Part Three: Never Go Full Anti
This scene, from the hilarious and insightful movie on actors and acting – Tropic Thunder – shows 2 actors (Ben Stiller and Robert Downey, Jr) dialoguing about the dangers of playing a mentally...
View ArticleDo Tony Ortega & Chris Shelton Take Money from Karen De La Carriere?
The Karen (Mystery) Sandwich On September 13, 2016 Marty Rathbun published a post where he wrote: “Here’s where the hypocrisy enters. A few years ago Karen offered me thousands of dollars to indict and...
View ArticlePart 4: Embrace Your Inner Scientologist
An Argument for An Ex-Scientologist to Examine: If the truth about something is BOTH the good and the bad of it, then it is impossible to recognize the full truth about something if you are biased, or...
View ArticleAlanzosBlog: Driving The Internet Forward With Curated Comments
It is now considered normal behavior in Internet commenting to have not really read the post or article you are going to weigh in on. Next most common behavior is to read just a little bit of what you...
View ArticleHealing From Scientology Abuse is Not a Social Media Activity
If you were not abused in Scientology, and you say so in the various social media platforms on the Internet, then you can be accused of being heartless to those who were. A common way to avoid that is...
View ArticleVulnerable: Tony Ortega’s Degrading Stereotyping of Ex-Scientologists
Tony Ortega recently repeated (2 times in a Reddit AMA) that an Ex-Scientologist who got themselves involved in Scientology did so during a “vulnerable” part of their lives. It’s a frequent and...
View ArticleEx-Scientologists: Are You Being Emotionally Manipulated?
A passionate mind can be manipulated. If you feel passion surging through your loins every time someone pushes your buttons, then you can become a wind-up doll for them to get you to do anything they...
View ArticleShould Tony Ortega Apologize to Monique Rathbun and Her Family?
Mr. Certainty on What it’s Like to Sue ScientologyTony Ortega wrote a post today about how “frightening” it is to sue Scientology. Monique Rathbun had a lawsuit going against Scientology for almost...
View ArticleMarty Rathbun: How People Change After Scientology
This is an example of only one exchange I had on the Marty Rathbun Scientology blog back in 2010, when he was the leader of the second Independent Scientology Movement, and Mike Rinder was helping to...
View ArticleTony Ortega & Rachel Bernstein’s Abuse of Scientologist Cathy Tweed
Even though Tony Ortega tried to make it sound like the reason he banned me from being able to comment on his blog was because I am some kind of a wife-beater, the fact is that my complaint about...
View ArticleMarty Rathbun: How People Change After Scientology
This is an example of only one exchange I had on the Marty Rathbun Scientology blog back in 2010, when he was the leader of the second Independent Scientology Movement, and Mike Rinder was helping to...
View ArticleCatastrophizing Scientology
Edvard Munch’s Famous Painting “Catastrophizing Scientology” Catastrophizing is the distorted and irrational thought pattern that you overwhelm yourself with to make yourself believe that something is...
View ArticleLeah Remini Narrates “Sweeney vs. Scientology”
This video appeared on youtube on October 23, 2016. I think it might be a tease for Leah Remini’s new show on A&E. Maybe? Or maybe not. You can see that Leah disagreed with the Scientology way that...
View ArticleSkeptics and Pseudo-Skeptics of Scientology
Pyrrho – (c. 360 BC – c. 270 BC), a Greek philosopher who was a student of Eastern philosophy and is credited as being the first true skeptic.I’ve just listened to a fantastic podcast on the history of...
View ArticleDocumentary “Deprogrammed” Now Streaming on Netflix
Deprogrammed is the 2016 documentary by the Canadian writer/director Mia Donovan, following the career path of the “father of deprogramming” Ted Patrick. It includes interviews with Dr Stephen Kent and...
View ArticleJon Atack: Who’s Gullible?
Jon Atack – Tony Ortega’s Principal Evangelist in his Big Tent Anti-Scientology HootenannyYou would think that after so much time writing and thinking about Scientology, Jon Atack would no longer...
View ArticleNew Game! Let’s Play “Who’s the Biggest Asshole on ESMB?”!!!
There’s something about an Internet message board that brings out the asshole in people. This is especially true on the Ex-Scientologist Message Board, where self-righteousness, ideological purity and...
View ArticleDisconnection? Really?? Is That All There is to Scientology “Criminality and...
Back in the day, there was an old guard critic named Joe Lynn who got very very angry when Marty Rathbun and Mike Rinder got out of the Church and became Independent Scientologists. Marty and Mike were...
View ArticleThinking the Worst of Yourself as a Scientologist
How gullible can some Exes get? Jon Atack wrote a post on Tony Ortega’s blog, accusing everyone who was ever involved in Scientology of being gullible. I commented about Jon’s broad-brushed generality...
View ArticleThe Logical Problems With Atheism
This short and entertaining debate between Celebrity Atheist Ricky Gervais and Christian Stephen Colbert demonstrates the logical problems with atheism. It also shows how ignorant atheists are of the...
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