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April 2014

[VIDEO] What’s Wrong with Scientology, Part 5

There’s Nothing Fair About This Game

There is something very unique to the Church of Scientology that sets it apart from other religions. Like the other policies I’ve been talking about in this series, this is part of the very fabric of the organization. Many Scientologists have no idea that this goes on and would categorically deny that their church does anything like this. However, there is ample proof of it and the church even admits to this. What I’m talking about, of course, is the policy of Fair Game.Read More »[VIDEO] What’s Wrong with Scientology, Part 5

[VIDEO] What’s Wrong with Scientology, Part 4

You’re Free to Say What We Want You to Say

In part 3 of this series, I explained how L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, invented the Scientology Bad Guy – the Suppressive Person – and how this was done to not only explain away Scientology’s failure to universally produce results but also to vilify anyone who didn’t want to do Scientology or who said it didn’t work.Read More »[VIDEO] What’s Wrong with Scientology, Part 4

Surviving Scientology podcast interview, Part 1

I had my first podcast interview with Jeffrey Augustine this past week and it was a boatload of fun. We had just gotten into this first interview and quickly discovered that there is so much territory to cover and so many topics to talk about that we were all over the boards very fast. Open up one barrel of monkeys and then another appeared and another until it was like we were in the monkey house at the zoo. Quite a wild time.Read More »Surviving Scientology podcast interview, Part 1

What’s Wrong with Scientology, Part 2

Greed is Good

Do you remember that movie from the 80s called Wall Street?

Michael Douglas played the infamous Gordon Gecko, and made a speech in which he said the following:

“…greed — for lack of a better word — is good.

“Greed is right.

“Greed works.

“Greed clarifies, cuts through, and captures the essence of the evolutionary spirit.

“Greed, in all of its forms — greed for life, for money, for love, knowledge — has marked the upward surge of mankind.”

I think it’s possible that David Miscavige, the leader of Scientology, may have seen this movie. And he may have thought that Gecko had a really good point.

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