Words. Gentle and beautiful as a soft Spring rain, fierce as a dark Summer storm. Infinite in their magic words can build, heal and create and just as easily rip, tear and sunder. More powerful than any weapon, capable of utter destruction. When wielded by one bent on evil, words are daggers that slice through […]
Read More Fighting Fire With FireWithin the lush forest setting of Sheridan, Oregon, about 50 miles south of Portland lies a boarding school that claims the lofty goal of creating a “civilization based in reason”. Encompassing 700 acres of natural beauty, the school sits perched upon a hilltop overlooking its vast domain. Yet it hides a dirty secret. Welcome to […]
Read More Applied Scholastics- Applied DeceptionLeah Remini and Mike Rinder have returned with a brand new podcast Scientology: Fair Game on iHeart Radio. Fans of the A&E series Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath may remember Edward Parkin, International Director of the cult’s sub group Stand League, crowing about COS’ “victory” in having the show removed. This disingenuous bit of […]
Read More They’re Back and Better Than EverToday we have a guest post from amazing Billboard Babe Kat LaRue, tackling the most asked question we have about those caught up in cults. Kat LaRue became interested in studying cults after a mainstream cult was involved in the death of a loved one. She began immersing herself in research, and specialized in cults […]
Read More Why Do They Stay?Mike Rinder once said, “You can tell the difference between a cult and a religion when you try and leave it.” A topic on Quora was recently brought to my attention and I felt it was important to address it. I found it an excellent example of exactly how Scientologists operate when attempting to Fair […]
Read More Leaving Scientology, Lies and Revealing the TruthThey Just Can’t Let It Go One would naturally assume that an epically thriving, monumentally expanding “religion” would be so busy there’d be no time for rehashing embarrassingly disproven old stories. The vicious Fair Game attack begun in April of 2010 when Mike Rinder’s bitter ex-wife, Cathy Bernadini, gathered a posse of private investigators and […]
Read More They Just Can’t Let It GoNo really. “NOT A POLITICAL POST. Did you know… When my parents operated drug rehabilitation centers in San Francisco, the previous Governor of California supported it and it’s outreach into the SF prison and the jails? Then, Gavin Newsom became Governor and found out that my parents were of another religious belief. He must’ve thought […]
Read More In Which Ryan Prescott Attacks The Governor of CaliforniaThe current edition of Scientology’s Freedom Magazine, distributed across Clearwater in spite of private gates and locked doors, is filled with facts, statistics and figures. Drawn from the Scientology requested impact study done by FSU, these figures are used to prove to Clearwater just how much of an asset COS truly is. An article titled […]
Read More The Freedom of MisdirectionIn 2014 Scientology approached the Florida State University and requested a study be done on the organization’s economic impact on Clearwater. This study can be seen in it’s entirety here: https://cefa.fsu.edu/sites/g/files/imported/storage/original/application/8f0f11ef331827afe8e8acde82e57b66.pdf November of 2014 Mike Rinder wrote an excellent blog post about the study and its ability to be accurate based upon the fact that […]
Read More FSU Study Leaves Many QuestionsThe current edition of Scientology’s Freedom Magazine, dedicated to aggressively forwarding its campaign to take control of the city of Clearwater, FL is filled with articles painting COS as a benign benefactor who only wants what’s best for the city. Certainly this poor, misunderstood organization, so wrongly persecuted and attacked for no reason is only […]
Read More The Lies Just Never Stop
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