You know, if you take all of Hubbard's promises to clear the planet, all those fine sounding goals and purposes, and filter them with "actions speak louder than words" it becomes pretty apparent, those words were meaningless, other than to inspire idealists, and bring them in to be fleeced. If DM and the Ronster really wanted to Clear the Planet, they would have priced the materials and training for mass consumption, and driven thousands into the orgs weekly. No, I doubt Hubbard ever wanted true expansion - he wanted the illusion of expansion to keep the fish on the hook. DM's game plan seems to be - Flashy upstat orgs to give the whales the illusion of expansion, thus they keep paying for the ideal orgs and the IAS.
The clearing and OT tech, etc, some of which is workable, some not, when seen through the filter: results speak louder than praise, we find is window dressing, is bait where it works, and is the cement that belief in Scientology's workability hinges on. Hubbard's definition of reality is: what is real for you is real. Interestingly, it is actually the definition of belief, not reality.
So, exla3991, is there anything else you need to know about Scientology that isn't explained by the above?
Mimsey