What do YOU think about Scientology?

Question

What are everyones opinions about Scientology?
I have heard some saying it has a good philosophical meaning/its a good religion to be into and others saying it is all bs and should not qualify as a religion.

Answer 1

I think it's a dangerous, greedy, manipulative, lying, scamming, brainwashing cult. I also happen to have FACTS to back up this point of view. There are multitudes of people who have suffered tragic 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://xenu.net/archive/personal_story/funkydonny.html

● 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

There is constantly 2 facets to each and every tale. What I like approximately Scientology is that it offers you information to upgrade your existence and the lifetime of others. You can suppose for your self and realise persons bigger. But there are the ones persons who've evil intentions and might stumble into Scientology. They then run out and inform horror reports. Nothing is best, but when you may observe extra approximately themselves and others then this is a well factor proper?

Answer 3

The only thing that is useful in Scientology is the promotion of jogging and taking a multivitamin. Everything else is devastatingly dangerous, many people more than any other cult or group have been mentally damaged from scientology and several for life. It led several people to kill themselves, hear voices, you name it, its powerful in a horrible horrible way. Youtube "scientology" and watch some of the BBC and other specials.....

Answer 4

I think Scientology is made up of two kinds of people: vunerable and confused individuals looking for guidance and money hungry power hungry control freaks. It's about manipulation and control. My fiance had a nasty expirence with them which very nearly resulted in his death. A girl wih schizophrenia down the road from me stabbed to death her brother and father the other day during a psychotic episode, because her father, being a Scientologist, refused to permit her to take her medication.
I think they are quite evil.

Answer 5

hah! I was born a scientologist so I should know your answer! and i am gonna tell ya, NO one here will know your how to answer your wuestion properly or correctly, they only know what lame *** shows and news programs tell them, so its best to keep an open mind with regard to all the answers you get.
by the way, it is more of a philosiphy that can be viewed as a religion, its main cause is to make you "aware" of what is going on in life. and to help you see what it true for you, which may not be true for someone else, you use what you learn and if it works great, if not then move on. and yea it can be seen as a cult, but so is any new religion, just research all religions and at the beginning they were persicuted just the same. that is just the way things are and will almost always be!

Answer 6

L Ron Hubbard reminds me of Tupac. I wonder if Tupac was a scientologist? Oops that was a question sorry. I think Scientology is for the insane, unless you are a Lizard alien.

Answer 7

in England it doesn't qualify as a religion, they claim to have 5 million members, but in reality its closer to 20k (worldwide).

I dont understand most of their views, especially the "Silent Birth" thing, where mothers are expected to give birth to their babies silenty without pain meds. Ya. Dont see that happening.

It has some famous followers and thats the only reason it even gets mentioned.

It functions more like a pyramid scheme or business than any kinda church I have seen.

Answer 8

Buncha people just trying to make up another religion thats completely out there...they have these meters that measure absolutely nothing and claim to measure a "force" or "energy"...if tom cruise believes in it, its not somethin I want to...but hey- people got their right to believe what they want so i have no right to criticize anyone

Answer 9

Started by an ingenius (I can't spell) and unscrupulous business man. It's a big money making business, which operates in the light of day, and sucks em in.

Answer 10

it was started as a bet between 2 college professors 50 years ago.

Answer 11

Check out Christian Science.