My awareness of the US State Department’s Office of International Religious Freedom (“OIRF”) proceeded from my experiences and relationship with Scientology. I won’t take up time with describing the Scientology religion, or cult, or scam, or intelligence agency. And I will not go into my very long history with the Scientologists. All of this is publicly and freely available. There are a few events, however, that must be mentioned to get to the OIRF and its “Religious Freedom” program and … [Read more...] about Exceptional Hypocrisy: The US’s International Religious Freedom program
Archives for March 2021
Declaration of Gerry Armstrong (March 29, 2021)
I, Gerry Armstrong declare: 1. I was a Scientologist from 1969 through 1981. For eleven years, I was in the “Sea Organization,” (“Sea Org”) the segment of Scientologists through which Scientology “churches” and “religious” groups around the world are controlled and Scientology-connected commercial enterprises are overseen. The Sea Org is a pseudo-military organization, and I rose to the rank of “ensign.” I served in the Sea Org on its ships or at its land bases in several countries. 2. … [Read more...] about Declaration of Gerry Armstrong (March 29, 2021)