It will go the way of the religions of yesteryear. How many people still follow the ancient gods of Egypt, Greece, the Norsemen, the Druids, the Inca, the Aztecs on and on?So how and when do people forsee the end of the scientology organisation?
So how and when do people forsee the end of the scientology organisation?
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Though Rosicrucianism has zero influence in the world, the main thing you can say about it is it's still around in some form or another after 400 years. Just tossing it up as one example for a look.
Here are some parallels.......
It will go the way of the religions of yesteryear. How many people still follow the ancient gods of Egypt, Greece, the Norsemen, the Druids, the Inca, the Aztecs on and on?
I think that Miscavage will die, go crazy, get jailed, leave the country in some manner or other, and some one else will take up the reigns. The place may be raped by law suits, the iRS or it may be intact. It will be taken over by existing SO members who will inherit a mess, or a savvy marketer will take it over, disavow Miscavage et. al. and reverse it's current down trend and make a boat load of money. Eventually it will no longer be in vogue. I may not live to see that day, or I might. It all depends on you, Whattodo, to go out there and help Leah champion her cause. (in case you don't know what to do...)
Mimsey
So how and when do people forsee the end of the scientology organisation?
So how and when do people forsee the end of the scientology organisation?
It will go the way of the religions of yesteryear. How many people still follow the ancient gods of Egypt, Greece, the Norsemen, the Druids, the Inca, the Aztecs on and on?
I think that Miscavage will die, go crazy, get jailed, leave the country in some manner or other, and some one else will take up the reigns. The place may be raped by law suits, the iRS or it may be intact. It will be taken over by existing SO members who will inherit a mess, or a savvy marketer will take it over, disavow Miscavage et. al. and reverse it's current down trend and make a boat load of money. Eventually it will no longer be in vogue. I may not live to see that day, or I might. It all depends on you, Whattodo, to go out there and help Leah champion her cause. (in case you don't know what to do...)
Mimsey
unknown answer I can give you but I don't think it will last as long as Ilove2lurk research post earlier, reason being the internet and time collapses to instant communication which is what hubbard never realized in his day of marketing & PR known as letters out, magazines sent out from orgs & missions, positioning, etc.
However, from my research I'll give my opinion.
First there was the Dianetics boom, a surprise to Hubbard and Campbell, and they tried to create Hubbard Dianetics Research Foundations, aka HDRF's. Note the word Hubbard.
That didn't work as too many Board of Directors and Hubbard wanted to be the only one.
The next boom was St Hill and creation of the Sea Org (where Hubbard was the only one via KSW 1965 as source of dianetics and scientology).
Next boom was in the 1980/90's with the recreation of Dianetics by marketing executive Jefferson Hawkins (books make booms). That fizzled out due to DM going crazy and then creating the hole and beating people and all those executives blew from the International Headquarters.
It's been on a decline ever since as there has never been a recreation of marketing and PR of dianetics and scientology since Jefferson Hawkins.
After 1980/90's the internet is born, and freer communication via early internet venues are born and come into existence, and ex members speak, as the internet and tech evolves, why we now have blogs and websites for free communication.
More Ex's speak out.
And here we are in the present moment with blogs, websites, tweeter, facebook, books, movies, you tube vids, etc galore talking about dianetics scientology. And even future books to be released by people as well as a tv show,
I'd love for David Miscavige to write a book.
Did I mention that most of the population of earth never heard of dianetic or scientology.
The indie and freezone movement of "the work was free so keep it so" are basing that idea on hubbard's idea of grass roots movement and word of mouth. Fail, as word of mouth is the internet and "no results" is what people will finally realize regardless of the initial hype by hubbard/scientology.
Dianetics and scientology are a marketing effort which is fail.
http://www.forum.exscn.net/showthread.php?27909-trepidatious&p=707247&viewfull=1#post707247
Every few years we take out this topic and bat it around. And the cult goes on and on, like the energizer bunny.
Why does it continue? For the same reasons we ourselves got involved. We have issues, the cult promises a cure, we ignored the negatives, and went on hoping. We wanted to believe. And there is always a new crop of young people adrift in the sea of life who want to believe.
As long as there are people with issues and a desire to improve, there will be a cult that sells the "cure".
If parents try to warn them away, all the more reason to get involved. What do parents know anyway?
Also, there are enough millionaires (and one Bob Duggan with $2.9 Billion) that keep it propped up with enough $$$$ to last a long, long time.
Oh, there is one possibility, which I think will never happen, but if it did, would have a profound effect....If Tom Cruise bailed and wrote a Tell-all, or gave a press conference, that would have a huge wake-up impact on a lot of people.
Every few years we take out this topic and bat it around. And the cult goes on and on, like the energizer bunny.
Why does it continue? For the same reasons we ourselves got involved. We have issues, the cult promises a cure, we ignored the negatives, and went on hoping. We wanted to believe. And there is always a new crop of young people adrift in the sea of life who want to believe.
As long as there are people with issues and a desire to improve, there will be a cult that sells the "cure".
If parents try to warn them away, all the more reason to get involved. What do parents know anyway?
Also, there are enough millionaires (and one Bob Duggan with $2.9 Billion) that keep it propped up with enough $$$$ to last a long, long time.
Oh, there is one possibility, which I think will never happen, but if it did, would have a profound effect....If Tom Cruise bailed and wrote a Tell-all, or gave a press conference, that would have a huge wake-up impact on a lot of people.
So how and when do people forsee the end of the scientology organisation?
It will go the way of the religions of yesteryear. How many people still follow the ancient gods of Egypt, Greece, the Norsemen, the Druids, the Inca, the Aztecs on and on?
Mimsey