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Well, that’s five minutes I’ll never get back. Five minutes where I learned less about Scientology than if I hadn’t watched it at all.

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Even the scientology superbowl ads were too long to watch. I made an executive decision that I had no interest in the pablum and moved on with my day. More parishioners money wasted.

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Pretty snappy production! Hit a good number of emotional buttons. If I was a young troubled, naive person (instead of an 80 year old escapee) and wasn't too depressed to get off my butt and do something about it, I might check it out.

Loved your 'river of effluent' phrase re their documentaries...3 words that say it all. :)

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The barely glittering generalities in the 'new season' might get a few avid Clams to watch, but the general public will stay away in droves. Short of a public demonstration of Lroon's claims about IQ, eyesight, health and all of the 'lost powerz', nothing can help the state of $cieno reputation. Nothing. No matter how many time John Travolta or Tom Cruise publicly praise the 'perfect religion', nothing even register on the vox populi. The CO$ is, and always will be Ebola coated kiddie porn.

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Helping people? I watched the video and just felt so appalled at all the things they mention are blatant lies!! Humanitarians--NO. Brain-washed people--YES! Seems to me they're now targetiing actors, artists and athletes. Freedom has NOTHING to do with Scientology.

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Apr 15·edited Apr 15

I can’t imagine any new celebrity overcoming the rightfully negative word of mouth against Hubbard’s Scientology no matter how laudable that celebrity is.

The new TV ad also has Stanley Clarke in it.

Hubbard is Scientology’s problem. Hubbard made Xenu and Xenu gives Scientology a long range problem.

Their ads never explain Scientology. And they never are allowed to explain Scientology, starting with never being able to explain Xenu’s role in supposedly messing up earth.

Scientology’s OT 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 steps are to clean up Xenu’s mess, but Hubbard never allowed Scientology to straightforward explain this. Hubbard made it taboo for them to plainly explain their beliefs and practices.

Scientology’s gizmo machine is a variation of the Ghostbusters Proton Pack gizmo.

The Hubbard Scientology “Proton Pack” / aka the Hubbard EMeter supposedly detects the invisible souls whom Xenu dumped onto earth which infest all us humans to our detriment.

Only ex Scientologists can explain Scientology plainly.

Chuck Beatty

Ex 75 to 03 in paperpusher jobs in Sea Org

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Wow, the propaganda continues. Slick and sick.

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I think most of these images are "stock Videos." Also; the OT 8 Ex and his dame are both dying a slow, painful death from disease...

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