Part of the problem rests with the fact that the Scientology "religion" is so brazenly abusive, so volubly dishonest, and utterly lacking in basic human decency that the credulity of critics is sometimes called into question rather than the more difficult task of examining Scientology's genuinely evil behavior.
It's akin to searching for rationality in the mind of a serial killer
Yeah, it's hard for observers to know what the hell is going on when:
--Scientology commits a horrific crime vs. its imagined "enemy".
--The VICTIM and WITNESSES come forth to testify about it.
--Scientology then unleashes a tsunami of lies to bury the truth by any means possible.
Once upon a time, there were still a few "particles" of decency within Scientology--and they would try with all their might to fend off whistleblowers with "ACCEPTIBLE TRUTHS". At least they made a modest effort to try (if possible) to at least stay somewhat close to the same time zone as the truth!
But, this is 2017 and Scientology has become what was always within its DNA to become. Nowadays, the cult doesn't even concern itself with mere
shore stories or "acceptable truths"--as those are circuitous "Q&A" that only result in DevT. No attempt is made to tie any coverup to reality.
THE NEW TECH IS TO:
A)
Assess the damage caused by the truth escaping.
B)
Conceive of any lie (however outlandish and provably insane/false)
that might make a third party observer wonder for a moment or more about the allegations.
C)
Blinklessly and endlessly promote whichever lie would cause the most doubt or hesitation in the listener.
If (for example) the evidence was completely and compellingly damning vs. the cult, they would simply find some wild story that might make a person slightly pause to consider it. That, for the cult, is a huge win. They only need to cause enough confusion, misdirection and doubt to last a few moments. That's how their "knowing how to know" tech works. After that they move on to the next moment and repeat whatever momentary lie will best buy them an extra few moments.
Let's say that a Scientology security guard raped a young Scientologist. COS would say that it's a lie--always their first gambit.
Then some witnesses come forward who testify. COS lies about them, makes up crazy charges against them and how many times they lied in the past. Perhaps COS even adds that they were sued and lost multiple libel suits and got sent to prison. All untrue, but it doesn't matter if it buys a few moments of doubt.
Then the VICTIM herself testifies. COS makes up lies that she could not have been raped because she bragged in an auditing session that she had a huge win when she finally was able to seduce the security guard to have sex with her. COS even has fake worksheets dummied up and both the auditor and CS do videos saying that the victim was actually a sexual predator and that the COS had been trying to help her with counseling to stop this self-destructive and abhorrent behavior. None of it true, but another few moments of doubt successfully purchased by simply making up stories.
Then the VIDEO SURVEILLANCE surfaces! Now the COS has to make people doubt the truth of what they are looking at. So, the COS produces several videos with the victims "former lovers". They each testify in front of the cameras that the victim loved to dramatize her rape fantasies during sex, pretending she was being raped. That's what all the screaming was about. They say they refused to wrestle and beat her the way she demanded, so she would beat herself until she had cuts and bruises. That was all part of her fantasy, they blinklessly report.
The gimmick is to say ANYTHING that makes a person doubt the truth for just a moment or two.
And the COS will spend millions and an entire lifetime creating those insane lies--something normal people do not have the time nor the maniacal fanaticism to do. Normal folks will eventually become exhausted with the cult's craziness and willingness to act out these demented charades for decades. Normal people want to return to their life, or whatever is left of it. That's what the cult is banking on. Attrition. And that's why the cult is always very happy to just buy another delay or doubt. Because it adds TIME which the victims usually run out of eventually, even if their money doesn't.
In short, the cult is now fully UNHINGED and makes up lies in volumes that only a raving lunatic would be capable of.
I have describe some of it, but I know I haven't yet fully captured the
diabolical nonchalance that accompanies a Scientologist happily making up lies to trick others and escape legal consequences. Give me time, I'll work more on that one. LOL