If you are a Scientologist, I suggest you not read this.
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I thought I would try and provide you guys with a little background on this dangerous cult. That's right folks, it's a cult. I have been doing some research on this "religion" and although they don't want to kill us because we don't believe what they believe like the radical Islamic whackos, it's still just as dangerous but in a different way.
In a nutshell:
It was started in the 1950s by a science fiction writer named L. Ron Hubbard in fulfilment to his declared aim to start a religion to make money. It is an offshoot to a method of psychotherapy he concocted from various sources which he named "Dianetics". Dianetics is a form of regression therapy. It was then further expanded to appear more like a religion in order to enjoy tax benefits. He called it "Scientology".
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"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" (This was his direct quote)
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The Church of Scientology is a vicious and dangerous cult that masquerades as a religion. Its purpose is to make money. It practices a variety of mind-control techniques on people lured into its midst to gain control over their money and their lives. Its aim is to take from them every penny that they have and can ever borrow.
They have a technique called "auditing" wich is some weird type of psychotherapy, basically it weakens the mind, and makes you go from a rational state, to an irrational state.....basically bringing the delusional contents of your subconcious mind to the surface and you then assume them to be valid. (irrational state) It then makes you susceptible to suggestion, since your critical thinking faculties are replaced by these delusions. (Like any good cult)
It results in a permanent hypnotic state, wich makes the person more controllable. Thereby much more willing to believe and/or do anything for the cause.
A person loses the ability to think for themselves and so they lose the ability to challenge incorrect ideas. This makes them easier to control. It also isolates and alienates the person from society so that they withdraw from normal society and into their "Scientology" society. This further increases their susceptibility to the influence of their group. They end up being afraid of society, believing all society to be controlled by a group of drug companies, psychiatrists (c-the Brooke Shields/Tom Cruise flap) and financiers all of whom report to more remote masters. In other words they are in a state of mass paranoia. They therefore avoid reading newspapers and the like since they fear it will disturb their safe Scientology world.
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For the record, I myself am not a big believer in psychiatrists either, but I know they have helped people. Do I think society is contolled by them? Uh....no. We all know Bill Gates controls society. (hee hee) And as far as the drug companies go, are they corrupt....probably a few......faith is all fine and everything, and if you don't believe in taking medication, more power to you, but let me tell you first hand, when you have what I have (ulcerative colitis) drugs are a really good thing.
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Okay now here comes the good part......
The science fiction content of Scientology is revealed to them after they have reached the state they call "Clear", meaning freed from the aberrations of the mind. However, perhaps "brainwashed" would be a more applicable word to describe the mental state of someone who has survived the near entire delusional contents of their subconscious mind brought to the surface and presented to them as "truth". On the "advanced" levels (called OT levels) above the state of "Clear" they encounter the story of
Xenu. Xenu was supposed to have gathered up all the overpopulation in this sector of the galaxy, brought them to Earth and then exterminated them using hydrogen bombs. The souls of these murdered people are then supposed to infest the body of everyone. They are called "body thetans". On the advanced levels of Scientology a person "audits out" these body thetans telepathically by getting them to re-experience their being exterminated by hydrogen bombs. So people on these levels assume all their bad thoughts and faulty memories are due to these body thetans infesting every part of their body and influencing them mentally.
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This by the way costs thousands and thousands of dollars for them to teach you the process to get rid of these "souls"
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Now of course every Scientologist will deny all of this stuff. I've gotten most of my info from former "Scientologists" who were able to escape this cult.
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Here's a little more on Xenu:
Much of the
criticism of the
Church of Scientology focuses on the story of Xenu. The Church has tried to keep Xenu confidential; critics claim revealing the story is in the
public interest, given the high prices charged for OT III, part of Scientology's secret "Advanced Technology" doctrines taught only to members that have already contributed large amounts of money to the organization.
The Church avoids making mention of Xenu in public statements and has gone to considerable effort to maintain the story's confidentiality, including
legal action on the grounds of both
copyright and
trade secrecy. Despite this, much material on Xenu has leaked to the public.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------All right, you can draw your own conclusions........but for me, I think I'll avoid Tom Cruise movies from this point forward. And somebody PLEASE rescue Katie Holmes, she has no idea what she has gotten into.
These are a bunch of weirdo freaks guys, I'd stay as far away from them as possible.
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