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NewsOK: Scientology advocates individual examination of spiritual life
newsok.com — This is a pretty good description of Scientology for a newspaper columnist... and scholar. It's not the way I would have written it but it's really not bad. It's nice to see something that doesn't try to make someone's religion 'weird'.
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- johnnick, on 10/16/2007, -4/+1Scientology is no wackier than any other religion, and less wacky than some. Of course, that's a very, very low bar, since they all require an element of unsubstantiated belief in the impossible (or at least the very, very highly improbable).
- clamxbaker, on 10/18/2007, -0/+4Comparing the historic religions, to the CORPORATE cult of Scientology is ignorant. Scientology isn't a religion, and they don't ask that you believe in anything, and they don't teach any socially redeeming values. They do however demand your total devotion to their group. Scientology members aren't even told about the "theology" (theology is a stretch to describe Hubbard's sci fi story) that they're following. Only an elite group of indoctrinates followers make it to OT III and learn about the Xenu story. The rest of the flock are debt slaves and they'll probably leave the Co$, or die before they ever reach OT III. $cientology is not a religion. $cientology is probably the biggest pyramid scheme in the history of pyramid schemes.
- clamxbaker, on 10/18/2007, -0/+4I forgot to add that they train their debt slave to be sales people, and that's all they do. Their job is to sell $cientology to more victims or "fresh meat" in Hubbard speak. Everything else in $cientology is just window dressings.
- clamxbaker, on 10/18/2007, -0/+4Comparing the historic religions, to the CORPORATE cult of Scientology is ignorant. Scientology isn't a religion, and they don't ask that you believe in anything, and they don't teach any socially redeeming values. They do however demand your total devotion to their group. Scientology members aren't even told about the "theology" (theology is a stretch to describe Hubbard's sci fi story) that they're following. Only an elite group of indoctrinates followers make it to OT III and learn about the Xenu story. The rest of the flock are debt slaves and they'll probably leave the Co$, or die before they ever reach OT III. $cientology is not a religion. $cientology is probably the biggest pyramid scheme in the history of pyramid schemes.
- SgtAl, on 10/16/2007, -1/+6Scientology is not a religion. In order to be a religion they would have to worship something. The only thing the cult of scientology worships is money and power. This is the most danerous money grubbing power mad cult on the face of the planet. The should be treated as such.
- luana1980, on 11/16/2007, -2/+1A newspaper columnist and scholar vs know-it-all Al? Well, that choice is easy.
- dr3kisawesome, on 03/18/2008, -0/+1...through money!
- blizter, on 03/18/2008, -0/+1Scientology killed Lisa MacPherson
Scientology has the blood of many on it's hands
Scientology is responsible for driving many to suicide
Scientology infiltrated the US gov't
Scientology stalks and intimidates ex-members and critics
Scientology splits up families
Scientology strongly pressures members to have abortions
Scientology runs labor camp gulags with no oversight
Scientology illegally imprisons members
Scientology makes it exceptionally difficult to leave
Scientology has countless front organizations
Scientology is for profit, but tax-exempted like a religion
Scientology may be tax-exempt in ways no other religion is, but the deal is secret so we can't source it
Scientology costs $300,000 or more
Scientology was formed by a science fiction writer
Scientology denies medicine to it's members
Scientology denigrates the disabled
Scientology pollutes the planet with their cruise liner's dumping of wastewater
Scientology abuses copyright law to censor dissenting opinions
Scientology keeps most of the members in the dark about what they do
Scientology gives celebrities a separate set of OT texts
Scientology kidnaps children from other countries
Scientology is a criminal organization in germany and belgium
Scientology photographs protesters to build a file on them
Scientology uses these files to dig up more info
Scientology uses that info to harass protesters
Scientology tails people home from protests
Scientology spies on protests from tint-windowed trucks
Scientology smears any visible critic the best they can
Scientology cancelled tory's cab home
Scientology tried to stop tory at the airport
Scientology sent people to tory's destination to meet her when she landed
Scientology either killed or pushed to suicide shawn lonsdale
Scientology uses threats of pneumonia to keep members who've paid less from reading the texts
Scientology uses tried and true hypnosis methods from the first moment you let them
Scientology abuses ebay's VeRO program to delete auctions of their materials
Scientology has an illegal monopoly on their devices and materials by those means
Scientology interns their members in an asbestos-ridden cruise liner against their will
Scientology is run by a man who beats his employees and splits them from their partners
Scientology has a policy called "Fair Game" used to silence critics
Scientology almost destroyed Paulette Cooper's life
Scientology hired someone to become her friend so that he could stage her suicide
Scientology framed Paulette Cooper and wrote in official documents that they intended it
Scientology has a team of people constantly skimming the internet to censor dissenting views
Scientology keeps permanent files on all members of everything said in the sessions
Scientology employees use these files to harass members into "donating" more
Scientology calls up people who left 20 years ago to try and scare them into returning
Scientology hangs around outside your house looking suspicious
Scientology sends smear materials to your job, your school, your friends, and your family
Scientology posts fliers all over your town detailing everything you've ever done wrong
Scientology uses code words for everything to keep their members disconnected from reality
Scientology harassed the BBC when they were doing a documentary called Panorama about the "church"
Scientology snaps up celebrities without letting them learn much of the church
Scientology imitates neutral parties when countering criticism
Scientology attempts to infiltrate schools with their horribly ineffective "Narconon" program
Scientology makes children do hard labour.
Scientology makes parents neglect children.
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http://www.whyaretheydead.net/
http://www.lisamcpherson.org/
http://www.youfoundthecard.com/
http://www.whyweprotest.net/
http://www.enturbulation.org/
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/index.html
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Secrets/index.html
http://stop-narconon.org/
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/ ...
http://www.factnet.org/
http://www.lermanet.com/
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-959236.html
http://www.rickross.com/groups/scientology.html
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