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Chris Shelton explains why Scientology is in a management death spiral

Chris_SheltonWe’ve really enjoyed the explanatory videos put together by Chris Shelton, a former Scientology Sea Org worker who left the church only recently.

We’re happy to premiere his newest effort, a lengthy but fascinating look at Scientology’s management — how it’s supposed to work, and why it isn’t.

There’s some great history here, and perhaps the clearest, most easy to understand telling of how David Miscavige took over the Church of Scientology in the 1980s.

It seems to us that Chris has put together something that not only helps outsiders understand Scientology’s byzantine layers of management, but also helps the people still inside that structure understand why things are going so badly.

As he says early in the film, “By the end of this video you will understand more about how Scientology operates than people who are in it.”

He’s sure right about that. Set aside some time, and let Chris Shelton explain why Scientology is doomed…

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Links of Note

Once again, Australian journalists show a much better grasp of Scientology than their American counterparts with a hilarious piece about a wealthy farmer who was giving away hundreds of thousands of dollars to Scientology while his business was going under for not paying taxes. Our readers understand how simple it is to look up things like a Scientologist’s involvement in the church or how much money they’ve donated, if you just know where to look. If only American media cared enough to bother.

The Daily Mail gives the Underground Bunker a nice shout-out as it picks up the story of Mary Sue Hubbard’s house going on sale in Los Angeles.

Also, the Friendly Atheist, Hemant Mehta, does a great job taking apart The Way to Happiness, L. Ron Hubbard’s silly book of ethical truisms.

 
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Posted by Tony Ortega on August 25, 2014 at 07:00

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UP THE BRIDGE (Claire Headley and Bruce Hines train us as Scientologists) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48

GETTING OUR ETHICS IN (Jefferson Hawkins explains Scientology’s system of justice) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

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