tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391657024373147196.post3542692591788160346..comments2009-08-03T11:03:59.966-05:00Delany Deanhttps://profiles.google.com/109370422492513173957noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391657024373147196.post-44314085303535539152009-08-02T20:31:49.427-05:002009-08-02T20:31:49.427-05:00I suggest that you read &quot;Barefaced Messiah&quot; on the xenu.net site - excellent book, a real page turner that covers Hubbard&#39;s life. You will learn the significance of &#39;clambake,&#39; too!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391657024373147196.post-49797405467281318532008-05-04T08:18:00.000-05:002008-05-04T08:18:00.000-05:00Thanks, Frame Man! This stuff is truly amazing. I am appalled; and, from a psychological standpoint, I am especially intrigued by the apparent capacity of these cult indoctrination procedures to produce what amounts to a widespread shared delusional system. <BR/><BR/>If a person can be induced to WANT to believe something that is perfectly crazy (through a variety of tactics: desire for community; fear of retaliation, shame, etc.; isolation within a closed group in which the belief is repeatedly taught; desire to be "special"; etc.) then that person WILL BELIEVE the perfectly crazy belief.<BR/><BR/>That's a very powerful and effective formula. I don't know whether any other group has deliberately used this indoctrination formula in this way, and for these ends. What do you think?Delany Dean, JD, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07730711148139096552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4391657024373147196.post-30664955361176346252008-05-03T09:35:00.000-05:002008-05-03T09:35:00.000-05:00Good post, DD!<BR/><BR/>You and I have gone through somewhat similar paths regarding our thinking on Scientology. I didn't really get attentive to it until the days following the 1st major international protest - Feb 10, 2008. Prior to that, my basic notion of Scientology was that this is a cult that seems to be very insecure, that sues a lot of people, is mysterious, has some ridiculous beliefs that are claimed of them but that they themselves often deny (again, mystery), that has some weirdo members like Tom Cruise, and seems to be pretty quackish with its views on mental health. <BR/><BR/>Being an active secularist blogger, the days after the protest I accidentally stumbled upon some pictures of the protest on some other secularist blogs and was basically of the mind "woah, that's a lot of people - and they're wearing masks. What's going on here?". So I started reading and watching videos and was absolutely floored. CoS is far worse than I had acknowledged.theframeproblemhttp://theframeproblem.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com