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There is a reason that efforts to reform Scientology do not work. Really good people have tried and failed. Ask David Mayo how it worked for him. And countless others who eventually gave up.
Scientology tends to fall apart without the rigid totalitarian control system that Hubbard intertwined into the mix. When people try to start a "kinder, gentler" version of Scn, the KSW hard-liners show up to destroy it.
That, or the followers eventually just start living life and drift away, realizing they no longer need ANY version of Scientology in their lives.
Exactly.
Add to that the simple fact that Hubbard's Fair Game and vast number of other sociopathic attack/vengeance "tech" are core elements that cannot be taken out of the compound known as Scientology any more than one can drink water that has had 1 of the 2 hydrogen molecules removed from the H20 molecule.
Once one admits that Hubbard was a pathological liar, con man AND that none of his Clearing, OT and Exteriorization tech worked even slightly (or ever!) one is left with a choice.
1. Pretend that one can remove all the parts of Scientology that are blatant lies, fraud, human rights abuses and criminally abhorrent--after which one pretends that it's still Scientology.
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2. Confront (admit) that it's a hoax, cringe and then politely apologize and return to the thing Scientologists are not able to confront--reality.
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2. Confront (admit) that it's a hoax, cringe and then politely apologize and return to the thing Scientologists are not able to confront--reality.