Critical Q&A

The weekly show where I answer questions from viewers left in the comments section of my Q&A videos or sent to me by email at AskChrisShelton@gmail.com. This week, the questions I take up are:

(1) I was recently offered a job – and was informed in one of the interviews that they used the Hubbard Management System. I then did some more research online and found out that the owners of the business are big Scientology donors. Needless to say, I was quite wary and declined the job. I would like to know how the Hubbard Management System is used in these organizations and does it differ significantly from how Scientology itself is run? What are the differences? Is there any real benefit or positives of the Hubbard Management System? What are the negatives?

(2) Have you ever found yourself wishing you had the years this organization took from you back or do you think that the strength you gained through this experience was worth that time and the possibility of a different life? Did this life experience justify the knowledge/strength you gained or not? I realize these answers may still be being formed but any insight into your personal thoughts would be quite interesting.

(3) L. Ron Hubbard says that if you reach the state of Clear and OT you get all kinds of super powers. How does the Church explain people like Tori Magoo and Karen DelaCarriere, who were top OTs and supposedly had super powers, being suppressive people? What I mean is, can people be “un-OTed”? Do body thetans jump back on a person when they are declared? Obviously Clears and OTs don’t really exist, but how does the Church explain suppressive people getting to Clear and OT? Isn’t that a contradiciton? Also, did you ever question why so many OTs were being declared when you were in? Do Scientologists ever see the contradiction?

(4) Scientology had a storefront on East Carson street in my adopted hometown of Pittsburgh PA. It appears they didn’t take into account the deep Catholic and Eastern European roots here. The mills may be gone but the current generation was raised in the same cloth. Things did not go well for them and I completely forgot about it until doing a deep dive into your well above average channel. They limped out to Carnegie, a nearby town on the way to the airport. What’s up with that?

(5) Is there a set amount of time that an auditing session lasts or does it go on until a certain result is attained? Do sessions sometimes go on for hours? I wasn’t thinking about sec checks, just a typical auditing session.

(6) I was listening to some of your older Q&A posts and in one you mentioned working on a second book. I just wondered if it was still in the works, as I enjoyed your past one. Congratulations on your wedding, hope you have a great day.

(7) Would former Scientologists be entitled to get access to their church records under the Freedom of Information laws?

(8) I’m wondering how people in orgs who often go hungry and live like vagabonds reconcile Miscaviage’s mountain of assets and staff of Scientology slaves who are required to be his servants? Do they think he’s simply more deserving than them somehow or are they blissfully unaware of his greed, deceit, and selfishness?