What do you think os SCIENTOLOGY??!! Cult or not??

Question

Okay... please don't report me if your belong to the Scientology church.. but just learned about Scientology there now on BBC's show 'Panorama'.

So tell me, what do tou think of Scientology..??

I think it is a lot of lies, i don;t believe it and i'm sorry to say i would call it a cult.

Please don't take offence.

I now have no respect for Tom Cruise or Tom Travotla!! (dont think i spelt it right!!)

And just to get my point across.. i think it's cut.

Still no offence.

Answer 1

Yes, Scientology IS a cult. It IS a lot of lies. It's a dangerous, destructive, greedy, manipulative, scamming, lying cult.

Scientology, which questionably calls itself a new "religion", is the brainchild of science fiction writer & occult enthusiast L. Ron Hubbard. The organization, by means of Hubbard’s self created psychotherapy technique called “Dianetics”, 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).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianetics#Scientific_evaluations
Dianetics review: http://dir.salon.com/story/books/review/2005/06/28/dianetics/index.html
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,812852,00.html

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 millions 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 during everyday life. They don’t recognize legitimate conditions like autism, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc, and the “church” has been known to withhold prescription pharmaceuticals from member (often with harmful & 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 these links for more information: http://www.lisamcpherson.org/
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/06/24/Tampabay/The_unperson.shtml
http://www.factnet.org/Books/SocialControl/scs.html#toc http://www.freedomofmind.com/resourcecenter/groups/s/scientology/pignotti/

Answer 2

Scientology is only slightly less dangerous than jumping into an active volcano. Study their teachings if you want, but stay away from their church. Noone should have to spend 4 times what they make in a lifetime to become enlightened.

Answer 3

Cult or phony religion.

Quote from the founder of the religion:

Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make
a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion.
- L. Ron Hubbard Sci-Fi writer, who later founded The church of Scientology

Answer 4

Look up Apologetics index online-search Scientology. You will find that it is listed as a cult.

Answer 5

It's a cult. From what I read the higer Theta they get a lot of people start to go "crazy".
Yes I know they don't believe in Psycologist but that doesn't mean they don't need one...


Please don't flag me

Answer 6

Cult. Definitely a cult!

Answer 7

i dont care who i offend its a cult and i dont think you should have to pay to observe god,i think those nutjobs are going to hell in a hand basket with tom cruise at the helm

Answer 8

It is such a joke. Yes, a cult. And they literally brain wash people.

Answer 9

It really makes no difference what you or anyone else here
"thinks" Scientology is. This has no bearing on the facts.
It's a bona fide recognized religion.

Those who "think" they know something about it need to be a bit more honest with themselves. But hey it's always easier to attack , label, ridicule and run with the mob.
That's the current state of todays media controlled society.
Sad but true.
Please don't take offence....... I don't.

Answer 10

Cult all the way.