What are the bad points about scientology?

Question

What I've read about it, it sounds pretty good. It's about being happy with yourself. It sounds like an alright way of life but so many people are against it. Why?

Answer 1

They are wackos!

Answer 2

The truth is that only a small percentage are against Scientology and they make it "appear" that they are many.
There are a few who oppose the idea of spiritual freedom and
are in terror of it. These people believe a slave society is the only way to protect themselves and their vested interests.
They unfortuately stir up fear in others through propagada. false
information, rumour mongering etc.
This is not exclusive to the religion of Scientology, these people will try to suppress anything that they think will increase our freedom and improve life in general.

Consider this:
A society is capable of surviving for thousands of years unless it is attacked from within or without by hostile forces. where such an attack occurs, the primary targets are it's religious and national gods and heroes,it's potential of leadership and the self respect and integrity of it's members.
If you look around you , you will find countless examples of these points. They scream at us every day from the newspapers and TV.
Probably the most critical point of attack on a culture is it's religious experience. Where one can destroy or undermine religious institutions then the entire fabiric of the society can be quickly subverted or brought to ruin.
For the last hundred years or so religion has been beset with relentless attack. You have been told it’s the “opiate of the masses “, that it’s unscientific, that it is primitive, in short , that it is a delusion.
The source of this kind of attack is always covert and hidden. It is promoted by a few who have a vested interest in a slave society.
Unfortunately these few rely on creating fear and insecurity in others
to forward and promote their enemy propaganda. These others feel correctly they have to defend themselves from an attack, but because the real enemy is hidden, they can be manipulated to attack what they really should be defending as they cannot see the real enemy.

The key here is that underneath all these attacks on organised religion there is one fundemental target:
The spirituality of man, your own basic spiritual nature, self respect and peace of mind.

I hope this answers your question as to why it "appears" that many are against it.
In actuality it is growing and expanding at a fast rate these days
so in fact many people when they learn about it and use it to help themselves and others are for it........only a few really against it and they don't actually have any effect on it's success.
Truth always wins in the end.

Answer 3

Sorry I have to dash out at the moment but please please please review these websites as well as the literature & sites given to you by scientology:

http://www.clambake.org
http://www.xenutv.com
http://www.lermanet.com
http://www.whyaretheydead.net

Scientology has a well practised form of recruitment, and has been developing its PR machine for years... What you see on the box isn't what's inside...

I would like to point out that the majority of critics are actually ex-members... The next largest group is those who have family taken away by this cult. A much smaller proportion are concerned individuals who have seen scientologies abuses either on the net or in the media, or as a result of legal action being taken against scientology.

Oh and so critics can defend themself here is the video where a main critic and an ex-member talk to the webmaster of Religious Freedom Watch (which only watches for scientology critics). The site is just an example of 'dead agenting', black PR and almost all of it is untrue:
http://www.xenutv.com/andreas/index.html

Seen as the above poster connected critics with Nazi's here is the link between scientology and nazism... I don't normally post this but as the person above crossed this line, so will I.
http://www.clambake.org/archive/photoalbum/propaganda/
http://www.clambake.org/archive/image_edit/

I'll come back and answer the question directly if its still open...

Answer 4

because they are very intuitive? i would check out the google videos on scientology before getting too involved. while there are always "two sides to every story" certain of the videos feature a former "bigwig" in the "religion", and what he reveals is not in the least complimentary, and indicates numerous instances of serious criminal activity. again, whether what he offers is "true" is unknown to me, but he seems to be credible. actually, if you're diligent you, too, can be quite happy, including with yourself by engaging in a regular meditation and "internal energy" program: meditation, regular exercise, tai chi, yoga, chi kung, etc. will help to detox and balance out your being, properly. that will make you very happy. following a "religion" of any kind is no guarantee of happiness. as the saying goes, happiness comes from within, especially when the within is calm and balanced. :-)

Answer 5

Scientology is comprised exclusively of the teachings of one man: L. Ron Hubbard. Hubbard's theories, assumptions, and techniques for practical applications that make up the rituals of Scientology, are sometimes called the "Spiritual Technology," or simply "the Tech."

Hubbard claimed to have discovered certain "natural laws" of the spiritual universe, which he claimed can be used to predict and control behavior and phenomena in a manner similar to the way in which the natural laws codified in the physical sciences can be used to predict and control phenomena in the physical world.

It's largely difficult to believe.

The controversial organization has attracted much criticism and distrust throughout the world because of its closed nature and strong-arm tactics in handling critics. 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. Because of these factors, Scientology has frequently been perceived as a cult and a pseudoreligion.

The central practice of Scientology is "auditing" (from the Latin word audire, "to listen"), which is one-on-one communication with a trained Scientology counselor or "auditor". The auditor follows an exact procedure toward rehabilitating the human spirit. Most auditing uses an E-meter, a device that measures very small changes in electrical resistance through the human body when a person is holding onto tin cans and a small current is passed through them

An Australian report by respected professionals found that auditing involved a kind of command hypnosis that could lead to potentially damaging delusional dissociative states (see Scientology and hypnosis). Licensed psychotherapists have alleged that the Church's auditing sessions amount to mental health treatment without a license, but the Church vehemently disputes these allegations, and claims to have established in courts of law that its practice leads to spiritual relief.

Church of Scientology has been questioned by other religious groups, including the Church of England who complained in March 2003 to the Advertising Standards Authority about the Church's advertising poster promoting Narconon--the drug rehabilitation program based on the works of L. Ron Hubbard.

Answer 6

Then clearly you've only read their recruitment literature. They are a pretty twisted and controlling cult, who take your money but at least they up front about it. Course it takes about $40,000 to find out that they really believe we are waiting for the alien overlords (Hail Xenu !!) to come, and that all our bad emotions are really the souls of ancient alien criminals that have basically posessed us. Almost as weird as Christianity. They are also pretty cold, ruthless, paranoid, and really play hardball with their "enemies", including criminal acts, even violence and murder.....but mostly some really slimey lawyers.

Answer 7

Here is a quote from the web site below. Read the web site for a more complete answer.

People should be free to believe whatever they want, including Scientology. What I have against CoS is its deceitfulness, its lack of compassion for its members (especially the hard-working staff), its aggressive hard sell, its arrogance, its attack on free speech, its litigiousness, its harassment of its critics, its lack of concern for families, its gross neglect and abuse of children, etc.

Answer 8

I heard it was made on a bet that Hubbard could create a new religion if he tried to write a book for that purpose( which seems to have worked well in the past for other religions)

Answer 9

It was created on a bet. It was never a religion. Just a stupid bet. I wish I had some sources to show you to prove it.

Plus, where's God in this story? You can be happy with God....

I will look it up and edit this answer for you...

Answer 10

it is a religion made up by a science fiction writer who told a friend that the only way left to get rich in america is to invent a religion.

second, they charge you lots and lots of money to do their 'audit' which is supposed to heal you, while actively attacking the psychiatric profession.

lastly, they believe our bad emotions are left over bad feelings from alien beings whose souls were scattered on our planet and which couldn't be sucked up by a giant vacuum. for real.

Answer 11

You have to have millions to join and the religion was started by a man who wrote a book about the big business of religion and some crappy sci-fi novels. What a joke. Check your premises and think for yourself.