No one has seen or heard from David miscavage's wife in like 15 years. The fact that scientology can still run and be protected while hurting people is baffling as well as horrifying
I was in Scientology for 17 years. I got out. It's a scam. This movie is excellent at showing what a con Hubbard was. Thanks for doing this great video
Consider getting back in to Scientology.... We need you Cayden and Scientology needs you to help the world. If you don't care about Scientology then you don't care about others..... Cayden, you can make a difference....
He had a history of buying his own bullshit. It's not uncommon that something starts out as a scam and then the scammer starts to believe their own press. It's a lot like method acting. Some people just get too far in. Just look at his time with Jack Parsons.
@@francescobirsaalessandri3992 I'd argue that Hubbard was a powerful magician as well, just not with the powers he claimed to have. Parsons' instinct on that level was dead-on. The man ended up creating from wholecloth a reality now believed in by millions. By the end of his life he was buying his own bullshit as well, so it became reality for him. The problem was he was a man concerned mostly with his own prosperity while Parsons was someone who wanted to see humanity reach the stars, and to do whatever he can to achieve that summum bonum. So while Parsons' life continued to spiral downwards after the Babalon Working (which I believe played a very real metaphysical role in the development of 50s countercultural movements in America and all that those led to, thanks to Cameron's role in that art community), everything Hubbard ever did on a ritualistic level worked towards the end of enriching himself.
@@francescobirsaalessandri3992 Parson's magic did not work. Thelema is as bonkers as Scientology, which is simply a form of self hypnosis. In scientology one learns to think like a scientologist thereby entrapping themselves. Initial auditing helps a walk in feel better just like confession makes the sinner feel better just like talking about your problems with someone makes you feel better but then the walk in ascribes this feeling to scientology's "tech" and delves deeper into the "religion" while being bilked of their earnings. Add in other likeminded individuals celebrating imagined "wins" and you have a perfect cult.
“He opened fire on what turned out to be a log.” This made me spit my coffee laughing. Thank you. Also I don’t know why but the term “auditing” in this context really freaks me out for some reason.
I'm impressed, a video dissecting Scientology that covers the really nasty and dangerous stuff the group has done and continues to do rather than just exploit the silly myths about Xenu and the space planes for cheap laughs. Your methodological thoroughness is why I subscribed to your channel.
Agree 100%. Technically, much of the wackiness inherent in Scientology lore is no more absurd than the teachings of many big religions. I have zero issue with their beliefs - particularly if members find their faith of practical use. My issue is with their treatment of ex members which borders on harassment.
@@kyletitterton doesnt border on harassment, it is harassment- ie creating websites discrediting ex members regardless of the validity of the information , encouraging members not to talk to ex members, claiming that they are owed tens of thousands of $$$ from volunteers is harassment. Gave your comment a like nevertheless.
The auditing scenes in the Master remind me of Scientology's Security Check, or _Sec Check_ - this is worth looking up, as it is the most bizarre thing you will ever read.
The son in this film was much more like L Ron Hubbard Jr who helped start Scientology, but eventually left because he realized his father was insane. Hubbard Jr changed his name to Ron DeWolf Hubbard had 3 sons and 4 daughters from 3 women. So much for “having all the answers” and knowing how to communicate perfectly
Yep, whether it's a cult or a pyramid scheme, it's just as toxic. It's also quite absurd that it enjoys legal protections when it should be illegal. A bit of a glaring loophole that freedom of religion laws provide there, if you just claim it's for religious reasons there's a lot you can get away with, however disingenuous your claim.
Leviadragon everything In “the system” is inverted and backwards, we have a criminal justice system, which translates to JUSTICE FOR CRIMINALS ... it’s like we live in Alice in wonderland... our ‘government’ is controlled by free Masonic occultist whom date back to the ancient Egyptian civilization the mother land of human mind control and slavery... the occultist hide like secret agents under various types of names,race,gender, culture, religion, titles, uniforms and costumes, etc ... using intellect facilities creating a ‘mind maze’ where the outsiders can NEVER actually identify them because the moment you think you know who they are(like a parasite) they jump into another ‘costume’ ... unless you step into there shadow world like I have... connecting the dots and following “the white rabbit”
According to an exscientologist friend of mine (technically a splinter group). According to them like if you got sores in your mouth it's because you had a thetan that had been in a clam that had sand stuck in it.
Personally, I think L Ron was in it for the power. He tried being a member in the O.T.O., but couldn't succeed even with simple stuff. These types of organisations (hierarchical, based on "secret knowledge" of one sort or the other) tend to facilitate abusive, toxic power structures, where the ones at the top can use their underlings in many creative ways. Unable to make it in a more standard (relatively speaking) club of this sort, with the boss at the time expressing distaste for this writer of bad sci-fi, I think he took a look at his stories and figured he could try to make a club of his own. Stripping his system of all the occult elements he had found in the O.T.O. and making it dissimilar, he could add his flights of fancy and get into the power game. And make a buck or two while at it.
As long as people look outward for direction they leave themselves open to misdirection. One needs only look inward into their own morals, values and principles and conduct themselves thereby to live a meaningful life.
This is a minor error but it wasn't a log that Hubbard thought was a Japanese submarine. The conclusion of the Navy was that it had been an underwater magnetic deposit. Anyway, a great video. I enjoyed it.
Hubbard did not 'accidentally' shell Mexican islands. He was quite deliberate about it: He was dissatisfied with the performance of his gunnery crews and thought they needed some practice, so he just ordered them to bombard the nearest convenient uninhabited target, assuming that all islands in the area must belong to the almighty U-S-A.
Excellent acting, a bit of character development (not all that much), hard to understand plot, result in a somewhat entertaining, rather peculiar movie.
The Master was a brilliant film! Hoffman (sorely missed), & Phoenix were awesome! I had read L. Ron Hubbard’s biography & watched Going Clear. It was obvious that this movie was based on L. Ron & Scientology. The day the IRS caved & gave them church status was a dark day! Yet, Scientologists celebrate it, not realizing it would lead to their own suffering. I applaud Leah Remini for going after them and exposing the truth! Her TV show was cancelled, but I believe she’s just getting started! At least she’s spreading the word & making it harder for them to recruit new members. People can help by boycotting actors involved in the “church.” Like Tom Cruise, Elizabeth Moss, John Travolta, Danny Masterson, Kirstie Alley, Jenna Elfman... etc!
What's amazing in Moss' case, is that she plays in highly acclaimed TV series about a dangerous fundamentalist society, and at the same time defends her membership in Scientology cult (I refuse to call them a church).
Leon! How could you expose us to the news about Lord Xenu without making sure we weren't appropriately prepared yet??? I dearly want to watch this movie now, been on a Leah Remini kick and listened to Ross and Carrie's podcast series on Scientology and it's just a fascinating subject
Hubbard took all the ingredients of self help and eastern philosophy, mixed them in a soup, named them ,then sold them in small batches from 20$ to 1000$
0:50 may I point out, what no one seems to see? The son portrayed in the Movie is actually even in his appearance and age corresponding to L. Ron Hubbard Jr who later called himself Ron de Wolf. Look up pictures, its striking. Quentin, looked very diffefent. He was born much later and was not arround at that philadelphia incident, that really Happened while Hubbard was giving the Philadelphia Doctorate course Police took him one night.
But can you explain why every girl in the movie find Joaquin Phoenix's character irresistible even though he's a weirdo that look like he lives under bridge?
Those who believe they can acquire superhuman powers and God-like abilities will find at some point that they might have spent their money more wisely if they had invested in the education of those they love. Greed is a slimy kettle of eels served regularly in the Sea Org.
L Ron Hubbard was a narcissist. He certainly did believe in Dianetics and that it would help people. He also had a strong need to over emphasize his importance and make grandeur claims about what Dianetics could actually do for an individual. He reminds me a lot of Jospeh Smith who was a narcissist that kept changing his origin story throughout his life, used Biblical polygamy to justify his many adulteries which lead to the doctrine of celestial eternal marriage, and through learning Kabbalah from a crockpot began to teach that God was once a man and we could all become gods over our own planets one day just like He had done before us (okay, the Lord Xenu story does get the award for most crockpot religious idea).
Thanks for this analysis. I saw The Master and didn't realize the references. I thought it was a very good, but disturbing film. I took it to be about a generic cult. Anyway, I wonder what you thought of the end of the film, where Freddie is finally able to meet a woman and have sex in a "normal" manner. Has The Master cured him of his perversion?
where is shelly miscavige????? if anyone has any news on her, let me know... I am starting my own channel that only talks about where shelly miscavige is and getting her back home!
I have met participants whom became active due to crediting Battlefield Earth as interesting and went to see what else might be though be careful that is *NO* statement of formal policy and internally they are clear to keep the distinction - what all the contention has to do with is a current leader who is overly impressed with his own worth and value
had to investigate several cases of people that disappeared and left their families to join scientology. strangest thing ibut ever heard. half of them had drug or alcohol problems the other half were just lost rejected souls. but the one thing they all said was how much crap they had to
Didn't you use to be on a scientologist mailing list? Seems like it would have been an amusing anecdote for the video. I apologize If I'm miss-remembering the Word Funk conversation
Sort of. Scientologists sent a lot of mail to my address, but the name on it was someone who didn't actually live there. Renegade Cut isn't the amusing anecdote show, though. "By the way, I accidentally got some Scientologist's mail before. Anyway, people who misbehave were put in dungeons..."
Ron L Hubbard isn't much different than Jim Jones, David Koresh or Manson! it's mind boggling how people buy into these things because they need to belong or be apart of something. if you listen to the " XENU" story an think it's real or possible get to a Dr right away!!
Christians believe that unless you mouth the words, "I accept Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior," you will spend an ETERNITY in hell. Hell is a place where you will physically burn, in a non-consuming fire, so that you will burn, but never burn up. So the burning torture lasts forever. Also, you will never habituate to the pain of burning, like you might habituate to the pain of an arthritic toe, getting used to it, so that the burning fire will remain a constant, unrelenting torment, forever. I'll take Scientology over that, any day.
The difference between a cult and a religion is how long it manages to survive. Every religion started out as a cult, filling the heads of its few followers with spiritual BS.
