Scientology has been featured in the news and entertainment media more than ever before in the last few years and many people have questions about it. This video is going to answer some of the most common questions I’ve seen people asking in a simple and straightforward way using as little Scientology language as possible. If you want answers, stay tuned.Read More »Answers to Common Scientology Questions
This is the second part of my breakdown of Scientology’s Bridge to Total Freedom, otherwise known as the Grade Chart. This is L. Ron Hubbard’s step-by-step guide to spiritual freedom and personal immortality, or at least that’s what he said it is. What it actually represents is a one-size-fits-all guide to an increasingly more expensive series of training and counselling services which result in a person having spent hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars to end up pretty much exactly where they started. I don’t mean that no one ever gets anything from doing Scientology services. That would not be true. What I mean is that Scientologists these days are literally being made to re-do Bridge steps they’ve already paid for and completed, sometimes more than once.Read More »Scientology’s Bridge to Nowhere: Part 2
This video is part of my series on the Basics of Scientology. my critical analysis of Scientology’s philosophies and methods. I thought before we get too deep in to that series, I should first give an overview of the path to spiritual freedom and personal immortality which Scientology promises. I’ll go over the history of this and then cover the various services Scientology offers. In this first part, we’re going to cover the lower Grade Chart up to the OT levels, which as you’ll see, is a lot. In the second part, we’ll cover the upper Grade Chart with the OT levels and advanced Scientology training levels. Let’s get to it.Read More »Scientology’s Bridge to Nowhere: Part 1
This week, I interview Melissa Paris, a 2nd generation Scientologist who grew up under horrific circumstances in the Sea Organization’s Cadet Org at Saint Hill… Read More »Child Abuse in Scientology’s Sea Organization
The weekly show where I answer viewer questions based on what is left for me in the comments section of my Q&A videos or sent to me by email at AskChrisShelton@gmail.com. This week, the questions I answer are:Read More »Critical Q&A #122
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The second season of Leah Remini’s Emmy-nominated Scientology and the Aftermath has now debuted on A&E and the first episode was a heavy punch in the gut to anyone with a heart or an ounce of humanity. The stories that Saina Kamula and Mirriam Frances told were horrifying and unfortuantely, are not isolated or singular instances. This, of course, is the point of telling these stories in the first place. Leah’s show is a call to action to all of us to step up and do something. We can’t change the past, but we can certainly act to stop these abuses in the future but only if we are aware of what the supposed “church” of Scientology is really all about.Read More »5 More Reasons “Scientology and the Aftermath” is More Important Than You Think