Leah Remini’s Scientology and the Aftermath Attack Their Critics Too
Scientology isn’t the only group to go after their critics: Leah Remini’s Scientology & the Aftermath goes after their critics just as dishonestly
Alanzo’s Bio
Pounding the Intellectual Honesty Out of Aaron Smith-Levin
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 vs Truth Seekers: Why Do They Hate Each Other?
Activists deal in weaponized over-simplicities. Truth Seekers deal in mystery and doubt.
Learning & Growing Out of Anti-Cultism as an Ex
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.
Allen Stanfield’s Leaving Scientology Interview February 2002
Allen Stanfield on Ethercat’s “Through The Door” Friday, 27th September, 2002 08:39:19pm Name or Alias: Allen Stanfield Training and/or processing level: Clear, Exec Status One, GAT Ethics Specialist, Data Series Evaluator Org or location: N/A … Read more
Scientology Sales Techniques From Hell: “Imagine You’re Dead”
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.”
How the Anti Cult Movement Harms Ex-Members
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?
The Work Never Stops Here at AlanzosBlog
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.
Did Indy OSA Just Screw the Pooch? Marty Rathbun & Karen De La Carriere
Marty Rathbun wrote a post last September that is more relevant than ever, thanks to Indy OSA turning intelligence into Black PR.
Getting Out of a Cult is Not Something You Recover From, It’s Something You’re Strengthened By
Worldviews are fragile things. Don’t look at them too closely – they may collapse on you. Ex-Cult members know this better than you do.
My Anti-Scientology Apostasy
The 19th century German philosopher Max Scheler said that an apostate was ‘engaged in a continuous chain of acts of revenge against his own spiritual past’. American sociologist Lewis Coser defined an apostate as not … Read more
Michael Shermer’s “The Believing Brain” & “Why People Believe Weird Things”
Michael Shermer has written two books, “The Believing Brain” and “Why People Believe Weird Things”, which have been life-changing reads for me. There are several key points made in these books which can help a … Read more
Weird Accusations on the Frank Report
There is a dedicated group of people who follow me around on the Internet and get people to ask stupid questions, and make weird accusation against me. It’s an opportunity for me to set them straight.
Binded and Blinded By the Tribal Mind
Once I’d spotted that my thinking was tribal, I was no longer consumed by my tribe’s survival. I resented that the tribe had taken over my thinking. I could finally see the eclipsed and thoughtless cruelty of my former tribe.
Alanzo’s Bio: In & Out of Scientology & Anti-Scientology
I left the Church of Scientology after 16 years, becoming an outspoken critic of them in 1999. I’ve been thinking and writing about Scientology and cults for 36 years, in and out of both. Of … Read more
Undercover as an Agent for the Office of Special Affairs
When I was young and dumb, I worked with OSA in Illinois. Randy Kretchmar, Carol Brookes and Mary Ann Ahmad were the Office of Special Affairs at the Chicago Org at that time. The Cult … Read more
Your Friends vs. The Truth
Truth changes.
If there is anything that the experience of having gone through Scientology should teach an Ex-Scientologist, it’s that. If they quit being your friend/family just because the truth changed, then were they really your friend/family to begin with?
What I Learned Over My Summer Vacation
I learned that after I took down my site, I received more attempts to hack my site than I ever had in its whole existence. In fact, one hacking attempt actually worked for about an … Read more
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. … Read more
The Purpose of AlanzosBlog – Same As it Ever Was
AlanzosBlog: Be Loyal to the Truth and Not to Any Person or Group
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. … Read more
Alanzo’s Scientology Promotional Video #1
NOTE: no one asked me any questions about why I am doing these videos. I just wanted to make myself seem more popular.
Charles Lakes, Scientology’s Olympic Thetan
Charles Lakes was the Number 1 qualifier for the US Olympic Gymnastic Team in 1988. He used Scientology to do it. How do I know? Because I helped him.
One Moon | AlanzosBlog – Critical Thinking on Cults & AntiCults
It is said that there is only one moon. It is also said that there are as many moons as there are individuals who are looking at it. Maybe there is one objective reality called … Read more
My Mind is Goin Through Them Changes
It never stops, no matter what cult you’ve been in, or how old you get. This is what Buddy Miles had to say about it a few decades ago. We are not rational animals, no … Read more
Re-Evaluating My Wins In Scientology
The other day, more than 14 years after leaving Scientology, I realized that one of the biggest wins I had in Scientology might not have been as valuable as I’ve been thinking it was. In … Read more
The Truth of Our Existence Can Not Be Understood Through Language
What if the title of this post is true? It would mean that all this time spent studying bibles and sutras, and pouring over sermons, would only cage us inside self-referential language. What if there … Read more
Post Traumatic Growth
This 20 minute talk starts out in what appears to be a very shallow way. There is a change about 3 minutes in to the video that reveals just how profound it really is. So … Read more
Don’t Let Your Struggle….
It can sometimes happen to an Ex-Scientologist that they feel responsible for the abuses that Scientology perpetuates on others, even though they themselves had no part in those abuses, and could not stop them even … Read more
Recovery From Scientology: What is That, Exactly?
I hear people talking about recovering from Scientology. What does that mean? Is there an “End Phenomenon” to that? I have definitely changed quite a bit since getting out of Scn 13 years ago. At … Read more
Undercover as an OSA Agent, Part 2
After unpacking my bags in my room, I sat down at the little round table next to the window and looked out onto the parking lot. People were streaming in to the front doors of … Read more