whats your opinion on Scientology?

Answer 1

It is a dangerous CULT. This is what Scientologists ACTUALLY believe:

Xenu was an alien ruler of the "Galactic Confederacy" who, 75 million years ago, brought billions of people to Earth in spacecrafts resembling Douglas DC-8 airliners, stacked them around volcanoes and blew them up with hydrogen bombs. Their souls then clustered together and stuck to the bodies of the living. The alien souls continue to do this today, causing a variety of physical ill-effects in modern-day humans. L. Ron Hubbard (a science-fiction writer and the creator of Scientology) called these clustered spirits "Body Thetans," and the advanced levels in Scientology place considerable emphasis on isolating them and neutralizing their ill effects.

To rid ourselves of "Body Thetans" and also “engrams” (past negative experiences stored in our unconscious mind) so that we can become “clear”, we have to go through "auditing" with a member of the “church” who uses an "e-meter" to measure our “reactive mind”...... and we have to pay lots and lots and lots of money for “auditing” and to take courses on Scientology to advance to higher “levels” in the “church”. The “church” has also taken a very hostile stance towards psychiatry and psychiatric drugs irrespective of the fact that some people require medication to remain adequately functional in everyday life and has been known to withhold prescription pharmaceuticals from member (with deadly results).

Scientology is undeniably a cult. Every cult can be defined as a group having all of the following five characteristics:

(1) It uses psychological coercion to recruit, indoctrinate and retain its members. (2) It forms an elitist totalitarian society. (3) Its founder leader is self-appointed, dogmatic, messianic, not accountable and has charisma. (4) It believes 'the end justifies the means' in order to solicit funds & recruit people. (5) Its wealth does not benefit its members or society.

Cults are extremely harmful. To remain within the strict mental and social confines of a cult for even a short time can have the following disastrous effects:

Loss of choice and free will. Diminished intellectual ability, vocabulary and sense of humor. Reduced use of irony, abstractions and metaphors. Reduced capacity to form flexible and intimate relationships. Poor judgment. Physical deterioration. Malnutrition. Hallucinations, panic, dissociation, guilt, identity diffusion and paranoia. Neurotic, psychotic or suicidal tendencies.

Answer 2

To me Scientology appears to be an organisation that manipulates people for finantial gain.

I do not believe Scientology to be a true religion, in fact I understand that in at least a couple of countries Scientology has been unable to register as a religion due to the nature of its profiteering.

Scientology is against psychology/psychiatry, both scientifically researched and evidenced disciplines, in favour of its own system dianetics, which is unproven and at odds with accepted knowledge. Potentially dangerous stuff.

Answer 3

First I want to clarify that the story of Xeno is just a fable and no Scientologist believe it to be true. In fact most Scientologist I have meet haven't even heard the story. Scientology isn't a faith system but a series of proceses that a person uses to find his own truth.Here are some of the principles.

1. What is true for you is what you your self observe to be true.

2. Man is his spirit not his mind or his body. This is a common believe with many religions.

3. The spirit creates his own mind. Please do not confuse the mind with the brain that is a physical thing. The mind is composed of mental image pictures as explained in Dianetics. These pictures serve the spirit to give him knowlege and experiance. These pictures are composed of energy. The energy in the picture can affect the spirit. You can feel better by remembering something that you like or angry by remembering something else. These emotions are actually energy waves emanated by the picture. You can actually feel pain by remembering a pain memory. Sometimes this pictures are acompanied by ideas or considerations. Lets suposed that you father beat you mom up in front of you. Your father was the dominating figure so you might conclude that you have to act like your father in some situacions. This is what we call in Scientology an aberation (a conclusion that is impose to you by a mental picture). This picture is what we call a engram; A pain memory that affects your judgement and free will.

4. A spirit is capable of considerations and ideas and this ideas are solely based on uglyness and beautyfullness. The spirit reject ugly things and intends on making everything beautyfull. Do you like your car, you house, your job, your friends? Are you friends nice with you? Can you improve things in your life? All these are ideas based on uglyness and beautyfullness. This is why the spirits rejects the ugly memories and by rejecting the ugly memories (not confronting them) he is unknowingly affected by them.

5. You can discharge the energy in this pictures true communication. This is Auditing, the Auditor directs your attention to this pictures regardless of how ugly they are and you confront the picture and discharge the energy of the picture true the communication line. Is like if you have battery, in order to discharge the battery you need to discharged against something. If you try to discharge it against your self is just going to chock you.

Scientology is a very interesting religion that takes years of study to master. I just mentioned a few fundamentals. Scientology is so advance and so different that people can't understand it. People think that they know everything there is to know about life. And when they see Scientology they jump to conclusions when in reality they don't have a clue what are they talking about. The reality is that man attacks what he can't understand. That's why Scientology gets so much bad press.

Answer 4

Scientology is a cynically designed and operated money making machine masquerading as a religion. As with many other cults it starts off seeming to be very benign, supportive and helpful to its new members. Gradually as members become more dependandt on the cult for their social support they are asked to pay for courses to help advance (cleanse themself of evil spirits they call Thetans) and learn more of the beliefs of the cult.

Gradually over these courses the "Truth" is revealed. As with many cults and religions the "truth" is utterly ridiculous. If confronted with it from the start it would be completely incredible to all but the most deluded but coming after years of gentle brainwashing it can be swallowed.

Scientology is cynical, irresponsible and manipulative. It's beliefs are complete science fiction. It's organisers and leaders are monsters and it's adherents are being used and taken advantage of.

Answer 5

Scientology deals with the recapitulation of the personal life and stimulate self development.Their study is dedicated in revealing the ways of the creation of personal character and the character of the people included in study.Also gives instruction how to live more fulfilling, happier life.The work is collective and person must share own most secret past and present experience with the members or at least with instructor.Intensive emotional experiences can create addiction to a person (usually to instructor).
It is OK for people which cannot support the pressure of infinity alone.It is comfortable and reassuring to be the member of any organisation .It is much to simple to join .Problem rise when one wants to leave the company.It is hard to leave the game.The real masters (of the personal life) are not in the game.Their souls are not for sale.

Answer 6

The same way as I feel about any religion.....remember tho opinions are like *** holes....everybody has 1............anyhoo 2 answer Ur ???? I don't have an opinion. ALL religions r a cult. If u r taught 2 believe that this is the only way 2 believe it is a cult. I would back right away from it. Believe in GOD in Ur own way. He is there 4 u no matter wot.

Answer 7

I think it is for people with more money than common sense.
As the practitioners are mostly celebrities that have an inflated ego; this "religion" appeals to them because it demeans traditional beliefs as "common" and "terrestrial".
Does a religion that contendes humanity is the frustrated "ghosts" of aliens sound feasible to you?
Personally I think Ron L. Hubbard was a hell of a story teller, and a good confidence man.

Answer 8

My father had the dubious pleasure of working with Uncle hubbard
His assessment of him was that he was a complete fraud and confidence trixter. (now thats somthing coming from my father who was a bit of a trixie hobbit himself)
another false phrophet if you ask me. I can see how it appeals to those with super ego's
I think in essence scientology is a mish mash of marketing, hocus pocus, snake oil and MONEY Power and sexuel exploitation ok the sexuel exploitation is only as guess but who knows??????

Answer 9

I usually dont say this about any belief system, but
Scientology is CRAP!

Answer 10

A religion for the simple minded