe that he was responsible for many multi-million dollar illegal international currency transfers. He did this as an innocent looking young courier. Miscavige has never known of a life outside of Scientology. ‘He is as close to a ‘Rondroid’ (L.R. Hubbard droid) as it is possible to be. He rules Scientology like David Koresh ruled Waco and the Branch Davidians. He endorses Hubbard’s goal of Scientology taking over the entire planet including all heads of government and news media. Hubbard said “take all of the people, put them in Scientology and have them run under the processes of Scientology.” Hubbard’s plan is for Scientology to interface with planet earth for one person to be in charge and for the whole planet to be under a Scientology seven Division org board.

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The Church of Scientology by Stewart Lamont

The story of Scientology reads like the plot of a bizarre and sensational movie. A science-fiction writer founds a religion, makes millions of dollars in the process and then becomes a recluse. His followers, who dress in naval-style uniforms, engage in a cops and robbers game with the FBI and the American Inland Revenue Service which leads to Watergate style burglaries and multi-million dollar lawsuits for and against the cult. Smear campaigns are conducted against its enemies and accusations of brain-washing are
levelled against the church by psychiatrists. A breakaway movement leads to purges and the break-up of families and hundreds of members are declared ‘Suppressive Persons’. Then a young lieutenant of the cult leader takes over amid accusations that he has forged the documents which give him power over the cult’s millions.

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Wow! Pass me some more popcorn … should be an interesting read!

Church Of Scientology: Power, Corruption, Lies - Part 1

Last night’s Glosslip Radio show with author Ian Halperin was an incredibly powerful and explosive look at the deception and danger which lurks within Hollywood’s most influential organization, The Church of Scientology.

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Niece of Scientology’s leader backs Cruise biography

PARIS (AFP) — The author of a controversial new biography on celebrity Scientologist Tom Cruise has found an unexpected new ally: the niece of Scientology’s current leader, David Miscavige.
In an open letter to a senior Scientology official that has been widely posted on the Internet, Jenna Miscavige Hill described how her own family was broken apart by the movement’s policies.

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