Scientology

[norseman]

"advised by L. Ron Hubbard" ??

Taking advice from that source on ANYTHING is outright madness !

[Arcturus]

Originally Posted by norseman

"advised by L. Ron Hubbard" ??

Taking advice from that source on ANYTHING is outright madness !

well i never claim sanity ...i like to take anything on face value...if hitler had some dietary advice i'd at least listen...even nutters can speak some sense sometimes...but probably only in regards to practical physical world stuff like how to mend a puncture...i would never take psycho-spiritual advice or advice in the realms of the psyche from anyone...his movies were **** too and i've no doubt that i'd have nothing to do with it...that said for some reason i have an interest in natural birth procedures and as such what he said piqued my interest...purely on a physical prasctical level like changing a tyre...and if thats madness then so be me.

I dont think I have high enough Eton levels to join in on this thread,
I will just have to keep praying to Xenu that I finally get there someday,
Hey the way I look at it if the Scientology doesnt work out there is always Eckankar..

[psychoslice]

Scientology is good for a laugh at least.

[Lynn]

Hello

I have dabble in this a bit when I was in me 20's and looking for a place to fit in. I would not go to call what I found a "Cult" as all religious studies as a whole do have some elememts of control or a statute one has to follow along. That element of control or of study one is to follow along without waver.

I so feel there is something that one can take with them from all places one wonders into. We do not have to live by it to learn somethng about ourself from it. Too there are many things that are 'well marketed' that influence one's to follow a path, that is how the media works. Does that make it wrong no as we do not have to get in line to buy it.

Lynn

[theophilus]

Here is a good source of information about scientology:

http://www.apologeticsindex.org/585-scientology

Folks,
Perspectives and opinions in a discussion are what the forums are all about. I would like to take a momement and remind everyone that while we are encouraged to share our opinions please do so with respect. Some posts are starting to cross a line with respect to Respect of others beliefs.

Please write your post as if the next person to read it is a Scientologist who is a member of SF and show some respect for thier beliefs as you would those of any faith that may be different than your own. Difference of opinion, great! Ridicule, not great.

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Now on with the show

Although i must first state, that my knowledge to Scientology is near Zero, i have googled it, just out of curiousity and read up a bit and i have a question

I want to know, besides their methods and techniques and funding issues, what is so wrong with there belief system and how does it differ to Spirituality (albeit the above mentioned flaws)

http://www.scientology.org/what-is-scientology.html

Do they just have a bad rep for their methods and not beliefs?
I dont know, maybe i should do more research!

Scientology is like a MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) scam. In order to get anywhere in the organization, you're required to spend a lot of money for the privilege of "secret" information. I've read over the years accounts of people who left scientology and it's like any large "religious" organization. There are clicks and people in power who abuse the power. There is information out there on scientology. Several years ago, there was a concerted effort by ex-scientology people to disseminate all the official documents, even the expensive ones. Of course, the people of scientology tried just as hard to recover those documents. But once it's been released out into the net, that's kinda impossible. So if you're dedicated and want to know, keep searching. Me -- I don't really care beyond idle curiosity. They don't have any information that isn't already accessible.

[Miss Hepburn]

Originally Posted by iolite

Scientology is like a MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) scam. In order to get anywhere in the organization, you're required to spend a lot of money for the privilege of "secret" information. I've read over the years accounts of people who left scientology and it's like any large "religious" organization. There are clicks and people in power who abuse the power. There is information out there on scientology. Several years ago, there was a concerted effort by ex-scientology people to disseminate all the official documents, even the expensive ones. Of course, the people of scientology tried just as hard to recover those documents. But once it's been released out into the net, that's kinda impossible. So if you're dedicated and want to know, keep searching. Me -- I don't really care beyond idle curiosity. They don't have any information that isn't already accessible.

Yes, this is what I understand also.