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Scientology Faces Criminal Charges
Ok, I read this story, it's out of Belgium, and I'm sure you all thought I'd jump on this like hot cakes. And I am, but before I put this out there, I decided, I better go more in depth on what I know about Scientology. When the book Dianetics came out, I use to joke with my friends that it was a book about me. My name is in the title. I even owned the book. But I blew it off as bullstuff. Scientology was at first secular; Hubbard began to characterize Scientology's beliefs and practices as a religion in 1953, and by 1960 he had redefined it as a "religion by its basic tenets." All I needed to know to really blow this off was this: When a person dies – or, in Scientology terms, when a thetan (their version of soul) abandons their physical body – they go to a "landing station" on the planet Venus, where the thetan of the is re-implanted and told lies about its past life and its next life. The Venusians take the thetan, "capsule" it, and send it back to Earth to be dumped into the ocean off the coast of California. Says Hubbard, "If you can get out of that, and through that, and wander around through the cities and find some girl who looks like she is going to get married or have a baby or something like that, you're all set. And if you can find the maternity ward to a hospital or something, you're OK. And you just eventually just pick up a baby." To avoid these inconveniences, Hubbard advised Scientologists to refuse to go to Venus after their death. Criminal charges should be happening here in the states too. Everybody's got to believe in something, but this "religion" sounds like extortion.
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posted by
robbwillis
on Sep 7, 2007 at 11:23 AM
"For the last 10 years, the prosecutor has been using the media, trying to damage the reputation of the Church of Scientology and not being able to put a case in court," Scientology said. Damaging Scientology's reputation? Moving the Titanic closer to the Earth's core would require less effort... posted by
woofwoof
on Sep 7, 2007 at 11:35 AM
Don't forget to celebrate Auditor's day this Sunday...which is the 2nd Sunday in September....a day of special recognition and acknowledgment for Scientology/Dianetics auditors. This occasion has also been popular with anti-Scientology protestors, as an opportunity to reach students posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 7, 2007 at 11:42 AM
Hubbard's accounts of how he came up with this stuff generally leave out the heavy drugs and alcohol he consumed, but they still reveal his basic contempt for his followers. . Like the Gorilla Goals and similarly ludicrous doctrine: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik... . The Implant Station is involved in installing the R6 implant, which Hubbard felt was the original impetus for Christianity. posted by
mattloch
on Sep 7, 2007 at 11:52 AM
Why does this sound any less realistic than a Jewish zombie telling everyone about invisible people in the sky? L. Ron wrote it as a tax dodge, so what? It isn't his fault the government fell for it....... posted by
randomfactor
on Sep 7, 2007 at 12:05 PM
Well, they didn't *FALL* for it, they were *PUSHED*. "Operation Snow White." . The *ONLY* thing that makes me think there may be something to Scientology is that they got the IRS to kiss their posteriors. And yes, they should be labeled a criminal organization. posted by
robbwillis
on Sep 7, 2007 at 12:40 PM
posted by
woofwoof
on Sep 7, 2007 at 01:36 PM
posted by
antiextremism
on Sep 7, 2007 at 01:46 PM
All one needs to know is Science Fiction writer Hubbard's proclamation "If you want to make a little money, write a book, if you want ot make a lot of money, create a religion."
posted by
sagefever
on Sep 7, 2007 at 02:01 PM
posted by
robbwillis
on Sep 7, 2007 at 02:14 PM
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