Despite its many claims, Scientology is the opposite of Buddhism because it encourages selfishness and erodes compassion. Scientology enslaves its followers mentally and physically by selling dreams of liberation. Jeffrey talks with Jon about the 1st dynamic - the urge to survive for yourself - which is at the heart of Hubbard's doctrine. Why are there so many suicides in Scientology and why do so many Scientologists - even high-level Scientologists - die before their time, often from curable diseases?
links: the 1982 Clearwater hearings: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB8A8C6C0BFB607D1
Jeff's Scientology Money project: https://scientologymoneyproject.com
Scientology deaths:
https://phoenyxrose.wordpress.com/those-who-died/
https://theyshouldnothavedied.wordpress.com
http://www.xenu-directory.net/mirrors/www.whyaretheydead.net/
final song: "the names on the wall" written & performed by Karin "Spike" Robinson -originally composed for the "Enough is enough" conference, Dublin 2015 - copyright released in the hopes that other, better singers might take the song and sing it to spread the word.
bookmarks:
2:22 what is your “case”?
9:29 Scientology – the “ME” religion
11:21 the Death of a Sea Org member and how the Sea Org is denied their individuality
16:06 living life “free and clear”? Scientology’s true god is money
24:01 What is the suicide rate in Scientology?
27:53 the ephemerality of faith healing and the deaths in Scn from cancer
37:30 Those who have died 49:20 Scientology gives its retired staff NOTHING for a pension!
54:37 how Scn strips its members of compassion for others
1:01:56 Scientology does not allow for individualism 1:08:01 conclusion – there is no real “first dynamic” in Scientology
1:14:26 Scientology as Hubbard’s personal “immortality” project, his way of making himself into a god
