$cientology and NarCONon Invade Battle(field?) Creek,
Michigan
At left is the historic Hart
Hotel, first built by W.K. Kellogg. I first heard of the Church of
Scientology's planned purchase of the building in December of 2000.
Having seen some of Scientology's shenanigans on Usenet and their attempts
at censorship, I knew this boded ill for Battle Creek. I was
inspired to write into the opinion page of the Battle Creek Enquirer, an
activity that eventually earned me a visit from one John Carmichael, a
well-known OSA (Office of Special Affairs) operative in Scientology.
He was sent to try to silence critical opposition to the presence of the
mind-control cult he represents. He attempted to portray Scientology
as being compatible with Christianity, something that I as a
believer knew better than to swallow. Carmichael was forced to
ultimately admit that they weren't compatible. He also admitted to
me that the Xenu
account in the OT III level documents was in fact Scientology doctrine.
Since that time, the Church has been
slowly extending its tentacles into the city, first with its "Drug
Free Marshals" program and now with Narconon. The city
commissioners have all but bent over backwards for the cult, in spite of
warnings from the police department that Scientology is not a safe group
to have in one's community. I will try my best to keep abreast of
Scientology's actions in Battle Creek and update these pages as needed.
** Update, 3/21/03 ** - I no longer live
in Battle Creek, so I won't be updating this page any further. I
wish the people of Battle Creek well, but they are often so apathetic
about everything anyway that it really wasn't worth the trouble to do all
this. Battle Creek is a dying, shriveling pathetic shadow of its
former self, sad to say. May God grant the deceived Scientologists
grace to see their error and turn to the One who can give true Total
Freedom, the Lord Jesus Christ.
She claims yet again that "The
organization has been corporately separate and independent of any church or
other organization since the first nonprofit public benefit corporation was
founded by William Benitez on May 20, 1970." This, however, is rather
deceptive. The groups are indeed corporately separate on paper, but are
nonetheless very closely tied. Narconon's first director, Lt. Col. Mark
Jones, states:
"Throughout my period as director of
Narconon, I reported to the Guardian's Office. Meetings were held at regular
intervals at which the executives of the Guardian's Office determined the
affairs of Narconon. All Narconon activities including the disposition of
Narconon finances were approved by the Church of Scientology Assistant Guardian
for Public Relations and the Assistant Guardian for Finance, Henning Heldt. From
the time I became involved until I ultimately resigned, the Guardian Office
controlled all directorships of Narconon, although Narconon was held out to be
independent of the Church of Scientology."
In his affidavit
given 27 February 1998, Mr. Jerry Whitfield stated that "We used L Ron Hubbard's techniques for getting people off drug dependency
and turning them into Scientologists if we could. We were told by Dick Talbert, a Guardian Office staff member, to tell people that Narconon and
Scientology were different corporations and not affiliated."
"4. The social benefit and
other public benefit entities discussed at
pages 1-28 through 1-42 of the June submission along with all
subsidiaries, subordinate chapters, subordinate organizations, or
sublicensees thereof (e.g., organizations that are permitted to use
particular names, copyrights, service marks, and/or technologies) are
Scientology-related entities. Thus, for example, Citizens Commission
on Human Rights, National Commission on Law Enforcement and Social
Justice, Scientology Defense Fund Trust, Association for the Better
Living and Education, Applied Scholastics Incorporated, Narconon
International, The Way to Happiness Foundation, and the Foundation for
Religious Freedom are Scientology-related entities. "
It is abundantly clear from an overwhelming
mountain of available evidence that the directors of Narconon and of the Church
of Scientology of Battle Creek are intentionally deceiving the citizens of
Battle Creek and surrounding Calhoun County. Check my Essential Links
section, there's enough reading there to keep you busy for days.
A view of the building
purchased by Narconon, currently under renovation
Another view of the future
Narconon site, located on St. Mary's Lake north of Battle Creek
Ron
The War Hero - Chris Owen put together this well-researched refutation of the cult's
extravagant claims of L. Ron Hubbard's Naval service. Compare the
truth with the ridiculously exaggerated claims made by Scientology - it's
an eye-opener.
www.torymagoo.org
- Tory Christman's site. She was in Scientology for 30 years, saw the
truth, and left. *EXCELLENT* stuff here.
The
Downtown Org - Battle Creek, Michigan
The storefront at 66
E. Michigan downtown where the temporary org has been set up.
Note the "now hiring" sign, a common ploy to lure
"raw meat" into the "shop".
Scientology and Narconon are
trademarks of their respective owners - Opinions and comments expressed on this
page are protected editorial free speech. Any correspondence from Helena
Kobrin or her associates will be immediately posted to alt.religion.scientology,
this site, and forwarded to the state attorney general.
