I have been wondering a bit about the various general viewpoints regarding the position of “independent” scientologists and the Mike and Marty camp of late.
On one side I can clearly rationalise that all religions are nuts or at least built on a bunch of beliefs that are unproven and often times surrounded in a load of mystical type supposed history. Jesus walking on water and rising from the dead, LRH and the Wall of Fire and clear et al.
So the question is for me, that if I sit here and say “oh my god what a crock of shit this is”, all these people are being suckered into something that does not deliver what it says it will – enlightenment, OT powers, heaven, nirvana etc – then should I not do everything I can to let these people know what is happening to them?
For me, now, life is probably a hell of a lot simpler than it ever was. People do really shitty stuff to each other no matter the walk of life. I am not excusing anyone for their behaviour or saying they have a right to behave as they do, but it is just a fact that shit happens, shit has always happened and I do not see that shit won't happen in the future. It is part and parcel of the human condition.
Depend on what camp you are in that determines whether shit is shit or fertiliser. If you are in the Marty camp then speaking ill of LRH is probably viewed as a shitty thing but a good thing if you are a critic of LRH. If you are in the critic community then seeing Marty trying to save Scientology would be a shitty thing, but if you are a believer in Scientology then it is a good thing.
So where does this leave me. Well fuck all of it actually.
If Marty wants to set up an alternative religion to Scientology or take it over then go for it. If the critics want to engage in a righteous war to stop this happening then go for it.
Me, I am going out for a beer!