Scientology? Good? Bad?

Question

Ok, I hear ALL these negative things about Scientology but why is it so evil? What is wrong with it? Any have any good points or bad points? Any Scientologists can give me some insight? Anyone who has once been a Scientologist discuss why they are not any longer?
Just curious.....interested.....

Thanks :)

Answer 1

This is why it's considered "evil":

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

I've been a Scientologist for 35 years.

I'm a much better person for it, and I have a great family with great children because of it -- I certainly don't have to worry about them taking drugs or getting into crime!

It's a well-known theological fact that anyone who leaves any religion (called an "apostate") always lies. In other words, any apostate will lie about the religion they've left, presumably to justify what they've done. So any testimony from ex-members of any religion is suspect. (This doesn't just apply to Scientology, it's any religion at all.)

Which basically means all this rubbish you see on the Web is just that: rubbish.

The only way you can really learn what Scientology is about is to read a book written by the founder and see what you think. Only you can decide.

Answer 3

Bad! I spoke to one the other day who told me within thirty minutes I did have the mental health problems I had! Basically mental illness does not exist. They believe in treating serious mentally illnesses like schizophrenia with vitamins. They are dangerous, bigoted and off the planet. They believe that psychiatry is even responsible for the 9/11 attacks. That psychiatrists trillions of years ago murdered and destroyed the planet we come from but then followed us to this one to restart what they did not finish which is total control. I'm no fan of psychiatry, but please. There are people who's lives have been saved by psychiatry, all thought I do agree it has too much power and too little knowledge.

Scientology was made up my someone who had a grudge against psychiatry and who would not use his methods to treat patients. Then this same man who wanted to be part of the practises proclaim they are evil and should be annihilated for allegedly being responsible for all our problems! He was seriously mental ill himself by the end of his life and was in fact on psychiatric medications which he told every one else to stop taking as his treatments(vitamins)were a cure! This was a case of a man who was rejected by something as being dangerous and who then set out on a vendetta against it and idiots that now think his rantings are true! These are seriously deluded people!

Answer 4

It is not a religion so much as a very bad joke pulled by a writer.

The religion was made up by Ron L. Hubbard as something for a science fiction story. I don't think he ever intended it to be taken seriously or to become a real religion.

The core belief of the religion is that we are all Aliens from UFOs that landed back in the ancient past. We are not reincarnated into new human bodies. As we live our souls get stained with our sins and so we are forced back into the cycle again. To get out of the cycle of death and reincarnation you need to reduce the number of sins on your soul. This measured with an electronic machine in a procedure called an audit.

The religion stole a lot from Buddhism, but of course Buddhists don't believe that we are all aliens or that there are UFOs. Nor do they thing that a machine similar to a lie detector can be used to audit the person's soul to weigh their karmic burden. This is what really makes me thing the religion is so phony that it is unreal. Hubbard took Buddhism, shaved the serial numbers off of it by making a few changes and presented something new; something preposterous that he could then make fun of. Oops he died too early and someone took him seriously and so the religion was born. And you wonder why people don't take Tom Cruise seriously any more.

For more on this ridiculous excuse for a religion check out this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology

Answer 5

Scientology, like all religion, is bad. Why do I say this? Anything that adds unproven information to the proven information that we have about the world around us cannot be a good thing. Look at it like this. We have modern medicine. Now would you have our modern doctors adding in the practices of Native American medicine men? Native American's believed in it, so why wouldn't it be a valuable medical tool to use? Just because people believe in something doesn't make it a good thing. If any of these religions could prove without a doubt that what they say is true then I would would be all for it. They don't. You are better off staying away from all religions until they can prove to you what they say because until they do, they are no different than the lunatic that claims there are unicorns.

Answer 6

In the end, Scientology is "Evil" because of the behavior of the "Church." There have been numerous deaths related to Scientology:

http://www.whyaretheydead.net/

Their "Fair Game" doctrine is particularly disturbing, as they've gone so far as to plaster neighborhoods with posters accusing one of their critics of pedophilia

See:
http://www.xenu.net/fairgame-e.html.

for more information.

Please, look closely at Scientology, and the lives it has destroyed before you get involved with the organization. They'll claim that only people with a mental defect will object to Scientology, because some people object to anything that could benefit people. My objections however have nothing to do with the professed beliefs of Scientology, but with the lives that have been ended and destroyed by the Church of Scientology.

http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com/

Answer 7

I am a Scientologist, I apply Scientology to my life.

With correct application of principles you can get good gains in your personal life and with your ability to help others.

This is a site which has opinions from Scientologist:
http://www.basicauditing.org/

This is a link to answers common questions:
http://www.scientologytoday.org/Common/question/index.htm

This is a link to one of my favorite Scientology books:
http://bpi.goldenageofknowledge.net/items/nsol.html

Answer 8

http://www.xenu.net/ is a comprehensive resource for scientology information.

It's an evil cult designed to make money and nothing else . Its effects on believers are destructive - Check out http://www.lisamcpherson.org/ , a victim of the cult who was starved to death.

Read "the road to xenu" - http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/xenu/ - an account of a girl who escaped scientology after 12 years!

The cult's core belief - no, I am not kidding here! - in the words of the founder:

"The head of the Galactic Federation (76 planets around larger stars visible from here) (founded 5,000,000 years ago, very space opera) solved overpopulation (250 billion or so per planet, 178 billion on average) by mass implanting. He caused people to be brought to Teegeeack (Earth) and put an H-Bomb on the principal volcanos (Incident II) and then the Pacific area ones were taken in boxes to Hawaii and the Atlantic area ones to Las Palmas and there "packaged".

His name was Xenu. He used renegades. Various misleading data by means of circuits etc. was placed in the implants.

When through with his crime loyal officers (to the people) captured him after six years of battle and put him in an electronic mountain trap where he still is. "They" are gone. The place (Confederation) has since been a desert. The length and brutality of it all was such that this Confederation never recovered. The implant is calculated to kill (by pneumonia etc) anyone who attempts to solve it. This liability has been dispensed with by my tech development.

One can freewheel through the implant and die unless it is approached as precisely outlined. The "freewheel" (auto-running on and on) lasts too long, denies sleep etc and one dies. So be careful to do only Incidents I and II as given and not plow around and fail to complete one thetan at a time.

In December 1967 I knew someone had to take the plunge. I did and emerged very knocked out, but alive. Probably the only one ever to do so in 75,000,000 years. I have all the data now, but only that given here is needful.

One's body is a mass of individual thetans stuck to oneself or to the body.

One has to clean them off by running incident II and Incident I. It is a long job, requiring care, patience and good auditing. You are running beings. They respond like any preclear. Some large, some small.

Thetans believed they were one. This is the primary error. Good luck."

Answer 9

Scientology has nothing whatsoever to do with God, Lord Jesus Christ, Salvation, Eternity, Divine Wisdom, REDEMPTION FROM SIN, RIGHTEOUSNESS.., it is a 'MIND SCIENCE' and doesn't/can't go any further.

Answer 10

Pure evil.