2006-10-28 15:22:16 · 16 answers · asked by daisy322_98 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
A scam and a cult. People may tell you it's a religion, but they are misinforming you. It is in every way a 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” (purchased in 12.5-hour blocks, costing anywhere from $750 for introductory sessions to between $8,000 and $9,000 for advanced sessions) 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 [convincing potential members that they are unhappy and Scientology is the only means of helping themselves]. (2) It forms an elitist totalitarian society. [they label everyone who disagrees or questions as a “Suppressive Person” and requires members to “disconnect” from them] (3) Its founder leader is self-appointed, dogmatic, messianic, not accountable and has charisma. [Yes, that would be Hubbard] (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. [self evident proof for 4 & 5 as it does milk members for virtually everything they have and it’s wealth doesn’t find it’s way back to it’s members or society at all]
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.
2006-10-28 17:29:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Scientology is well documented on the web these days. You can find out their core beliefs, that Xenu an alien stranded 'millions' of Thetans (souls) here on Earth many years ago and they now inhabit our body. It costs quite a bit of money/labour to get rid of extraneous Thetans from your body and leave just the 'good one'. This can be read as, it costs quite a bit of money to move up through the heirarchy of the organization. It is condemned as a money sucking, brain washing cult by it's detractors.
2006-10-28 22:39:25 · answer #2 · answered by eantaelor 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A cult put together by a rich executive about 40 years ago in order to make money. It is still a cult which generates millions of dollars in revenue. Don't ever join it.
2006-10-28 22:30:39 · answer #3 · answered by musical902003 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think alot of us are confused on Scientology :)
2006-10-28 22:31:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Really weird!! Come on. Aliens?! Real?? I can't help but wonder what Hubbard was smoking, sniffing, and drinking at the same time, when he decided to make a "religion" from his science fiction novels!
2006-10-28 22:34:01 · answer #5 · answered by Daemon 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
a beleif in a higher power in the forms of aliens :)
f you think about it its not as bad as some invisible guy and a bunch of people with wings
2006-10-28 22:24:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
A sci-fi religion devoted to fraud and paranoia. Here's a summary of their beliefs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68WBSM0-_HE&mode=related&search=
No kidding. They're serious.
2006-10-28 22:31:17 · answer #7 · answered by Scott M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Turn on "48 Hours" on CBS.
2006-10-28 22:24:20 · answer #8 · answered by Oghma Gem 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A well organized cult.
2006-10-28 22:24:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
a sad excuse for a religion
2006-10-28 22:26:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋