does scientology scare the living sh*t out of anyone else?

Question

not to slag peoples beliefs but to hell with being politically correct on this one

a religeon started by a science fiction author, who was famous for saying "the best way to get rich quick is to start your own religeon" and was in fact a convicted fraudster. that was only taken off the list of noted cults when scientology took over the cult awareness network

in the gentle words of the virgin mary

WHAT THE FLYING F**K

Answer 1

It certainly scares me, yes. I knew about their destruction and takeover of the CAN, and knew that about Hubbard, but... did you also know... 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
http://www.lermanet.com/reference/77Granjurypart1.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
More info: http://www.holysmoke.org/pc/pc.htm

● 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
http://www.fairgamed.org/

● 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
Websites: http://www.lisamcpherson.org/
http://www.whyaretheydead.net/room174.html

● 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

Yup. Read about all the cults in the book, "Kingdom of the Cults" by Martin. Very detailed, informative.
This scientology stuff is just a business made out to appear a religion. They love the fact they have big name actors that stump for them.

Answer 3

I find it pretty unbelievable and I am always astonished at the things people are willing to believe and convince themselves of. It doesn't scare me anywhere nearly as much as some of the larger and more accepted religious systems we have. They seem pretty content to live their lives according to their personal beliefs without trying to enforce them on others. Is it that much more unbelievable than a God impregnating a virgin and a guy rising from the dead after three days and raising other long dead prophets out their tombs, etc....???

Answer 4

Yeah they're taking all the good actors lol...

No really, on a serious note, it was a little scary to me at first but then I realized it was just a Hollywood fad that will eventually pass like everything else, and all of L. Ron Hubbard's books will be sitting on a shelf collecting dust right smack next to Paris' porno.

Answer 5

Evangelism scares the **** out of me... scientology is just a way to make rich people feel good or at least ok about having more money and fame than the poor people.

Answer 6

You need not fear being biten by a dog that has no teeth. Religion in general is but a means of controlling a select population (oddly enough that population volunteers for the subjegation) and separating those willing minions from their money. We can easily see that religious beliefs are responsible for most of human suffering and death throughout history but you need not be affraid, just walk away.

Answer 7

Hi,

To be honest a lot of religions scare the crap out of me, nowadays there are soooooooo many cult style religions & scientology in my opinion fits right into that catogory.

But like they say each to there own....

Think i'll stick to god though!! lol.

Answer 8

lol no scientology doesn't scare me, but i do think that it's friggin' weird! lol. Have you ever read "Dianetics" by L. Ron Hubbard?
it's nuts. And is as crazy as the rest of his 'teachings' lol......
"All the powers and secrets of the Universe are inside your head" type of a deal. <---- *theme song from "the twilight zone" playing in the background*.
Scientologists.......and self-help? *shivers* yeah right.
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Answer 9

I find their tactics scary. The Scientologists perpetrated the only known infiltration of an american government service and carried out the greatest theft of classified material in history.
look up Xenu. tv to get a better picture of them

Answer 10

I know. But that L. Ron Hubbard was a genius. I mean, he made up a story that would snugly fit into a Star Wars movie and actually found people dumb enough to believe it AND give their money to him. I guess you've heard the story he made... the evil Lord Xenu and the alien souls "thetans" making you depressed.

Everytime I see scientologists* in real life, I troll them hard about this.

*unless they are bigger than me.

Answer 11

The clergy, or the one who makes out a living selling religion. They are already stammering to answer questions, and after a couple of years ,will be out of bussiness,