Sorry, to all scientologists, no actually I am not sorry. Scientology is NOT A REAL RELIGION! It was made by a Sci-Fi writter and it is total crap about how they think aliens started the world or something. It's all made up, unlike the REAL religions. It's stupid, something that you would find in the movie "The Fifth Element" which is a real movie btw. It really is the dumbest thing in the world how they think they have to cleanse themselves of alien chemicals in thier bodies. I hate all scientologist for believing and giving up there faith for something that doesn't exist and that's just publicity when they could use it on real religions.
2006-07-31 17:56:04
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answered by Claire 3
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Tom cruise is crazy and was really crazy on the oprah show,enyways Scientology is a system of beliefs and practices created by American pulp fiction and science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard in 1952 as a self-help philosophy. By 1960 Hubbard had redefined it as a "religion by its basic tenets". The name "Scientology" is also sometimes used to refer to the Church of Scientology, which is the largest organization promoting the belief system of Scientology. There are other organizations and individuals who are not affiliated with the Church of Scientology who regard themselves as practitioners of and believers in Scientology, sometimes collectively called the Free Zone. The Church regards such independents, almost without exception, as not practicing the "true" Scientology set out by Hubbard, while many of those independents make the very same criticism about the Church.
The Church of Scientology presents itself as a religious non-profit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation of the human spirit and providing counseling and rehabilitation programs. Church spokespeople claim that Hubbard's teachings (called "Technology" or "tech" in Scientology terminology) have saved them from addictions, arthritis, depression, learning disabilities, mental illness, cancer, homosexuality and other perceived problems.
The controversial organization has attracted much criticism and distrust throughout the world because of its closed nature and strong-arm tactics in handling critics and ex-members. Lawmakers, including national governing bodies of several countries, have characterized the Church as an unscrupulous commercial organization, citing harassment of critics and exploitation of its members. Scientology's principles have been characterized as pseudoscientific by scientists, medical doctors and psychotherapeutic practitioners. Although some religious scholars consider Scientology a religion, it has frequently been perceived as a cult and a pseudoreligion.
Allegations of Scientology's cult status may be attributed to its unconventional creation by a single authoritative and charismatic leader.[14][15] Within the church, members are arranged in a hierarchically pyramid ranked structure, with higher level members holding authority over lower ranked subordinates, especially as evidenced by the Sea Org. The Church indoctrinates its members providing very little initial knowledge of the inner secrets of the organization. In order to reach this knowledge parishioners are required to advance forward in rank through study and payments to the Church, the incentive of which is the stepped acquisition of promised powerful secrets and gaining of supernatural abilities.
According to a 2001 survey published by the City University of New York 55,000 people in the United States would, if asked what their religion was, have said Scientology. The worldwide number of Scientologists is disputed: the Church of Scientology claims around 10 million members as of 2006, but claimed national membership figures it has released when totalled indicate a figure of around 500,000. Adherents.com suggests there may be 500,000 Scientologists worldwide while critics say Church membership is likely to be less than 100,000.Dont you hate people who do that (above) I do IT's really anooying to me any ways thats scientology and Tom Cruise is still crazy and probably always will be even if hes crazy in love.Crazy like Don Vito from Viva La Bam hes crazy and cant talk good.Viva laBam rocks almost the only thing I wacht in mtv...err..mtv2.
2006-07-31 17:58:00
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answered by NONAME 3
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I think that he's doing if for Katie... do you think he's hott??? i dont... hi... im trying to make this long so i can get the 10 points... how do you suppose scientology even started???
hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
what kind of music do you like?...................
do you think myspace is overrated? i dont really think so...
what do you think of Tom and Katie? do you think that they are a good couple?
Do you believe in Scientology?
i guess i do...
this month has gone by soooooooooooo fast!!!! it still feels like its june to me!!!
how has your summer been?
im going to las vegas on wednesday, then on saturday, im going to san diego... well, hopefully this is long enough cuz im running out of things to say.....
BYE!!!!
even though i have no idea who you are...
2006-07-31 17:54:27
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answered by SlipKnoT MaGGoT 666 4
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