scientology?

Question

why do people look down on em so much

(dont worry im not one)

Answer 1

It's a dangerous cult, that's why.

Here is an overview of Scientology (in my own words except for a sentence or two borrowed from one of the many cited sources):

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 (and according to Scientology’s belief in Thetan immortality, they also attached to us during “past lives”) & 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://www.spaink.net/cos/essays/atack_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 members (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://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/07/01/sci_psy/index_np.html?pn=1
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

L Ron Hubbard, the "founder" of scientology is supposedly quoted as saying, "If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion."

Why even bother attacking any of their principles, values or beliefs, or values when the man who created it makes a comment like that.

Also, it's a 'created religion.' Granted all others are too, but they are rooted in history by now. It's like me creating Yahoo-ology in which I am building a religion around Yahoo! Answers. Think of all the rules we could make up and have fun with with that one!

Answer 3

WOW, the previous answer ARE scaring, not scientology!

Probably you would get all your questions answered if you would only dare (anyone of you) go to a church of scientology and SEE for yourself.

Mrs L. Ron Hubbard never aimed at becoming millionnaire with a religion, and in fact he was having plenty of money before to write the book that started all: "Dianetics: The modern Science of Mental Helath" in 1950. He gaves all his research and book to the religion so IT would continue to survive him. So it wasn't a question of money.

Really, he did a lot to help an awful lot of people, more than you could imagine. If anyone of all us would only do a fration of what he did, we would have a much better world.

Now, just read genuine scientology books and find out what it is. Of course you could look at "other" view point on the subject, but frankly: If I had a question about YOU, what would be the more reliable source; YOU or people that never even talk to you or saw you?

You got it!

You would like me to ask YOU the question directly.

True, scientologist right now have one big problem: Psychiatry. Abuses, fraud, and corruption in the field of mental health are so BIG and they do so much damage to our societies that something has to stop them. That's one of our big concern!

Scientology has the answers to the failure of psychiatry and psychology in general. THEY are afraid of competition (they have monopole) so they attack us in media, etc.THEY are BILLIONNAIRE and are financed by our government, which in end comes back to us... We report their abuses, and it's easy, there are so many of them! They fight back. Michael Moore just made a movie that talk about just that (Sycko) and by the way look the way he's being fight back!

So your question should be more something like: "Why do people do not look on em enough?".

Visit the websites below to get answers from the source...

Answer 4

When someone believes that human beings came here from outer space and populated the earth, he/she is screaming to be made fun of!

It's a scam. Even its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, admitted that he started it up to make money.

He started it up back in the 50s, when everybody was obsessing with outer space and UFOs and all that. It was a fad then, and it's a fad now, though not a very big one.

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Answer 5

If you want to know why people pick on The Cult of Scientology then read this
http://www.xenu.net

Answer 6

Why?
Because we go against the status quo.
Scientology is against Psychiatry and Psychiatric drugs like Prozac that are a multy billion dollar industry. So in turn they spend millions to black PR us and other dirty trics.

Answer 7

This link may provide you with answers to your questions about $cientology:

http://www.xenu.net/roland-intro.html