How Scientology Got 5,000 Secret Agents in the Government
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2020
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So, how has Mark Rober's defiant package thief responded to his Scientology material?
The actual organization plans to start the airplane takeover.
Haha
Will you ever make a COVID19 vid
That's what HAI wants us to think... Clearly HAI is working for someone.......
Us, of course.
Who did you think it was?
Remember, this started because they didn’t want to pay taxes.
You've given me an idea!
@@warbler1984 no
$2 Billion tax bill
Eh...That is how the US started...
So did the USA.
I remember one time during my church confirmation class, we were talking about other religions, and one classmate asked "Is the church of scientology based on science?" and our youth group leader replied "no, no, no, no, no"
Yeah, scientology is about as far from actual science as you can get lol
Now that I think about it, that would be a really good way for Christianity to keep science, and the worshiping of logic and reason from being a popular religion to overthrow the three monotheistic religions. Get the name and the branding first and absolutely tear it to shreds.
@@sir_dragonfly7287 Well they do seem to have manipulation, brainwash, abuse, corrupting, corruption and murder down to a science.... 😂
There is however a religion known as Christian Scientists though it’s not
about “science”.
@@sir_dragonfly7287 Neither do the other religions to be fair
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HAI is on their blacklist now. RIP
Fears of him jumping on your couch in 1....2.......3.
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He's back out of the closet then.
E Lo ua-cam.com/video/VwucJ0sDonU/v-deo.html
People in 1957: you could make a religion out of this
No, don't.
@@pintpullinggeek how bout I do _anyway_
Communism, in the Soviet Union
Billwurtzology
In fact, the root cause of the whole fiasco is said to have happened at a cocktail party given by fellow SF author L Sprague deCamp in about 1955, and there are reports from several different people about it, so far as I know.
He kept mispronouncing words, like saying “religion” instead of “cult”
cult is just a fancy way of saying scam
Honestly cult is just “less accepted religion” or more blatantly obvious about their funny business
Silvershield100 nope, cults aren’t even necessarily religious: m.ua-cam.com/video/QUHNKCkXYes/v-deo.html
What’s the difference?!
@@EuroGuy85 Heard someone say the difference is what happens when you try to leave. I tend to agree
Scientology is making a comeback here in florida and it is Scary, they put out ads for depression support groups and specifically prey on people who are isolated and potentially dealing w mental health issues and they rope you in by pretending to care and be your friend. I really wish someone would do something about them, theyre a dangerous group
Sadly as long as there are a number of people who believe in it then nothing can be done without the equal protection clause coming in because it will be considered a religion.
@@catrybou123 This goes for literally every single religion. It's extremely ironic when people focus on Scientology as 'dangerous' and 'praying on people' when that's not unique to Scientology. They are *all* dangerous to varying degrees and equally pray on people.
If the protection clause hasn't been activated due to every other religion, it won't for Scientology.
Wow, so thanks to the FBI I'll never see a press conference hosted by a cat?
President Meow demands all citizens give him headpats!
No wait too many pats! Stop it! Stop it! He's gonna bite!
Guys? Why are you not giving your President headpats? Guys?
@@stylesrj stroke the head... don't pat it... you lunatic!
@@chr1staki
I call it headpats because headstrokes sounds like a medical problem...
😭😭😭
This might be a branch point. If only “scientology” had gone in the direction of more fun pranks,
and less mean-spirited bullying.
The “church” of scientology seems to be filled with mob wannabees. A real mob boss would be quite a bit smoother.
Say what you will about scientology but the fact that a writer can make an underground international organization with spies and covert operations around the world is impressive to say the least.
So what? L. Ron Hubbard was preceded by Joseph Smith.
It’s not that impressive when you consider 100 years before Scientology a Chinese guy claiming to be the brother of Jesus threw China into a 13 year long civil war and the death of around 20 million people.
@@viro8683 It would've even impressive if he succeeded in toppling the Qing and establishing China's first Christian dynasty.
@@greatsageequaltoheaven8115 Imagine how the story would have gone, modern day Templars from China..... As a Muslim, that's a frightful mental image🤣🤣
@TacticalMoonstone Sadly, I never played AC.
I'm considering starting from Origin, but I'm afraid I'll never have the time to catch up.
Moral of the story: People will always believe in crazy sh*t
My dude I have seen your comments on many videos, I don't know if it's you or someone with the same profile picture but before Corona yeets us all I will call you my recommendation buddy
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*cOUgh* religion *COUGh*
@@zzzzz5026 cows?
I once happened to be stuck in a scientology museum cause I thought it was just a regular musuem. Man was I relieved when they eventually let me leave after wanting me to join them
Was that the L. Ron Hubbard Life Exhibition in Hollywood, California? Just hope you didn't kiss Angel, the boy security guard, on the way out. Oh, and were you approached by a Moroccan security guard while you were there? His name would have been Franc and he would have been yelling "Ai wahn yoo out uff heeer!".
Was it the museum of death or something like that? It sounds super cool at first glance and it is at first but then it becomes scientology
So is that why I have to tick a box that I am NOT affiliated with Scientology every time I renew my work contract?
And a lot more than just the above. This is for starters
And we thought it was bemusing that anyone who wants to buy Black 3.0 has to vow they are not nor affiliated with Anish Kapoor. :-|
- are you serious?
@@user-vn7ce5ig1z that's just silly though. you can't prevent him from getting his hands on the paint. anyone who is not affiliated with him could sign that, deliver it to him in a way that doesn't raise the seller's suspicions, and that would be it. how can they prove he used it if they don't touch his paintings?
Sounds like you live in Germany
HAI: "How scientology got 5000 agents in the goverment."
Tom Cruise: _"Allow me to introduce myself."_
Radian ua-cam.com/video/VwucJ0sDonU/v-deo.html
Can anyone explain?
I saw his name in the comments a lot but can't seem to understand
@@tapsfest23 He’s part of Scientology.
@@tapsfest23 Tom Cruise is a scientology member or something.
With the controversial content like this, I am surprised that he didn't start the video talking bricks. Now SeaOrg is still a thing and there are more than 25k Scientologist is still out there, I am worried about his life.
They say they have millions, but records indicate it's closer to 10,000. I imagine the number has dropped since Leah Remini did the _Aftermath_ show.
He only mentions bricks when he's spilling government beans, not some cult secret that's foiled
There are approximately 25,000 Scientologists and about 20,000 of them live here in Clearwater where I live. The other 5000 are spread around the world with about 4000 in California. There are $100,000,000 100,000 square foot Scientology centers staffed by 10 people in some cities but every time someone who is lost walks in to ask for directions to the train station they punch a clicker adding them to the membership rolls.
I was raised by Scientologist parents, but I have since renounced the entire religion. The informational content of this video is very accurate, but the supplemental B-Shots are not, they're just way too 007 style. The language and vocabulary are obviously very different from how the Church of Scientology would describe itself, but every description of Scientology's actions (when taken literally) are truthful in their essence. While this video if stylized in the way UA-cam prefers, it's core information is honest and truthful. I know it may be difficult to accept, but the vast majority of the of the world's population considers Scientology to be one of the more dangerous religions in the world. If you are considering leaving the religion of Scientology, I highly recommend it, as a survivor. My life has never been so understandable since I denounced Scientology, albeit, with some dark times.
Xenu is gonna be mad at you....
I'm glad you managed to get away from it as I know some people are not so lucky. I'm personally an atheist who doesn't believe in any religion, and I don't intend to either.
@@sir_dragonfly7287 you’re not a Scientologist xenu will hear about this
@@meutyg7501 xenu shmenu
@@sir_dragonfly7287 Xenu Schmenu is one step above. You just passed your e reading. Kifflom brother.
I always find it fun to come across one of their recruitment stands. It's scary how innocent they try to act, and how shady the person overseeing the drones seems.
I have never encountered one. You have made me scared.
Yep, it's as terrifying as every other religion preaching bullshit and claiming innocence.
How the heck does Scientology still exist after something like this?
Good question, they should’ve been crushed
I guess the gov too afraid to challenge them, what a shame.
How does Islam still exist after slaughtering millions of innocents, setting of bombs in countries around the world, performing Jihads, and generally oppressing people? How does Christianity still exist after the crusades, judging and general oppression, and torturing people they don't agree with?
It still exists because it's a religion like any other. Just as shitty and brainwashed, with just as many flaws. You'd be mistaken believing Scientology is the only religion to have infiltrated anything... We've had centuries of all other religions, particularly Christians and Muslims doing exactly the same thing, just with less advanced technology to detect.
The government should've banned them
I was honestly expecting this video to be about bricks.
I wanted bricks!
@@theviniso #WeWantBricks
Yet, we still need to wait
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@@KokoroKatsura _anime_
If HaI disappears suddenly, we know why.
Don't worry the Wendover jet planes and Real life lore's walking windmills will raid sciencetolgy
Isn't his name Sam
He must know the Clintons.
Me: When's the Brick Video Coming out?
HAI: It was Satire.
Me: Pls make one anyway.
HAI: No.
My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
When did he say anything about a brick video?
This is my favourite video about bricks: ua-cam.com/video/p5qVxAoKwbE/v-deo.html
when is the Hall As Interesting second channel launching, I've been waiting for that one for ages
He literally made it lol.
Can you imagine having the charisma to start a cult that would result in 5k agents all of a sudden following whatever instructions you gave them?
In Sweden, the government occasionally sends drug addicts to a scientology treatment facility and there, they take extensive sessions in the sauna, do obedience exercises and more.
I don't know if all of this is true, but it is weird anyway.
You know what the scariest part of this video is? I can’t tell when he’s joking and when he’s not
There are no jokes
Everything was true including celebrity involvement
The real answer, is that he barely scratches the surface on the whackyness of scientology.
"We can make a religion out of this!"
-Ron Hubbard
Theres a couple of quotes attributed to hubbars such as "the easiest way to enslave a man is promise him his freedom" something scientology does in a big way "lets sell them a piece of blue sky" which inspired a book exposing $cientology called A Piece of Blue Sky. And his most famous quote, apparently had several semi-famous wittnesses (who were all part of a writting circle who would drink and play poker at some bar) "the easiest way to earn money is to start your own religion"
Ive probably messed those quotes up a little but thats the jist.
That last quote is pretty close to the version that I have heard from the DeCamp cocktail party I mentioned in a comment above.
The sun is a deadly laser.
They never got Ethiopia
out of this bullshit!*
No don't
Thanks for exposing this dangerous cult. The tax exempt status hopefully will be revoked
To this day I'm still surprised my high school world religion teacher let me do a project on scientology... it is the furthest thing from a religion lol
I mean if your world religion teacher was familar with the history of religion, they'd realize that things like not actually doing charity and taking money from their members was regular past Catholicism thing. So they'd let the cult part slide.
No, not surprising at all. Every world religion was as weird as Scientology at one point.
Makes you wonder if Christianity was started bcs someone didn’t want to pay taxes to the Romans
Well, or its organized religion in its purest form...
@@justinblin Considering that Jesus literally says to pay your taxes to the Romans... I doubt it.
The replies have turned into a big fight, so I had to edit this.
You've got that partially correct.
1) Only 5% of scientologists ever make it to OT level 3.
2) They don't believe that the galactic overlord Xenu created Christianity.
This is beginning to sound like Douglas Adams.
@@jono8198 Their literature says ALL religions are false memories implanted by Xenu's forces. That includes Christianity.
Omg, I wonder if Scientologists created COVID-19 to make the world think their church is true.
Tom Cruise created COVID-19!
I mean...
*Christians* believe that there's a space dictator that created Christianity.
Thank you for having captions on your videos the second they are up. As an autistic person with sensory processing issues I find videos much harder to follow without captions as I miss words.
And honestly... Auto Generated is useless more often than not even if the speaker's don't have accents.
And yet... yours is the first video I've watched that was uploaded in the last day that has actual captions. And of those many I've watched (ya know; nothing much else to do rn) in the last day less than a third of them even had Autogenerated captions 9.9
So again; thank you for doing that small effort (or cost) to have captions on your videos. I really wish more edutubers did. There's pretty much just you, KhAnubis, and Tom Scott that I expect this from.
It was great when subscribers could write captions but some people abused the feature to self promote and now majority of popular channels disabled the feature or limited it to trusted people only therefore making it a slower process
Pog
@@fica1137 they've been taken off UA-cam
Well, HAI is on Scientology's watchlist now. Nice knowing you...
L Ron Hubbard was a black man
And his real name was L Ron Hoyabembe
L Ron Harambe*
Scientology agents want to know Half's location.
You just know David Miscarriage has a Google-alert for the word "scientology"…
Holy shit. The fact this went under the radar for so long is even more frightening than the fact this happened.
I wonder how he will make this aviation related
He'd probably say something like, "they infiltrated an aviation company so that they wouldn't have to pay travel expenses."
"Scientologists believe something something spaceships that look like DC-8 something something"
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FLYING ALIENS
He would simply switch to Wendover Productions
“Of course Scientology is legitimate! It’s got science right in the name!”
Kappa
You have to pass a test to use the word 'science' and then everything you say must ge considered 100% true 😉
I'm going to start a branch of science called religiontology just to bring balance to the force.
@@chr1staki Wah
@@EffortlessEthan I feel like your tempting fate there buddy.
Jesus Christ I *really* thought this was April Fool's Joke until I read it up.
"Turn that poop into wine" - L. Ron Hoyabembe
Okay wait did u consult Tom cruise to make this
Just asking
Last time I was this early, the 737 MAX was still flying!
Oh boy, you forgot the intro about bricks. How is this channel still up?!
That Avatar reference though about the Fire Nation hahaha
L. Ron Hubbard: *writes a book*
Also L. Ron Hubbard: "wait, I can make a religion out of this!"
Aaaaaahhhh, Joseph Smith did the same thing in the 1820s.
Everyone: "no don't"
Watching this before it maybe gets taken down by a literal cult.
Imagine how many airplane vids you could do while you are in lockdown! Just imagine
"They talked their way out (from being caught) by fake IDs, Cover stories, and Being White"
Omg I'm Dead 🤣😂😂🤣
I despise Scientology, but I do like the cat meeting idea.
The fact that they lost their tax-exempt status and then regained it is the definition of an oxymoron.
Ikr?
0:57 : That ATLAB reference granted you my everlasting consideration.
It really shows how weak and vulnerable our societies are when after all this we still haven't banned their cult and put all its leaders in gulag forever.
Photosounder they have the right to free assembly, speech and religion under the first amendment
@@beanch9616 Your made up rights are stupid.
Yeahs Gulag or i guess guantanamo bay since we have no gulag
True
@@beanch9616 and espionage too!!!
Small correction: Dianetics aren't science fiction, these are fictional science
TOM's SHOW IS ACTUALLY GENIUS! Intriguing, well-thought out mechanics and you get invested(haha) straight away
LOL you know for a fact that they are watching this.
Michael (m)Eisner.
Coincidence? I think NOT.
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HAI and RLL uploads 15 seconds apart. I gotta say today was a good day....
Inb4 Halfasinteresting gets sued to death.
Sued? Everything he said was legitimate and true. There's no way a court would accept such a case.
@@foximacentauri7891
Doesn't mean that the kooks won't try to sue him anyway. It's what they do.
@@sujimtangerines well I hope not
@@foximacentauri7891
You haven't read up much about Scientology have you?
Well, here's a starter list:
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology
Under the "Controversies" and "Disputes over legal status"
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The thing is:
Scientology is still open for business.
Moreover, it still has tax exemption.
That is impressive!
So just exactly how did that happen???
Horribly
It's a complete embarrassment for the US
Watched Money and was rooting for you-- voice of reason on there even if airplanes weren't discussed in an analogy!
Damn, the story is so great they made a "live-action" of it.
The fact they discovered this and Scientology somehow still skirts it’s tax obligations despite billions of dollars in assets and hundreds of millions in annual revenue is….unfortunate.
Now you understand why progressivism is as big as ever in the US
well you’re on a list in a Scientology office now
It’s amazing Scientology hasn’t gone totally Waco yet
Dunno why, I though that this video would have a intro about bricks... :(
Breaking News! All of the Half as Interesting found dead after committing suicide via two bullet shots to the back of the head.
When you have one day left to use all your stock footage
Oh good this makes me have soooo much more faith in our government
"Erroneous was code for true but unflattering."
Scientology was ahead of the curve.
Frankly this channel could focus exclusively on Scientology and probably have content for a year.
Sam: Humans are ancient aliens living inside of bodies that were evolved from clams
*shows scallops*
I'm looking forward to Project The Huntsman: Winter's War
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Watching this on April 1st and halfway thru I thought, is this a April fools video? Nope it was loaded on March 31st and Scientologist are just this weird.
You and reallifelore uploaded like 2 seconds apart from each other
I like how he keeps saying "Pretend religion based on a work of fiction" to distinguish scientology from all those real, science-based religions.
i usually dont like edgy atheists but lmfao nice one
@@icyr0bin-794 Thanks. :)
This is great lol
Man this was so funny I forgot to laugh
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Tom Cruise has entered the chat.
Government Agents : Am I joke to you.
Half as Interesting....
Everyone: Tom Cruise
Me, a jazz pianist: Chick Corea
He is a Scientologist? Oh...
@@georgewilson7432 Chick is very deep in Scientology (I guess along with his wife Gayle Moran, known from Mahavishnu Orchestra). His band Return to Forever and it's song titles are all scientology references. The reason the classic quartet spit up was because Al and Lenny had enough of Scientology. Chick thanks Hubbard in every liner note of his albums. He actually made an album with Hubbard (though I never heard it) and called him "A true Renaissance man". Stanley Clarke left the church but is still a bit positive about it.
Chick also created this studio called Mad Hatter Studio's in LA somewhere in the 80ies (a reference to Alice in Wonderland). He sold it to the Scientology church but sometimes still records there I think.
There is actually a Chick Corea documentary on scientology tv. As far as I know, Chick is still active in scientology and feels like it helped him connect to his audience and finds his style and intrinsic motivation to play. To be fair, while my personal opinion is that it's all bogus and more like a pyramid scheme, I am convinced that it did inspire Chick to do the music he did.
"The fire nation attacked", and "on the account of being white",... I love how you fill your storytelling with geeky refferences, truths and sarcasm.
Hey can you hurry up and put this on Nebula? I want to watch it ad-free. Why don't you upload the videos to both UA-cam and Nebula at the same time, or Nebula first, because it is a paid service?
What's Nebula? Any good?
@@chr1staki Nebula is a service run by the Standard Network. (which includes HAI, Wendover Productions, Real Engineering, RealLifeLore, LegalEagle and 71 other educational UA-cam creators) It provides ad-free access to all of their videos as well as some originals that they make, including but not limited to Grand Test Auto (exactly what it sounds like), Tom Scott's Money (game show with creators, including Sam from Wendover and HAI), and the Logistics of D-Day (by Real Engineering). It comes for free with a Curiosity Stream membership when you sign up at CuriosityStream.com/hai and use code "hai" at check out. 31 day free trial, then $12 for a year or $3 for a month. You get an email after you sign up to set up your Nebula account. You can also sign up for Nebula without a Curiosity Stream membership at watchnebula.com for $30/year, although I don't know why anyone would do that instead of through CuriosityStream. CuriosityStream is a streaming service for documentaries, and has thousands of them.
@@tealmer3528 thanks for the thorough description. I checked it out. Looks interesting! Sort of like a Netflix for UA-cam creators
@@chr1staki yeah, no problem.
Love the vid but Scientology is DEFINITELY gonna put you on a blacklist for this :(
Aliens always have to be evolved into humans business
Is that you Zenu?
> Aliens always have to be evolved into humans business
*involved
> Is that you Zenu?
*Xenu
They sound like the medieval-early modern Catholic Church!
0:28
Nobody:
Scientologists: *gets cameras ready* IS R LORD AND SAVIUR A JOKE TO U??
"Tom Scott subjected..." - oh this might be good
"Available exclusively on yet-another-subscription-video-sevice" - Oh, ok, NOT INTERESTED.
It’s 12 bucks a year and supports independent creators I think I can live with that
Making content costs money. If you're unable/unwilling to pay for it, does not mean content creators should stop just so you don't miss out.
So, you prefer youtube's ad revenue model, which runs on selling your privacy to whoever asks, so that they can better manipulate you with targeted advertisement, and only favours content that "they" (whoever that may be) deem to be "ad-friendly"?
@Toxic Potato You don't sound so toxic!!!
At this point, everyone kinda knows how screwed up Scientology is. So anyone that joins up now, well they're just looking for trouble and deserve what they get
This line can apply to every religion....
@@ElusiveTy pretty much. Any organized religion is corrupted by people for their own purpose
Scientists: *we can make a religion out of this*
"And being white..." How 2020 of you to throw that in.
Always has to toss in a virtue-signaling crumb for the snowflakes to suck on, huh?
Holy shit, it's a joke...
Nobody:
Absolutely nobody:
Half as Interesting: This video was made possible by curiosity stream.
Sebastián Balbi bet you feel cool
"Through a combination of fake IDs, cover stories, and being white"
Wait, HAI isn't allowed to be actually funny!
Jesus, people, nobody cares about your “first” comment
First
Your use of stock footage is top tier. I love it.
Signed up for Nebula yesterday and watched all of Tom's show, and it was really good! Definitely would recommend
That “ehempf just kidding” was so satisfying and funny at the same time
This video was a constant in loop reaction of "wait... what?!"
I love the part where the video just goes to complete chaos, then somehow it sort of makes sense at the end of the sentence.
I love the sidebar humorous comments. Makes your videos even more engaging and interesting. :)
Will there be a new season of Extremities? Loved the show and would love to see more of it
Last time I was this early, there were more plane videos than HAI videos.
Love the Fire Nation reference since I’m spending my time in isolation by binge watching Avatar 😂
Going to watch Money now! Thanks for mentioning it!
Then, everything changed when the fire attacked. 😂😂 Thanks for that.
This is way more than half as interesting.... It's highly captivating
Ayy, now you are an SP! Congrats on joining the club!