Tweeting With Tony Ortega
No one really thinks that Tony Ortega is unbiased and objective and tells all sides of the truth in his reporting on Scientology, do they?
AntiCults
AntiCults exist for every Cult.
An out-group of people who were former members of any religion, or minority religion, have always existed to protest their former religious or spiritual belief.
They have simply come to realize a loss of faith.
That loss of faith is colossally disorienting. All people use their ideology or belief system to make sense of the world. So when your sense-making system collapses on you, you feel a certain sense of fuckness for a short, or a long, while.
AntiCults exist where people take up the AntiCult Ideology, mostly promulgated by Lifton and Hassan.
Influenced by anticultism, they deny their own choices made to get involved in their own previous religious pursuit and turn all those personal decisions into things they were ‘brainwashed’ to believe against their will and consent.
AntiCults must be critically examined, and questioned, as closely as Cults.
Critical Thinking on Anti-Scientology – The Limits of Tony Ortega
One thing to remember about Tony Ortega – even he doesn’t consider himself an unbiased, objective journalist on the subject of Scientology.
The Incomparable Miss Tia on Having Been a Denizen of The Underground Bunker
If I were to pinpoint exactly when my disillusionment began with Scientology watching, I’d have to say the seed was planted with the Going Clear premiere.
Lawrence Wright’s Questionable Metaphor – A “Prison of Belief”
There is a point at which this metaphor becomes an exercise in thought-stopping: A person accepts it as an explanation for why Scientologists do what they do in the way that Larry and other anti-Scientologists describe, and that’s all you need to know. It seems to explain everything when, in fact, it explains very little.
After Scientology, It’s a Choice
When I was first getting out of Scientology around 13 years ago, I was talking to an ex-Scientologist who worked at the Lisa McPherson Trust. She received phone calls and emails from people getting out … Read more
What I Learned Over My Summer Vacation
I learned that someone – not Church OSA – was taking creepy screenshots of everything I write on my blog, like every day, multiple times per day.
Tony Ortega and His Optimum Troll Environment
As an hysterical anti-Scientology troll, Tony Ortega is loving the present environment. It’s an environment where, once any accusation has been made, it must be true. Even the position of “I don’t know – I … Read more
Mike Rinder’s Bean Theory of Truth & Reconciliation With Old Guard Scientology Critics
I tweeted this out today. For 8 yrs, @MikeRinder's operated on the #Scientology Bean Theory of Truth & Reconciliation:For every bean I spend, I get more in return. — Alanzo (@AlanzosBlog) March 29, 2017 It's … Read more
Cult is the “N Word” for Minority Religions
Mainstream society can’t claim to have all the answers for everybody. If we claim to be a free society, why do we de-legitimize & dehumanize those who join our subcultures?
Marty Rathbun’s 2nd Video on Leah Remini’s Scientology & the Aftermath
Are we just being prestidigitated away from the truth of what happened in this meeting with the attorneys? Are we, with kitten brains, just pouncing at the red dot on the wall?
Gerry Armstrong’s Open Letter to Jon Atack Regarding Chris Shelton
Gerry has an interesting viewpoint on Jon Atack and Chris Shelton’s allegiance and mutual promotional efforts of each other. ” I do not mean that Mr. Shelton’s arrogance or narcissism is a concern to him, … Read more
Militant Anti-Scientologist John McGhee Assaults Female Scientologist in Dublin, Ireland
Militant AntiScientologist John McGhee becomes enraged and physically assaults female Scientologist on the street in Dublin, Ireland.
Marty Really Needs to Answer How That Email Ended up in Dani Lemberger’s Trial
For the 2nd time in months, I personally & politely asked Marty Rathbun how that email ended up in the hands of Scientology attorneys. He never answered.
Another Ex-Scientologist Quits Tony Ortega’s Underground Bunker
It is the influence of the Anti-Cult Movement that is causing this worst possible trap to get stuck in after leaving a religious or spiritual pursuit like Scientology.
Internalizing the Criticisms of Shallow Assholes
Self-invalidation and self-disgust for having been a Scientologist is a common result of trying to graduate from Scientology. In some places on the post-scientology Internet, it becomes an unspoken penance to be endured before we can truly be considered by others to be “out” and no longer a stupid and deluded cult moron.
Tony Ortega’s Road to Redemption
Why have Tony Ortega’s followers, such as Chris Shelton, flipped from not trusting psych’s at all to now never questioning anything they say or do?
Should Scientology Critics Get Involved in Family Disconnection Conflicts?
Mike Jones, who is not missing and who does not wish to leave the Sea Org, does not want anything to do with his parents, and he has the absolute right not to communicate with them.
Tony Ortega’s Bias: “Scientology managed somehow to shut down the FBI probe”.
I know it’s the height of heresy for me to bring this up. But a little heresy never hurt anyone – especially if you really want to see justice accomplished with Scientology.
Rachel Bernstein is Pissed!
The question is, will Rachel Bernstein stick around ESMB and actually post something that is not in her own commercial interests?
FOR THOSE LEAVING THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY
After leaving the Church of Scientology, seek to live with the truth. I’ve concluded you can’t seek to live with the truth in a group of Anti-Cultists.