There used to be so much on ESMB to go over ...
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freethinker
Controversial
Bring your friends.
ISNOINews
Independent Scientology and Nation of Islam news
Honestly, no.
If you click on "What's New" at any given time, you will generally find that the. majority of the active threads are about politics, current events, and Corona virus, and not Scientology.
These days, I, by myself, may create the majority of the Scientology related content here.
This is an ex-Scientologists message board in that the members are ex-Scientologists, but that doesn't mean that what is discussed generally has anything to do with Scientology.
Whereas much of Tony Ortega's comment section is devoted to bashing Trump, the MAGA community, Republicans and the Right generally, much of ESMBR is devoted to bashing Black Lives Matter, Democrats, the Left generally, and Islam.
I made a very deliberate choice to be apolitical, to be non-political, to (as short hand) to be neither pro-Trump nor anti-Trump. That way, I could (when I still had a Twitter account) credibly communicate with the MAGA community to inform them about Joy Villa, the LGBTQ community to educate them about the Scientology scriptures regarding them, and the Muslim community to let them know what Hubbard said about Islam.
But I've found that in most forums politics drowns out everything. And even forums that are ostensibly non-political devop an orientation that makes it difficult, if not as a practical matter impossible, for people on the other side to comfortably participate.
I am not complaining. I am just stating reality. It is what it is. People can't be faulted for what they are actually interested in. My impression is that most ex-Scientologists are actually pretty fucking burned out on the subject of Scientology.
If you are interested in discussion about Scientology, I would suggest Mike Rinder's blog:
Mike Rinder's Blog — Something Can Be Done About It
While the comment section there generally gets low traffic, it is devoted to Scientology. Mike pre-moderates comments and does a good job of keeping things on topic. The quality of the comments is high.
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I am quite thankful to you for what you have said.
Friends? - Have you had friends who are still Scientologists when you left it?
I want to take part. Not much so. - I rather like people being alive and discussing Scientology.
freethinker
Controversial
True. After you've been on ESMB for 13 years talking about Scientology, there is little more to say about it besides keeping track of the current goings on in its slow demise. Offering support to those newly out.
BTW, if you have something you want to discuss regarding scn then go for it.
ISNOINews
Independent Scientology and Nation of Islam news
Thanks. I will. Indeed, I try to.
Karakorum
千差万別
Maybe all his friends are now disconnected? Seen that happen before.
Enthetan
Veteran of the Psychic Wars
That's the real issue. We would be talking more about Scientology, if there was more activity: people getting out; relatives worried about people who are in, people wondering about how to get out.
But not much is going on because Scientology is mostly dead these days. Most people here got out years ago, when there were more people in.
So what do we do to stay active on the board, until the next Scientologist comes in asking for advice? We chat about whatever. At least it keeps us engaged in the board and together.
SchwimmelPuckel
Genuine Meatball
Humanity Needs Scientology like Tits on Canary!
(Needs to be said from time to time..)
(Needs to be said from time to time..)
He-man
Hero extraordinary
What is there to discuss? Scientology is dead, most that needs to be said has been said. All the cool cats left the building.
Since there are few news coming from within and no meaningful facts are uncovered... meh. My focus has turned to gold-digging old chicks with monies. Ye all spent yer cash on Scientology so I blame YE for me not posting much any more!
Since there are few news coming from within and no meaningful facts are uncovered... meh. My focus has turned to gold-digging old chicks with monies. Ye all spent yer cash on Scientology so I blame YE for me not posting much any more!
Karakorum
千差万別
Hell is empty and all the devils are already here?
He-man
Hero extraordinary
ILove2Lurk
. . Lisbeth Salander . . Back in Sweden
True dat.
In 2007, ESMB was a novel message board and fount of members' memories being dug through
and memorialized to put some "tiles in the mosaic," as our friend afaceinthecrowd used to say.
ESMB numbers
Discussions: 42,900
Messages: 1,212,135
Members: 4,619
Think about what books, movies and videos were out there in early 2007 and what's
been uncovered and put out in the public domain since. I think we've tilled the soil well
and the consequence is a lot less mystery about Hubbard and Miscviage, and a little less
to uncover yet and discuss.
As a youth, I remember older relatives sitting around discussing the their experiences in the
"great war" almost every time they got together. It was a go-to topic for decades. Almost all
they talked about, it seemed. For kids, it got very tedious.
Maybe I'm one of those older people now.
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