so-what does everyone REALLY think about the cult of scientology?

Question

just curious

Answer 1

I KNOW that it's a destructive, dangerous, greedy, manipulative, scamming, lying, brainwashing cult. I know this because I've done the research, and this is what I've found:

• Operation Snow White – Under this official 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
http://en.allexperts.com/e/o/op/operation_snow_white.htm

• 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.
The official plan: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Krasel/cooper/frk1.html
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

• Physical & psychological punishment: Scientologists who "break the rules" while members of the "Sea Org" must subject themselves to the Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF), which includes regimes of harsh physical punishment, forced self-confessions, social isolation, hard labor and intensive ideological indoctrination.
http://www.xenu-directory.net/practices/rpf.html
http://www.lermanet2.com/scientology/gulags/BrainwashinginScientology'sRehabilitationProjectForce.htm
http://www.xs4all.nl/~kspaink/cos/rpf/escape_2.htm

• Brainwashing & mind control: Scientology exerts control over its members by means of typical cult tactics, including but not limited to controlling information about internal doctrine & criticism of the organization, severely restricting social contact outside the cult (including the practice of “disconnecting” with any family who question the credibility & trustworthiness of the cult), creating an “us against them” mentality by villainizing a specific out-group (for Scientology, it’s psychiatrists), & claiming all those outside the cult are unenlightened.
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/
http://www.cultinformation.org.uk/faq.html#cult

• 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/
News Coverage: http://www.factnet.org/Scientology/Lisa_McPherson_Scientology_Deaths.html
Website: http://www.lisamcpherson.org/

• Tragic Murder - A CBS “48 Hours” special on Jeremy Perkins, the mentally disturbed son of Scientologist parents who, because of the Scientology doctrine of opposing psychiatry, 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
Website: http://perkinstragedy.org

Answer 2

I think that like all cults, it is terribly sad. So many people are searching for the truth and for answers. It amazes me how many people are so easily fooled by something like a cult. Many people are also fooled by pyramid schemes. What is up with people? Have they no common sense? I believe that Scientology is a cult and that while it might have some positive aspects to it, like all cults, it has the ability to do more harm than good.

Answer 3

The world headquarters of the church of scientology is an hour from where I live. I have often gone past the Ft. Harrison Hotel in Clearwater, Florida and am unimpressed by the scientologist uniformed zombies prowling the streets. It's not a religion but the ramblings of a science fiction writer, L. Ron Hubbard, given credibility as a religion for purposes of tax evasion.

Answer 4

Scientology is merely particularly much less risky than leaping into an energetic volcano. learn their teachings in case you elect for, yet stay remote from their church. Noone could could spend 4 cases what they make in a life-time to become enlightened.

Answer 5

I don't think it is a cult. Why do you?
I think people have there own right to belive in whatever they want.I'm not a Scientologist or Jew or anything I have friends that are and thats cool! They are great people. Why should someone be scared to say waht they belive in??

Answer 6

It's a cult, what more can you say? Cults are bad, period.

Answer 7

Ew, ick, scary, crazy people.
Just my opinion, of course.

Answer 8

If south park doesn't like it then I cant have anything to do with them.