Critical Thinking on Cults & AntiCults
Adopting the beliefs of the anti-cult movement dramatically changes the views and attitudes of those who experience a loss of faith. Those changes have a profound effect on how Exes make sense of their own past. So we must ask: How helpful is the ideology of the anti cult movement in making sense of your life?
My latest video on Mike Rinder and Marty Rathbun taking over the discussion of Scientology on the Internet in order to revise history and distract from Scientology’s crimes, and the perplexing mystery of how the Church of Scientology was ever granted tax exempt status, even through their criminality had been proven – in court – … Read more
New video released today. TRANSCRIPT: This is Alanzo with AlanzosBlog.com. I was 16 years in Scientology 15 years in anti Scientology. And now I have been 9 years out of both. This Month is Alanzo’s 40th Year Since Walking Into Scientology at 23 I used to say eight, but July 2024 is the 40th anniversary … Read more
I’ve hiked, caught fish, and climbed mountains this summer here in Wyoming. I have much more to do before winter comes. But I gotta tell ya, things are more stupid and crazy than I have ever seen them in Scientology vs Anti-Scientology. You can find me on Reddit, and on Youtube. Alanzo
I try to explain what I’ve learned over the last 25 years since being out of Scientology, and how that has led me to the way I think about Scientology now.
Mike Rinder, Karen de la Carriere and Jeffrey Augustine Fair Game the Scientology critics they can’t control. Here’s one Op they ran on me and my friends.
In my almost 40 years of writing about Cults & Anticults, the FrankReport.com was one the wildest lessons I’ve ever learned.
Would Scientology’s Office of Special Affairs use your own fear of the Office of Special Affairs to control you? You bet your ass they would – and do every day.
1st in a series on the Ex-Scientologist Message Board, one of the most effective hotbeds of Scientology criticism in its day, and thoroughly obliterated by Mike Rinder et al AFTER they ‘left’ Scientology.
An Online Poll Was Conducted asking if Mike Rinder has redeemed himself. Now 77% of respondents say NO.
Anti-Scientologists who were never in Scientology have a long row to hoe if they hope to be accurate in their criticisms of Scientology. I provide the lessons you need here at AlanzosBlog.
Scientology isn’t the only group to go after their critics: Leah Remini’s Scientology & the Aftermath goes after their critics just as dishonestly
I recorded my thoughts on the treatment I observed Aaron Smith-Levin getting from his Anti-Scientologist friends. From the ideologue Chris Shelton, to Tony Ortega’s demagoguery, to Leah Remini’s need to create a moral panic around Scientology – can Aaron’s intellectual honesty survive?
Activists deal in weaponized over-simplicities. Truth Seekers deal in mystery and doubt.
When a person gets out of a minority religion and is thrust back into mainstream society, he can be bombarded with personal defamation and the destruction of everything he’s built in his life.
When I first heard Scientology stories of abuse, I became very angry. I let that anger permeate my thinking & even my self-identity. Many Exes experience this.
Alanzo on Ethercat’s “Through The Door” Friday, 27th September, 2002 08:39:19pm Name or Alias: Alanzo Training and/or processing level: Clear, Exec Status One, GAT Ethics Specialist, Data Series Evaluator Org or location: N/A Time involved in the Church of Scientology: 16 years Recommended Website – Ron the War Hero ##_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-## 1. How did you first … Read more
Sitting there in that locked room, with two Scientology salespeople, I said, “Wait a minute, Tim. I got into Scientology to win at life, not to lose at it. Declaring bankruptcy is losing at life.”
OSA had probably identified me by this time. Within 3wks my whole life would change: Followed by PIs, fired from my job, family threatened, full disconnection of all my friends & business associates – everything I had built as a Scientologist.
Presently re-configuring social media strategies, and prepping for new projects coming down the line. Moving into a new much more serious phase of being Alanzo, while critically thinking about cults and anticults. Stay tuned.