Comments on Ambassador Watch: I was wrong, but...

When I was working at AC Big Sandy, I saw some inc...

2016-05-26T15:09:37.958+12:00

When I was working at AC Big Sandy, I saw some incredible stuff. I also heard stuff from faculty members that would blow the socks off the typical lay member. The idea of "God's College" might have required revisiting for many.

But I always in my mind separated the behavior of some from the institution itself. For me AC was the beginning of a dream that there could be right and excellent education. There were bad actors, but human nature being what it is, perfection would have to wait for the Millenium. I did not understand that the whole system was corrupt, that AC was not progressing to a breathtaking outcome, until I realized the underlying theology was in great and grave error. The tree was poisonous and its fruit could not possibly be good no matter how long and how much effort.
AC was a failed experiment.

A most perceptive analysis, though part of the res...

2016-05-26T07:36:25.967+12:00

A most perceptive analysis, though part of the residual cognitive dissonance in the book is likely due to Ron Sr.'s co-author, Dan Koon, who counts himself as an 'Indie' Scientologist: the sort who still (heaven knows why) thinks it worthwhile to cherry-pick through Hubbard's heap of dust and broken bottles. I suspect those bits of the text that seek to justify the ways of L Ron to man are Koon's responsibility alone - though of course Ron would have had final approval on what went in. If Koon is still stuck looking back to a largely imaginary golden age of Scientology - just as a lot of ex-COGers think the sun once shone out of HWA's bottom - Ron strikes me as only part way through his journey out of this pernicious scam.

It seems self-obvious that we as humans collect an...

2016-05-26T02:26:57.821+12:00

It seems self-obvious that we as humans collect and correct a bank of knowledge and beliefs as we travel through life. New incoming knowledge is most often evaluated based on what is already there. To one extent or another, the degree of tenacity varies with regard to favoring the old over the new. There is also an inner struggle between emotion and logic. Both seem to be appealed to and utilized in selling organized systems such as Armstrongism and Scientology, and in retaining members. Once part of the personal bank of knowledge, much of what is embedded becomes very difficult to shed, even if one's experience in the group was extremely unpleasant.

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USING THE "YEAH BUT" DEFENSE... Hitler ...

2016-05-26T02:05:38.145+12:00

USING THE "YEAH BUT" DEFENSE...

Hitler and the Nazis were Satanically Evil and Hideous, YEAH BUT...

*They built great highways

* The Trains ran on time

* The people had jobs

* They restored order and got rid of the communists.

* They had really good documentaries and great looking uniforms.

* Beer and Bratwurst distribution was improved.

Latest issue of PCG's recruitment magazine now...

2016-05-26T00:02:12.066+12:00

Latest issue of PCG's recruitment magazine now out.

http://livingarmstrongism.blogspot.com/2016/05/overview-of-july-2016-issue-of-pcgs.html