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One of the most blatantly stupid parts of Scientology is the obsession with "
statistics" and the incessant lying therein by its infallible guru L. Ron Hubbard.
examples:
"Scientology is the fastest growing religion!"
"We have over 12 million members!"
"Our Ideal Orgs are booming!"
"Our planetary dissemination cable channel is producing unprecedented floods of new Scientologists reaching for and demanding the Bridge!"
Lying about stats is endemic in Scientology. The "
most ethical people in the world" (like infallible sub-guru David Miscavige, org staff members and OT's) all lie about statistics too. But, they don't think of it that way--they call it "
making things go right" to convert low-toned entheta numbers into high-toned, winning theta numbers. It's textbook, right out of Hubbard's holy scripture "SOS" (Science of Statistics).
example: A "booming" Ideal Org is empty. A promo piece is quickly fashioned by the COS (
Church of Statisticians) which boasts record-breaking numbers of "New Starts"! Closer examination reveals that all 30 Scientologists in the state were rounded up for a mandatory briefing where they were r-factored that LRH said 30 years earlier that "The WHY for failing orgs is FSMs not knowing how to properly find peoples' ruin". Then all 30 public dilettantes are ordered to donate $30 dollars each for the new mandatory "
How To Ruin Friends & Influence Naysayers" checksheet--after which they are immediately routed onto that exciting new correspondence course.
Okay, let's recap. Scientologists live in the theta universe, thus they are not stressed out nor worried in the least about lowly MEST universe phenomena such as numbers. They are ever grateful to Dr. Hubbard for making this possible by discovering the tech called statistics.
courtesy of the Dinky DB Dictionary:
Statistics - noun:
1. The practice or science of collecting and analyzing numerical data in large quantities.
2. (scientology) The practice or science of postulating an ideal production number that is sufficient to instill confidence in otherwise insecure aberrees who reactively and/or unethically are stuck in a lower condition of Doubt about Scientology.
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