What exactly is scientology? I am a Christian and as I watch tv or something I always see Tom Cruse and something about his scientology. I never heard of it.
2007-01-25 06:05:14 · 12 answers · asked by Cody 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It's a bunch of bull!
2007-01-25 06:27:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
A guy named L. Ron Hubbard (who was a pretty well known science fiction author in thew 60's and 70's) one day decided to start his own religion, to see if he could. He wrote a book called Dianetics that explained his philosophy of clearing your mind because of though patterns set in childhood.
There's a lot more to it, just research Scientology and Dianetics via Internet, or Read the Dianetics book.
There are some people who say it's growing in popularity, A few cities in Germany it is growing. I think the government is trying to stop it there, from what I've read on the news.
See for yourself. I'm not a member, I've just read a bit about it, as a religious scholar.
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2007-01-25 14:13:10 · answer #2 · answered by A Military Veteran 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In a nut shell, dead aliens suffusing us with there essence, as explained by Sci-Fi author (and founder of Scientology L. R. Hubbard).
( Yes a religion centered around aliens, invented by a Sci-Fi author and they believe its true).
What i would like to know is how this load of rubbish ever got to be named as religion, and if it is considered a religion alongside Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism etc... Then surly we need look no further to see what a load of trash all this religious clap trap really is
Watch how soon this question gets deleted.
2007-01-25 14:19:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a cult founded by L. Ron Hubbard.
More than that I'm not sure, has something to do with alien beings. I knew a girl who took some courses and there are levels of what they call clear. I'd personally run like hell from them.
2007-01-25 15:12:37 · answer #4 · answered by June smiles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best un-biased information on Scientology can be found on Wikipedia.
2007-01-25 14:12:10 · answer #5 · answered by Jake 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cult out to get peoples' money. Invented by L. Ron Hubbard. It lures people in by claiming to be a self-help orghanization, but at the high levels you are told stuff about Xenu the galactic overlord. Yes, really.
2007-01-25 14:10:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology
2007-01-25 14:14:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cult.
Definitely a cult.
Scientology, which questionably calls itself a new "religion", is the brainchild of science fiction writer and occult enthusiast L. Ron Hubbard. The organization claims to be able to help rid members of any and all mental constraints including but not limited to emotional scarring (from this and "past" lives) due to "engrams" (past negative experiences stored in our unconscious mind), psychological disorders and chemical imbalances (the solution is to convince members that these things don't actually exist) & drug dependence (including legally prescribed psychopharmaceuticals which counteract the effects of psychological disorders Scientologists believe to be nonexistent).
The official Scientology organization is composed of a number of “levels”. One begins as a “preclear” and works their way up. One must purchase virtually every service crucial to advancement directly from the "church" and at staggering prices. "Auditing", for example, is purchased in 12.5-hour blocks, costing anywhere from $750 for introductory sessions to between $8,000 & $9,000 for advanced sessions. Visit this link to see how $380,000 is a conservative estimate for the total cost of moving all the way up the Scientology hierarchal ladder: http://www.xenu.net/archive/prices.html
These are the total costs for auditing alone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_as_a_business#Costs
At level OT III (Operating Thetan 3), some very strange and fiercely guarded secrets are imparted upon worthy members who have paid enough money to advance to such a level (and no, this isn't a joke): the evil alien ruler Xenu killed a lot of aliens (Thetans) from around the universe by kidnapping them, bringing them to earth in golden DC-8 “space-planes” & blowing them up inside volcanoes with hydrogen bombs. Scientologists believe the souls of these aliens (these souls are "Body Thetans") were captured, brainwashed and released; they then attached themselves to our ancestors (who passed them all the way down to us) & cause many of our mental & physical ills to this day. Auditing is said to “clear” us of these Body Thetans as well as the “mental implants” they supposedly impose on our minds.
http://sf.irk.ru/www/ot3/spaink-ot3.html
http://xenu.net/archive/leaflet/Xenu-Letter.pdf
Scientology has taken a very hostile stance towards psychiatry & psychiatric drugs irrespective of the fact that some people require medication to remain adequately functional in everyday life. The “church” has been known to withhold prescription pharmaceuticals from member (with deadly results). Suspiciously, it was discovered upon Hubbard’s death that the anti-anxiety drug hydroxyzine (Vistaril®) was present in his body, which several of his assistants would later attest was only one of many psychiatric & pain medications Hubbard ingested over the years.
http://www.clambake.org/archive/ronthenut/16.gif
(visit this link to read about the uses of hydroxyzine: http://www.drugs.com/mtm/v/vistaril.html )
To be blunt, Scientology is a cult. It employs semi-legitimate psychotherapy and self-help methods to keep people loyal & convinced of its merit while it simultaneously sucks them dry financially and attempts to keep them far away from ANYONE, even friends and family, who would dissuade them from remaining in such a harmful situation. It’s a particularly greedy as well as manipulative & dangerous cult that takes its anti-psychiatry fanaticism to deadly limits. See this link for more information: http://www.lisamcpherson.org/
2007-01-25 14:26:47 · answer #8 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Scientologists ACTUALLY believe the evil alien ruler Xenu killed a lot of aliens (Thetans) from around the universe by bringing them to earth & blowing them up inside volcanoes. They believe the souls of these aliens (these souls are "Body Thetans") have attached themselves to us & cause many of our mental & physical ills. Members who know about Xenu will attempt to deny it or pretend like it doesn’t matter. They are required to sign a contract binding them to silence on the matter. Lower level members don’t know about Xenu & accordingly deny everything because they honestly don’t know.
To rid ourselves of "Body Thetans" & 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”...... & we have to pay lots & lots of money for “auditing” (purchased in 12.5-hour blocks, costing anywhere from $750 for introductory sessions to between $8,000 & $9,000 for advanced sessions) & to take courses on Scientology to advance to higher “levels” in the “church”. The “church” has also taken a very hostile stance towards psychiatry & psychiatric drugs irrespective of the fact that some people require medication to remain adequately functional in everyday life. They deny the reality of chemical imbalance & profound mental disturbance & accordingly do NOTHING to effectively stabilize the dangerously unstable. The “church” has been known to withhold prescription pharmaceuticals from member (with deadly results).
Scientology is undeniably a cult. For more information on what a cult is & what their damaging effects are, please visit the link provided at the bottom of the sources. Just know that Scientology DOES qualify by meeting these 5 criteria:
(1) It uses psychological coercion to recruit, indoctrinate & retain its members. (2) It forms an elitist totalitarian society. (3) Its founder leader is self-appointed, dogmatic, messianic, not accountable & 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.
Source(s):
Watch this very revealing video that will, in about 4-5 minutes, show you EXACTLY what Scientology is all about: http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com/...
This video is a bit longer. It’s a CBS “48 Hours” special on the mentally disturbed son of Scientologist parents who refused to put him on the anti-psychotic drugs that would have stabilized him & prevented him from killing his mother:
http://www.scientomogy.com/jeremy_perkin...
L. Ron Hubbard HIMSELF writes about Xenu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/xenu#.22xen...
Hubbard SPEAKS about Xenu/Xemu (wav file): http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/otiii/xemu0.w...
http://xenu.net/
http://www.watchman.org/sci/
http://www.scientology-kills.org/...
http://usminc.org/scientology.html...
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/otiii/...
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/secrets/...
http://www.holysmoke.org/pc/pc.htm...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/scientology...
http://www.whyaretheydead.net/room174.ht...
http://www.freedomofmind.com/resourcecen...
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/sto...
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/articl...
http://www.truthaboutscientology.com/rea...
http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_...
Cult information - http://www.cultinformation.org.uk/faq.ht...
Official site - http://www.scientology.org/
2007-01-25 14:19:24 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a religion based on a science fiction book. Sounds like a good way to burn in hell to me...
2007-01-25 14:10:30 · answer #10 · answered by behr28 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A direct path to Hell!
2007-01-25 15:13:18 · answer #11 · answered by jasmin2236 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋