Minkoff could quite easily straighten out and "handle" this PR mess by asking for advice from Juliette Lewis, who ran into a similar "CREEPY CELEBRITY CULT CONTRADICTION". This is where a Scientology celebrity confidently runs whatever cult caper they were handed and told to read, drill & apply with reporters.
earlier similar examples:
- - when OT III opera star
Julia Migenes preposterously claimed that she had no idea
what "xenu" was because it has nothing to do with Scientology. Then she used her
total certainty to assure reporters that the mistaken reason they mistakenly think
OT III and Hubbard's handwritten and audio recorded information about Xenu is
part of Scientology is because
...people often confuse Ron's science fiction
writings with his scientific writings.
- - when OT
Juliet Lewis proudly informed the 2.38 billion Christians in the world
that when Ron said "
...the man on the cross--there was no Christ" (and that
Jesus is a 17 trillion year old implant designed to enslave all beings) what he
really meant was that Scientology respects and loves Jesus and countless
millions of Scientologists "
celebrate Christmas!"
- - or the time when OT Anne Archer was questioned about Hubbard's freakishly
delusional bullshit claims (like the ones about "body thetans" or OTs being able to
"
...rip the air cover off the planet") and she responded by defiantly (and very
melodramatically like a ridiculously over-expressive silent movie actress) glaring
into the videocamera and screeching "
Do I look brainwashed to you?!!"
Yup, that's all Juliette Lewis would need to do to help coach Minkoff thru this sticky pr quicksand:
MINKOFF
Oh my god, Juliette I am terrified of being sent to ethics
and losing my eternity because I sabotaged Ron's bridge
to total freedom by answering a reporter's question non-standardly.
LEWIS
Oh, that's not a problem at all honey. Just do what I did. Just
go back in there and tell them that you "always celebrate
Christmas and have a Christmas tree every year!"
MINKOFF
Isn't that going to sound weird if I already told them
that I have 2 different conflicting religions of
Scientology and Judaism at the same time?
LEWIS
No, not at all. Just tell them that Scientology helped you "expand
so much" that now you are able to have 3 religions at the same
time, Scientology and Judaism and Christianity!"
...