How many times out of the goodness of your heart, have you donated to a good cause? Did you ever wonder if the good cause you donated to was on the up and up? Have you ever checked out a charity before donating your hard earned money? Well you should.

Just because it looks like a charity is on the up an up or sponsored by celebrities, doesn’t mean your money is going where you think it may be.

Glosslip is about to give you a small lesson in the many front groups of Scientology. If you are thinking that there is no way that you have have given cash to Scientology, think again. It happened to me, only I didn’t realize it until YEARS later. I will get to that later.

As you may or may not know, the cult of Scientology THRIVES on deception and secrecy. It has hundreds of front groups. Some of the better known front groups you may have heard about are, CCHR, Narconon, Criminon, Applied Scholastics, WISE, ABLE, FASE, and The Way To Happiness. 

While all the proceeds from these groups end up going to the same place, which is Scientology of course, the names of these groups usually are attached to a business, an inmate betterment program, a drug treatment program, a dentist or chiropractor’s office (we will get to that) or a school which teaches L. Ron Hubbard tech, like Will and Jada Pinkett Smith’s school, the New Village Academy.

But there are a whole slew of names that you may not be aware of that are in fact Scientology.  Scientology’s deception runs so deep, that your own town officials may have some of these programs implemented and your tax dollars are ending up in Scientology’s pockets without you even knowing it. Yes, your tax dollars may be funding a Scientology drug rehabilitation program. Sad but true. It has happened in many states in the U.S. and just recently in New Mexico.

Ask Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez whose tax payers paid over $1.5 million dollars to run the now defunct Second Chance program which was run in their old Westside Jail. This program used Scientology’s teachings and the very dangerous Purification Rundown, which is also used by all Scientologists. This of course is the same program used in Narconon AND Criminon AND the NY Fire Fighter’s Detoxification program, just to name a few. ALL the same program, only with different names.

FYI…The Second Chance program left in the middle of the night and not only stole items, but left an outstanding bill. They owe more than $600,000 in tax liens, about $400,000 is due to the IRS, and more than $200,000 to the state. I would  like to know why Joy Westrum, who ran that particular Second Chance, is not being brought in for questioning? Crazy, isn’t it?

I know if that was MY money going towards a Scientology phony baloney drug rehab, I would be slightly miffed, to say the least.

Some of these programs that you may not be aware of are: The Drug Free Marshals, (this program is for children, and a new chapter just opened in Cincinnati) STOMP (Stop Torture of Mental Patients), World Literacy Crusade, Riders Against Drugs, The Association for Peace in the Middle East, Cry Out, Artists For A Better World, Slums To Schools, Racing For Human Rights Awareness & Education, Educating Children International, Fight for Kids, Author Services Inc., Volunteer Ministries, Guardian Art, Youth For Human Rights, Human Rights International, The NY Fire Fighters Detoxification Program, (created after 911, a front group for Narconon) Poets for Peace And Poets For Human Rights, and the list goes on and on and on. Narconon has MANY front groups and has recently been handing out pamphlets and information in many schools across the US. Tell your school no thank you!

Other names for Narconon front groups are stopaddiction.com, cocaineaddiction.com, ecstacyaddiction.com, methamphetamineaddiction.com, addiction2.com, just to name a few. Click here for more of Scientology’s front groups to watch out for.

Disturbing enough, the front groups names I just listed are merely  a drop in the bucket. Scientology has hundreds more and has successfully eked their way into law enforcement positions, government positions, our jail systems, our schools, our colleges, Hollywood, football teams, soccer teams, the arts and entertainment world, and yes, even NASCAR.

NASCAR driver, Kenton Gray, founded the Dianetics Racing Team in 2001. The name Dianetics Racing Team was a title taken from a book by founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard.

Kenton drove a car sponsored by Bridge Publications, (another Scientology front group) which publishes Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s “Dianetics”, the biggest book of dribble I have ever had the misfortune of trying to read.

The hood of the car that Kenton drove read “Dianetics”, along with a volcano graphic. The slogan is “Ignite Your Potential”. *rolls eyes*

Poor Kenton has no idea what he has gotten himself into. I am sure a lot of his prize money will be going towards Scientology courses and auditing so he can climb his way up Scientology’s Bridge To Total Freedom or what we here at Glosslip refer to as “The Bridge to Nowhere and Financial Ruin.”

Scientology has also been infiltrating other countries for years now. They are looking for “fresh meat” to join their Sea Organization and their Volunteer Ministries. They have snaked their way into India, Africa, Russia, Thailand and even the Czech Republic and many more. They typically go into countries with using their front groups The Way To Happiness and Volunteer Ministries ostensibly to help the underprivileged. Many unsuspecting people have joined the Volunteer Ministries through Scientology’s “World Crusades”  events that Scientology holds thinking they were helping people, completely unaware of the negative influence they were spreading until it’s too late.

Scientology also creeps into businesses through companies like Sterling Management, Hollander Consultants, Silkin Management Group, (formally called Hollander Consultants) and Stellar Consultants, these are just a few. They are ALL affiliated with WISE, which stands for World Institute of Scientology Enterprises.

How is Scientology able to achieve getting into businesses? They contact the owners and tell them that their employees productivity will increase greatly if they take their courses. Of course they are Scientology courses. Scientology courses which were written up by L. Ron Hubbard. They also tell the owner that they too will also make money depending on how many employees they get on course, so naturally some business owners jump at the chance to make more money. The owners must pay a licensing fee to WISE for use of the course materials and also a pay a percentage to WISE.

What is being taught in these courses? L. Ron Hubbard tech of course! And why? MONEY for Scientology and hopefully indoctrination into Scientology down the line. It’s all a a very slow deceptive process.

CONTINUED:

But wait, there’s more…

On The Way to Scientology's Bridge To Total Freedom?

Will and Jada Pinkett Smith have recently fired Jacqueline Olivier of their New Village Academy School in Calabasas Ca. The reported reason for the dismissal stems from Olivier’s refusal to go along with the L. Ron Hubbard Study Tech that the school uses in its curriculum. Smart lady.

Jacqueline was fired over the PHONE by Jada and was told that they decided to go in another direction. Jacqueline’s position commanded a $200,000 a year salary, one would think that Jada would have the common decency to at least talk to her in person. 

So what different direction are the Smith’s talking about? The Scientology direction, that’s what. The Smiths hired a woman by the name of Piano Foster, who just so happens, to be, you guessed it, a Scientologist. So now you might wonder how many Scientologists does that make on their school staff?  Foster is listed in the Scientology data base as a “celebrity”. We were unable to find out much of anything as far as Piano’s education other than she took Hubbard’s Study Manual course back in 2005. Seems to be enough credentials all would need to be the head of school, right?

Here’s what RadarOnline is reporting:

Jacqueline Olivier – the woman the famous husband and wife enlisted to set up their Calabasas campus – was axed from her $200,000 a year position via a telephone call from the Matrix actress.

“Jada phoned Jacqueline and told her that they had ‘decided to go in another direction’ with the school,” an insider told RadarOnline.com. “As head of the campus her position was becoming untenable as she did not agree with Study Tech and felt uncomfortable with it.”  Olivier “thrashed-out” a severance package with the couple and “it’s understood that she signed a confidentiality agreement with regard to her time at the school.”

When contacted by RadarOnline.com, Foster confirmed: “I officially took over on July 1, 2009, and I’m looking forward to the challenge. I’ve been working in education for the past 20 years at various public and charter schools so I feel I’m ready for the job.”

RadarOnline has followed up with some additional information in a new article about Piano Foster’s Scientology connections:

I’ve been working in education for the past 20 years at various public and charter schools so I feel I’m ready for the job.”

It seems one of Foster’s other possible qualifications stems from her knowledge of and participation in Scientology. Foster completed a Scientology Basic Study Manual course in 2005 and her name appears on an official Scientology list.

RadarOnline.com contacted The California Department of Education with regard to the school’s current status. From the beginning, the school has denied any affiliation to any religion, calling the institution nondenominational.

“I can confirm that the New Village Academy is registered with us.” Information Officer with the (CDE)  Tina Jung said. “They signed an affidavit in line with our regulations which name’s Jacqueline Olivier as the Site Administrator. It is listed as a private business and as being ‘non-religious’ within the affidavit. New Village Leadership Academy is listed as a private business with the Secretary of State’s Office.

Very interesting. Jada was quoted as saying, ”We are a secular school, and just like all non-religious independent schools, faculty and staff do not promote their own religions at the school.”

Hmmm…if Hubbard’s main goal was for all Scientologits to always practice “KSW” (Keep Scientology Working) and also to “infiltrate and disseminate” then how on earth can these Scientology teachers at this school, not be promoting Scientology? They ARE promoting Scientology simply by using Scientology Study Tech. It is a very sneaky way to slide Scientology in. And of course why would Oliver be made to sign confidentiality agreement? Why was this necessary? Does anyone else find that odd? I hope she comes forward with what she experienced. She owes it to not only the children, of course, but to the parents who are enrolled, and to those parents who may be considering enrolling their child at the New Village Academy.

Oliver has  previously commented about the Study Tech when she first started out at the school a while back:

Jacqueline Olivier, New Village Academy’s head administrator, denied that the school had a religious affiliation, and told the Los Angeles Times: “People tend to think study technology is a subject, but it is really just the way the subject is taught. They then come to the conclusion that we are teaching Scientology when actually a methodology doesn’t have anything to do with content.”

Olivier was appointed administrator at the school in 2007, and her duties have included hiring all teachers since that time.

Well it’s obvious that Oliver has changed her tune dramatically about the Study Tech that is being taught at New Village. The Study Tech being taught at New Village is a carbon copy of the Study Tech which is taught at Scientology Schools, Delphi Academy for instance.

Delphi Academy:

This know-how is contained in Study Technology (Study Tech), an educational philosophy and a practical approach to teaching and learning based on research and developments by American writer and educator L. Ron Hubbard during the second half of the twentieth century.

Starting in the early levels, every Delphi student eventually learns all the tools about how to learn.

Any school that teaches this study tech has to pay for a license fee from Applied Scholastics, a known Scientology front group.

Applied Scholastics claims:

In the 1920s, L. Ron Hubbard’s concern for education began when he realized the “influence of a mislearned word on a life.” At that time, he was teaching English in a school in Guam. During the Second World War, he became involved in the direct instruction of military personnel as well as the redrafting of instructional materials.
As educators throughout the world learned of Mr. Hubbard’s breakthroughs, they began to utilize them in their own work. Thus were formed the roots of a new world wide movement – Applied Scholastics.

From the New Village Academy website:

Study Technology – An educational model developed by L.R. Hubbard, study technology focuses on three principles. First is the use of “mass” (manipulatives and hands-on experiences) to foster understanding – children need to see and feel what they are learning about. Second is the attention to the “gradient,” which ensures sure students master one level before moving on to the next. Third is the “misunderstood word,” in which students master word definitions and are taught not to read past words they don’t know the meanings of in order to understand completely what they are reading and learning. NVLA uses study technology as an umbrella methodology woven through the subjects.

What were L. Ron Hubbard’s credentials as an educator?

But wait, there’s more…

This Won't Hurt A Bit

Well just when I thought TV couldn’t get any more boring, TNT will be premiering another medical show come June. *Yawn*

Scientology fembot, Jada Pinkett Smith will be starring in the new series called “Hawthorne.” The thing that makes this show totally ironic, is that Jada Pinkett Smith will be playing an RN. Yes the school marm is taking time out from being school headmistress of her New Village Academy Scientology school, which we recently reported on. 

She will be donning a white coat and transforming herself into “Christina Hawthorne RN Heroine” (must say in booming movie voice). Man, don’t Jada and Will just LOVE playing these “save the world” parts?

Will was just in Hancock, I Am Legend and Seven Pounds.
Blech! Enough already!

TNT writes:

Following in the footsteps of Kyra Sedgwick in “The Closer” and Holly Hunter in “Saving Grace,” Jada Pinkett Smith (The Women, The Matrix Trilogy) is the latest actress to bring her talent to TNT’s arsenal of strong, complex female characters. In this character-driven medical drama told from the nurses’ point of view, she stars as Christina Hawthorne, the forceful-yet-caring director of nursing at Richmond Trinity Hospital. When a patient’s care is at risk, she will not hesitate to violate hospital protocol, defend her staff against egotistical doctors or firmly stand up to apathetic administrators who seem to have forgotten a hospital’s true purpose. Recently widowed, she also has to take on her equally important role as a mother to a willful, rebellious teenage daughter. Pinkett Smith heads a diverse cast that includes David Julian Hirsh (Lovebites), Michael Vartan (Alias), Christina Moore (90210) and Suleka Mathew (Men in Trees). She also serves as executive producer, along with Emmy®-winning creator John Masius (St. Elsewhere, Providence, Dead Like Me) and Jamie Tarses (My Boys).

Why do I find the part she plays SO ironic? Because Scientology’s beliefs include NOT taking any psyche drugs of any kind and often frown on the medical community as a whole, preferring their own “scientific methods.”  So does this mean she will not be shown administering any drugs on the show? Or will she not be present when someone is administering drugs on the show? Or is she going to teach the staff Scientology “touch assists”? If a drug addict comes in the hospital, will she can guide them to Narconon for a detox using mega doses of vitamins, oil and days in a sauna? (Scientology’s Purification Rundown and what Katie went on several times).

Or perhaps if a patient needs psychiatric care, she can send them over to the CCHR’s  Psychiatry Industry of Death Exhibit. (The CCHR is a Scientology front group whose goal is to “obliterate psychiatry”).

Instead of a defibrillator, maybe she can use an e-meter, aka “the cans”.  Scientology followers (which we at Glosslip have concluded Jada is) believe that if there is anything is wrong with them mentally or physically…not only did they “pull it in” themselves, but they can ”audit” out their problems and ill feelings on the e-meter. Then once the needle on the e-meter “floats”, they will no longer be labeled “PTS” (a potential trouble source).

Sounds kind of preposterous huh? Welcome to Scientology baby!

Bizarrely enough, that’s just a SMALL part of the overall kooky-ness of Scientology. In the interest of space and time, we won’t get into all the specifics on founder, sci-fi writer and snake-oil salesman L. Ron Hubbard, or the wacky story of body thetans clinging to Scientologist’s bodies, as told in OT III, or the sadness of their fake navy, para military sect, the  Sea Organizationand all the human rights abuses ect… that husband “I am not a Scientologist” Will and Jada support by dumping butt loads of money into.

This is just a short little article to let people know, that come June,  Hawthorne is on it’s way, and soon after, hopefully on it’s way out.

On a more serious note, to support this show, is to support Scientology. How can part of her paycheck NOT be going towards the new Scientology companion school that her and Will just announced that they are going to build in the near future? Doesn’t seem possible, does it?

Will and Jada can argue all they want these schools are not Scientology schools, but for those of us who’ve investigated the connections, we know the truth.

Suffice it to say, when you employ Scientologist teachers, have PR flack Pat Kingsley (Tom Cruise’s former PR gal) fielding all media inquiries about the school, and proudly proclaim using L. Ron Hubbard tech, it can only mean one thing: kids are being exposed to body thetan excising, Xenu-fearing, Tom Cruise lovin’, anti-psychiatry spewing, Scientology whackadoodles.

Bye Bye Mommy, I’m Off To Scientology School

Well, just when I thought I have had my fill on how despicable Tom Cruise can be, he up and announces his youngest child, Suri (who turns 3 on April 18) will be attending a Scientology school.

Bye bye Suri!

Not just ANY Scientology school mind you, but the school of Will “I am a Christian. I am a student of all religions. And I respect all people and all paths” Smith and wife Jada “The Schoolmaster’s” school of course.

Yes, it’s true, Suri will be attending the New Village Academy School in Calabasas California and learning her ABC’s Scientology style.

More like ARC’s, a Scientology acronym which stands for Affinity, Reality, and Communication, which is the meaning of the lower triangle in the cult’s logo.

By now, most of you know the school, the one that Will and Jada dumped a cool $1 mill of their own money into last year? The private school will offer organic meals, laptops for every student and an environment of learning based on “equity” and “respect” to create “citizens of the world.”

Wow sounds kind of fantastic right?

The school accommodates students pre-k through sixth grade.

Laptops? Hmmm I wonder if the laptops will all be installed with a “net nanny” so if students are allowed to connect to the internet, which is doubtful, their wandering eyes won’t be able to access any criticism against Scientology.

Reported by the Daily Mail UK

Tom and Katie Cruise’s doll-like daughter Suri is to be trained in Scientology after her third birthday this week.

The Cruises are sending their daughter five days a week to the Church of Scientology’s £6,000-a-year New Village Academy in Los Angeles, launched last year by Tom’s friend, fellow actor Will Smith.

It is staffed by trained Scientologists and lists ‘study technology’ as a key curricular focus.

‘The children have a lot of responsibilities from a very young age,’ says a source.

‘The school is particularly strict about nutrition, demanding a low-carb, low-sodium and low-sugar organic diet.

‘Katie is understandably a little anxious about being separated from Suri.’

I’ll bet Katie is a little anxious! How will Suri (or Katie) get along without mom carrying her all over the place? Who will Katie and Tom use in all those photo-ops to distract from them being crazy cult followers? Questions, questions and so few answers.

Sarcasm aside, I was really rallying for Katie and Suri to get out if this dang cult, but now I am losing hope. Suri’s budding critical thinking skills will be stunted thanks to the use of L. Ron Hubbard “tech” at the New Village Academy. Suri will be made a zombie even before she even has a chance of being fully potty-trained. Not right!

Katie’s parents must be slipping away more and more from their child’s life, you just can’t help but feel sorry for them. Not only have they lost their daughter, but now their precious grand-daughter. Hopefully a disconnection is not on the horizon, but as Katie gets more indoctrinated into the cult, it seems inevitable.

While sympathy goes hand in hand for those with loved one’s in entrenched in Scientology, there are nagging questions about their complicity. One has to wonder how Katie’s parents can continually look the other way as disturbing images of their ill-looking daughter pop up all over the web and in magazines. Reports state Katie has been following a dangerous Scientology diet called the ‘purification rundown” which consists of high doses of vitamins and sauna treatments. How could her parents not step in to help? This is a sign that something is really wrong here.

And now, the life-long devout Catholics are going to allow their grandchild to attend a Scientology and say nothing?

No one really knows how much time they are given to visit with Suri. Considering the very rare sightings of Katie with her family, my guess is not too often. In fact, we haven’t seen Katie’s parents since her and Tom’s wedding over two years ago. *sigh*

So back to that Scientology school….

But wait, there’s more…

Our favorite little person and closet Scientologist, Jada Pinkett Smith, has been coming under fire in the last year for the controversial Scientology school she and hubby, Will “Keepin’ My Xenu On The DL” Smith, dumped almost a cool million into last fall.

To refresh your memory, this new school is called the New Village Leadership Academy for pre-k through sixth grade and is located Calabassas, CA. It’s just like any other school, except when you call to ask questions about the curriculum you are referred to the school’s PR flack, Pat Kingsley. Why yes, the same woman who USED to be Tom Cruise’s PR genius before he replaced her with his Scientologist ister LeeAnn. We all know how that worked out for him.

The NVLA has Scientology teachers on staff and appears to be “flourishing” according to Jada. Will and Jada STILL deny it is a Scientology school even though it incorporates study techniques developed by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard tech. These same study tools are used by Scientologists in the paid courses they use as well as Scientology-run schools.

“Hubbard’s “study technology” is a secular course akin to a Montessori approach, the Web site states.”

Montessori approach? O’rlly?

“Children in Montessori classes learn at their own, individual pace and according to their own choice of activities from hundreds of possibilities. Learning is an exciting process of discovery, leading to concentration, motivation, self-discipline, and a love of learning.”

From the New Village Academy website: (notice how its says “LEAD THE WORLD,” sounds like Sci-speak to me!)

OUR FOUNDERS’ VISION:
NVLA will lead the world in identifying innovative learning styles and educational best practices. We are building an optimum learning environment – an ideal model to be shared with all people of the world.”

More importantly is the school’s core beliefs, which its emphasis is on COMMUNICATION.

Dianetics anyone? That has L.Ron Hubbard written all over it.

Now there are also plans for “schoolmaster” Jada (snicker) and Will to open a companion high school with the same sort of curriculum.
*Shakes head.*

Why do Will and Jada continue to think the public is completely clueless? If it looks like a duck,walks like a duck, quacks likes a duck, then it’s a Scientologist. Well, you know what we’re saying.

I can’t tell you how important it is to make sure you thoroughly look into ANY school that you are considering enrolling your child into. Just because a school is endorsed by celeb-utards,…it won’t mean a thing, if L Ron Hubbard is king!

Oh, and Jada had some words for those who don’t believe her or hubby Will aren’t Scientologists and don’t have “interesting” sex live:

“I definitely respect and understand people’s curiosity, but people, they have to trust me when I speak on my truth…If I say to you, ‘I don’t have an open marriage,’ ‘No, we’re not gay,’ and you don’t trust that, well then there’s nothing that I really have to say to anybody about anything, because at the end of the day, I’m living my life, and I’m happy.”

Personally, if people were spreading “false” rumors about my religion or sex life, I wouldn’t be respecting them for it. Sounds like a less than truthful answer. Sorry Jada, I am not buying your “truth”.

(posted by Glosslip contributor Queen)

The following post was submitted to Glosslip by Number 6:

Lipstick On the Pig-Scientology’s Front Groups

The greatest trick the devil pulled off was convincing the world he didn’t exist. If the devil doesn’t exist, then no one will focus attention on him and his ugliness. And that seems to be par for the course for many cults and criminal organizations. The best PR for rotten organizations like the Church of Scientology is the set up of benevolent groups that offer services to help mankind. It’s the best way to sneak in and infiltrate all levels of society, and people should be alerted to this kind of subversive activity.

Appealing to the youth

The above video is a Public Service Announcement from the Youth For Human Rights International. Youth For Human Rights certainly seems like a good group at first glance. In an age where young people are more apathetic than ever, it’s encouraging to see youth stand up for human rights. The above PSA has a catchy beat and a very positive message, that’s a given. Why then am I including this video as an example of the devil’s age-old trick? Because this human rights group is a front group for the Church of Scientology. Its founder, Mary Shuttleworth, is a Scientologist and the organization is mostly staffed by Scientologists. Many people catch on to the fact that YHRI is a front group, but they don’t find out until it’s too late.

Many non-Scientologist youth join YHRI not knowing it is a front group for Scientology. Their good intentions to make the world a better place are misused by people who intend to push the “technology” of a raving lunatic into all levels of society. In fact, YHRI is set up to draw many young people into Scientology, which is what most Scientology front groups are designed to do.

Why the furor over Will Smith’s new private school?

Many people must be wondering why there is a lot of controversy over the New Village Academy, a school set up by actor Will Smith and his wife Jada Pinkett. The New Village Academy intends to employ a lot of educational approaches in this new type of school. But one stands out the most: the employment of Scientology Study Technology. That is the one thing that is controversial about Will Smith’s new school. Since this revelation came out in the media, Jacqueline Olivier, the principal of New Village Academy, and Will Smith have strongly insisted the new school is not a Scientology school. But why is Study Tech controversial?

Study tech is founded on 3 principles: Using visual images to teach concepts, breaking down complex concepts, and using the dictionaries to find the meanings for unfamiliar words. Seems reasonable enough, given that’s how children are taught in the first few grades of elementary school. But Study Tech is unavoidably tainted with Scientology related teachings, therefore raising questions about the separation of church and state. There have been numerous attempts to slip Study Tech into public schools as well, which is much worse than Will Smith’s private school employing Study Tech. Study Tech in itself is just a concept, not a front group. The relevant front group that pushes it in public schools is Applied Scholastics, which is a misnomer.

CCHR-An Industry of Fear and Paranoia

Another misnomer for a front group name is the Citizen’s Commission on Human Rights. The CCHR was established in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and non-Scientologist psychiatry critic Thomas Szasz, and since then it has been spreading lies and misinformation about psychiatry and psychology. Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard wrote of psychiatrists:

“Crimes of extortion, mayhem and murder are done daily by these men in the name of ‘practice’ and ‘treatment’. There is not one institutional psychiatrist alive who, by ordinary criminal law, could not be arraigned and convicted of extortion, mayhem and murder. Our files are full of evidence on them.”

The CCHR formed a website called PsychCrime, which tracks down crimes committed by individual mental health professionals. Granted, crimes are committed by individual psychiatrists, psychologists, and mental health professionals like any individual of any profession, but the CCHR takes their crimes and makes a mountain out of a mole hill. In 2005, the CCHR debuted its notorious Psychiatry-An Industry of Death museum exhibit, which blames psychiatry for everything from Hitler and the Holocaust to Kurt Cobain’s suicide.

The CCHR is one of the worst Scientology front groups because it uses lies and half-truths to instill paranoia not only into Scientologists, but also the general public. It is this paranoia that led to the death of Elli Perkins by her schizophrenic son Jeremy. It is also this paranoia that eventually killed Lisa McPherson, who died in the care of Scientologists who did not want her in a psychiatric ward. And the paranoia the CCHR propagates originates from a man who most experts feel was likely mentally ill himself. (Autopsy results show Hubbard had anti-psychotic drug, Visaril in his system at the time of his death.)

More focus needed

There are many other front groups that are not mentioned here, but a little search on Google will bring up a complete list of Scientology front groups, like Narconon (here’s a comprehensive list of front groups. So far the monthly Anonymous protests have dealt with the Church of Scientology’s tax-exempt status, the disconnection policy, the fair game policy, and the Church of Scientology’s elite Sea Organization. The upcoming July 12th deals with the subversive activities of OSA. Scientology’s front groups deserve lots of focus because they are the “secular” fronts of Scientology, meaning their ties with Scientology are not obvious. It is like Intelligent Design used as a deceptive name from Creationism. Each of Scientology’s front groups claims the groups have nothing to do with Scientology, and on paper, each Scientology front group is an independent entity. But more public scrutiny is needed because with these front groups, L. Ron Hubbard’s insane “tech” is fed to the public.

If the Church of Scientology’s influence is to be reduced to pussycat size, then the focus of a future protest should be its front groups.

Will Smith is a philanthropist at heart. As one of the most successful actors in Hollywood, he and his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, often donate sums of their wealth to what they consider worthy causes, including political campaigns and charities which help underprivileged youth. So news of Smith donating and helping found a new school dedicated to teaching children the fundamental building blocks of learning is hardly something shocking.

What is shocking is what we find at the New Village Academy. Scientology. And A LOT of it. Here’s a description of the school from NVA’s website:

But wait, there’s more…

So Oprah and Tom are back on the couch. This time to celebrate Tom’s 25 years in show business based on his first starring role, “Risky Business.” To be honest, Tom really is a great actor, he’d be in the ranks of Tom Hanks, Robert Redford, Paul Newman category if it weren’t for that detour he took way back in the 80’s. Moving on……

But wait, there’s more…

It’s a cultural phenomena that ANYONE would want to be associated with the beleaguered and embattled Tom Cruise. The once “top gun” of Hollywood has fallen so far off the mark of his former star power, not even a mystical display of super-powers could bring him back. Tom Cruise is tainted goods.

According to new reports, Will Smith is once again denying he is a Scientologist, and has responded to an article in Radar magazine stating otherwise.

Smith tells Rush & Molloy, “You don’t have to be Jewish to be a friend of Steven Spielberg. You don’t have to be a Muslim to be a friend of Muhammad Ali. And you don’t have to be a Scientologist to be a friend of Tom Cruise.” So what is Smith, anyway? “I am a Christian. I am a student of all religions.”

I beg to differ with Will Smith’s claim that you don’t have to be a Scientologist to be Tom’s friend. In fact, I will go so far as to say that you DO have to be a Scientologist, or at least lend a friendly face and your official support to Scientology to be Tom’s friend. This is just how Tom Cruise rolls, “either you’re in or you’re out. Phewwww!!”

Tom Cruise’s entire existence on this planet not only revolves around Scientology, but is ultimately ruled by his faith. Tom is so utterly and completely consumed by Scientology he’s proven himself willing to trash his entire Hollywood career for it. In Tom Cruise’s world only one thing truly matters, the words of L. Ron Hubbard and his beloved and true love: Scientology.

But wait, there’s more…

The internets are buzzing* with intel that Scientology’s leader David Miscavige, feeling cornered and provoked, has started a multi-front offensive. What this entails is still up for debate, but one thing seems consistently obvious, Scientology must recruit a likable face to help them detract from their recent spate of negative press.

Could that someone be Will Smith? All signs point to yes, and if you think about it, what better person to replace Tom Cruise as spokesperson? Smith has surpassed Cruise in both popularity and likability, having ranked as the 5th most likable celeb in a 2006 Harris poll.

Coincidentally, that same year a Gallup poll showed that Cruise was the least likable of well known celebs, with a 51% unfavorable rating. Cruise, has in fact become a liability, having destroyed his successful relationship with Hollywood powerhouses Sumner Redstone and director Steven Spielberg by using his celeb status to proselytize Scientology, over promoting his films.

Not only is Will Smith a box office favorite, he has been a positive role model for many young people with his broad-base appeal. Smith, with his feet firmly planted in both the hip-hop community and the acting community has become the rare crossover entertainer. When you throw in his humble, and affable personality, this makes him a valuable asset to any group seeking his endorsement. Will Smith is grounded in the street, but able to reach Bel Air with ease and perhaps most importantly, he has soul. In the deepest and truest sense. When he pines for what might have been between he and Rosario Dawson in Men In Black II, it was a throw away moment, but one that rings so true.

Will’s rise to prominence is more than just timely, it’s as though the hands of fate have smiled upon him. Just as our society has positively shifted towards truly and finally accepting an African American as a potential leader for this nation, we are presented with the meteoric rise and popularity of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. It’s not surprising then, that the other most powerful entity in America, Hollywood, would also have a parallel leader emerge who mirrors those qualities which people admire in the man who may become our next president.

Will Smith, like Barack Obama, is exceptionally charismatic, intelligent, articulate, handsome, seemingly trustworthy and without scandal. In reality, we were long overdue for this cultural shift and both stand as emblematic figures poised to take their place at the helm of guiding our multi-ethnic nation.

Surely, even David Miscavige must see this reality as clearly as we do, and this is evident in the actions of the Church of Scientology as they apply their pressure on Smith to no longer stay on the fence between Scientology, a peaking world-view, and the otherwise skeptical eye of the general population. It’s us or them time, and Will Smith must choose wisely.

But wait, there’s more…