Why Mike Rinder is #1:
Because he the JOKER (i.e. "wildcard") in the deck that beats Queens, Kings and Aces and any other card Scientology can show.
The entirety of Scientology's success, money and power come from one thing only. The ability to tell lies.
Small lies, huge lies.
Clever lies, crazy lies.
Beginning with DMSMH and the heady founding days when Hubbard boldly posted a box at reception instructing his followers to place their prescription glasses inside--because they would no longer be needed after coming in and applying Ron’s miraculous new tech.
The great body of Hubbard's work and even his autobiographical information was the stuff of pure myth-ed withholds.
Hubbard raised his vast fortunes thru the perfected art of lying about clear, operating thetan and total freedom. COB, likewise, has fashioned his own billion dollar deceitful niche by repackaging tech and selling indulgences in the form of Ideal Orgs, IAS and other spiritual statuses.
Historically, the slow but systematic dismantling of the CoS has been achieved these last few years by critics and anon and media by exposing the truth about Scientology.
But it is not the truth that most damages Scientology.
It's not showing that Hubbard wasn't a war hero. It's not showing that Scientologists have wacky beliefs about supreme galactic rulahs that enslaved the universe with space ghosts. It's not about exposing Scientology's psychological abuse, brutal corporal punishment and fair game policies. It's not about revealing that disconnections are systemic.It's not about shining the light on Scientology's criminality.
All these things, harmful as they are to Scientology, have not derailed that billion dollar religious train. That locomotive's still chugging down the track with adoring fans lined up along the route, throwing money at it and trying to jump on. Less people, admittedly, but the trains are still running on time.
Media runs stories about SP declares, Family disconnections, RPF prisons, Scientologists being sentenced to prison for multi-faceted, felonious conspiracies and the Fair Gaming of innocent people like Paulette Cooper. But those supposed “kill shot” bullets just kinda bounced off and Scientology didn’t stop.
One would have thought that after ‘Madman or Messiah’ or ‘A Piece of Blue Sky’ or Lisa McPherson or South Park’s revealing on international media the secrets of Xeun and OT III would have done it. The church should have crumbled, no? What about the revelation that top Operating Thetan David Miscavige physically assaults, imprisons and brutalizes church members—that should have sunk at least the Freewinds shouldn’t it?
But, these things just don’t kill the beast of Scientology.
Then what does damage it?
Not attacking their bizarre and delusional religious beliefs.
Not in showing that Hubbard and his cult followers are nuts.
It's about sparking in others the undeniably compelling realization that Scientology LIES.
That Scientology's Founder lies. That Scientology's senior management lies. That Scientology's priests lie. That Scientology parishioners, Clear and OT alike, lie.
That lies are policy. That lies are greatest good. That lies are an "acceptable truth". That lies are drilled to a pass.
That the lie will set you free.
Anything less than “Scientology LIES!” is dismissed by most because of things like the following:
• Well, it sure looks like they beat their people but those wives said absolutely not, so it’s one of those he-said, she-said deals….
• Yeah, Hubbard sure sounded wacky, but if he was so demented, how come so many millions of people and famous celebrities say such great things about it?
• Gee, those disconnections and Fair Game things sound bad, but…I am really wondering more about what is on TV later tonight.
It’s only when people are hit with the thunderbolt that “Scientology LIES!” do they begin to discount and ignore everything that comes from a Scientologist.
That is why Rinder represents the most formidable weapon. Because he was the personification of the church’s lying. He was trained to lie. Instructed to lie. Ordered to lie. Threatened and terrorized if he did not lie. Punished, imprisoned and beaten if he did not lie.
Rinder can explain and enlighten the world that when Scientology, Scientologists or their celebrity spokesmen are talking, that they are LYING.
Lying is the foundational piers and girders that support the entire “Bridge”.
Revealing something bad about the Church is not the same as revealing that they lie.
Reveal a wacky belief and people think, “hey, what about the virgin birth and Noah and….”
Reveal the crimes of the church and people can write if off as an anomaly, the act of a “lone-gunman” within the corpus of the Church acting against scripture.
However, reveal that Scientology practices deception, encourages and, in fact, demands lying—and Scientology’s power instantly begins to crumble. Their credibility is shot. Their ability to spin and misdirect is immobilized. Their delusional propaganda becomes laughable.
Lying is their only weapon. When they are exposed as liars, they are defenseless.
Rinder can tell in simple, credible stories how he, as spokesman for the Church lied to the world on a consistent basis. He can look in the camera and explain the shocking practice of Scientologist lying as a holy and sacred ritual that will bring their eternal bliss.
Rinder can document with policy and narratives how Ron Hubbard demanded that parishioners “Tell Lies. Tell more Lies. Get other people to produce as to tell more lies.”
Rinder can show how the magic trick is done. Once you see it, it is powerless to fool you.
Imagine, for example, if Rinder explained the techniques of lying that Scientology trained him in. Then they ran archived footage of Scientologists lying such as Heber, Miscavige, Tommy Davis and even Rinder himself with his expert commentary to freeze-frame and blow the whistle each time a lie is told.
This is the explosive story that expose journalists have been so desperately seaching for on Scientology. The bombshell is inches away if they can get Rinder talking about institutionalized lying and LieTech...
The public outside of Scientology really can never understand the depths of depravity Scientologists will sink to in order to sell their lies.
Rinder is more likely to break the magician’s code than is Heber or Tommy Davis, which is why he is ranked higher.
But they all three have the magic bullet.
Wanna fantasize? How about Anderson Cooper interviewing a blown Tommy Davis AND a blown Heber on the same show as Rinder, with all three (3) damning the CoS to hell with their own weapon of choice--lies. The world would not forget that the next time they heard Scientolgy's newest rookie spokesman take the mike and began to speak...
It is lies that built the Bridge. Just exposing the truth slows traffic on the bridge but bridges can be repaired.
However, exposing the lie-generating machine that builds and repairs bridges puts an end to the game for Scientology.
That’s where the rifles and bullets and tanks and ships and fighter-jets of Scientology’s armed forces get manufactured. Bomb the factory so they cannot make more and the war is over.
As long as Scientology can get away with lying they can rebuild.
Rinder has vital strategic and sensitive knowledge about the lie factory. He knows its fabric, techniques and vulnerabilities--enough to take it out.
That’s why he is #1 on Scientology's Most Dangerous Person list.
