Jason Beghe was best man at the wedding of "X-Files" star David Duchovny (his childhood pal) and actress Tea Leoni. In 1998, he starred as Demi Moore’s love interest in "G.I. Jane." He’s been featured in numerous TV dramas such as "Criminal Minds," "Numb3rs" and "CSI."
In 2005, Beghe appeared in promotional spots for the Church of Scientology. But now, Beghe has escaped the church after taking courses since 1994. He’s made a video;
You can see from the video that Beghe does not mince words. But his refreshing candor about the religion he joined in 1994 should shake the Celebrity Center to its core.
"It ain’t deliverin’ what it’s promised. It sure has not."
The video is billed as a three-minute teaser to a longer interview with Beghe that’s on its way. But the short video packs a powerful punch. Beghe still uses a lot of Scientology lingo like "OT" and "clear." Still, it’s quite easy to understand the point he’s making. After 14 years and a tremendous amount of money, he’s seeing Scientology in a different light.
Beghe has completed so many courses that he’s considered a top Scientologist, or "OT 5" — similar to Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Kirstie Alley. But Beghe reveals: "The further up the bridge, the worse you get."
He adds: "I don’t have an agenda. I’m just trying to help. I have the luxury of having gotten into Scientology and after having been in it, been out. And that’s a perspective that people who are still in and not out do not have."
Message To Scientology From Anonymous Jan 21, 2008
Tom Cruise Scientology Video That Upset Anonymous (see below video for explanations of acronyms Tom uses)
*KSW (short for Keeping Scientology Working): A policy written by Hubbard in the 1960's that requires all Scientologists to follow his words and his rules exactly.
'Orgs: Orgs is an abbreviation for 'organizations' and describes all churches of Scientology throughout the world.
*David Miscavige: He is the current leader of Scientology. He's the equivalent of the Pope to the Catholics.
*Out-ethics: any behavior that violates any of Hubbard's rules of conduct.
*Put ethics in on someone else: make others conform to Hubbard's rules of behavior.
*Criminon: Scientology front group that tries to recruit through the prisons.
* SP: Suppressive Person. Anyone that doesn't like Scientology and/or criticizes Scientology.
*PTS/SP: another Hubbard term to define behavior that goes against Scientology rules.
*LRH technology or 'tech': all the Scientology policies, rules, mandates, procedures.
From what I can tell between 5000 and 10000 protesters turned out worldwide.
Quite a few TV news reports made mention of the protests, but in general it appears mainstream media interest is low.
Anonymous are orchestrating a second event on 15th March 2008. It will be interesting to see what sort of turnout that attracts. It might be Anonymous' biggest test... keeping the attention of the "ADD Generation" who appear to form a large percentage of their "troops" so far.
Is this a conspiracy? Anonymous would have us believe that the upper "management" of the church, and in particular it's current leader David Miscavige, conspired to take over the church, alter "source" texts and generally use it for their own evil games and ends. That the church actively breaks up marriages and demands members "disconnect" from any family or friends deemed to be "Suppressive". (allegedly more then 2500 people)
There is allegations of brainwashing, systematic mental and physical abuse on both adults and children, people needlessly dieing whilst in the care of Scientology practitioners, that the whole organisation is an elaborate MLM scam and so on.
I kind of 'get' how people dabble with the basic lower levels of Scientology to some extent.. as that appears to be a fairly legitimate attempt at a self help program from what I have read, but too many reports such as David Miscavige's cruel game of Musical Chairs played out in 2005 with some of his most senior and loyal staff (at the time), leave me thinking the upper levels of the church are in a very bad way.
I've learned enough to hope that some sort of policy change or investigation or coup occurs in the management of Scientology already, but will reseve my final opinion until more facts are known.
A 1987 documentary by "right wing" filmaker, Jeremiah Films, that lifts the veil of secrecy which has shrouded the subject of Freemasonry for centuries. Examines the history and belief system of Freemasonry and questions whether Christianity and Freemasonry can be compatible.
"Many Masons go through the first three degrees and become Master Masons believing it to just a nice fraternal organization, not realizing their own leaders have consciously lied to them because they don't want them to know the true teachings of Masonry." - Ron Carlson, Co-Host and Author
Waco: A New Revelation (1999) is the film that triggered a new Congressional investigation of the Waco tragedy, and caused the Justice Department and the FBI to reverse their long-held positions on Waco. It has generated a firestorm of events unprecedented in the history of documentary film making.
After six years of painstaking investigation, the complete story of the tragedy in Texas is finally coming to light. This compelling feature-length documentary presents new revelations about the events that led up to the deaths of 79 men, women and children at Mount Carmel on April 19, 1993.
In the spring of 1998, under the Freedom of Information Act, investigators from MGA Studio's film division became the first private citizens to gain access to the Waco investigation evidence lockers. What they found was shocking. Upon examination, the evidence gathered under the supervision of federal officials appeared to contradict the FBI's congressional testimony, raising serious and disturbing questions about events surrounding the siege at Mt. Carmel and the deaths of the Davidians.
Since 1993, former members of the FBI, former Special Forces and CIA operatives have come forward with new evidence to suggest that the FBI's claim is inaccurate.
The theory of evolution is under attack from a controversial new idea called intelligent design. But is it science?
Producers description: When Charles Darwin published his theory of evolution nearly 150 years ago, he shattered the dominant belief of his day – that humans were the product of divine creation. Through his observations of nature, Darwin proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection. This caused uproar. After all, if the story of creation could be doubted, so too could the existence of the creator. Ever since its proposal, this cornerstone of biology has sustained wave after wave of attack. Now some scientists fear it is facing the most formidable challenge yet: a controversial new theory called intelligent design.
In the late 1980s Phillip Johnson, a renowned lawyer and born-again Christian, began to develop a strategy to challenge Darwin. To Johnson, the evidence for natural selection was poor. He also believed that by explaining the world only through material processes was inherently atheistic. If there was a god, science would never be able to discover it.
The Power Of Nightmares (The Rise of the Politics of Fear) explores the origins in the 1940s and 50s of Islamic Fundamentalism in the Middle East, and Neoconservatism in America, parallels between these movements, and their effect on the world today.
From the introduction to Part 1 (Baby It's Cold Outside): "Both [the Islamists and Neoconservatives] were idealists who were born out of the failure of the liberal dream to build a better world. And both had a very similar explanation for what caused that failure. These two groups have changed the world, but not in the way that either intended. Together, they created today's nightmare vision of a secret organized evil that threatens the world, a fantasy that politicians then found restored their power and authority in a disillusioned age. And those with the darkest fears became the most powerful."
The Power Of Nightmares: Baby it's Cold Outside (part one)
The Power Of Nightmares: The Phantom Victory (part two)
The Power Of Nightmares: The Shadows in the Cave (part three)
