Gullible Idiots Complain of being Treated like Gullible Morons

We need more ex-scientologists to speak out about the abuses within Scientology. The cult is very insular, so it is only through the voices of ex-members that we can know what is going on inside.

Senator Xenophon has, unfortunately, an uphill battle to get anything done about them. The Senate doesn’t want to single out Scientology for inquiry, yet religion as a whole has a privilege that they don’t want to touch (“don’t go there”). It may be only bodies like OFT can act effectively against Scientology for things like breaking the minimum wage laws.

Scientology seems to be in a downward spiral. Too many people leaving; not enough new ones coming in the door. Their destructive behaviour is well-known (in general, if not in detail). The internet has shone much light on their practices and abuses.

It seems likely that the cult now has so many “enemies” that they can’t effectively fight all or even most. They had some victories in the past against particularly outspoken critics, such as Keith Henson (who lost his house, and was eventually jailed — note to critics, do not represent self in court). These days, however, the cult has bigger worries – being raided in Italy, for example, for breaches of the European Data Privacy laws.

Also several high-ranking Scientologists have left recently, and they talk of abuses committed at the very top of the organisation. Continuing members are being pressured for every penny while building projects lie incomplete and their “orgs” empty.

Example:

http://forum.exscn.net/showthread.php?t=15883