Thu May 15, 2008 11:56 am by outlander
Reviewing all this again, when I was in the SO for over 10 years, if someone denegrated LRH, I would automatically reject the statement. In my mind, if the old man was no good, then there was nothing, I refused to believe I invested most of my life in something no good, so I had to believe in LRH.
My research convinced me that not everything LRH did was bad or evil, particularily in the early days lots of people had a great time around him. His meglomania and delusional beliefs intensified over time.
I had to research a lot of stuff before I formed my current ideas on the old man, including personally speaking with members of his family, and dozens of people that personally knew him and worked with him, including my own God Father. I don't believe I was unique in this way.
To break a SO members blind loyalty to the SO, I think we have to drive a wedge between the current management and the perceived reality of LRH God. On their own, after they are freeto learn more and more truth.
Again in sales or pursuasion, it doesn't matter what we think or know, what matters is what the customer believes or thinks.
There are different publics that will perceive things in different ways. Tell the society at large about the weird nature of OT materials.
But if you want to drive SO members to independance, USE the LRH God image to our advantage, drive a wedge between the reality of their current situation and their image of the Ron God. Don't banty around the OT materials, because that causes instant mental rejection.
Astra, if when you were in, and there were a demnstration of people that had no "space alien cult" stuff, they just had genuine and real complaints about staff conditions and human rights conditions for SO members, would you have looked? I think I might have.
Create that of your life that which you would like to see in a changed world. Ghandi