This week, it’s answers about Scientology policies, a big breakdown on Knowledge Reports and Scientology’s snitching culture and a whole lot more. Enjoy!
(1) How does Scientology distinguish between Hubbard’s policies that seem to have been directed to a particular problem in time or place (like splitting AOLA) and those which seem to be part of a broader body of reasoning (like the lower conditions)? There seems to have been uneven change in policies and their interpretation over time but no visible methodology of interpretation other than Miscavige’s word.
(2) Hi Chris! I’m curious about knowledge reports. Are they more of a quick, informal note you scribble down or is there a standardised form? How long are they usually? Do you get into great detail? Do people ever make them up and is there an effort made to verify them? Is it seen as a good thing if you write a lot of them or does that implicate that you’re surrounding yourself with (too many) “bad” people? How is a person confronted when they get a knowledge report written on them? Is the writer involved in any way? Do they get feedback of what has been done?
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Reading other people’s posts and comments, I’m a bit confused about the role of Scientology’s global and continental management when it comes to ethics, reports and investigations. Could you please tell us more about how this branch of Scientology functions? I remember people mentioning that Marty Rathbun as Inspector General of RTC was in some way responsible for supervising ethics globally, is that true?
(3) I briefly worked as a Private Investigator in my youth, so I can attest to shady practices being common, but I wonder what makes the PIs employed by Scientology so willing to engage in aggressive harassment of former members. Are they members of Scientology? Or are they just paid obscenely well? Or does the church just have a knack for finding PIs without a moral compass?
(4) After reading Dianetics I am curious about how Scientologists react to injuries. Hubbard wrote that remaining completely silent around injured people is crucial to avoid giving them engrams, but is this advice strictly followed? If someone becomes injured on a Scientology base, in your experience, does everyone become hush?
(5) The way you ended your episode on the RPF was with a significant personal takeaway. What people could do to you didn’t matter anymore because you had survived the worst the Sea Org could throw at you (on paper, anyway). Do you find that feeling or perspective or attitude has carried over into the rest of your life since you’ve left Scientology?
(6) What is a Scientologist’s diet like? Are some foods off limits?
(7) Have you ever met or encountered Tommy Davis and his mother Anne Archer during your time in Scientology? Also what are your thoughts in terms of race relations in Scientology?
(8) Are you a fan of Steven Segal? Would you attend a Steven Segal movie marathon?
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