Critical Thinking on Cults & AntiCults
Mark Rathbun was the head of the Church of Scientology’s Religious Technology Center, and was charged by David Miscavige to “handle” all external threats, including critics of Scientology and “squirrels” of Scientology.
This post was first written by me in early 2012. Marty Rathbun had gotten on to the Internet in 2009, and I had participated on his blog, watched him obfuscate and lie, and ferociously criticized … Read more
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.
Marty Rathbun operating for David Miscavige’s “Special Project L” was assigned to handle Flo Barnett, Miscavige’s Mother in Law & Shelly Miscavige’s Mother.
This affidavit, filed in the Ken Dandar case, shows the daily routine that Mike Rinder lived as the Commanding Officer of the Office of Special Affairs for 22 years under David Miscavige.
This deposition reveals the network that Miscavige, Rinder & Rathbun set up to control the outcomes of legal cases for Scientology in Pinellas county Florida.
All those awards, all those book sales, all those hero-worshipping praises. And still, no justice for Scientology’s victims.
If you first assume that both Marty Rathbun and Mike Rinder are lying, and this is all just a big, elaborate costume drama, you will be a lot less confused.
In a blog post dated 27 July 2020, Marty Rathbun re-emerged to corroborate some of the experiences of Corey Andrews, Steven Mango and myself in dealing with the hyper-controlling cult-like tribalism of Celebrity Anti-Scientology.
This Ex-Scientologist is courageously putting herself out there and warning the public about the abuses she has personally witnessed in Scientology, and while she is in the middle of doing that, Tony Ortega tries to discredit her on his blog.
Does Karen De La Carriere pay money to Tony Ortega and Chris Shelton to post what she wants?
Until these acts have been detailed and thoroughly condemned by Mike Rider and Marty Rathbun, and legal amends made to Gerry Armstrong for what they did to him, they can’t claim to be “whistleblowers”.
Marty Rathbun wrote a post last September that is more relevant than ever, thanks to Indy OSA turning intelligence into Black PR.
Tony Ortega is one of the most valuable critics of Scientology ever. But is he so biased that, over time, you can start to live in a delusional world about Scientology? I think so.
Everyone should know the story of Gerry Armstrong. Because if it was not for Gerry Armstrong, LRH, Marty, Mike and Dave might have gotten away with the whole thing.
If you’ve written enough screenplays, you learn that the main difference between the good guy and the bad guy in a movie is that for one, you know his motives for the actions he takes … Read more
Many people have listed the parts of Scientology involvement, especially Arnie Lerma at his seminal Lermanet.com blog. This is one I developed for a project I am working on.
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
Mike Rinder Anti-Scientology vs. Mike Rinder Scientology: a great real life example of what happens when your friends and your group are more important than the truth.
My point is not that there is no damage that comes from having been involved with Scientology. My point is that these assumptions must be examined critically before making these generalizations about Ex-Scientologists – and especially before adopting these assumptions for yourself as an Ex.
Is Tony Ortega is trying to undermine yet another Ex-Scientologist? Ex-Scientologists that Tony Ortega has undermined: Carmen Llewelyn Marty and Monique Rathbun Mike Berman And now Aaron Smith-Levin And those are just the ones … Read more