This is the audio version of Chris Shelton's weekly Critical Question and Answer show on his YouTube channel. In this show, Chris answers questions posed by viewers in the comments section of his Q&A videos or sent by email to AskChrisShelton@gmail.com. Questions cover a wide range of topics but tend to focus on Scientology and critical thinking, as well as Chris' personal experiences with and in the Church of Scientology.
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Critical Q&A #155
The weekly show where I answer viewer questions left for me in the comments sections of my Q&A videos or sent to me by email at AskChrisShelton@gmail.com. This week, the questions I answer are:
(1) Love the work you’re doing! It’s helping me figure out how to talk to a friend of mine who is wanting to pursue Scientology. What I’m concerned with is that, with Scientology being a money-making cult, what do they do to people without much money that actively pursue them? My friend does not have money to spare, and their finances aren’t great, but they can pay their bills and they work a humble job. Since Scientology is all about the money, what would they do if my friend showed up, eager to join?
(2) You have mentioned the RPF often and at least once you mentioned the RPF’s RPF. What does one have to do to get on the RPF’s RPF and how does one get off it? How does it differ from the RPF?
(3) There is an obsession in Muslim communities in the west with Illuminati and Freemasonry conspiracy theories. There is a special obsession with the eye symbol used on bank notes. This is because the Muslims believe that the anti Christ will be one eyed. Could you set the record on these issues? How shall we debunk the myths that there are secret societies that control the globe? I guess the first approach I would have is to ask them how they know things if they’re a secret?
(4) Why do you think a disproportionate number of Scientologists seem to die/suffer of cancer? Of course it is purely anecdotal , it is just something I have noticed.
(5) In your Staycation announcement video (hope you enjoyed your time by the way!), you mentioned something about some Sea Org members actually making a lot of money for the church (or for Miscavidge). Could you please elaborate on that? Did you refer to people who make great donations, or to people whose job it is to collect money from parishioners?
(6) Can you comment on the “Jon Zegel tapes”? There are four videos on Youtube. It seems to be a reflection of a person who became Independent and how that “independent field” developed. The first three tapes are looking very optimistically on the past and future of “the field”. The fourth tape is basically a recanting of the first three. Do you have any background on this? Who is/was Jon Zegel? Is tape #4 a case of “A to E”?