Scientologists

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A chilling examination of the nature, beliefs, and practices of the “Now religion.”
The book the Scientologists tried to stop! by Paulette Cooper

www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/cooper/sos.html
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I don’t know if it’s the “Now” religion. When I went into a Scientology center in LA to be tested, most of the people working there did it for the connections. The best thing my tester had to say was that she went to the same church as John Travolta. I can’t see it growing too big because of the controversy surrounding it as well and the necessary doctrine to keep paying for salvation. BTW, my tests showed that i am unhappy and depressed all of the time 😃

EDIT: Also if you’re in CA, it might be worthwhile to drive by the desert castle, publicintelligence.net/scientology-headquarters-gold-baseint-base/ , it really is a site coming out of nowhere 😉
 
Having studied Scientology and the corporation which runs it quite thoroughly, I would hesitate to call it the “Now religion.” I may have been 50 years ago, maybe even 30 years ago when Paulette Cooper wrote her (still valuable and eye-opening) book. But today the Scientological jargon, management style, and culture are severely dated.

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lynx said:
BTW, my tests showed that i am unhappy and depressed all of the time 😃
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Has anybody ever filled out one of those big, long Scientology questionnaires in the newspaper and NOT come up with the diagnosis that they NEED Scientology?
 
Victorious said:
Has anybody ever filled out one of those big, long Scientology questionnaires in the newspaper and NOT come up with the diagnosis that they NEED Scientology?
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Nope.

I’ve read the “script” they have to study before they interpret test results for potential -]customers/-] converts. It is Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter of 15 February 1961, entitled “Evaluation Script.” As per the contracts signed by all staff, auditors, and -]clients/-] parishioners, it is scripture, and it leaves no room for ever telling a potential member they don’t desperately need Scientology/Dianetics.
 
Actually, now I come to think of it, there was one guy in history who, after being involved with Scientology, eventually came to the conclusion that, being “theta clear,” he didn’t need Scientology anymore.

His name was Charles Manson.
 
It says a lot about our culture that a sci-fi fiction is taken semi-seriously as a religion. Especially considering the fact that it’s really just a celebrity-powered pyramid scheme.
 
Are you implying that my attempts to start a Klingon religion are misguided? I resent that! :D:p
Soldier_X said:
It says a lot about our culture that a sci-fi fiction is taken semi-seriously as a religion. Especially considering the fact that it’s really just a celebrity-powered pyramid scheme.
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His cool pink helmet makes him extra-intimidating as a villain. I guess Hubbard’s unclear description of this guy allowed certain artistic imaginations to run wild. 😃
 
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