With its Mexico City project halted, Scientology fans out across town to promote its pablum

 
Scientology’s “Advanced Org” project in Mexico City was shut down by local politicians when neighbors complained. Rod Keller has been keeping an eye on developments for us there…

Scientology took a break this week from trying to renovate the future Advanced Org in Palmas del Olivo, a neighborhood of Mexico City, without proper permits. Instead they are working to “safepoint” the city and the neighborhoods around the vacant facility.

Scientology spokesperson Jonathan Rico organized Scientologists to join the neighborhood association De La Mano Hacemos Más, or “United We Do More” in a trash removal and beautification day yesterday. The Las Palmas neighborhood is over 10 Km from the nearest Scientology mission in the city. De La Mano Hacemos Más is not associated with Scientology, but there’s no reason they should refuse volunteers who want to pick up trash.

 
Scientology’s purpose, however, is not beautification but to make De La Mano Hacemos Más an ally in their effort to open the Advanced Org. Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard wrote, “The most important action to undertake when going about making a safe point is to carefully and painstakingly find out who exactly are the top dogs in the area in financial and political circles, and their associates and connections, and to what each one is hostile.” In other words, infiltrate and befriend influential people and groups in order to expand Scientology.

On Tuesday Scientology opened its “Psychiatry — An Industry of Death” traveling exhibit at Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México (UACM), the main public university in Mexico City. The exhibit features gruesome depictions of the history of mental health, and blames psychiatrists for the Holocaust.

 
In April Scientology protested against psychiatry at the statue of Christopher Columbus on Paseo de la Reforma. Scientology Volunteer Ministers regularly promote “touch assists” in yellow tents. The booklet El Camino a la Felicidad (The Way to Happiness) is widely promoted in Mexico to police and influential politicians. All of these “social reform” groups have one purpose — to create allies and a safe space for Scientology to expand according to the theories of L. Ron Hubbard.

 
If a safe space is created, Scientology believes it can renovate the Advanced Org in Palmas del Olivo. They believe that the org will spur the establishment of Ideal Orgs throughout Latin America, including three more in Mexico City — Del Valle, Polanco and Organizacion de Desarollo y Dianetica (ODD).

 
In reality, allies of Scientology are rare and seldom come to their aid when authorities oppose the creation of a new org or mission. Scientologists regularly ignore that reality when they volunteer for safepointing social reform branches of the church.

 
— Rod Keller

 
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