Mike Rinder's Blog
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I was raised a Scientologist from the age of 6. Since I first spoke out to the then St Petersburg Times in 2009, I have done all I could to bring about change to end the abuses within the church. The philosophy of Scientology is not the same as the organization and its practices. There is much in the subject of Scientology that is harmless and makes sense to people.
Mike Rinder's Blog
2d ago
Another hype-filled “press release” from scientology presents a completely false picture of scientology and L. Ron Hubbard. They peg this announcement of a scientologyTV show about Joburg org to “the cradle of civilization” — making it seem that scientology actually aligns with this concept of evolution. It goes on to explain how the new episode ..read more
Mike Rinder's Blog
2d ago
CHILD USA has been involved in two specific events scientology cannot tolerate, and more broadly in successful efforts to give victims voices. First: The Executive Director of Child USA, Marci Hamilton, a constitutional law professor, successfully argued in the California Appeals Court to overturn the ruling that would have forced Danny Masterson’s victims to submit ..read more
Mike Rinder's Blog
5d ago
Malmo is an “ideal org.” Being “ideal” brings with it guaranteed 10X expansion according to the hype peddled by Miscavige. Yet this org is announcing that they do not even have 100 people on service in their “ideal” org in a week. It’s their goal to achieve this tiny target! According to Hubbard, these orgs ..read more
Mike Rinder's Blog
6d ago
This is something I have brought up many times on The Aftermath show, podcasts, YouTube videos and interviews because it is so important to gaining an understanding of the “scientology mind.” It is one of Hubbard’s most devious devices for keeping the flock in lockstep and always ensuring what is good for scientology is ..read more
Mike Rinder's Blog
1w ago
Mad Hatters Unite What an appropriate theme for this exercise in futility. What does this even mean? And why is it being done in the Ft Harrison? I assume he is promoting Delphi? The NOT scientology school… Did you know that LRH knew nothing about computers? If you ever read his “advices ..read more
Mike Rinder's Blog
1w ago
This article is from last year, but I never got around to commenting on it. Not sure what happened to this exemption, it doesn’t really matter in the overall scheme of things. They will still require Scientologists to sign a draconian agreement before they can buy their mandatory $5000 Easy Bake Oven E-meter ..read more
Mike Rinder's Blog
1w ago
I recently became aware of a condition known as Dependent Personality Disorder (DPD). Apparently it is quite common, and includes an inability to make everyday decisions without an excessive amount of advice and reassurance from others. People with DPD are often attracted to cults (and remain in them) because of the control cults exercise over ..read more
Mike Rinder's Blog
1w ago
True to form, scientology has been hawking the “special leatherbound, silver foil embossed edition” of Dianetics following the org reduction and eradication ribbon cutting event where they pretended Miscavige was present when he had pre-recorded his speech from inside the building days previously (Alex Barnes-Ross did an excellent analysis of this). This is ..read more
Mike Rinder's Blog
1w ago
Scientology continues to foist off blatant lies about L. Ron Hubbard. The “LRH Biographer,” Dan Sherman, was never going to produce the authoritative biography of Hubbard because there are so many things that are provable lies about what he claimed about his accomplishments and so many unpleasant aspects of his life, especially his ..read more
Mike Rinder's Blog
1w ago
This article illustrates how insane and destructive this Miscavige ideal org plan is. Though it is essentially a real estate investment scheme, because of the arbitrary requirements Miscavige made part of his program, some absolutely catastrophic decisions have been made that have not only harmed the orgs concerned, but have also lost tens of millions ..read more