Religious Freedom, Here We Go Again

“What makes it alright for you to deny another’s right to Freedom of Religion?” —@ExposeNetwork, Twitter, June 3rd, 2019 This tweet, thrown out into the ether by @ExposeNetwork with no direction or reason, says a lot about those who own the account. As usual they just don’t get it. The answer in short is “nothing”. […]

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Little Voices in the Dark

It is dark. The air is fetid with the smells of decaying seaweed, rusty salt water, mud and urine. There is very little room in this hot, malodorous metal box and unbeknownst to its tiny, lone occupant, one small slip up could very well mean death. A chain locker contains the coiled anchor chain when […]

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The Ethics of Scientology

“L. Ron Hubbard defined ethics as ‘reason and the contemplation of optimum survival.’ He has also pointed out: ‘Dishonest conduct is non-survival. Anything is unreasonable or evil which brings about the destruction of individuals, groups, or inhibits the future of the race.’” Further, in his book Introduction to Scientology Ethics he writes “Ethics actually consists […]

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Thoughts on 60 Minutes Australia

Where is The Missing Queen? Thanks to Tony Ortega we were able to watch the 60 Minutes Australia piece about Scientology and the missing Shelley Miscavige. The three part video can be seen here: https://tonyortega.org/2019/02/10/an-austin-powers-scientology-party-sure-anything-to-get-locals-to-fork-over-cash/ Whilst watching this show several things stood out that are worth looking at. The first was when Leah Remini told […]

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Abuse is Not Spiritual

Scientology The word conjures up images of space aliens, volcanoes and Xenu. It is so easy to get caught up in the absurd and inane that surrounds this cult. Focusing on words like “Beingness” and “Meat Bodies”, laughing at the idea of hundreds of little aliens inhabiting our bodies and shaking our heads at the […]

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A Blind and Aimless Fury*

As the Fair Game campaign against Mike Rinder begins to fade, Bitter Bernadini has upped the ante in her bid for revenge. The Taryn Teutsch Twitter account had become stagnant with Taryn simply and tiredly reposting the same videos and photos over and over. The few comments made were derisive and frustrated. Then Scientology decided […]

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