tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post4900449596133054966..comments2023-09-18T04:45:52.991-07:00Comments on Ask the Scientologist: Using Scientology to Solve Scientology's ProblemsJust Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700571144527474381noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-22344200783151872292014-12-31T09:20:22.932-08:002014-12-31T09:20:22.932-08:00Are Scientologists allowed to report on "upst...Are Scientologists allowed to report on "upstats"?<br /><br />Well, yes. If someone is doing something the Scientologist thinks is wrong, per policy they can report that to the "Ethics Officer" of Scientology - even if the subject of the report is "upstat" (their statistics are up). They are <i>supposed</i> to send a copy to the person they are reporting on - but never do.<br /><br />However, per Hubbard's policy, if the target of the report is "upstat", the Ethics Officer is required to file the report and ignore it.<br /><br />And, for the most part, "upstat", in Scientology, means "they give Scientology a lot of money".Just Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700571144527474381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-69279738881681989602010-02-06T22:20:12.174-08:002010-02-06T22:20:12.174-08:00Hey, Bill.
These people get you riled, and I don&#...Hey, Bill.<br />These people get you riled, and I don't blame you. <br /><br />Hey you people: In order to jump the gap in knowledge, you have learn something new. As long as you associate a "good feeling" with proof that everything must be true related to that experience, you will refuse to learn anything that might move you beyond it. You are lucky that someone didn't yell in your ear, "believe in Rodge Rabbit," when you had your first orgasm. A new religion would have been formed. <br /><br /> I never met a Scientologist who really knew much about the human mind or philosophy. Really try to do false data stripping on SCN and you will quickly see what it really is and how it seems to work and why people believe in it. It can't help but make you a better person. <br /><br />And, being able to find a parking space does not mean you are OT (all those wins in past mags seemed to be about parking spaces).<br /><br />Humans seem to have a genetic trait for wrongly identifying causation. Hubbard's first tenet that "life is basically a static," is a belief that has no provability. His so called research of harrassing bacteria with steam and smoke is laughable and is hocus pocus science at best. He basically is saying he has proven Darwin wrong, even though there are no specifics of the experiment so that it can be reproduced and from what is said, the experiment makes no sense. It doesn't necessarily prove anything in the realm of life being a something. Hubbard's "science" is just occultism simplified and spun with some psuedoscience/engineering language. People want to believe they are eternal and can fly around the sky, so they suspend their judgement. Research has shown that "exteriorization" phenomenon is just certain parts of the brain doing something and it is then rationalized into whatever "spiritual pattern" the person is hung up on. And philosophically, there is more evidence that there is no absolute self outside the body. Buddhism stresses the concept of no self. Self is designated just as a wheel is designated by intended use. When the parts all fall off, there is no "wheelness" hanging around to inhabit another "wheel". <br /><br />See "The Problem of the Soul" Owen Flanagan, and "The Feeling of What Happens" Antonio Dimasio (how the sense of self is created in the body). Both are excellent books.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-71952026848099949812009-06-26T09:53:37.503-07:002009-06-26T09:53:37.503-07:00And don't go into that "it was never prop...And don't go into that "it was never <i>properly applied</i>" BS, because even LRH never produced a real Clear or a real OT. <i>He</i> died sick and in hiding.<br /><br />If anyone would be <i>guaranteed</i> to "properly apply" Scientology it would be Hubbard, but even Hubbard himself <i>wasn't Clear</i> and <i>wasn't OT</i>, even Hubbard himself failed to produce what he promised.Just Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700571144527474381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-61253220962535523022009-06-26T07:38:40.347-07:002009-06-26T07:38:40.347-07:00@Pascal Dorion
You've met a Clear!? Wow. Yo...@Pascal Dorion<br /><br />You've met a <i>Clear</i>!? Wow. You are the very first person in the whole world to actually meet a person who is <i>entirely free of any psychosomatic illnesses, has a vastly increased intelligence, a near perfect memory, has complete control over his bodily functions, has perfect eyesight, and will never catch a cold or become ill in any way.</i><br /><br />I'm very sure you met "Clears", but not <i>real</i> Clears, because Clears as defined by Hubbard have never been produced.<br /><br />And I'm sure you've met "OTs", but no Scientology-produced <i>cause over matter, energy, space, time, life, form, thought</i> real OTs. You see, if Scientology produced people with "OT Abilities" there would be a lot of very successful Scientologists visible in the world. But, sadly, Scientologists are not particularly successful. In actual fact, they seem to be having a lot more problems than society at large (check out the home foreclosure information in Clearwater).<br /><br />You say you've met "OTs" but they weren't "particularly stellar". That means Scientology failed, because <i>that's</i> what it claims it can produce: <i>Homo novis</i>! Someone who is, for the first time, truly stellar, virtually a god!<br /><br />You <i>know</i> Scientology has not and cannot produce the incredible states promised, but you excuse it in one way or another.<br /><br />You try to run away from the discussion by using that old saw "you can't prove a negative". But, you see, I'm not asking <i>you</i> to "prove a negative".<br /><br />You Scientologists can prove your contention that "Scientology works" very, very easily. One real Release, one real Clear, one real OT would prove everything. But you can't produce that and <i>you know why</i>.<br /><br />I didn't answer your question because it's irrelevant. You're trying to shift the discussion. I was in Scientology for over 20 years, but so what? If I said I'd audited 1,000 hours, would real Clears start raining from the sky? If I said I'd audited 4,000 hours, would real OTs start sprouting up like mushrooms? I'd say something and real Releases would magically show up? No, I'm not going down the rabbit hole with you.<br /><br />There is no question you could ask, and there is no answer I could give that would change the fact that <i>there are no real Releases, there are no real Clears and there are no real OTs.</i><br /><br />If you want to prove "Scientology works", your job is extremely simple: Produce one real Release who actually has the promised abilities, produce one Clear who has the promised abilities, produce one OT who has the promised abilities.<br /><br />If Scientology actually delivered what it promised, such stellar abilities would <i>already be visible</i> in the world.Just Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700571144527474381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-86541353688408421432009-06-26T01:48:09.315-07:002009-06-26T01:48:09.315-07:00You cannot prove a negative, so it's a pointle...You cannot prove a negative, so it's a pointless item of contention or argument. I have met Clears and OTs and they had OT powers of one sort or the other. They were not stellar thetans but then again who is on this planet or universe? <br /><br />My question was to see what is your practical experience with the subject. And you have not answered it for some reason. Maybe I need to rephrase it in simpler form?<br /><br />Have you Bill ever audited anyone? If so, how many hours and using what process or technique?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-37162790593716468602009-06-25T22:10:52.500-07:002009-06-25T22:10:52.500-07:00@Pascal Dorion
And how does that question relate ...@Pascal Dorion<br /><br />And how does that question relate to <i>there are no Clears</i>? How would <i>any</i> possible answer relate to <i>there are no OTs</i>?<br /><br />If you are trying to make the point that people have experienced some temporary happiness from Scientology auditing, I'll happily concede the point. That <i>can</i> happen. But that does not result in <i>anyone</i> ever attaining <i>any</i> of the levels or abilities or powers <i>explicitly promised</i> on the Scientology Grade Chart.<br /><br />We know that some Scientologists have had hundreds of hours of "I feel good" auditing -- and <i>none</i> of them have reached Clear, OT or even any one of the Grade Releases. But heck, smoking pot has a similar track record: Lots of "I feel good" moments but nothing notable ever actually attained.<br /><br />One could say the only significant difference is that pot doesn't promise you'll eventually become cause over matter, energy, space and time.<br /><br />When Scientology has not, cannot and will not produce the specific results it promises, it doesn't matter how "happy" the failures are, it is <i>still a failure</i>.Just Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700571144527474381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-30125608994727199462009-06-25T20:45:28.175-07:002009-06-25T20:45:28.175-07:00How many hours of auditing have you delivered in y...How many hours of auditing have you delivered in your life Bill?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-47695467646314589082009-06-25T20:31:45.961-07:002009-06-25T20:31:45.961-07:00@John Cullison
Oh, so now you're saying that ...@John Cullison<br /><br />Oh, so now you're saying that nothing in Scientology works <i>except</i> the DOUBT FORMULA? Or did I miss something.<br /><br />We're just not making progress here. Perhaps I need to expand a bit.<br /><br />Now, don't get your knickers all in a twist because I start out talking about Scientology tech <i>in general</i>, I'll get back to the all-holy DOUBT FORMULA in a few.<br /><br />In general, Hubbard wanted to reduce everything down to a formula, a process, a series of numbered steps. He didn't recognize any complexity and wouldn't allow anyone to dream up exceptions to his carefully numbered lists. But there is complexity and Hubbard's simple little formulas don't work because of that. Sure, one can find situations that <i>exactly fit</i> Hubbard's assumptions -- and then the formula might just work. But you have to be careful in picking the exact right situation.<br /><br />Now back to the all-holy DOUBT FORMULA. This is exactly what I'm talking about. The <b>single individual</b> Scientologist has doubts about Scientology. What formula should he/she apply? Obviously, the DOUBT FORMULA.<br /><br /><i>But it doesn't fit the situation!</i><br /><br />First: The doubtful Scientologist <i>is not trying to decide between <b>two groups</b>!</i><br /><br />You can do like <i>all</i> Scientologists do, you can warp the <i>real</i> situation into something that <i>fits the formula</i> by inventing some bogus "group" <i>which is not real</i>! There <i>was no group</i> until the Scientologist started the formula. By actual fact, this means <i>you have to misapply the formula</i>. It's the wrong formula because it really does not fit the actual situation.<br /><br />Second: By creating a bogus group, the Scientologist has no <i>real</i> facts to use in the formula. What are the statistics of a bogus group? What are the goals? Because the Scientologist has never found a "doubters of Scientology" group, the Scientologist <i>has no reality</i>. The formula cannot be honestly applied.<br /><br />Third: If the Scientologist is doubting the efficacy of Scientology technology, <i>why should they have to put any trust in a piece of Scientology technology!</i> Using a piece of Scientology tech to decide if Scientology tech actually works is ludicrous!<br /><br />And finally, that whole Scientology mumbo-jumbo about "if it failed, it wasn't applied <i>properly</i>". <i>This is purist bull!</i><br /><br />This is one of the hooks that Hubbard used to excuse all his technology's failures. Sorry, that is demonstrably false.<br /><br />Since Scientology is, obviously, a 100% failure in producing Clears, 100% failure in producing OTs, 100% failure in Grade 0 releases having the promised abilities, etc. -- one can, from the above <i>excuse</i>, deduce that Scientology has <i>never, ever</i> been applied correctly.<br /><br />So the <i>belief</i> that "Scientology works if applied properly" is based on <i>absolutely nothing</i> because that situation has <i>never</i> occurred!<br /><br />But that's the problem with excuses. If you just confront reality, it's much simpler: Scientology fails because Scientology tech doesn't work.<br /><br />But you, undoubtedly, will continue to believe there is some magical land where Scientology is "properly applied".Just Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700571144527474381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-27370672250147271312009-06-25T18:06:25.281-07:002009-06-25T18:06:25.281-07:00And, by the way -- trying to lump "apply the ...And, by the way -- trying to lump "apply the Doubt formula" with all the other so-called Scientology Solutions -- as if my suggestion had anything to do with them -- is so intellectually dishonest that you should be ashamed of yourself.John Cullisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-72022955508413299972009-06-25T17:54:47.406-07:002009-06-25T17:54:47.406-07:00As the actual troll in question, I'd like to p...As the actual troll in question, I'd like to point out that you only proved my point for me. You said,<br /><br />"If the Scientologist is still 'following all the rules', they cannot apply the formula. "<br /><br />If the Scientologist truly applies the Doubt formula, brushing aside all bias and rumor -- clean slate, no prejucides -- and actually looks at the real information from all sides -- good, bad, true, false, and ugly -- he cannot but realize that Scientology sucks.<br /><br />If he's ASSUMING that Scientology is all good, then he's not following the formula, is he? BRUSH ASIDE ALL BIAS AND RUMOR. That's part of the formula, too.<br /><br />INSIST that the Scientologist who might be doubting Scientology APPLY DOUBT. REALLY APPLY IT. NO ASSUMPTIONS.<br /><br />It actually works when properly applied. The trick is getting it applied *properly*.John Cullisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-40414296035367152572009-02-21T23:44:00.000-08:002009-02-21T23:44:00.000-08:00Pascal says "I guess they deadfiled me as a nutjob...Pascal says "I guess they deadfiled me as a nutjob."<BR/><BR/>It must be a hell for Scientologists to make such fine distinctions amongst themselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-58585878920636891642009-02-21T20:53:00.000-08:002009-02-21T20:53:00.000-08:00About this post. A friend on mine recently disconn...About this post. A friend on mine recently disconnected from me. The funny thing is that he is a declared CoS SP and has been for over 10 years!<BR/><BR/>After I told him about my views on CoS and DM he decided I was an enemy of the Church, etc... I told him I wanted to reform the Church but his stable data had been shaken and he couldn't take that so he stopped comm. He told me to write KRs and that this would "magically" handle the situation. Very much like you say on this post. Funny since I was his only Scientology friend since he got declared, I never cut comm with him as his declare was full of lies and I only considered him a Stupid Person, not a Suppressive one. :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-41544201023614536472009-02-21T20:50:00.000-08:002009-02-21T20:50:00.000-08:00I never left officially. I posted my intention to ...I never left officially. I posted my intention to impeach DM and was visited by OSA. I never received a goldenrod though OSA implied I'd get declared. I guess they deadfiled me as a nutjob. As for being at cause OSA spent thousands of $ flying to see me and paid for dinner in a 4 star restaurant. Not the usual treatment. I'll deal with DM when I'm back on my OT feet.<BR/><BR/>Why is CoS full of riff-raff? This is Earth, this is MEST and this is end of track. There are my opinions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-65849838224143150982009-02-21T15:43:00.000-08:002009-02-21T15:43:00.000-08:00Pascal: "Further investigation shows that his elec...Pascal: <I>"Further investigation shows that his elected officials are perverting the constitution or unable to uphold it. Does he leave his nation and throw his culture in the trash? LOL, of course not."</I><BR/><BR/>So, why did you leave the Church of Scientology instead of fixing it? Shouldn't Scientology allow you to be "at cause" over the "riff-raff and low-IQ" (your words) running the Church of Scientology?<BR/><BR/>And if Scientology is so great, how come the Church of Scientology is being run by "riff-raff and low-IQ" as you say?<BR/><BR/>Who would want Scientology if it allows such an outcome?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-71269839446294576932009-02-21T15:13:00.000-08:002009-02-21T15:13:00.000-08:00@Bill: Infering I am OSA is very insulting. I woul...@Bill: Infering I am OSA is very insulting. I would love to be in charge of OSA and would run things quite differently indeed!<BR/><BR/>About your post, you state many things I have observed and am critical about. Nice point on the chaplain never being there. I'm sure 80% of ethics problems stem from a sit being a chaplain issue and not ethics. Justice is out in CoS, Qual is out, tech is out, ethics is out. CoS is running on circuits, that's why it's so weak. No thetan!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-72623940688881051572009-02-21T12:46:00.000-08:002009-02-21T12:46:00.000-08:00@Pascal,My, how defensive you are! I just said yo...@Pascal,<BR/><BR/>My, how defensive you are! I just said you sound like OSA. I said you forward much of the OSA agenda. You would never admit that you <I>were</I> OSA -- you would deny it either way, so it can't be proven. But you <I>act</I> much like an OSA troll <I>and that's what I said</I>.<BR/><BR/>But, you know all that, don't you?<BR/><BR/>As long as you continue to forward much of the OSA agenda, I will continue to think it's very likely that's who you are.<BR/><BR/>And, oh by the way, I <I>do</I> notice that every time you comment, it is as a divergence and distraction from the subject of my post. (And now with more insults!) Gee, how 'bout that?Just Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700571144527474381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-32204104556131741942009-02-21T08:31:00.000-08:002009-02-21T08:31:00.000-08:00@Danny Boy,If I had to guess, I'd guess Pascal was...@Danny Boy,<BR/><BR/>If I had to guess, I'd guess Pascal was OSA. Except for the delightful, but rather vague condemnation of Miscavige, Pascal sticks pretty strictly to the standard OSA troll script:<BR/><BR/>Assertion of Scientology BS as if it were fact.<BR/>Refusal to provide <I>any</I> evidence for <I>anything</I> claimed.<BR/>The appearance that his only source of news is Scientology events.<BR/>The absolute and unchanging attitude that Scientology is perfect and "works" and the constant pressure to forward that idea.<BR/>The baseless but unyielding belief in the "expansion of Scientology".<BR/>And so on.<BR/><BR/>Sure smells like OSA to me.Just Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700571144527474381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-14579052437307489952009-02-21T03:08:00.000-08:002009-02-21T03:08:00.000-08:00Pascal: He tries hard...but he's very trying - a b...Pascal: He tries hard...but he's very trying - a bit like the bloke at the bar who buys you a pint because he's got no mates and wants someone to talk to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-78332042079281594502009-02-20T16:11:00.000-08:002009-02-20T16:11:00.000-08:00@Pascal,**sigh**You keep saying things as if they ...@Pascal,<BR/><BR/>**sigh**<BR/><BR/>You keep saying things <I>as if they were true</I>. So I feel the need to correct you.<BR/><BR/>You say "History also is on my side. There are much wackier religions in existence and Churches that have been a million time more oppressive than CoS under DM or LRH. Yet they still stand and are official in many nations."<BR/><BR/>No.<BR/><BR/>While many currently existing religions might have been wacky or oppressive and are "still in existence", <I>most</I> religions, especially the wacky and oppressive ones, <I>have died out!</I> History is very, very much <I>against</I> Scientology's continuing. Most religions <I>have died out</I>. The silly, lying, fraudulent ones, like Scientology, do it faster.<BR/><BR/>You say, "CoS is spread all around the globe and making headway".<BR/><BR/>No.<BR/><BR/>First, it is <I>not</I> "spread all around the globe". Technically, it doesn't even exist in well over 99% of the world.<BR/><BR/>Second, it is collapsing, <I>not</I> "making headway."<BR/><BR/>Again, you <I>believe</I> what you're told, not what is really there. You must get all your information from Scientology events. You really don't have a clue what's really going on in the world, do you?<BR/><BR/><I>Of course</I> your faith has no basis, that's part of the definition of "faith". There is <I>evidence</I>, which you completely ignore, or explain away, or rationalize, or reject, and there is <I>faith</I> which only requires that you <I>believe</I>. And you <I>do</I> believe.<BR/><BR/>I sincerely doubt you are an imbecile, just very, very gullible.<BR/><BR/>Now, please, if you are just going to repeat the same message again and again, don't bother. I've debunked everything you've said. <I>Reality</I> has debunked everything you've said. Unless you have actual, real, verifiable <I>facts</I> to present, don't bother repeating your beliefs. I know what they are, you don't need to repeat yourself.<BR/><BR/>BillJust Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700571144527474381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-72601096647232629502009-02-20T15:47:00.000-08:002009-02-20T15:47:00.000-08:00Interesting. Personally I have no problem with som...Interesting. Personally I have no problem with someone leaving the “Church” of Scientology and going off on their own and using what they understand to be “Scientology.” I have no problem with someone cherry-picking what they find to be good and workable out of Scientology and using THAT, and discarding the stuff they find to be unworkable, draconian or just plain nuts. <BR/><BR/>As long as someone isn’t abusing others, or cheating them, or lying to them, then fine, do whatever you want. <BR/><BR/>But it’s a stretch to then call your particular cherry-picked mix the “real Scientology” and everything else “not Scientology.” And it’s a bit of hubris to call yourself (and, I guess, those that agree to your particular brand) the “only real Scientologists” and label everyone else practicing the subject, including the entirety of the “Church” as “not real Scientologists.”<BR/><BR/>Scientology is what it is, the good, the bad and the ugly. Sure, a lot of the basic, entry-level stuff is fine – communication, ARC, whatever. But you also have a highly controlling Ethics “technology,” Hubbard’s cumbersome and unworkable “Admin Tech,” Hubbard’s paranoia, the bizarre science fiction of the “OT Levels,” his authoritarian “Management Structure,” Hubbard’s racism and homophobia and so on – all written by Hubbard, all studied by Scientologists, all a part of the DNA of the subject. <BR/><BR/>Sure you can reject it. You can reject the authoritarianism, the micromanagement, the paranioia, the abuse, the fundamentalist hyper-control. Sure you can choose what YOU want to apply, what YOU find workable. More power to you. <BR/><BR/>But don’t pretend you didn’t cherry-pick the subject. Don’t pretend you have the hotline of what, out of all of Hubbard’s writings, is “real Scientology” and what is not. Don’t pretend that you and those who agree with your particular cherry-picked brand are the “real Scientologists” and others are not. They would say the same thing about you. They would claim to be the “real” followers of Hubbard. They would say you had “squirreled” the subject by not accepting and slavishly applying ALL of Hubbard, every cumbersome Policy Letter, every paranoid Guardians Office directive, every RPF issue. So what? <BR/><BR/>But those things YOU disagree with, those thing YOU have discarded? Guess what? They’re “Scientology” too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-52600525823351717292009-02-20T15:17:00.000-08:002009-02-20T15:17:00.000-08:00@Bill: We disagree on the "facts" as you call them...@Bill: We disagree on the "facts" as you call them. I don't recall claiming any facts. I only express my opinions here. I would be foolish to claim facts on the Internet as there is no way to prove anything. I'm sorry if this has confused you.<BR/><BR/>It's a half-full, half-empty thingy I guess.<BR/><BR/>As for my "blind faith", well that is your opinion and I find that insulting for it implies my faith has no basis and that I am an imbecil.<BR/><BR/>My faith has a basis and that basis is MY experience with the tech, CoS and my education in general. History also is on my side. There are much wackier religions in existence and Churches that have been a million time more oppressive than CoS under DM or LRH. Yet they still stand and are official in many nations. CoS is spread all around the globe and making headways, whether they fuck up in the US or EU. It will never disappear. Reform is the only realistic solution.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-69520045022064148102009-02-20T14:41:00.000-08:002009-02-20T14:41:00.000-08:00@Pascal,As long as you declare completely unproven...@Pascal,<BR/><BR/>As long as you declare completely unproven beliefs <I>as fact</I>, I reserve the right to call you a True Believer. That is not intended as an insult, it is merely a factual description.<BR/><BR/>You <I>believe</I> in the flawless goodness of Scientology. You <I>believe</I> in a state of OT that <I>does not exist</I>. You <I>believe</I> that what Scientology/Hubbard <I>says</I> they "can do", says they "intend" is really what they can do and intend to do.<BR/><BR/>How else to describe your mindset than "True Believer"?<BR/><BR/>What Hubbard and Scientology <I>accomplished</I> was not one step in the direction of what they <I>said</I> they were doing. But you <I>believe</I> what they said, not what they <I>did</I>.<BR/><BR/>A person who <I>believes</I> what they are told despite all evidence that what they have been told is false <I>is</I> a True Believer. If that is insulting to you, review the <I>facts</I> and review your <I>beliefs</I>. Where facts contradict your beliefs, which do you choose? From all your comments, I have seen that you choose your beliefs over all the evidence. That's your privilege, but that <I>does</I> make you, by definition, a True Believer.<BR/><BR/>I <I>have</I> woken up. <I>You</I> are still asleep.Just Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00700571144527474381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-28185184247630475642009-02-20T14:16:00.000-08:002009-02-20T14:16:00.000-08:00@Bill: As much as I enjoy arguing with you it's no...@Bill: As much as I enjoy arguing with you it's not fun when you start using rhetoric and personal attacks. I don't make it personal with you so I'd appreciate the same. Let's attack our arguments, not our 1st dynamics.<BR/><BR/>DM is DM, a cruel idiot with an immense feeling of duty. People like him abound so to say this is the result of Scientology is silly. That people like him are the only ones getting up in CoS is obvious due to ARC with DM's valence.<BR/><BR/>I'm a Scientologist and have nothing in common with DM's cruel and stupid identity. There are many others in my position out of the CoS too.<BR/><BR/>I apply Scientology to my life EVERY day and have done so for over 15 years. I get incredible wins and have no frustrations re my religion.<BR/><BR/>I don't assign oddball ethics conditions to discipline my family or to "handle" enturbulation in the name of "head on a pike" PL. I use Scientology for the greatest good. No like stupid CoS staffers, desperate, underpaid and unqualified for HCO posting in the first place.<BR/><BR/>DM is not qualified to be COB, he has not gained his rank as captain. CoS is not in the hands of real scientologists. The low-tone mockery you are criticizing is not Scientology. Wake up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-3072096481778470362009-02-20T12:43:00.000-08:002009-02-20T12:43:00.000-08:00The essential idea behind Scientology is not “bein...The essential idea behind Scientology is not “being at cause and handling things.” If it was, then Scientologists would be at cause and they would be handling things. To the contrary, they are at effect and handling nothing. <BR/><BR/>Sure, Scientologists should reform their “church.” And if they were “at cause and handling things,” they would. Well? <BR/><BR/>No, IMHO, the essential idea behind Scientology is hypocrisy and duplicity. Saying one thing and doing quite another.<BR/><BR/>Scientology talks about the “Road to Truth,” yet Hubbard was a pathological liar. He lied about his personal history, his qualifications, his “research.” And he taught his followers to lie – to tell “acceptable truths,” to parrot “shore stories,” to lie about activities and intentions. He claimed he was not profiting from Scientology while raking off millions into overseas accounts – a practice Scientology continues to this day. <BR/><BR/>Scientology talks about “thinking for yourself,” yet any disagreement with Hubbard’s “tech” is not tolerated and will end you up in Cramming or in Ethics or, if you still don’t toe the line, out of the Church.<BR/><BR/>Scientology talks about the importance of communication, yet forces members to disconnect from family and friends who dare to challenge Hubbard’s ideas. <BR/><BR/>Scientology talks about “total freedom,” yet imprisons its staff behind razor wire fences and forbids them cell phones, internet or television, and censors their mail and phone calls. <BR/><BR/>Scientology preaches about “human rights” yet runs RPF slave labor prison camps. <BR/><BR/>Scientology talks about “Clearing the Planet,” yet has never produced a single actual demonstrable Clear. They talk about a “Bridge to OT,” yet have never produced an actual, demonstrable OT. Hubbard himself died in hiding, sick and insane.<BR/> <BR/>All this isn’t “a perversion of Scientology.” It IS Scientology. It’s in its DNA.<BR/><BR/>Yet still, people continue to believe the rhetoric, the public statements, the PR. They continue to believe that “the tech works” despite overwhelming evidence of continuing and epic failure on a grand scale. <BR/><BR/>There is a point where idealism ends and gullibility begins.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5588150109003847843.post-60710408286069221602009-02-20T08:26:00.000-08:002009-02-20T08:26:00.000-08:00Just Bill,In reading the Doubt Formula again, I fi...Just Bill,<BR/><BR/>In reading the Doubt Formula again, I finally get what you're saying about the "switch". The individual person has some doubts about <I>his</I> group, Scientology. He applies the Doubt Formula.<BR/><BR/>So, obviously, step 3, about "one's own group" is about the Church of Scientology. The person just has doubts, but that's still his group. He hasn't left. He hasn't joined <I>another</I> group. So step 3 and 4 are about Scientology...<BR/><BR/>Then what are steps 1 and 2 about? Who is "<I>that</I> group, project or organization"? There <I>is</I> no "that group". There is just the individual and the church.<BR/><BR/>You're right. It changes it from the individual, having doubts about Scientology to "Them versus Us"! Amazing! I hadn't seen that before.<BR/><BR/>No wonder that "formula" was always so difficult to figure out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com