Michelle Ryan of ESMB Tells People What to Think About Me on SPs-R-Us
Michelle Ryan experienced the worst Scientology Fair Game I’ve ever seen anyone experience, and her demeanor and decision-making changed drastically after that.
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What John Sweeney Means to Me
And you look at John Sweeney today. And you wonder – did all that intelligence work make him start drinking heavily, and eventually lose his mind?
The Blind Hypocrisy of Offended Anti-Scientologists
Anti-Scientologists reduce their own cognitive dissonance the same way Scientologists do – by remaining blind to what they say and do to their “enemies”.
The ESMB Thread on AlanzosBlog!
It’s the AlanzosBlog discussion of ESMB discussion on AlanzosBlog!
Alanzo’s Censorship Policy – Reissued
ALANZO COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE Cornfield Manor, Cornfield, Illinois ACO POLICY LETTER OF 9 NOVEMBER 2014 Remimeo CENSORSHIP POLICY All off-topic and personally insulting comments, and all ad-hominem attacks, will be disposed of quietly and without sorrow. Any viewpoint on Scientology, L Ron Hubbard, David Miscavige, or cults, philosophies, and religions in general, will not be censored … Read more
Indy Efforts at Reforming Scientology Should Be An Important Part of the Solution
The end of Scientology abuse will come though many different routes, but it is clear now that it must mostly come from Independent Scientologists themselves.
Science Says: Scientific Curiosity is Corrosive to Confirmation Bias
If that question hurt your brain, then you can see that this skepticism thing can go too far. But there is a sweet spot to Confirmation Bias.
Are Personal Feelings of Guilt the Underlying Cause of Moral Outrage?
Could this righteous fight that we’ve all engaged in regarding Scientology, for all these years, have only been because we felt guilty and needed to re-establish our own moral identity after finding out how abusive Scientology had been?
Tony Ortega and Ray Jeffrey Desperately Attempt to Control the Narrative, and Herd Ex-Scientologist’s Thinking
Tony’s single hypothesis, which he’s riding like a little hobby horse in a futile attempt to herd Ex-Scientologists thinking (Ex-Scientologists who know more about Scientology than Tony Ortega and Ray Jeffrey ever will) has holes as big as the open range.
Guest Post: “Rituals” by StatPush
I am eternally grateful to Rathbun & Rinder for what they’ve done. They’ve paid their “debt” for any wrongdoing. What their life must have been like. I wouldn’t trade places. Would you?
Therouxs Re-Enactments in Scientology Documentary Criticized
“The ‘re-creation’ was in fact a creation,” Rathbun wrote on his blog in September.
The Purpose of AlanzosBlog – Same As it Ever Was
AlanzosBlog: Be Loyal to the Truth and Not to Any Person or Group
Some Well-Deserved Skepticism of Tony Ortega’s Smugness Emerges at the Underground Bunker
…”those who speculated that Rathbun had secretly settled will be feeling justifiably smug today”. – Tony Ortega Underground Bunker posters “8675309” and “Peacemaker” asked some important questions in the Underground Bunker a couple of days ago which I believe shed some well-deserved skepticism on Ortega’s smugness campaign against Mark and Monique Rathbun since April of … Read more
Eating Crow: Tony Ortega Produces Dani Lemberger
I have to say that Tony Ortega hit it out of the park this morning. Not only did he publish evidence of probable criminal activity and cover up by members of the Church of Scientology in the Danny Masterson case, but he also produced Dani Lemberger, who said…
Atheism 2.0 – Alain de Botton
In this short TED talk, Alain de Botton delivers a heavyweight performance. He builds a very workable connection between atheist and religious thought, presenting a way to extract the good from both for the future of society.
Over at the Breitbart of Anti-Scientology Tribalism, Few Have Questions For Tony Ortega
It is probably far-fetched to think that the Church’s attorney is lying. But we still need to know how, exactly, he got this email.
Reza Aslan Will Cover Scientology in His New Show: Believer
Atheists are really bad about understanding other human beings’ religious beliefs. They really don’t get the nature of belief at all, while being ruled by their own beliefs. All this is such giggily freaking fun for this TV show.
Good Grief
My best friend died last November. Yesterday, I was in a business meeting with a new client at her business. A person from my friend’s old workplace stopped in to call on my new client. When that person left, I told this new client of mine a personal story about my friend that was wholly … Read more
Information Disease
A broader perspective, a wider context, and an array of diverse sources of ideas and information are the cures for information disease.
The Insidious Cognitive Distortion That Fools You Into Thinking You Understand Someone When You Don’t
There is no substitute for being willing to see things from someone else’s perspective when you are in a disagreement or dispute with them.