WHY are all these celebrities practicing scientology!?!?!?

Question

Any religion that begins with a monetary deposit is SO CRAZY!!!!

Answer 1

Why does ANYONE practise scientology is more of an important question.

Anyway here is one response I found:

"CoS has always given special attention to celebrities because of their enormous marketing value. For this they have Celebrity Centers where celebrities receive special attention, and where potential rising stars are recruited into the cult."

"There is no doubt that Scientology has techniques that attract some people, with their method of psychotherapy and group thinking. Most Scientologists know little about the dark side of CoS. This especially applies to the celebrities who only see the glamorous side"

"But having talent in an art or being successful in a craft does not imply they have to be smart or are less likely to become victims of fraud."

"Celebrities are under a great deal of stress and public pressure, and often have a good deal of money to hand. Scientology may be to them what gangs are to poor inner-city youths: a way to find someone that cares about them. Scientology Celebrity Centers etc. give them a closed world where they can relax and find someone to talk to. The expensive courses don't hurt them much, and Hubbard even said that celebrities should not be charged but only asked to donate what they wanted to donate. They might sample it just for the heck of it, and stay in. After all, they can easily afford to do so. There have also been speculations about tax benefits for celebrities who remain members of CoS, implying the possibility of economic motives.

In addition, the cult has huge files on members with all their most personal confessions from auditing sessions. CoS has a history of using these files against defectors to either force them back or into silence. Many may not be in a situation where they can quit.

I personally do not know any CoS celebrities, but I do know a lot of people whose lives were ruined by CoS. One ruined life is not justified by another saved. Operation Clambake is in honor of these victims and is my attempt to prevent new ones. "

http://www.clambake.org/cb-faq.html#faq19

Here is a good article:
http://www.clambake.org/archive/celebrities/

Answer 2

1. they are getting bored with everyday life and 2, scientology is the cult that the celebrities are flocking to.

Answer 3

Partly out of curiosity, partly because it's a trend, and partly because celebrities are hedonistic and narcissistic and in Scientology, the focus is on getting to know themselves intimately.

Answer 4

Because everything else in their lives are not enough. They have to have some sort of answer as to 'what is life?'.

And they're idiots. :)

Answer 5

I have no idea? but they act so strangely its kinda reminds me of a cult or something.