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"Now, before all you Scientologists get your knickers in a twist, I'm I'm talking about all the stuff that the Scientology technology is For example: All Scientologists are required to do the "PTS/SP PTS="Potential Trouble Source", someone connected to an SP. So, do any Scientologists actually confront anything that might upset And don't even mention "shatter". If graduates of the PTS/SP Course No confront. No "shattering." Virtually all Scientologists have Why doesn't Scientology work? Contrary to what one might expect, Scientologists really do know there They see the local problems, but they believe that things are better And they expect that, sooner or later, someone will notice that things And these loyal Scientologists carefully write up reports, sometimes And they wait. And the problems persist and get worse. So they carefully write it all up again. And they carefully send it Surely this time, someone will read their report, see the horrible But it doesn't happen. Scientologists all over the world are having Why doesn't Scientology work? Quite a few years ago, OT VIII was released. It was heralded as the But where are the results of these "true OTs" who are supporting No. But why? Why is so much going so wrong for the Church of Scientology? Why doesn't Scientology work? Scientology is supposed to be fun. Scientology is supposed to increase ARC: Scientology acronym for Affinity, Reality, Communication, which The difference between what is promised by Miscavige's Church of Why doesn't Scientology work? And don't look at the colossal failure of Miscavige to get all It doesn't take any effort at all to see that Scientology is not It takes a tremendous amount of effort, continuous effort, to keep not And the bottom-line question that Scientologists must not ask is: Posted by Just Bill http://askthescientologist.blogspot.com/2008/12/scientology-why-doesn...
not talking about personal, subjective experiences. These kinds of
things happen to almost everyone for any number of reasons and can't
be proven or disproven. That's not what this article is about.
very explicitly supposed to accomplish in the world. Why doesn't that
work?
Course". The full, actual name of the course is the "How to Confront
and Shatter Suppression - PTS/SP Course". Most Scientologists today
have actually done this course.
SP="Suppressive Person", someone who, for instance, attacks
Miscavige's Church of Scientology.
them? Do any Scientologists look at and confront any opposition to
Miscavige's church? Scientologists don't look at any media that might
mention negative things about Scientology. Scientologists carefully
avoid most of the Internet. When the Anonymous protests take place
near any Church of Scientology, Scientologists run and hide.
Scientologists cover the windows and hunker down, waiting for the
protesters to go away. Where is the confront?
could "shatter suppression", there wouldn't be any protests, would
there? All the negative information about Miscavige and his church
would simply go away. But that hasn't worked either, has it?
"learned" this technology but the promised results just aren't
happening.
are problems in the Church of Scientology. They even talk about it
with each other. While they don't see the big picture, they see the
local manifestations.
elsewhere; things are better for other Scientologists.
are going bad for this Scientologist, or things aren't going well with
this local church -- and someone will come and fix it.
to "RTC", sometimes to David Miscavige, sometimes to someone else who
is "in charge". They carefully look up the policies, they carefully
document all their problems, they carefully present their information,
they carefully suggest what should be done -- then they wait.
"up lines" again.
misapplication of Hubbard's policies or technology, and they will fix
it. It's obvious what is wrong. It's obvious what should be done. All
it takes is that one person in authority reads their careful report
and sends the proper orders.
serious problems, they are carefully writing up their reports and
sending them "up lines" to RTC or Miscavige or someone in authority --
and nothing is getting corrected. Why?
"first true OT level". While David Miscavige, himself, has been unable
to attain this level, many other Scientologists have. Some of them are
still in Scientology and are still working to support Scientology.
Scientology? These OTs are supposed to be far beyond anything that has
ever existed on this planet. These OTs are supposed to be incredibly
effective. Around such OTs, things "just go right". Yes?
Why is it such a struggle for Miscavige and his church? Why have so
many OT VIIIs dropped out of sight, left the church, moved away?
communication, increase ARC, increase a person's ability to face
difficulties. Scientologists are supposed to end up flourishing and
prospering. Scientologists are supposed to be happy. Scientologists
are supposed to be more connected with people.
equals Understanding.
I'm sure there are brief moments of happiness for many Scientologists,
but, in general, none of this is happening. There is very little fun,
very little happiness, not much flourishing or prospering. As a rule,
Scientologists withdraw from friends, family, and society. Being
involved in Scientology is not supposed to make one's life more of a
struggle, but this is exactly what happens. Life, for Scientologists,
just becomes harder, grimmer and more guilt-laden.
Scientology and what actually happens is stark. Why?
churches to the "size of old Saint Hill". Don't look at Miscavige's
failure to complete his "SuperPower building" in Clearwater. Don't
look at the failure of the "Ideal Org" campaign which has caused
untold problems for the local churches.
working. Things are not going well at all. It is obvious.
seeing this -- to make excuses, to hide from the facts, to grit your
teeth and see the illusion and not the reality. Being a Scientologist
today is a lot of work -- and none of it is fun.
Why doesn't Scientology work?"