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Critical Q&A #184

The weekly show where I answer viewer questions left for me in the comment sections of my Q&A videos or sent to me by email at AskChrisShelton@gmail.com. This week, the questions I answer are:

(1) What is the training that Scientologists take in order to be able to watch content like yours and not be swayed while investigating the ‘SP’ content?

(2) I got out before Debbie Cook’s e-mail and court testimony and did not see what its effect was like in the Scientology community. How big of an impact did she make? I have talked to a few Scientologists who act like she was just some nut job SP who just “somehow” rose to be the Commanding Officer of the world’s largest service org and the Mecca of Technical Perfection for decades. I never cease to be amazed by the ability Scientologists have to say someone is the most elite and ethical OT in the galaxy one day, then turn around the moment that person is declared and say they were always a down stat SP and everyone knew that.

(3) Chris, once the auditor removes body thetans to rid you of entheta / give you super powers, what is to stop other thetans from entering your mind? Or is that the point? (“Hey, you are now clear. To stay clear, you must spend $1,000 a month on additional auditing”).

(4) Can the almighty dollar overturn any of the rules of Scientology? I ask because it certainly seems like it can. I’ve heard all sorts of stories where (under David Miscavige at least) the church seems to outright ignore its own policy because it will financially benefit. Once they apparently let a guy into the Sea Org despite knowing he’d used considerable amounts of LSD in his youth because he was well monied. Tory Christman tells a story about her ex-husband winning $50,000 in a Scientology arbitration against his employer. As if by magic the next day when they tried to claim the money the arbitration policy had been canceled from on high overnight. His employer just happened to be a major donor at Flag. Then there’s the Reed Slatkin ponzi scam where he duped people out of hundreds of millions of dollars combined. He gave millions to Scientology and after the whole scheme fell apart the church was called upon to return at least part of the stolen money he’d given them into a victims fund as an act of goodwill. To my knowledge they’ve never contributed even a single dollar to the victims. Is any money off limits to the church?

(5) On one of James Randi’s presentations I viewed on YouTube, he made mention that the Boy Scouts of America had presented L. Ron Hubbard with a lifetime achievement award, he being an Eagle Scout. I looked it up and found it was posthumously presented in the late 1990’s. Even the Scientology website listed it, but did not give the exact date. With all the scandals and abuse that had already come out by this time, I find it amazing that the BSA could have considered him one of their praiseworthy Eagles. Any thoughts on this?

(6) Chris, thank you for your channel and blog. Although I enjoy all of your videos, that series with Sunny Perreira on Scientology, mental health and the Introspection Rundown may be the best work you’ve done yet. The hair stood up on the back of my neck when Sunny read Hubbard’s definition of “psychosis” and the two of you described what happens on the Introspection Rundown – surely this is thought reform at its most dangerous.

My question is this: Given Hubbard’s definition of a psychotic/insane individual as a person who is screwing up at work, chronically ill, demanding a transfer, or wanting out, how often are Scientology staff or Sea Org members who are disaffected, exhausted, sick or just want to leave subjected to the mental and physical torture of the Introspection Rundown as opposed to being put on the RPF? At what point is a Sea Org member branded as “insane” versus just “bad”? Chuck Beatty’s story in the comments made me wonder if this is a common occurrence for Sea Org members who reach a breaking point and want out. Would a lovely person like Kay Rowe be branded as “insane” for the crime of having chronic untreated health problems?

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