So, let me get this straight, a science fiction writer said "you don't get rich writting science fiction, if you want to get rich, start a religion" then proceeded to start a religion and people think it's something other than fiction?
I used to live in Clearwater Florida where Scientology has massive location. One of my co-workers used to skateboard in a big bird costume regularly in front of their building, which made them irate.
My dad admitted to me that he was in an extremely depressed state shortly before he had my brother and I with my mom and saw a Dianetics book being sold on the TV. He bought it, read it, and said he was very close to becoming a Scientologist but then asked my mom about what she thought and she said “fuck no” 😂😂. Thanks, Mom!
"although Betty and I are still friendly, she has transferred her sexual affection to Ron." That's such a bizarre, clinical, and detached way of wording "my girlfriend started sleeping with another man".
Both Kirstie Alley and Kelly Preston died of cancer, diagnosed with little time left. They both ignored any symptoms because they were high enough in the cult they actually believed they were immune to illness. Just crazy. Absolutely crazy
If you get diagnosed with cancer, chances are that you did not ignore symptoms, rather performed several diagnostic procedures to obtain the cause of the symptoms. As for belief, maybe. Most likely fear of blackmail and loss of public image due to secrets revealed during auditing sessions.
@@telefunkenyou47 that's not the point, their cult made them ignore the symptoms, that's why there was little time, if they were resonable people they would have had chances, but they chose to believe some of the most hilarious nonsense of the past century
I wouldn't say famous sci-fi writer. If he never made scientology, hardly anyone would know who Hubbard was. He definitely had some interesting ideas but he was a garbage author.
The church hooks people by using techniques that produce out-of-body experiences. Out of body experiences are real, and the church uses "games" (riddles) that when solved produce out of body experiences. In Scientology, they call it *going external.* An out of body experience is addicting, exciting, and can be produced by learning to see reality from a different perspective.
i will never understand how any religion got big.....i guess promises about the unknown that makes people feel better......nonetheless just as much of a stupid cult as any group like that
@@Youngerick1990 People with combinations of overly rigid belief systems and deference to authority tend to be vulnerable to supporting or even doing despicable things. Anyone willing to control other people in the name of religion, government/nationalism, or even 'the science' etc is more likely to have their 'human' principles fold when under pressure. And when peer pressure kicks in, many others with weak belief systems will fold, leaving the few rational minded that are left to deal with the fallout of the rest of society going crazy.. Such is history, the present, and the future too.
Why is it that every time Scientologists are captured on camera interacting with a non-believer, they are talking like a bunch of mafia hitmen. “What are you afraid of? Why are you so afraid of Hubbard?”
@@NOISEEROOM The difference between a religion and a cult is the fact that cults make their followers cut ties with the outside world, including their family and be obedient in everything to their human leaders. Christianity is a mix of faith and moral code, which laid foundation to western civilization. There are some christian zealots but there are also atheist zealots who mock other people's faith and claim to have all the answers and behave like their beliefs come from reason when they have 0 evidence to say that there is no creator. The only "reasonable" approach is to say that you have no answers but that comes with a price. There are of course many respectfull atheists, I'm not trying to antagonise all of them. I think they're in the wrong but I guess we'll see about that. Or not, as they BELIEVE in darkness and the state of non-existance after death.
Woman doing a "survey" stopped me at a strip mall years ago. The survey was basically about was I happy and what problems I might have that would give her a lever to use on me to sell Scientology courses. I was a junior in college, had just gotten my own shabby first apartment, and had the best-paying job I'd get for years to come, so I was HAPPY. At the end of it all, she just gave me a free Dianetics book and thanked me for cheering her up. The book was the perfect size to stuff in the gap next to my shabby apt's shabby window AC. The Lord provides! 😂
I went into a Scientology building once. They quickly gave up on me since I already knew the medical info that they were telling me as if it were groundbreaking news. They even admitted "oh, well most people don't know that" when I said I already knew how certain emotions effect specific organs. Her reaction was hilarious, she was so embarrassed. I wish I had recorded it. Sadly, it was obvious that they preyed on less knowledgeable and/or mentally disabled/ill people.
Did they just let you go? I’m surprised they didn’t invent something that you wouldn’t know so they could trap you, also what made you go in was you just curious or was you there to test them😂that’s cool, I’m glad you’re here making a comment against that place and you aren’t in the ranks…waiting for mother Hubbard to come down off his alien spaceship and collect everyone for the next billion years😂
yea they tend to put up churches and ads near peoplr who are the most vulnerable. theres on in the projects near ehere i live between an old age home and psychiatric ward. its so fucked up, promoting a cult to people who are maybe in the worst part of their lives.
They prey on anyone they can convince to listen longer than you were there for. There’s a podcast “Was I In a Cult?” where a woman desperate for a job got hired to an office with a very particular management model and it turned out the owners were Scientologists. They tried to manipulate her into the religion and she genuinely had no clue, and it wasn’t because she was stupid or ill.
"A Muslim can be a Scientologist, a Christian can be a Scientologist, and even a Satanist can be a Scientologist." Yeah, well, you know who can't be a Scientologist? A person with no money.
@@kamijounotouma4686 Maybe the difference is that Scientology "claims" anyone can be a Scientologist ...but once you are a Scientologist, you find out that's not true. I'll bet that even muslim faith makes it clear what the beliefs are before you are locked in and can't get out?
@@BirchMonkey857 No, they're actually very deceitful, which is why it is such an insult if even the leader of the Satanists calls L Ron Hubbard a trickster. L Ron was so far gone he was even too lost for Satanists!
Well... maybe his high (?) expectations paved the road for this massive egoistic cult leader... Maybe the little Ron was never destined for more than a humble librarian, a father/grand father with a great sense of story telling... Instead he wanted to show his grumpy dad, he is much better than he thinks... And after he was still failing to meet those goals it took its toll - after a certain point it was like 'any means necessary'...
I have a believe that no mistake was one person's fault. Even though it might not be his intentions, but the father pushing Hubbard too much on a job he never meant to be might be a domino card helping Hubbard what he eventually became.
@@DisposableSupervillainHenchman correct. They had no idea as they didn't market themselves as such. Keep in mind that this was 20 years ago, so that might have changed but it was just outside of Olklahoma City
@@chairmanofthebored6860 Damn. They really have no shame when it comes to the people they prey on… What sucks is how they’ve been allowed to continue for so long because they either pay off or threaten anyone that goes after them. They’ll be stalked, harassed, have death threats hurled their way, some have even been assaulted and had their homes broken into, and they deploy every life ruination tactic that they can to make sure they can never hold any position anywhere again because they really don’t let shit go. They hold petty grudges forever and go to the extremes, all while pretending to be a religion while happily wringing people’s wallets dry.
Yes, it is. I mean, the account of all his "successes" in life prior to starting the whole scientology thing that was given here (the financial struggles, failures in the army/navy, abandoning his wife and kids, etc) spells out just one word: LOSER. I would sooner trust a bum on the street corner to take my money and improve my life somehow. 😂
Around 1971 I was offered a week's worth of free classes in NYC (I was 18yo). After 4 days I decided that it was bullshit and never went back. I was not an exceptionally smart kid.
a machine that cures you of all illnesses is not a very clever or "great" idea lmao the dude was a hack and i refuse to give him any credit for being a scumbag
Born and raised in Scientology. I’m 35 now. I am someone they still watch. Too much “investment in my family.” to leave me alone. I get mail everyday from multiple Scientology sources. No way to run from them. 🤷🏻♂️
@@user-kl8xy9cv8n Any address I lived at since I was born. Also shows up at my family’s addresses sometimes randomly under my name and I’ve never lived there.
I used to get the phone calls but would get in a conversation with them & then start going off onto looney ideas. They realized I was not worth calling after awhile.
@@tomsanger5548 Genius. Perfectly genius. When I was 15, I used to tell the Sea Org recruiters that I take mushrooms and acid, which is a disqualified for Sea Org staff. They would stop me while walking through the org, usually in Clearwater at the Fort Harrison back in the day. Those recruiters faces. 🤣
Yes there is, you just are to scared to try -this world is to big to be able to NOT disappear-foh more excuses for your washed brain-get some therapy already
That's what fear does. If sheeple are left to their own devices, they'll think doom & gloom & have an existential crisis. They need someone to tell them what to do & where to go because it makes them feel safe. It's like women who need to be a submissive wife. I would do TERRIBLY in this cult. I question everything & their answers suck.
I made an assignment back in college about Scientology, I think you were very fair to them. There's so many horror stories about excommunication and stalking, they can be ruthless.
I was coming to the comment section to say something very similar.... Normally this channel does a great job with their videos but this one on scientology seems rushed and lazy. There's so many INSANE and proven stories surrounding the excommunication, actual gang stalking, death threats, personal and physical attacks..... So many key events completely missed.
@@TerminalM193 he focuses more on the history and the people behind it rather than the crimes they committed, but that doesn't mean it's a lazy or rushed video. the focus was just on something else
@@TerminalM193 the video focused on the history of the cult. He highlighted the horror stories pretty well in some examples. If people want horror stories about the cult they can find it in another video
I’m still trying to leave after my mom got me caught up in it. They keep sending me letters wanting me to spend money…I just want them to leave me alone.
A few years ago, my girlfriend and I were at Clearwater Beach, not far from the Scientology headquarters. This kid came up to us and handed us a pamphlet. It had no mention of Scientology. In fact, even though we were by the building, I thought he might’ve been a Jehovah’s Witness. I turned to the back cover, and it said “Based on the Teaching’s of L. Ron Hubbard”. I immediately felt horrible for the kid, and then realized we were probably being watched. Very creepy stuff
You WERE being watched - and recorded with state-of-the-art gear. scientology gets away with that sort of creepy, illegal stuff by claiming to be a "religion". IMO, their definition of "church" would necessarily include the mafia and other criminal organizations as being churches. Rather than charity, they require stiff payments up front, no refunds, ever. NOTHING in scientology is free, other than the hassles and put-downs you get if you don't completely agree with the shit they're telling you. They are the least tolerant people you'll find if you scratch a bit below the surface. Stay away from them as they're well-experienced in destroying their "enemies" completely, even if it takes creating a false story or framing them for a felony the scientologists committed -- or staged.
Yeah that kid doesn’t even know what that group is that he will grow up a large portion of his life if not all in That’s the worst thing these members hand there kids over and parental guardianship No religion makes you do that or no religion will hide away from their beliefs or criticism these people are closed off, it is the same formula as North Korea
@@jamesjohno1180 Imagine when scientology will be shut down how many of their true followers will walk out as a "victim".. these people are vermin that should be dealt with. People forgot about Jonestown as I see.. thats why we should be learning this in history, to prevent desperate people to join such a things.
To be fair even if he was a jehovahs witness you should feel bad for him jehovahs witness is also a cult America is literally one of the few countries to not label it as such
I used to be really fragile, and a woman took me in a scientology building and gave me a book. I thought "wow some people are nice and care about other people". I'm still really embarrassed about that to that day
nothing to be embarrassed about, that's classic cult behaviour. they were praying on someone who was in need and you took their kindness at face value. if anything, you should be proud that it never led to anything more
Scientology could be such a cool dystopian science fiction novel, machines that clear traumatic memories is so interesting. But its such a terrifying cult omfg
@@presseagainidareyou4704 Spot on, from the Dead Space Wiki citing two gaming publication articles : "[Dead Space]Art director Ian Milham cites one of Unitology's inspirations was the practices of Scientology; in particular, the grounds that members must pay vast amounts of money to learn the Church's teachings and secrets, the considerable controversy surrounding it as well as the all around sci-fi influence, among other things."
I had a friend many years ago that was constantly "searching" for something, anything. It was a noble aspect of his character, but he did not know what he was looking for. He tried many different things like, get rich quick schemes, physical fitness trends and also religion. He always gravitated towards the "extreme" examples of these interests. He got into real estate, and MLM's and he was even attending meetings of Jehovah Witnesses. When he got involved with Scientology, I got very concerned because he would go into all of this Scientology psycho-babble. He would claim that it was so intelligent and abstract that he had to use a dictionary to get through most of it. He brought over some of the literature (which was very expensive) and I read through it. It is without question the most nonsensical bullshit I have ever read! There was really no point in talking to him about it because he would tire of whatever he was into rather quickly, this was no exception. After enough time had passed, I asked him why he stopped pursuing Scientology. He told me that he just could not understand it, and when he would try to have some of the other Scientologists explain it to him, they made it even worse. You can't unscramble an egg. I'm glad he got out of it, his parents had actually called me and asked me to keep an eye on him because he was getting really weird. The internet has destroyed all this crap, just by making the nonsense available for everyone to see. It's a very creepy example of underhanded manipulation to deceive! That should be readily apparent to everyone by now.
I’m so glad you’re friend was able to get out of that before it became an obsession. It’s awful how predatory and accessible these things are nowadays. It’s like way easier to be fed into a rabbit hole thanks to the internet, but that’s why we need people who care about us keep a close eye and check our well being. I imagine a lot of people who fully submerge themselves in cults and conspiracy boards were in the circumstance where they were isolated or were pressured/manipulating by an ingroup via validation and superiority.
@@UNUSUALUSERNAME220 This. It’s unfortunate that despite the wealth of information now literally a finger swipe away, the internet has spawned its own share of movements in conspiracy and cultish behaviors
He’s lucky to have so many people around him that care and know how he acts enough to really be able to help if things went south. I hope he can find meaning in himself someday.
@@chelscara This was many, many, years ago. And thank you, he is just fine. Cults attract people like my buddy. They attract people that are searching, and don't know what they're searching for. A good rule of thumb is, never listen to someone that tells you to stop searching! Find new meaning everyday, make everyday a new experience. Never stop learning, and always keep your eyes wide open. And it does help, when you have people around that genuinely care about YOU! Cheers!
The irony of all this is how the Scientologists completely fail to see how their harrassing of dissenters makes Scientology look REALLY bad. It's not a good look when anyone leaving the cult gets harrassed by Scientology stalkers.
I grew up 10 minutes away from Clearwater, Florida and some people I knew in school had scientologist parents who have now excommunicated them. The weird anecdotes and stories they would tell at school started my skepticism for religion when I was very young. Later in highschool me and friends would go to clearwater to try and talk to scientologists on the street and we found they have this code of silence where if they were even the slightest bit suspicious they will walk away from you and say nothing. I knew someone that tried to join as an experiment and didn't even get invited back after signing some papers as they scanned his social media. This is a modern cultish scam that has found a way into society and I think it's too dangerous to exist.
As someone born and raised in Phoenix, you have no idea how predictable and hilarious it is that Scientology was started here. Phoenix is like a magnet for every seemingly every major scam artist. Anton Levey, Elizabeth Holmes, and I guess L. Ron Hubbard is added to the list. If you're an underhanded criminal that's even remotely intelligent enough to string together a sentence then you'll be able to grift huge amounts of money here.
Tom Cruise is on the top of the pyramid scheme. He is probably the most powerful person in the organisation, everyone in the organisation probably treats him as a god and he loves it!
Cruise gets love-bombed and other special perks for being in the cult, including willing scientology slaves tasked to satisfying his every want. As does/did John Travolta -- until his homosexuality got too well-known for them to overlook. Hubbard thought homosexuals were the worst degenerates existing -- just a tenth of a step above Hitler or Stalin.
my ex was raised in scientology, he had a lot of issues, and while he said he didn’t believe in it he also said the people in it were good people. scientology really has a grasp on its members. edit: he also believed that it was “just another religion”, he didn’t even believe it was a cult.
Same thing happened with my ex, except he was raised as a Jehovah's Witness. He seemed nice at first but it turned out that he was emotionally abusive and was also a pedo. He also prob would've forced me to convert if he and I ever ended up getting married. Really terrifying to think about.
@@humanist.vampyre my ex was also abusive, not physically but mentally. idk if it was because of scientology but it was pretty awful. hope you’re doing better now
@@toastice2465 Thanks, it's still a bit difficult to get over what happened since the relationship just ended last year. And I think it really messed me up since now I can't even get a phone notification without feeling uneasy or scared. But I'm trying my best and every day is a new step forward. I'm also really sorry that happened to you and I hope you're doing better now as well. ❤
One crucial thing that a large percentage of these documentaries appear to leave out is the unconscionable treatment of the Church's own members, specifically in the Sea Org. The celebrities and community leaders who are merely "members of the Church" have it fairly easy, and if they're already millionaires, it's no dent in their bank account to climb up the bridge. My ex girlfriend - and she's an ex because some of the condition she was put through in the Sea Org made her a very poor communicator and difficult person to engage with in reasonable conversation - was raised by Scientologists, but her family didn't force it upon her. After what she recounts as an abusive home life, she left home in her teens and became an alcoholic. After several hospital visits for alcohol poisoning, her older brother paid to put her in "rehab". Much later, I would find out what she meant was the NarcAnon Purification Program, whose solitary principle is that drugs and alcohol stays in your body's fat cells indefinitely, and can only be washed out by using extreme doses of vitamins on a daily basis. Her experience with the program was so profoundly positive, that she was convinced that her family's religion may have had some credence to it, and not to mention, despite her brother's claims of "paying" for her "treatment", she now owed the Church thousands of pounds, and had to work it off. She signed the billion year contract and joined the Org. While her recollections tend to be largely positive, one story sticks out with me vividly. She was caught smoking a cigarette by a CCTV camera at the Saint Hill facility, where she worked 15 hours days, 6 days a week, for significantly less than minimum wage. A week went by and she went unpunished, which put her on edge, as this was not what would usually happen. Her 19th birthday, or thereabouts, happened to roll around, and during morning assembly, she was brought onto the stage by an officer, and congratulated for another year of pursuing the total freedom of "going clear." She was presented with a comically sized birthday card, at which she cried and was grateful, moved by the sentiment that it'd been signed by everyone at Saint Hill. Naturally, this was a ruse. She was told to stand on the stage and read every single written message, aloud. This took over 90 minutes. Rather than birthday messages, the card had been filled with insults, criticisms, judgements, suspicion, accusations and so on. She looked into the crowd to see her "best friends", blankly staring at her, while she sobbed uncontrollably and shook with anger. When she was done, the crowd applauded. She shortly left the Sea Org after that, by working off the rest of her debt, and going through an excruciating process called "rooting out." To this day, she mostly has positive things to say about the Church, and believes that L. Ron Hubbard was indeed a visionary, and that his dogma was rooted in practical and profound ideology, and she applies much of it to her life today, sadly, with little to no effect. She has relapsed as an alcoholic and drug user countless times, and has been an addict as long as I've known her. I am not judging, as I am a recovered junkie myself, but she stands as testament that this poisonous prison of belief does not help, but only hinders. When you are told every day that you are in fact Godlike, and you have powers beyond your comprehension, you can become very clouded. My ex sincerely believes that she has almost psychic levels of intuition, which unfortunately, manifested largely as paranoia and suspicion. I am guilty of the same, but I know that I am mentally ill. Such an idea cannot be conceded by a scientologist, past or present. She is outspoken against all psychiatry, and has blanketly refused to ever seek any treatment for her mental health problems or substance misuses. I wholeheartedly and unreservedly blame the Church for the downfall of this person's life, and our relationship. Underneath their brainwashing, she is a pure and good person, trapped. TL;DR Scientology is absolute cancer.
the most honest and forthcoming comment ive ever read on YT. wish the both of you all the best and thank you for sharing your experiences so eloquently! A+ much respect :)
My personal theory is that Tom Cruise is a Manchurian Candidate in Scientology and that he's just waiting for the right moment to pull a "Mission: Impossible" and bring the entire cult to its knees. God, I wish.
Hubbard's Mission Earth series is a literal nightmare. It was written while he was very paranoid, very drugged-out, and has some of the most reprehensible sex scenes ever written. There's a LOT of that involving children and even animals. I sometimes think about how L. Ron Hubbard was allowed to have swarms of teenage girls around him, while he was no doubt thinking of the various fantasies he later put in Mission Earth, and it scares the hell out of me.
I did not even know about the specific extent of Hubbard's writing, when it comes to sexually extremely offensive content.. thanks for sharing and damn this dude has some issues
@@KamielDV2 There's a blog called Gonzo Brigadoon that went into detail about the first four Mission Earth books, just in case you're curious. The writer had to stop after book four because she was getting too grossed out by the content, too
Loved Mission Earth, fantastic satire hilarious, read it twice, last two books weren't as good IMO. Battlefield earth wasn't too bad either (movie was trash though). Never did read Dianetics or looked into Scientology much. SF authors aren't priests... I read somewhere that Heinlein was going to give it a try but Hubbard had too much of a head start. Stranger In A Strange Land has religious overtones for sure...
I was invited to pitch a blueprint copier at Golden Era Productions in Hemet. When I entered the compound I noticed the barbed wire was leaning inward so people couldn't get OUT. When I parked the van, I noticed all these people in navy-like costumes walking around. When I inquired where I was, I was told this was a production studio. I later found out is was Scientology's base where people were sent as punishment. Very kooky
@@SharonPeterson-j9i i think he doesnt like them. i dont like tomato and i would buy burger eith tomato in it to throw the tomato at the roof, same price + fun of throwing shit at scientology lol hahahhaha
i think the creepiest thing that ever happened was that i took the scientology test and gave a bogus name and address and they directed me to the scientology church in my actual real life city
Yeah if u took the test on the internet they just took ur up and directed u to the closest place. Like Google will automatically show u businesses close to u because they know the general area where u are
At one point in my life, I was a drug addict, and I was sent to a rehab called narconon in clear water. They tried to cure us on the ideas of Scientology and even had a picture of.Hubbard in the main building. It was absolute insanity and cost a ton of money. One of the worst experiences of my life and I relapsed as soon as I made it home. I did end up getting sober and it’s been seven years but I still remember the awful time of living there for six months with their insane practices. Ethics officers, suppressive ppl, and everything else. One of the rehabs had to be shut down after it was found out one of the patients committed suicide on the grounds, and they waited two days before they finally called anyone. Sorry for the bad grammar I used voice text. Also, Juliette Lewis was at this rehab, I’m not even kidding.
Bro what are you smoking? I’ve been through rehab, there’s nothing wrong with that facility. Maybe there’s something wrong with you 😂 maybe you’re the suppressive one? that program literally saved my life and others. How can you be so ungrateful?
Scientology, like most religions, preys on people's insecurities and fear of the unknown during vulnerable periods in their life. Childhood, after a loss, etc. it's a very effective method of conversion, and very predatory.
“She was shot four times, had multiple bruises and slashes across her body, and had a history of criticizing the church” Coroner’s Office: *self inflicted*
@@HashiTomi Religious organizations don't pay tax _because_ church and state should be separate. The reason for this is because if you tax something or someone that thing must then have representation in government. I would much rather prefer Scientology togo about it's merry scamming way untaxed then for it to have a legitimate position in government.
@@512TheWolf512 The Govt prints money out of thin air, so why tax if they can print. There's nothing that will protect you from an ICBM this isn't star wars.
@@dingbat999Yes. They are bat shit crazy too! Apparently, you can't accept a blood transfusions. Even if ur dying and it's coming from a family member. Something to that effect. JW, Mormonism, and Scientology, are ALL wack ass cults.
I think you should do a Part 2. There is soooo much more to go into when it comes to Scientology. There's the Sea Org, there's the re-education camps, the forced abortions...
The Sea Org. has always cracked me up. "Hey, let's all get dressed up in fake sailor suits and pretended like we're the Navy?" I don't know . . . I guess if you can pretend you're a Church, it's not so hard to pretend you're a Navy too. Maybe they can start pretending they're invisible.
Sea ORg literally have no life.. constantly wake up with their blue suits on and breathe scientology for the whole day.. they literally target teens to become sea org cuz they know itll be easier to get them.. good thing i was 20 when they offered me a position and always declined! nice try
Back in 2008, my girlfriend had just graduated college from Long Beach State and before joining the real world of actually having a career, she wanted to give acting a try. I told her that she should give it a shot, she was very beautiful, had an amazing body and was very outgoing. She researched acting classes and found "free" ones. Turns out they were through the Church of Scientology. Within a few months she was changing. Her 17 year old cousin came to stay with us for a week to visit USC and UCLA. She asked us both to come to the "Celebrity Centre" in Hollywood to see her acting classes. Next thing I know we had a group of geeks asking us talk to them for a bit. Within 2 minutes, I knew they were trying to recruit us. Her niece was confused and I was pissed. Her niece begged me to get her out of there. They literally tried to stop us. Being a jacked 6' 6" 255 lbs. that didn't go well for them. Her niece called her mom and wanted to go home immediately. I ended up having to take a business trip the following week and told my GF that she had to choose between Scientology and me by the time I returned. The GF ended up draining 34K from my bank account. I told her parents what was up. They disowned her and I have never seen her again.
Im glad more light is being shined on this disgusting cult. I have asked so many streamers and youtubers to touch on this subject more because the people need to know. Happy youre doing this. Thank you 💯 Any cult that rips apart families the way that they do, and abuses their power to break down people into nothing but shells needs to be stopped. NOW!
I still remember when I was in Melbourne and these people from Scientology advertised their stuff with flyers on the street. And the building is actually really close to where I live. I honestly can't believe they would let this cult exist in their place.
@@gowdsake7103 nobody asked, redditor. maybe watch this video to know the B.S. Scientology is on before you make ignorant statements? the only thing they're after is your money while it's leaders physically control your life in the strictest ways possible. other people's spirituality has nothing to do with this
I live in Sydney, Australia. One day, I was walking from one end of the city to a main park where I was trying to catch the bus back home. It's rush hour time and everyone just wants to go home. It was a Friday afternoon, after all. These 2 smiling women were handing out flyers for a personality test. I was in a rush and they blocked my way. I just took the sheet and ran towards my bus stop. This woman, who was half my size, dragged my arm and tried to pull me aside to finish the test. I let go and started running. When I got on the bus and flipped the page over, I could see a faint watermark of the Church of Scientology. Turns out, I was only a few feet away from their Australian HQ in Sydney. I dodged a big bullet that day, lol.
My dad was a contractor for various telephone companies and worked in California after an Earthquake in the 80’s. Apparently Scientology was around then. My dad was working up on a telephone pole outside their building. Keep in mind he’s way off the ground, and these bozos try to shake him off. They threw things up at him to try and make him lose his balance. So, to get them to stop, he drops one of his tools down by them, nearly brains a guy. They call the cops, saying he was spying on them, had attacked them, the business. My dad just showed him his work documents, and the cop told them to leave him to his work. The week my dad was there, he made sure to give them an equal measure of the hell they insisted on putting him through. You don’t really get to fuck with my dad without finding out real quick. Love that guy.
Well done pops!😂 they didn’t even know that other people have jobs where they fix things like that they probably think the thetons come and do it😂it’s crazy though they where willing to seriously hurt your dad for no reason other than a suspicion in there deranged heads
My mom was targeted as a med student, they especially go after doctors, lawyers and so on. At 19 I was approached by a good looking young man but thanks to my mom's warnings I realized what he was really about and left without signing up for anything.
Good thing your mother give you a heads up and saw right through that crap, it’s crazy they crave for people in high places they they can place others there and slowly grow like an infection into the country and the world gaining power and money That’s why they use the good looking people they’ll get more attention and later in they’ll be in favour of sitting next to someone’s seat of power gaining the cult power and money
I grew up in Clearwater at a Scientology school since I was 11... and I was someone who was never a Scientologist and never gonna be one. And they told me it wasn't a religious school and that it was okay for me. I went there for 4-5 years.. just to be kicked out when I was 15 years old for almost nothing. When I was only 14-15 I met some "fake friends" who got me out of the school and out of everyone's life. Most of my friends were taken to the ethics office about me. So I was completely isolated from everyone and I had to learn the adults I grew up with didn't have my best interest in mind.. and the kids I grew up with were never my friends. I was emotionally abused by a couple of these "bad Scientology kids" and I was eventually convicted of a crime I didn't commit.. with an exaggerated police report about me. I'm truly worried I might have been abused by the church just for not being a Scientologist. I was abused and emotionally wrecked very fast.. an I became very docile from depression. I feel like I never made any bad decisions or anything. I know they took my friends away and labeled me an SP when I was literally 14. I just want to know if they really messed with my life in any other way or tried to destroy me. If I were to learn that I'd start my own website lol. It's not a good childhood... I always longed to be normal, dating a normal girl. Appreciating good, normal people. Also they tell you it's a group of 40,000,000.. when it's really a group of 40,000 worldwide.
Not to be a dick, but it's not even the top 3 craziest genre shift I've seen on RU-vid There was that Brazilian Minecraft player that became a political commentator, Turbo Button was a video game critic and now makes movies, and all the channels that are constantly chasing trends and rebranding to try to strike gold
nah but like I was just abouta say, i watched this guy go from making natty or nots to shitting on alpha males to watching reality shows to conspiracy documentaries?
the way they egg you on to “confess a crime” or speak about what you’re truly afraid of, proves it’s a religion/cult built on blackmail. they do this to people on the outside, imagine how they do it to themselves…. making up all sorts of shit
As a heroin addict who has been clean for 5yrs I can honestly say that they couldn't hold my past against me. My past does not define me, it merely helped me become the kickass person I am today. I have always lived my life without regrets and can not be shamed by the highs or lows of my life.
Yeah, the first time I did a confission before my first comunion (studied in catholic school) the priest asked me what were my sins. I was 10 at the time, so I never really did anything terrible so I started to straight up lie to the priest saying that I did horrible things for my parents just because I thought I was supposed to confess SOMETHING.
the fact hubbard is the most published author only proves the saying _"if you throw enough shit at the wall something will stick"_ correct. he finally hit solid gold with dianetics, and that shit more or less launched everything
One of the whistle-blowers of Scientology, Larry Wallersheim, is a longtime family friend. When the scientologists were after him, my dad was watching his back, which prompted them to send their agents to spy on my dad. One time when I was with him (I was around 6 or 7 years old at the time) he caught two of thier agents spying on us, and we were able to chase them down and my dad kicked the shit out of them. If I was older, I would have joined in. That was the end of that problem. Don't mess with my family
How can the leaders wife not be seen in public for over a decade and nothing can be done? Anyone still involved with Scientology (cult) is guilty of whatever happened to her by association
sadly because they have so much money and connections, they probably paid some people behind the scenes to get off their back about Shelly disappearing and just claim she was fine. When you have money you can get away with anything
I think there's updates in relation to her, I watch a few other scientology channels that have mentioned it but I cant remember if she was actually seen or they just addressed it
@@Yggdrasil42 ahaha yeah true, im normally more on the ball but it was late. She was spotted by someone who kinda knew her, looking dishevelled, escorted by 2 men. I watch a few ex scientologist who think its a bit suspicious because they probably wouldn't let her out looking like that or summa....and I think there was one more sighting that might be more likely but she was surrounded by sea org members so she couldn't say much.
@@erinkinsella91 Essentially whenever the police get involved and a welfare check is done they produce her on demand, surrounded by Sea-Org Attendants, and she says "I am not being held against my will" with no observable marks, bruises, ligature marks, she's clean and well dressed, and the police essentially shrug because she's an adult and she can live however she wants to. It seems like she's either in a gilded cage situation, or she is being put through the re-education wringer but the clams have enough people on their payroll or enrolled to know when a welfare check is coming, so she gets cleaned up and presentable to deliver her lines the back to the re-education wringer. I would lean toward re-education, however I think gilded cage is possible because Miscavige has such Napoleon Syndrome that he "refuses to be embarrassed" by a divorce or Shelly speaking out and keeping her in a gilded cage is a layer of cruelty he would enjoy.
They almost got me. Both times in SF. First time they were in the train station entrance and I saw the books. Checked out the books and was approached but not pushed to join. Didn’t even hear the word Scientology. The second time however I happened to be around the corner from one of their bases and was stopped on the street. Offered me a free stress test and that it wouldn’t take long. I didn’t have the time but said I’d walk and talk. By the time we got in front two additional people came out and I felt this pressure that I could only describe as desperation and force but not clearly either. Again I didn’t have time and offered them my info to be able to get in touch just to get out of the situation (thankfully I didn’t end up giving them it). Anywho the whole thing started turning weird when I started getting that pressure. And that was my introduction to Scientology. And this is just the abridged version 🤦♂️
I remember buying Dianetics from a flea market for like 50 cents in rhe early 90s, I was like 19. I couldn't believe wtf i was reading and how ANYONE could fall for this dribble. 😂
I was 30 yrs in 2005 they were in our mall in Midrand, Joburg with Dianetics and a bunch of other Scientology books! I paged through Dianetics, which was criticizing Psychology science, I said what mumbo jumbo is this, by that time I had zero clue of what Scientology was! It was a freaky encounter with weirdos! 🤭😨😭😂
It’s basically a handbook to do Freudian psychoanalysis on yourself, while they claim to hate Freud & hate psychology. Instead of blaming everything on what terrible things your mother did to you when you were 5 months old like Freud did, they blame aliens that are attached to you & anything bad that happens to you is supposedly payback for doing the same thing to someone else in one of your ‘past lives.’
Probably because he doesn't need to research anything at this point. Everything in this video is common knowledge grabbed from better documentaries and youtube videos. Basically just reboxing knowledge for a new audience.
@unwnme How so? That's what a documentary is. He's pulling multiple sources and digesting it in an entertaining way, like literally all video analysts. I think the only one that does "real journalism" per say, Is Oki's Weird Stories. But he's in the minority, not the majority.
@@kriticosART this is not common knowledge go learn whats common knowledge and also learn what is research, if thats the case there should be one documentary and research about anything if there is more its reboxing trash and thats not true.
It's not stopping? By a lot of metrics, it's been shrinking. Numerous former members that keep a close eye on it have been pointing out how attendance has plummeted in the last five-ish years and new recruits are getting harder and harder to find.
For real, the internet made things REAL hard on them, cuz it's too easy to find out how f*cked up their cult is, thanks to that. 😂 They're propped up only due to their celebrity donations, which is why they are treated so special, compared to all of the lowly plebs elsewhere.
Right? I was thinking the same thing. Now with the internet widely accessible, I feel like people are doing their own research and can see for themselves how ridiculous and comical Scientology is.
@@c.c.2763 Those are some of the root causes yes, but I was mostly just referring to insider information gathered by former scientology members; so a bit more concrete stuff. One of the people I'm referring to is mentioned in this video, I forget his name.
If Scientology shrinks in members but gains more wealth and a small amount of powerful members like Hollywood millionaires like it is now, it's not even close to dead.
AN HOUR LONG??? dude phil i’ve loved your content evolution so much, insane turn towards legit investigative journalism with insane production, thank you for all your hard work man i’m so glad i’ve gotten to see you grow fr
@@MickJagger-el6of it only implies a slant or one-sidedness. Not falsehood. Something can be true and also not be an entire truth… think of the way reality TV is edited. Everything they show is true, just not necessarily in context.
It's still very disconcerting to hear about Philip Seymour Hoffman dying of a 'heroin overdose' right after he plays L. Ron Hubbard in 'The Master,' probably the best role he's ever done
That's a cult seeing how members that stopped going are called defectors. When I stopped going to church a few years back, all they did was invite me back if I had time. They didn't go around discrediting me.
@@OfficialCANVAS the most famous Bible story is about a son who leaves his father, wastes his money on booze and other bad stuff and then returns when he has nothing to a forgiving father who even throws him a big party. Welcoming people back is nothing new in the Church.
I had no idea narcotics anonymous was founded by Scientology. I’ve been struggling with addiction for years, so I’ve been through some of the programs, hell, I spent four years in drug and alcohol classes (court ordered) and I always figured it was just an offshoot of AA
You're confusing Narcotics Anonymous with Narconon. Narcotics Anonymous was founded by Jimmy Kinnon, while Narconon was founded by LRH and William Benitez (all found on their respective Wikipedia pages)
Found out I live less than 3 square blocks from a Scientology building and I was like "??!?!!" In hindsight... that may explain some interactions I've had with some random people on the street near my place...
I’m from Clearwater, Florida. They turned some of my favorite shops and restaurants into “information centers”. They also built big high rise apartments that sit eerily empty, with the majority of the apartments remaining uninhabited for almost a decade. Growing up we called the suited Scientologists who walked the streets “ants” as they’d move quickly along designated paths and disappear & reappear randomly in and out of buildings with blacked out or covered windows. They have random compounds throughout downtown that are guarded 24/7 and have recently started to put up these “FLAG” warehouses in and around pinellas county (the county where Clearwater is located & the most populous county by size in the state). There are also 2 big Scientology schools that they all attend. Weirdly, they’re all super nice people but everyone who isn’t insanely wealthy seems to be some sort of servant. It’s all exceptionally bizarre
Good work. The only thing i felt was missing was exactly HOW the cult managed to become tax-exempt, because that story is so infuriating and frustrating.
I think my favorite way to explain scientology is to just show the South Park episode for it. It's so absurd and parody-esc insane that South Park just straight up put a disclaimer emphasizing that they didn't/couldn't satirize it and just showed it as-is because it's too innately insane to satirize, as trying to satirize it would probably make it sound less insane.
My mother was getting a Masters Degree in Psychology... One of their class assignments was to ,individually, see what Scientology was all about... Out of the 28 students studying for a Masters Degree... All of them were told that they were suicidal...? That's amazing... Every single one of them independently came back with that diagnosis from Scientology... What are the odds of that😮
If Scientology sticks around long enough, it will be considered offensive to criticize it as with the older established cults. Every so often a new group of nut jobs springs up, all it takes is time for it to become legitimized by degree.
True. There is this famous quote on the difference between a language and a dialect, "a language is just a dialect with an army". The same thing can be said for the difference between a cult and a religion - religions are really just cults with a longer history and better PR.
@@wasserruebenvergilbungsvirus there's a major difference between cults and religions. Whosever made such a quote sounds like an edgy atheist or a new agnostic
I remember having seen the "Dianetics" book in our home, circa 1976, at 11 years of age; began reading it. So glad that I stopped before it was too late.
I joined in 2018 as a young adult. My family and friends allowed me of course but did express their fears to me. Long story short, it’s more of a scam than it is scary. I went into the NYC location. Right in the center of Manhattan. I went through auditing and was smothered with propaganda literature bs. Ultimately I left. I still get emails, letters, etc. I didn’t piss them off enough to have them attack me the way I’ve heard people have. Part of me wants to go back and learn more just to tell people what I’ve seen. Like a whistleblower. But it’s so expensive and I can’t fund that.
There is more than enough content about Scientology & other cults online, you don't have to waste another minute of your life on Scientology mumbo jumbo,
To get the best of what LRH had to offer, read the Handbook of Scientology. That won't cost you very much $ at all. His way of breaking down the challenges and experiences we encounter during a lifetime into patterns and basic principles is unmatched in any religion that I have studied in my adult life. Peace of mind is achieved through understanding, not faith. Read it before you judge.
I recently found Philion's channel, and I gotta say, what a breath of fresh air. A normal, well adjusted guy, just calling out all the BS on this platform. While I am probably twice his age, I find his thoughts and understanding of the world far above his time here on Earth. I assign these "skills" and "wisdom" due to his upbringing by his parents and grandparents. Being able to just talk into the camera and being personable as well as funny is a gift for sure, but it's his "every man" common sense that rounds out his skills as a communicator. This is a rarity here on RU-vid...I just wanted to say thanks and I have gained back a bit of the Humanity I thought I had lost.
Being the polar opposite of yourself, likely twice as young (teen-adult), I find it very refreshing as well. Gotta prepare myself to be able to be strong and informed in this world when it’s time for me to be a man.
There are quite a few on this platform. I've found several. Leonlush, penguinzo, I can't think of the names of others but there are actually an abundance. You just have to stumble upon them somehow.
I've always loved the "beyond scientific comprehension" statement. One of the best ways to hide the fact that you are making something up on the spot. For something to exist in this universe, it has to be observable and it has to abide by the laws of this universe. Without these laws, existence wouldn't be a thing in the first place. If something cannot ever be observed or measured in any capacity, then it is impossible for it to have an impact or influence on this universe and may as well not exist. If it does have an impact, then there must be a way to observe or measure it.
This is just the surface my childhood friends dad got into scientology deep and a few years ago he got sick they talked him into giving the church power of attorney and when he got sick they didnt opt for surgery that would have prolonged his life they stuck him in a very bad hospice let him die and sold off his house and all of his assets my friend needed money just to give him a funeral and this man was a very succesful into his retirement this is what they do its how they keep money and power as soon as you join they own you and all of your valuable assets and they want you to bring more people in to do the same
Tom Cruise needs to be made answer to things like this. Every interview this guy does every journalist should be asking him about a horrific Scientology story and how we can do it until he never shows his face in public again or quits.
@@Durzo1259 Buddy, its not that hard just treat it like a run-on sentence. No one else has a problem with it! IS THIS BETTER PROFESSOR GRAMMAR POLICE?! ITS THE INTERNET IM NOT SUBMITING AN ARTICLE TO THE TIMES FOR FKS SAKE!
When Scientologists were handing out brochures outside, I tried to just get one out of morbid curiosity, but the dude handing them out kept badgering me to listen to his spiel. His eyes were creepy
This was excellent and absolutely true - I wish the current Scientologist could see it but they are forbidden to watch things like this and rarely have access.
I used to go hear a really good Celtic group called Golden Bough for years. Then I happened to glace on the back of one of their albums and it said "thanks to L. Ron Hubbard". I was really surprised, as they never mentioned Scientology at any of their concerts or tried to convert people. They were incredibly talented, I was just surprised.
I’ve always liked Philion and his online content, but this is like some award-winning shit that he has put together. This is an absolutely intriguing documentary, and very well put together. I think this dude has found his calling.
Its a copy of other content and use sources which he does not even bother cite. A real wankjob. Anyone can make a decent anti scientology video. I fell asleep after 10 mins.
CORRECTION: Hubbard's father did not enlist in the Navy. He was a Naval Officer. He was commissioned. Big difference. In WW1 and prior, Officers were in fact from royal lineage or notable families most of the time. His family more than likely did have a royal heritage. His Officer father likely taught him basic leadership skills, such as motivating groups of people, which eventually twisted into his own intent. The Naval Academy Hubbard was about to enter was additionally to turn him into an Officer, showing that his dad was an Officer. This is a very big correction and notable detail. It adds a lot of context. He basically spent his entire childhood and adulthood learning Officer leadership without learning to use it for good or using it for moral use.
I read Dianetics back in the early 90s, having no idea what I was reading was the basis of this cult "religion." I have to admit, the book intrigued me because it was said to be "science" and offered an explanation for the emotional turmoil of my youth, my questioning of Christianity as well as my myriad of health problems. Thank God I didn't get sucked in from there, but it could have happened if I'd encountered that first interview session they do. I have a lot of compassion for people that got ensnared in this! Hopefully more and more will come across the truth online as they listen to former scientologists about what's really going on. Leah Remini is an amazing woman who has devoted her life to speaking truth!
As a young boy, having zero knowledge of Hubbard or Scientology, was so hyped for Battlefield Earth. 13 year old me and friends left the theater almost as disappointed as when we left the theater after Tristar’s Godzilla.
