Dear Dr. Introvigne: You clearly can take what you take as confirmation of whatever factoid you can imagine. There are always good reasons my communications on any subject are as long as they are. One often relevant reason is the Scientologists and their collaborators’ reliance on pretended ignorance. It could be said that they causatively know not what they do. They would say they causatively not know what they do. Pretended ignorance is a lie, of course, and often requires some … [Read more...] about Sects Trafficking; religious scholars for sale or for free
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Blissing Out on Ignore Tech
Dear Dr. Introvigne: Following is my email to Mike Rinder querying the veracity of his statement that you say is defamatory. He has not responded, and I cannot expect him to. He still serves the Miscavigeite sectists’ malign purposes in vital ways, was a paid liar for them for twenty years, and has maintained his scientologically-instilled hatred for me since claiming to have left Scientology. A key weapon in the Fair Game arsenal, as you know, is “Ignore Tech,” and Rinder has visibly been … [Read more...] about Blissing Out on Ignore Tech
Masterminds, Sidekicks and the Bear, Oh My!
On February 25, I participated by Zoom in a conference hosted in Paris by the International Center for the Study of Eurasia. The conference theme was “Nation State and the New Transnational Forms of Religious Consciousness.” Talks were to be under seven minutes, so depth and details were correspondingly limited. I titled mine “Exceptional Hypocrisy: The US’s International Religious Freedom program.” … [Read more...] about Masterminds, Sidekicks and the Bear, Oh My!
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)
Who’s a Good Liar?
On Ex-Scientologist Message Board, Michael Hobson posted: Gerry Armstrong *lied* to a Judge, in Court (about agreeing to settle the a case with the Co$). Then he fled the country to avoid facing the Judge to whom he lied. In so doing, he exposed himself to righteous wrath of U.S. Courts. Not because he spoke against Ron Hubbard and Scientology, but because he lied to a Judge. Obviously Hobson is claiming to possess high-level, high-quality knowledge of certain facts that can be verified in … [Read more...] about Who’s a Good Liar?
New Russian Invasion Identified in Canada
Recently, in Chilliwack, British Columbia, a community one hundred kilometers due east of Vancouver on Canada’s west coast, a whole field of chamomile flowers has been discovered. They have also been spotted along country roads and freeways and appear to be spreading toward the eastern provinces. Chamomile, of course, is Russia’s national flower, widely considered just an adorable and humble little bloom, but now thought to be something very sinister. The name comes from the Greek and means … [Read more...] about New Russian Invasion Identified in Canada