How come if you're a Scientologist you have to have your kids silently? Is this even possible?

Question

On tv women are always screaming.

Answer 1

In Scientology you have to also learn how to deceive your self. It is a self-deceptive cult.

Answer 2

I don't know a thing about Scientology, nor do I really want to, but as for women on TV screaming while "giving birth", that is usually over dramatized. Not all women who give birth scream and freak out on everyone around. TV wants to make everything more exciting.

Answer 3

My understanding of the theory behind it is that the baby going from the muffled environment of the womb to the hectic, loud, confusing environment of a typical delivery room causes extra stress and trauma.

I can understand and agree with the theory - think about having your head underwater in a dark room with your eyes closed, then suddenly coming above water into bright light with tons of noise and no clue what's going on. In theory it makes sense.

But like so many things, it's a theory that is IMHO taken to extremes in a "silent birth".

Answer 4

I had three without benefit of painkillers or epidurals...we're talking truly natural childbirth. I screamed, I moaned, and I swore like a sailor. It's impossible to be quiet when you feel as if you're passing a watermelon. It's just not going to happen.

Answer 5

Here's the short answer: They believe that all the screaming and tension "scars" the child psychologically. Now here's the long answer:

L. Ron Hubbard (a science fiction writer and the founder of Scientology) asserted that birth is a trauma that may induce "engrams" into the baby. "Engrams" are supposedly "past negative experiences stored in our unconscious mind". According to Scientology, 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).

Auditing basically consists of holding 2 tin cans in your hands. The tin cans are connected to a small machine called an e-meter (short for electropsychometer) which measures the electical resistance of your skin. It is touted as having been used to cure many physical and mental illnesses, but every single one must display a large warning which reads:

"The E-Meter is not medically or scientifically useful for the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of any disease. It is not medically or scientifically capable of improving the health or bodily functions of anyone."

Basically, the cult (yes, it's a cult) thinks that children will associate sounds they hear at birth with negative feelings despite a complete lack of scientific evidence to back up such claims.

Answer 6

I think for someone some where it might be possible, but it isn't possible for the average person.

Answer 7

I'd imagine heavy breathing would be taking place.

Answer 8

I have never read that, where did you find it?

Answer 9

they are cuckoo for Coco Puffs...