What do you think about the Church of Scientology religion?

Answer 1

Personally, I think that Scientology is detrimental (to society as a whole and especially to it's members). It may claim to do some good for its adherents through Dianetics through it's quasi-self help rhetoric, but there's always the drawback of Dianetics being a completely unreliable pseudoscience.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,812852,00.html
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_134.html

I also think it's very very DANGEROUS. This is why:

• Operation Snow White – Under this program, Scientology operatives committed infiltration, wiretapping, & theft of documents in government offices. This program constituted the single largest infiltration of the United States government in history. Among the 11 prominent Scientologists convicted of this conspiracy was Mary Sue Hubbard, the wife of Scientology’s “prophet”.
http://lisatrust.freewinds.cx/scientology/snow-white/index.html

• Operation Freakout - Their campaign of sabotage & violence against Paulette Cooper, the writer who published her research & findings on several cults, including Scientology. Scientology’s official plan: to frame Paulette, ruin her career & reputation & get her either incarcerated or locked up in psychiatric confinement.
See the official plan: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Krasel/cooper/frk1.html
Free pdf of her book: http://holysmoke.org/cos/books/scandal-of-scientology-cooper.pdf

• Fair Game - the Scientology policy detailing how the organization may confront & handle critics & perceived enemies. Here is a direct quote: "Enemies may be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed.”
http://www.xenu.net/archive/disk/fairgame.htm
http://www.planetkc.com/sloth/sci/Fair_game_ord.html

• Violent Kidnapping - Lisa McPherson was a Scientologist, was involved in a car accident & resultantly became mentally unstable. She was kidnapped from the hospital by agents of Scientology, held against her will, refused proper psychiatric treatment & allowed to STARVE TO DEATH.
Video: http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com/
Website: http://www.lisamcpherson.org/

• Tragic Murder - A CBS “48 Hours” special on Jeremy Perkins, 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 own mother.
Video: http://www.scientomogy.com/jeremy_perkins.php
CBS article: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/25/48hours/main2124568.shtml

Answer 2

i don't really think less of them, and i'm no expert on the religion, but from what i do know it seems like very far-fetched beliefs (and maybe even cult-like, if you believe rolling stone magazines take). i guess if it makes you happy, and no one is being harmed, then go for it!

Answer 3

Personally I think its nothing more than a money making cult thought up by a madman.
Everyones entitled to freedom of religion so choose whatever you please.

Answer 4

Whatever works for each person. I don't judge

Answer 5

I don't think any less of them than I do any other religion

Answer 6

as long as you don't hurt someone with it and I don't have to believe it, enjoy.

From what I have heard and seen so far, I think they are nuts, but hey, everyone needs something to believe in.

Answer 7

I think it's umm weird.

Answer 8

its neither a church or science.

Answer 9

weird.

Answer 10

i think its crazy