Reasons or excuses? What is the difference?
Author: Dortju
I was brought up in Scientology, born in 1977, at the time it was Scientolgies heydays. In the 1980s Scientology surged to have about 100,000 members. They managed to field 15,000 peaceful protesters in Portland, Oregon for the duration of a 6 months long court case and they won the court case. Losing it would…
At the time of writing during the troubles of the Middle East in 2024 the Jews and Muslims are doing a really good job of making the Christians look great. Of course, everyone involved in the fighting will insist they are defending a faith but from outside it looks a hell of a lot like…
I am now and again guilty of being critical in my blogs of what I call the ‘stupid’. Sometimes I call out flat earthers, sometimes it’s MAGA hat fanatics and at times I poke fun at how ludicrous Scientology is behaving. And Scientologists take their religion very very very seriously. So it is no surprise…
Only in the land of the free… Trumpism and Scientology seem to both be in their death throws. Neither is willing to change and are both determined and failing to try twist the world into their own view of reality. How do we combat such fanaticism… Laugh at it. It is so absurd we have…
Imagine waking up every morning aware the cause you support is saving the universe. Not the planet or galaxy but the universe! Every life choice you make is carefully weighed against helping this cause for the greatest good. The only thing you have to worry about is some effort towards this cause. Then when you…
With the advent of abuses in the cult of the ‘Church’ of Scientology and other practices I would like to open a Church that will draw upon these Mordern Spiritual Movements and New Religious Movement and attempt to move them forward, but with a built in checks and balances and to be stewarded by no…
How I relate myself to others in my life…
If you’re on death row, you are allowed a visit from a priest of your religion to attend to your spiritual needs before your execution. So should any religion ever abandon a member of its congregation for committing evil acts? Such is the case with Danny Masterson. He raped women while a member of Scientology….
As a neurodivergent species, we must insist on some inalienable rights which should not be questioned upon the official production of an official ID, ie a staff.