2007-02-17 12:13:50 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God didn't invent Scientology... L. Ron Hubbard did.
Scientology, which questionably calls itself a new "religion", is the brainchild of science fiction writer & occult enthusiast L. Ron Hubbard. The organization claims to be able to help rid members of any & all mental constraints including but not limited to emotional scarring (from this & "past" lives) due to "engrams" (past negative experiences stored in our unconscious mind), psychological disorders & 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” & works their way up. One must purchase virtually every service crucial to advancement directly from the "church" & 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 & 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 & 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 & self-help methods to keep people loyal & convinced of its merit while it simultaneously sucks them dry financially & attempts to keep them far away from ANYONE, even friends & 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/
2007-02-18 02:39:29 · answer #1 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, there is the assumption that there exists a god whose powers include that of creation. Also, these other responses are on the right track when saying that people create religion, not God. Whatever the goal of religion, it is obviously separate in its function from God; that is, God doesn't need religion for his own well-being. If it is safe to presume that God made Jesus, then it is safe to say that the humans interacting WITH Jesus created Christianity. The same applies to any religion wherein this type of onmiscient, all-powerful God exists.
2007-02-17 12:24:54 · answer #2 · answered by tercellulite 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why did Plato invent other philosophies like Existentialism and Materialism? Why did Freud invent Cognitive Therapy and Dr. Phil? Why did the Masons invent the Boy Scouts?
2007-02-17 12:17:03 · answer #3 · answered by NONAME 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Superstition invented religion and God.
2007-02-17 12:17:53 · answer #4 · answered by Beavis Christ AM 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No God/Gods/Goddesses invented any religion. People did that.
2007-02-17 12:17:16 · answer #5 · answered by paulooly 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God did not invent those religions. God isthe ONE and only! Christians believe that Jesus is the one and only son of God. Any religion that does not reveal that truth is FALSE!
2007-02-17 12:32:50 · answer #6 · answered by Bob 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God allows but does not invent other religions?
Satan invents!
2007-02-17 12:23:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Religions are man made, not God made
2007-02-17 12:19:00 · answer #8 · answered by tebone0315 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humans made up all religions
2007-02-17 12:18:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
or--
why did other religions (or just religions) invent god?
2007-02-17 12:16:40 · answer #10 · answered by barry 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-04 07:43:50 · answer #11 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋