Is this true? I feel so stupid?

Question

I was watching South Park the other day and it was on Scientology. Throughout the show, they were telling where Scientology originated from and like what the scientologists actually believe in. They said they believe in like aliens and that there was this great war and the dead aliens' spirits live in the human's body??? And like on the bottom, it said "This is a true fact" or something like that. They were saying it was true!! is it? I mean, I dont know anything about scientology and it sounded really stupid. Especially knowing that South Park is a bunch of bull s h i t ! ( I still ove it) Someone please explain to me

Answer 1

Actually, when they had the words "THIS IS WHAT SCIENTOLOGISTS ACTUALLY BELIEVE" superimposed on the screen, they weren't kidding. South Park was telling the honest truth (I know, hard to believe, but they were!) I'll post a comprehensive overview of Scientology for you that I hope will help you better understand it's origins, it's beliefs and practices, it's intentions, etc:

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). Their “treatment” of substance abuse includes little more than massive doses of vitamins and extended sessions in a sauna.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianetics#Scientific_evaluation_and_criticisms
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
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Narconon/detox.htm

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 $200-$750 for introductory sessions to between $8,000 & $9,000 for advanced sessions. Basically, Scientology claims to possess exclusive knowledge of the path to religious redemption & then charges obscene amounts of money for every little baby step towards this end. 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”, stacking them around volcanoes & blowing them up by dropping “h-bombs” into the volcanoes. 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. It doesn’t recognize legitimate conditions like autism, epilepsy, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or ANY neurological disorder / chemical imbalance at all, and the “church” has been known to withhold prescription pharmaceuticals from members (often with harmful & deadly results). The “Church” blames the psychiatry for the Holocaust, as well as school shootings and even September 11th. It’s been suggested that Hubbard’s vehement opposition was born of the psychiatric community’s rejection of his “tech” as a valid treatment method, but it’s also possible that Hubbard chose psychiatry as a scapegoat. Organizations like Scientology are notorious for villainizing a specific out-group as it fosters cohesion within said organization.
http://www.anti-scientologie.ch/usa-scientology.htm
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=3137&IssueNum=136
http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/07/01/sci_psy/index_np.html?pn=1
http://perkinstragedy.org

L. Ron Hubbard, the man behind the creation of Scientology, was & still is a controversial figure. Biographies and lists of personal accomplishments differ greatly between Scientology and non-Scientology publications as the “church” tends to exaggerate and outright lie about his early life, his education, his travels, his achievements etc, preferring to paint a distorted, flattering picture. Several books and articles present facts which flatly contradict these church-published accounts (links to free online copies of these books & articles are provided below), showing conclusively that he was NOT the brilliant, accomplished figure revered by Scientologists. During his autopsy, the sedative 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. It had also been said by many who knew Hubbard personally that at the end of his life he was “a psychopathic insane person screaming about BT's [Body Thetans]….”
http://www.apologeticsindex.org/Bare%20Faced%20Messiah.pdf
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/atack/contents.htm
http://www.clambake.org/archive/books/mom/Messiah_or_Madman.txt
http://skull.piratehaven.org/~atman/factnet/lrhbare.txt

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.xenu.net/archive/personal_story/funkydonny.html

Answer 2

You've been fed a load of crap, and I find it sad that so many people will believe just about ANYTHING about new religions, or religions they don't understand.

First of all, I think it's good you're asking, and not taking South Park as a source of information about religion. ;)

I've been a Scientologist for over 16 years. I'll tell you - it is NOT a belief system.

It is an applied religious philosophy, which means that we learn tools we apply to life. That's it, really.

The only thing that I will say someone pretty much has to believe in order to be a Scientologist, is that we are spiritual beings, not just meat bodies. That's not even a requirement to be a Scientologist, either, but what one begins to understand as one progresses.

Hubbard himself stated many times that what is true for you is what you have observed for yourself.

He wrote MILLIONS of words. Millions and millions of words and taped lectures, and that is what we study. What is real to us, we use. What doesn't make sense, is NOT forced on us by anyone.

Regarding the story you heard on South Park - well, after all these years in Scientology, I can tell you I've ONLY heard that on the internet, so what does that tell you? But who knows? Perhaps it was given as a metaphor, like Eve being created from a rib on Adam's body or some other bizarre creation story. (Just because the Bible states that, doesn't mean every Christian must believe that's how the world started, either.)

http://what-is.scientology.org/Html/part01/chp03/pg0138.html

Answer 3

If a scientologist and a mormon have a baby together, will it turn out to be a space alien or a proctologist?

THAT is the REALLY important question here, sister! Yeah! Ponder THAT sh*t!

Answer 4

The Xenu story is truly what Scientologists believe. I think that it is a sick cult.

Answer 5

well everything on South Park is true remember the episode with Barbra Streisend ?

Answer 6

OMG i was watching that the other day too!! Wasn't it WEIRD?? I was suppose to look it up on the internet cuz it was so weird but i forgot! Thanks for reminding me :D

Hopefully it isn't true, it was so dumb!

Answer 7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_beliefs_and_practices