Scientology scares me. It seems really strange. Does anyone else feel that way?

Question

I know it is considered a religion in Canada and U.S..
But Britain, would not give them religious rites... I am sure they have a valid reason....

Also, I had read the book Dianetics a long time ago, in it's when Scientology was just picking up steam, about 1991. In fact, reading the book it didn't even seem like a Religion, it seemed more like a Psychology book, but even psychologists wouldnt' prescribe this stuff!

It was like it was pseudopsychology, and when that didn't he work, L.Ron figured, what the heck, let's make it a religion then, and get tax breaks too!

I think that was how it was started.

Also, when I first picked up Dianetics, I really did think it was a psychology book. It had no appearance at all about religion.

It wasn't until near the end, I started picking up on references to Scientology. Which was completely unheard of in my Northern-Ontario town in Canada. Population 4000, 20 years ago, and still is today...

Answer 1

You are right Dianetics is not Religious. You must have only read the first 45 pages as it states that Dianetics deals with self, family, groups and mankind.

Yes I was also scared when I found Scientology because I could see I now had to face exactly who I was. It was going to give me tools to confront all the things in life I had avoided.

Scientology is a technology which allows a person to discover for her or himself their true nature. As you study Scientology you quite quickly realise that there is more to life than physical body. That is where it becomes a religion when you get an understanding of yourself as a spiritual being and a certainty for yourself of what God is.

Answer 2

What scares me more is intolerance. I don't agree with Scientology, but the people who practice it appear to be happy and doing well. Just look at John Travolta. The Bill of Rights gives everyone freedom of religion. If you feel that someone is on the wrong path, you should pray for them but otherwise leave them alone to believe what they will.

I wouldn't be too frightened by them if I were you. They tend to be a very closed group that keeps to themselves. If you're curious about them, read up on Scientology on Wikipedia.

Answer 3

The only strange thing I have seen about Scientology is on the internet, and what some very nasty people say in this forum.

I am a Scientologist.
I am ordinary like you.
You wouldn't know I was a Scientologist if you met me on the street.
I am not a celebrity, though I am an influential artist.
I am not rich, nor have I hawked my home to the church.
I don't like kool-aid.
I don't believe I am an alien.
I don't think I have to exorcise aliens out of my system.
I don't think it is kind to bash other people's religious beliefs, unless that religious belief is to bash others.
I yell at my kids when they jump on the couch.
I praise my kids when they help another.
I homeschool my kids, because I am an artist and like to be with them and teach them.
I like the color teal.
I love sunsets.
I dance.
I laugh.
I cry.
I like to drive fast.
I enjoy hiking and camping.
I would probably smile when I met you.

If that seems strange, well, so be it.

Answer 4

I don't feel that way about Scientology.
But then I'm not controlled by fear and I actually know quite a bit about what it is. (Unlike most folks here)

What bothers me is all the "scare mongers" on this forum
and the gullible people who believe all the alarming rubbish and B.S. that some people post here about religions in general and Scientology in particular.

I find that strange, scary, but mostly predictable, oh and ridiculous that this is nonsense about my religion is actually taken seriously.

Answer 5

Well I believe that Dianetics and Scientology works because I have seen it work. My daughter afther 2 weeks in a coma had a miraclous recovery thanks to Scientology techniques I used on her.
I think that this is the reason Scientology gets a bad rap:
http://www.bbcpanorama-exposed.org/watch-the-video-documentary.php

Answer 6

the promotion of self awareness and self promotion. It is scary to lift man up on a pedestala or a couch. Kind of crazy behavior if you ask me.

I like the humble approach and serving others better.

they are mainly seekers of knowledge and not so harmless. I was told by one that you can be a Christian and a Scientologist at the dame time.

I did not leave the discussion thinking the dame thing though. Face to face His apologetics were weak and He was at one time a Catholic. It was a great talk and he was harmless. I would not join his way of thinking though.

Answer 7

Yes I find it scary.

Churches that discourage medical care defend their practices even when children die. "Medicine fails too" is their sandard rejoinder.
The Christian Science Church claims that its methods are twice as effective as medical care in treating all diseases of children and therefore that society should allow its members to withhold medical care from children.
However, the death rates among Christian Science children are much highter than those of children in families with normal attitudes toward medical care..
The church does not release official figures on the number of their members, but in 1989 their public relations manager told The Los Angeles Times that they had 7,000 children enrolled in their Sunday schools throughout the country. The children would be from about age 2 to 19 years old.

The following deaths of Christian Science children since 1981 have come to our attention; 3 of meningitis, 5 of diabetes, 2 of diphtheria, 1 of measles, 1 of kidneys infection, 1 of Septicemia, 5 of cancer, 1 of appendicitis, and 1 of a bowel obstruction.

We know of five fatal illnesses of children during the past nine years at a school for Christian Scientists enrolling 577.

These death rates are very high, especially considering that Christian Schientists tend to be in the upper middle class.

I 1983 the Center for Desease Control and the Indiana State Board of Health conducted a study of Faith Assembly members. Pregnant women in Faith Assembly were 86 times more likely to die than other expectant mothers in Indiana. The mortality rate of Faith Assembly infants was 270% higher than that of other Indiana infants.

Answer 8

Not at all...

Scientology's founder, L. Ron Hubbard, was a wife-beating, drug-abusing pathological liar... What's to be afraid of?

...Given the ongoing and exponential social decay of mankind, it's a wonder everyone isn't a Scientologist.

Answer 9

Yep- but then again, most religions scare me and seem really strange.

There is a strong possibility that L Ron Hubbard made Scientology as a joke, but he died before he could deliver the punchline.

Answer 10

YUP, anyone who believes that a space ship is coming for them is not all there...
This Religion was created by a Science Fiction Writer in the 60's...if you got enough Money you can join...only if you have enough. L. Ron Hubbard is still laughing I am sure..