Bravo, Blingo. Living up to your dear leaders command to always attack, never defend.

Must be such a relief for you, and the bonus is it leaves you without the need to resort to something as silly and negative as critical thinking. After all, if you defend your great mission you might have to think about what exactly you are doing to "help". Can you actually do that I wonder, defend your great mission? Can you even articulate it? Don't tell us, though, just whisper it to yourself. Go ahead...I mean it is a great cause, right? The greatest cause even?

Anyway, I notice that you say that the VM's "coordinated medical aid and distribution of food", "helped in distribuition of food and water".....Oh yeah and assists, what is that exactly because it sounds like "blah, blah, blah" to me?! So here is my question for you did Scientology -the church, not the poor VM workers - actually pay for any of that food or water or medical aid? We all know you folks make a big show out of being there and toting and what not.

Oh and did the church pay the plane fare, expenses, anything for the VM's to fly to Indonesia? Didn't think so. I bet that you all probably can barely scrape together enough to feed yourselves after paying for the everything out of your own pocket. So actually providing any help of substance is out of the question? So very, sad you are.

The huffing and puffing at Radar, by the way is so very 90's. You folks have the "internets" to contend with now, try to keep up.
But, hey, it's for the great, what was the cause again?

Real help seems pretty basic and obvious.....food, shelter, medicine, blankets, referrals to professional resources, i.e., people with credentials like a nurse or a doctor. These folks don't give ANYTHING of substance. They are trying to get people to sign up for courses. Most charities will give you food, etc. and never have any expectation that you will come and pay for expensive courses or services. These folks are not like other churches or charities.

But...you can't blame them, they don't have anything of substance to give. They pay their own expenses to travel to these events, most of them get paid about $30 or some ridiculous amount per week in salary, they work for the church for almost nothing. They should really be asking for help not pretending that they have any ability to give it. If the people they are trying to recruit knew what their lives were like they would and they should run for ZZZZZZ hills.

Some nice reporter please go ask one of these "volunteers" exactly what sort of help they offer. Do they give people a blanket or food or what? How exactly do they "help" people? Caring and kind is for the receivers to decide not the "givers". Also, while your asking these questions ask those volunteers if they work for the church full time and how they are compensated. They shouldn't have a problem with a couple of questions if they have nothing to hide.

Just an obesrvation.