Uniformed group just came up and stole half the fire relief supplies at the Santa Anita racetrack

Gross, and they’re probably taking advantage of the vulnerable people to try and recruit them.

Let me fix it for you.

Scientology just came and took stuff that wasn’t theirs

Why didn’t anyone stop them?

They’ll distribute it and take the credit.

What the hell is a “volunteer minister”? What a completely made up and useless title that carries zero weight. It may as well say “random civilian.”

Scientology is poison ☠️

Scientologist infiltrated the U.S. Government to destroy the legal case against them. [Operation Snow White](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Snow_White)

Imagine no religion…..

I would beat the shit out of this cult people

**Why is the Cult of scientology a big deal?**

**TL;DR**: Scientology harasses, assaults, and murders to protect their image; and enslaves and illegally traffics humans for money at a global scale since the 1950s.

L. Ron Hubbard

– Science Fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard is attributed to the quote **”If you want to make a little money, write a book. If you want to make a lot of money, create a religion.”** Writer Harlan Ellison claims Hubbard said this in the late 1940s, prior to the cult starting in the 1950s.

– Hubbard published **Dianetics** in 1950. It has been **deemed pseudo-science and a work of fiction** by almost every scientific industry, the American Psychology Association, and even the U.S. Courts as it contains no scientific evidence, and it’s claims are “speculative at best.” Ultimately, the cult today does not believe in psychology as a means to obtain sound mental health.

– Hubbard believed **LGBTQ+ members to be “perverts”, “an illness”, and “mental aberration.”**

– Hubbard started to use a cross in the scientology logo in 1954, right before they started filing for tax exemption status. It’s known as a **Rosy Cross, and was borrowed from Hermetic order of The Golden Dawn, a cult dissolved in 1903.**

– Hubbard **fled the US between 1966-1980 after accused of tax fraud and evasion by the IRS**, when he died in hiding in 1986.

Legal Issues

– **Operation Snow White (1977):** Hubbard and his wife were convicted of infiltrating several government agencies with over **5,000 agents**. He never served a day in jail.

– **Tax Exemption Status (1993):** the cult “won” back it’s tax exemption status after 26 years by harassing specific IRS figures.

– **Foreign Restrictions:** Multiple countries have sanctions and restrictions on the cult due to history of fraud and extorsion. They are **not recognized as a religion** in Canada, Germany, France, Belgium, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Greece, and Norway. The cult is officially classified as a **”Profit-Seeking Enterprise”**

– **Sea Organization Human Trafficking:** Sea Org. (the cult’s navy) is widely criticized of **trafficking humans and forced labor** under the guise of billion year long contracts involving other family members.

– **Office of Special Affairs (OSA):** The OSA is a department in the cult who’s responsiblity is to **track ex-members, influence online content, and ultimately suppress** both online and offline content.

Online Activities

– **Astroturfing and Sock puppetting**: former members and critics have revealed the cult has a dedicated team of individuals who pose as the general public to promote favorable content and review bomb critical content and running Black Propaganda (**Black PR**) campaigns (e.g. – **WhoisLeahRemini.com** to attack ex-scientologist Leah Remini)

– **Google Bombing**: the cult has hired Search Engine Optimization **(SEO)** firms to influence results on google, largely to promote pro-scientology content and remove anti-scientology content. Xenu.net has reported multiple legal threats to be removed. They also engage in **”dead agenting” and misinformation tactics** to discredit critics of scientology on several sites **including Reddit.**

– **Project Chanology (2008):** After Anonymous and 4Chan posted private content and documents from the cult, scientology attempted to have the website shut down and **aggressively used copyright laws** to remove content.

– **Coordianted Harassment**: Multiple ex-members have claimed to have been **doxxed** with intimate life details by scientology shortly after leaving, including Leah Remini and Mike Rinder for example. They often **cyberstalk** their profile months to years in order to suppress content and engage in defamation practices.

Scandals and Controversies

– **Fair Game Policy:** Hubbard stated that “Suppressive Persons” (those that speak against the cult) can and should be subject to harassments and punishment.

– **Disconnection Policy:** Members must cut off contact from anyone deemed a “Suppressive Person.”

– **Death of Noah Lottick: 1990,** Committed suicide by jumping off a 10 story building with the last of his cash after Scientology had drained him of all other assets.

– **Death of Lisa McPherson: 1995,** Lisa died to dehydration and neglect for 17 days after a car crash while in the medical care of the cult.

– **Death of Elli Perkins: 2003,** murdered by her son, Jeremy, after he started attending Scientology meetings in lieu of actual psychiatrists.

– **The Hole:** a cult prison in California where cult leader David Miscavige psychologically and physically abuses cult members that speak out. (see **Debbie Cook**)

– General **Spying, Surveillance, Litigation, and Legal harassment** of past members and critics of the cult.

– Leah Remini’s **”Scientology and the Aftermath” (2016)** exposes decades of abuse within the cult.

– Even though no official stance today, several **LGBTQ+** ex-members claim **wide-spread discrimination and pressured to conform.**

– **Where is Shelly Miscavige?** She hasn’t been seen in public since 2007.

***If you believe you have ever been a victim of a cult, please reach out to The Aftermath Foundation, the Freedom of Mind Resource Center, the International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA), the Cult Awareness Network (CAN); as well as, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and various ex-scientology message boards.***

They can more than afford their own but nah steal other’s

Scientologists just stole food for firefighters?!?!?

😂

Would anyone be mad if someone set their church on fire? I mean it’s just a bunch of rich people and Tom Cruise and not really a church at all.

Fuck scientologist, those guys are absolutely awful

I was a first responder (volunteer, not FD, etc) at 9/11 WTC. We were all exhausted come day 2 and these fuckers showed up. They were under the guise of giving massages. (A lot of us were stooped over for hours) After a few minutes (which felt awesome) they start trying to minister to you about scientology in a sneaky way. I’ve been fascinated by them for a long time so I picked up on it right away. I honestly didn’t do much to help down there except get those fuckers kicked out.

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And you just say there taking photos instead of doing something/saying anything?