Was Jesus a pedophile, filled with hatred and rage? That's what Scientology seems to say. The authenticity of Scientology's "OT VIII: Confidential Student Briefing" document has been vehemently denied by Scientology. No wonder they would deny it -- this makes the Xenu story of OT III seem merely "odd." However, Scientology's denial of this document has a great deal in common with the cult's 30+ year denial of OT III. "OT-VIII"-level people who have left the cult in the past 20 years or so s... Read Full Story

Also: Disparaging early Christian martyrs; kind words for Aleister Crowley and Ancient Rome. From the "Philadelphia Doctorate Course" (sic), # 35 The D.E.I. Scale (Part A), November 1952. Hubbard sounds more drunk than usual. TRANSCRIPT: You, for instance, today sit here with a Constitution which guarantees religious freedom but, by golly, what would happen to you if you started to worship Baal? Man! How that would ring in the tabloids. If you started to worship Lucifer, if you started to ... Read Full Story

Scientology cult founder L. Ron Hubbard, from "Philadelphia Doctorate Course" (sic) # 39 - Game Processing (Part B), 12 December 1952 TRANSCRIPT: Now as far as birth control is concerned, you say, Well, yes, birth control, we'll just overreach this food supply. Oh no it wouldn't. The auditors who have discovered this to date have asked me not to mention it, but theta clearing provides pregnancy termination at will. We mustn't mention this because, God help us all, there goes the moral cod... Read Full Story

These are some excellent questions to pose to Scientologists. From Why We Protest, a few months ago. This deserves not to be buried amid thousands of other forum postings. Can you actually prove that OT powers exist? Did you know that OT VIII is basically a C/S 53 of all your prior auditing and not some magic level? You're just cleaning up all your awful auditing, AGAIN. Does the Church not grant you the inalienable right to think freely, to talk freely, to write freely their own opinions and... Read Full Story

These are some excellent questions to pose to Scientologists. From Why We Protest, a few months ago. This deserves not to be buried amid thousands of other forum postings. Can you actually prove that OT powers exist? Did you know that OT VIII is basically a C/S 53 of all your prior auditing and not some magic level? You're just cleaning up all your awful auditing, AGAIN. Does the Church not grant you the inalienable right to think freely, to talk freely, to write freely their own opinions and... Read Full Story

Why do the authorities look the other way? There are ample grounds for multiple criminal investigations of the Scientology crime-cult. Great editorial today from the St. Petersburg Times: When workers for the Church of Scientology sign a contract agreeing to serve in the church's Sea Organization for "the next billion years," the church can twist that agreement into a license to harass its workers, track them down if they leave and pressure them to return. What true church, what caring emplo... Read Full Story

Why do the authorities look the other way? There are ample grounds for multiple criminal investigations of the Scientology crime-cult. Great editorial today from the St. Petersburg Times: When workers for the Church of Scientology sign a contract agreeing to serve in the church's Sea Organization for "the next billion years," the church can twist that agreement into a license to harass its workers, track them down if they leave and pressure them to return. What true church, what caring emplo... Read Full Story

As famed Hollywood director Paul Haggis takes his leave of the Scientology organization, in part for the cult's failure to denounce California's homophobic ballot Proposition 8, it is worth considering the "Church" of Scientology's official position on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and queer people (LGBTQ). According to Scientology, such "perverts" should either be quarantined and institutionalized, or go through extensive Scientology "processing" until once again they have value as h... Read Full Story

As famed Hollywood director Paul Haggis takes his leave of the Scientology organization, in part for the cult's failure to denounce California's homophobic ballot Proposition 8, it is worth considering the "Church" of Scientology's official position on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and queer people (LGBTQ). According to Scientology, such "perverts" should either be quarantined and institutionalized, or go through extensive Scientology "processing" until once again they have value as h... Read Full Story

As famed Hollywood director Paul Haggis takes his leave of the Scientology organization, in part for the cult's failure to denounce California's homophobic ballot Proposition 8, it is worth considering the "Church" of Scientology's official position on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and queer people (LGBTQ). According to Scientology, such "perverts" should either be quarantined and institutionalized, or go through extensive Scientology "processing&q... Read Full Story