Veto took his wife and kids to lunch in Clearwater, Florida — the city the Church of Scientology owns — and walked into the building. The staff got aggressive the second a camera came out. One of them asked if he was embarrassed to do this in front of his children. His answer: "No. I'm educating them. This is the occult." Then he breaks Scientology down in plain English, straight from Hubbard's own material: Dianetics and "engrams" (sin renamed), thetans and reincarnation, auditing on the E-meter, going Clear, the OT levels and the real Xenu story beginners are never told, and the Bridge to Total Freedom that only opens once you pay. The eight dynamics put "self" first and God seventh — with a little g. From there the thread widens: every one of these movements sells the same lie. You aren't a sinner, you're just traumatized, programmed, or oppressed — and the fix is in you, not at the cross. Mary Baker Eddy's Christian Science, the "Conscious Rebels" influencer telling 300,000 followers that Jesus did not die for our sins, the Lindsay Clancy fan club, and the whole 19th-century line of "mystics" from the Fox sisters to Blavatsky to Alice Bailey. Veto puts it where scripture puts it: no accountability, no repentance, no Christ — that's not enlightenment, it's witchcraft with better branding. Part 1 of a series. (0:00) Truth is hard to make and harder to hear (4:03) Clearwater: walking into the Church of Scientology with the kids (5:17) What Scientology actually is: Hubbard, Dianetics, and "engrams" (8:09) Thetans, reincarnation, and the gospel of "you, you, you" (10:03) Auditing and the E-meter (12:20) Going Clear, the OT levels, and the real Xenu story (15:11) The eight dynamics: self is first, God is seventh (18:31) "This is the occult. This is Satanism." — the confrontation (19:27) The Bridge to Total Freedom and the price tag (21:36) Tom Cruise, Travolta, and the celebrity roster (22:58) No sin, no accountability, and the contracts you can't talk about (24:40) Older than Hubbard: Mary Baker Eddy and Christian Science (28:26) Feminism, Lindsay Clancy, and the psychosis scapegoat (33:07) The "Conscious Rebels": Jesus did not die for our sins? (37:08) Programming vs. sin — deconstruction vs. being born again (42:18) "Paul was on mushrooms" — the road to Damascus, defended (45:37) Human design, Reiki, past lives: the New Age menu (46:12) Why scripture doesn't let women teach — and the Jezebel spirit (49:28) "Abortion" is a deconstruction of the word murder (52:24) The lineage: Ann Lee, the Fox sisters, Blavatsky, Eddy, Hopkins, Fillmore, Ellen White, Alice Bailey, Elizabeth Clare Prophet (58:50) MacArthur, Sproul, and Baucham on mysticism — and why Copeland can't heal himself (1:01:38) Part 2 is coming God, Grit & Glory is the unapologetic conservative Christian podcast on faith, business, culture, and politics, hosted by Veto Creed. No scripts, no filters — truth without apology, from a biblical worldview. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Also on YouTube, Rumble, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and godgritglory.com.