what do you guys think of scientology? is it a rich man religion? or do you like it?

Question

just curious

Answer 1

Im an ex-scientologist.
I tried it years ago. I took the Personal Communications, and Better Studying courses. Great stuff. I still use what I learned every day.

I only took the cheaper courses then quit. According to anti-scientology sites most people do that. I didnt feel need for fighting peer pressure, or getting off drugs, or deep counseling of things blocking me in life. But I can see why some would and might need to go all the way into the expensive 1-on-1 hourly counseling session stuff.

Rich mans religion? I dont really see how. The religion part was free. Sunday services were non-denominational. Asking for help for people in disasters, asking for canned food or used clothing or helping on disaster teams. They didnt even "pass the plate" or hint about tithing 10% of your income so the religion part seemed cheaper than most religions. I never did hear any of the weird stuff that people post about it. The courses were all about being the best person you can be without calling for outside help like most religions. The ones I took were well in the range of any class at the community college which is mostly who I saw in it. The way high-end expensive stuff is about the same as any other 1-on-1 hourly counseling and cheaper than many.

According to ZC or AC or whatever she is called now who does all the researching into it, ""Auditing", for example, is purchased in 12½ hour blocks, costing anywhere from $200-$750 for introductory sessions". Whats that come to per hour? 20-50 dollars an hour? And I guess if someone really needs the high end stuff it gets up to a couple hundred an hour. Sounds less than average for such things. The people trying to reach the top can spend as much as a rich mans car but that still sounds less than reaching the top of churches that would make them "give up all your worldly goods" to become a priest.

In any case that would only be a few people. Not everyone that took some courses. Since Scientology doesnt demand it, most people dont even change their religion.

According to anti-scientology sites
Note: Preliminary analysis suggests that about 60% of people who try Scientology do only a single course or service, that 80% of new members become inactive within 2 years, and that 65% of those who reach the level of Clear become inactive within a year after doing so.

Answer 2

In the late 1940s, pulp writer L. Ron Hubbard declared:

"Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion"

Reader's Digest reprint, May 1980, p.1

Hubbard later created the Church of Scientology...

Answer 3

It's junk religion. Human-created, as if religion was simply a fairytale chosen by the devote rather than a genuine seeking for the truth.

Answer 4

There is no such cult or organization as "Scientology". "Scientology" is a methodology and belief system. The cult you speak of is named "The *Church* of Scientology"-the main (but not the only) group that purveys Scientology. And *all* religions are "man made".

Answer 5

It is a religion only by the ruling of one lower tax court. They are trying to get money from the gullible.

Answer 6

Keep in mind, L. Ron Hubbard, it's founder,was a second rate science fiction writer in the 50's.

Answer 7

The claim the study of human nature and the brain is a gross sin.

Answer 8

You have to buy your way in and buy your way up, and in Europe it's not only not considered a religion, but it's illegal because by their definition it's a scam.

Answer 9

I think it was an attempt by someone to create a belief system that made him right.

Answer 10

It was made up by one of the best scfi writes of the last century. What dose that tell you