Who thinks the church of scientology is the worlds biggest fraud?

Question

Who thinks the church of scientology is the worlds biggest fraud

Answer 1

One of the biggest, yes! And they're a criminal enterprise. AND they harm (1) their own adherents (2) family members of adherents and (3) any and all critics. Here are just a few of MANY examples of these deplorable practices:

I would never ever EVER join. My thoughts are this:

Scientology is a dangerous, manipulative, greedy, lying, scamming, brainwashing cult. This assertion is backed up by facts. Plenty of people have been harmed by Scientology. Thankfully I've been fortunate enough to never confront the organization directly. There have been a number of people who have had very bad experiences during their involvement with Scientology. Read about them here:
http://www.lermanet.com/persecution/
http://www.whyaretheydead.net/krasel/
http://xenu.net/archive/personal_story/cheryl_s

Here are more "bad experiences" with the cult including an illegal plot to infiltrate the government, brainwashing techniques, mind control camps, attacks on critics, and DEATHS caused by Scientology doctrine and members:

• 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

Yes The Cult of Scientology is a fraud. Hubbard made it up as a joke.
look on http://www.xenu.net

Answer 3

I think that all religions are frauds as none can produce or prove that there is a man living in a cloud. But we are supposed to walk around saying, "Of course there is".

Answer 4

I think they are a big fraud, but I think they are a long way from being the biggest.

Answer 5

It is unless you believe it is only holy to give yourself over mind, body, and wallet to a group who will never allow you to move on and no longer be a member. And that when you die the aliens come to get you so you need to be sure to have a runway ready. One nut has a thought and rich people can't wait to throw money at it lol

Answer 6

Not me. I have tried Scientology and it delivers. So if it works how can it be a fraud?

Answer 7

L.Ron Hubbard does. I can hear him laughing in his grave, from here !

Quote: ' Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous, If a man really wanted to make a million dollars, the best way to do it would be start his own religion. L.Ron Hubbard .

Answer 8

i think of it relatively is quite thrilling. good to work out the international is transforming into greater secular and making use of undemanding experience. in spite of if, why did a pair million human beings no longer "sue" the Psychic community for no longer understanding beforehand it would flow out of economic company?

Answer 9

Any type of religion is a fraud, after all, they're all man-made.

Answer 10

It is the worlds biggest comedy troup & Tom Cruise is head clown!
Katie will soon be fed up & leave.