Counterpiece on the same site.
"Scientology Without the Science: Why do they believe?"
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I appreciate the aims of Olivia’s Scientologist friends, I really do. Freedom, finding yourself, equality; how could these goals sound bad? Hubbard’s ideas serve as inspirational motivation, but that is no ground for religion.
Contrary to their claims, Scientology isn’t all about enhancing the individual. In order to receive the spiritual rehabilitation of “auditing,” the focal point of the religion, a participator in the Church must pay a hefty donation.
Money is extracted from the followers in other ways as well. One of the main beliefs of Scientology is that human souls, or “thetans,” are reincarnations of extraterrestrials, or aliens. The details are held hostage by the head scientologists. Those in the religion who want to know the secrets must pay even more money, usually thousands of dollars. What a supportive little family.
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Although Scientology is a far-fetched idea, its creators have no patience for criticism. In 1971, Paulette Cooper wrote The Scandal of Scientology. That winter, the Church of Scientology sued her for $300,000. In February of the next year, the Church ordered Terry Milner, the Deputy Guardian for Intelligence United States, to “handle” Cooper properly. Milner then told his group to “attack” Cooper from all sides and initiate “wide-scale exposure” of her sex life.
Her phone number was scrawled across public walls, death threats were mailed to her house, and her neighbors were informed that she had a venereal disease. A woman then stole a stack of stationary from her house, disguised as a solicitor. The stationary made its way to the Church of Scientology in the form of two (faked) bomb threats. The Church brought the matter to court, and as Cooper’s fingerprints clearly stood out on the threats, she was put on trial. Luckily, they dropped the charges after discovering that the Church staged the threats.
The Church’s next official mission was to find a way to get Cooper into a mental institution or jail so she would stop “fighting back.” They jovially named this mission Operation Freakout.
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Paying ridiculous amounts of money to learn secrets that aren’t even scientifically backed? Targeting and harassing those who dare to venture from the belief system? This is not a religion; this is a cult. Olivia: go ahead, become a Scientologist, but when you’re broke, defiled and wanted by the FBI, don’t come crying to me.
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Spankdown!
(more at link)
http://www.garfieldmessenger.com/opi...t-the-science/