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This will be the first of three or four posts, after which I will fade back into the woodwork and probably never be heard from again. It's the least important of the posts I want to make (at least to me), so I thought I'd get it out of the way first.
I have been lurking for years and going through various things which I will entail in my story (next post). I've finally come to a new place - a place where I no longer have any desire to be a part of the Truman Show of Scientology, whether as an ex, a critic, or even a reader. I woke up yesterday and realized that most of the world goes throughout their day never once even thinking about Scientology. Since I have given up more than one unborn child, my youth, my spouse, my family, the childhood friends that should have been friends for life, to Scientology - why should I continue to give it any more of my time or consideration? I just want to say what I have to say and then... let it all go. ALL of it. Forever. I just want to get on with the rest of my life.
Anyway. Marty Rathbun and Co. I think Marty and Mike are obviously pretty hot potatoes when it comes to whistleblowing. Regardless of how much they ever admit to, or apologize for, they'll do some damage a la' SP Times etc, and I'm cool with that contribution.
As far as the whole independent field thing they have going on, I really don't care about that. Whatever floats your boat. HOWEVER - I want to make a few notes here of some things I've observed that bother me greatly. I seriously don't care if they go form up a new Church and do the whole reformation thing. But I'll always have a problem with people getting screwed, and I saw some things that, in my opinion only, are indicators to be wary of.
The most alarming have come from comments posted by 'RJ' on Marty's blog. Don't know who RJ is, don't care. But here are the things that made me raise my eyebrows, in quotes:
"Also the ends may have justified the means way back when the Church was a target of Hoover’s COINTELPRO and CIA’s MH CHAOS but those days are long since gone!"
"Maybe I am being callous but if it wasn’t for the fame that Ms. Cooper achieved from Op Freakout, she’d probably still be an obscure Yale College Professor."
Wow. That's all I will say on that, because the above quotes stand for themselves. Not someone I want to be associated with, sorry. Please note that neither of the statements above were taken to task in any way, shape or form by other members of Marty and Co.
I'm going to divide this into multiple postings, otherwise it'll get too long with all the quoting...
I have been lurking for years and going through various things which I will entail in my story (next post). I've finally come to a new place - a place where I no longer have any desire to be a part of the Truman Show of Scientology, whether as an ex, a critic, or even a reader. I woke up yesterday and realized that most of the world goes throughout their day never once even thinking about Scientology. Since I have given up more than one unborn child, my youth, my spouse, my family, the childhood friends that should have been friends for life, to Scientology - why should I continue to give it any more of my time or consideration? I just want to say what I have to say and then... let it all go. ALL of it. Forever. I just want to get on with the rest of my life.
Anyway. Marty Rathbun and Co. I think Marty and Mike are obviously pretty hot potatoes when it comes to whistleblowing. Regardless of how much they ever admit to, or apologize for, they'll do some damage a la' SP Times etc, and I'm cool with that contribution.
As far as the whole independent field thing they have going on, I really don't care about that. Whatever floats your boat. HOWEVER - I want to make a few notes here of some things I've observed that bother me greatly. I seriously don't care if they go form up a new Church and do the whole reformation thing. But I'll always have a problem with people getting screwed, and I saw some things that, in my opinion only, are indicators to be wary of.
The most alarming have come from comments posted by 'RJ' on Marty's blog. Don't know who RJ is, don't care. But here are the things that made me raise my eyebrows, in quotes:
"Also the ends may have justified the means way back when the Church was a target of Hoover’s COINTELPRO and CIA’s MH CHAOS but those days are long since gone!"
"Maybe I am being callous but if it wasn’t for the fame that Ms. Cooper achieved from Op Freakout, she’d probably still be an obscure Yale College Professor."
Wow. That's all I will say on that, because the above quotes stand for themselves. Not someone I want to be associated with, sorry. Please note that neither of the statements above were taken to task in any way, shape or form by other members of Marty and Co.
I'm going to divide this into multiple postings, otherwise it'll get too long with all the quoting...