2007-01-31 03:05:55 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
a scam best told by the kids from South Park!
2007-01-31 03:13:22 · answer #1 · answered by Celeste P 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Scientology is a dangerous cult that a lot of celebrities are into.
It's basically believing that THEY are God. It makes them feel good, but it's not good. In fact, there's a machine called an E-Meter that you have to use before you become a scientologist, and they say it's just so they can relate and it's a "free stress test". My opinion is that I think the E-Meter hypnotizes you. The weird and freaky thing about this "religion" is that it was actually created by a guy named Lafayette Ronald Hubbard in 1952. A man actually created that religion..can you believe it?! I think it's a totally weird cult.
Hope this information helped you!
,Phil
2007-01-31 11:19:06 · answer #2 · answered by Phil 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Scientology is a strange religoin that believes in an all mighty ruler from outer space. Something like that, Any way there are lots of strange religoins. The Flying speghetti monster religoin is real. Its really funny. Look it up and go to their website.
2007-01-31 11:11:32 · answer #3 · answered by Million L 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A cartoon from 1976 starring Kasey Kasem and Scatman Crothers
2007-01-31 11:10:33 · answer #4 · answered by Neo Tarantula 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some strange, cultlike, madeup "religion" that is the rage of some celebrities like Tom Cruise, Kristie Alley, and John Travalta.
Just watch South Parks episode about it and you will learn everything you need to know.
2007-01-31 11:11:35 · answer #5 · answered by kristy w 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Science-fiction fantasy turned into a money-making cult.
2007-01-31 11:11:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some strange and extremely weird religion a lot of the celebrities are into (google it & see).
2007-01-31 11:09:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teaching of Dientics.
2007-01-31 12:01:15 · answer #8 · answered by tfoley5000 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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 12½ 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
Here’s an explanation of what “auditing” is: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061224182319AA2nnd6
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 (Vistarilâ¢) 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/
2007-01-31 11:20:18 · answer #9 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is a cult who's own creator was a suicide.
2007-01-31 11:19:47 · answer #10 · answered by sexmagnet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋