We all know the celebrities involved in Scientology, but has anyone read up on Scientology?  I did, and god, these people are nuts.  I lost all respect for a lot of people I know.  WOW.  You guys should read up on it.  You will laugh your ass off, too.
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L. Ron Hubbard the science fiction writer, was sitting at a bar with Robert A. Heinlein and bet him that he could make millions of dollars by starting a religion, Scientology believes that star trek like characters brain washed all of us and we must be deprogramed by paying a lot of money to become a scientologist. His son L. Ron jr. has publicly denounced his farther, along with his first two wives, and his gay son Quentin was found dead on October 28, 1978 under suspicious circumstances. L.Ron Hubbard married Sara Northrup pregnant with Jack Parsons child, while still married to Margaret "Polly" Grubb with whom he fathered children. L. Ron jr. and Katherine May, Quentin was the child of Mary Sue Whipp. L. Ron Hubbard died of a Vistaril overdose January 24, 1986.
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The answer to this is pretty simple, scientology doesn't care about helping people, they only care about their image and making money. Tom Cruise has mental problems and NEEDS psychiatry, but his religion tells him that he can out think these issues, but as his public appearance has shown, that is not the case.\n\nScientology is not a community of caring individuals hoping to make the world a better place, it is a pyramid scheme trying to rid it's members of individuality and hard earned cash.\n\nI fear for Katie Holmes and ESPECIALLY for her baby.
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I don't understand the question, but I agree with Miz.  Keep up the good work.  I love the questions; they make me laugh.  Does anyone believe them?  Anyway, thanks, and oh, come to Pantheistic Universalism.  We are waiting.
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Dear Brown Sugar...My dear, stop listening to the ignorant rantings of a few...it's not "cool" to get on your knees and pray to our Creator who ALLOWS us to breathe and live! Everyone wants some "sign"--perhaps a note on their pillow at night saying,"HEY! I'M GOD! I'M REAL! WON'T YOU BELIEVE ME???" GOD ALMIGHTY has GIVEN US PROOF! Look around you! Do people really believe the magnificent Human Body just happened on it's own? The Brain just FORMED ON IT'S OWN? Yeah, right...and my car just assembled itself--no maker, it just came together out on the road--you would think I was crazy!!! What about the STARS,MOONS, AND SUNS? AN ACCIDENT OF STUPID NATURE? PLEEEEEAAAASSSSEEE!!! I think we are a bit more intelligent than that--at least I do! Of course, there is another being who loves you to keep on having no hope for your life...and he is very clever in disguising himself as a "god". Demons are real, too....and they have many believing life is hopeless and going nowhere. But I tell you now YOU MATTER! What you do in this life DOES have consequences! But they don't have to be BAD! GOD WANTS TO GIVE YOU AND ME THE UNIVERSE!!! That is the absolute truth!!! But He won't give it to rebellious,hateful,disobedient people! He's ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THAT WITH SATAN!
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This has been a good humorous read.  Pretty clever but the syphilitic monkey, Bonkers, could be a turn off for some.  Why have a supreme being at all?  Isn't that the Scientology way?  If you're looking to make money you need something new and different that appeals to the younger generation.  How about virtual confessions that give bonus points for each confession that will be totaled for each person to give them a better place in line at heaven's gates?
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I get pretty cheesed off myself reading all the baloney that gets spewed forth on this forum about Scientology.\nJust between us two I'm also a bit weary answering the same questions about it.\nI must have answered over 100 or more in the last few weeks, trying to put some factual information out, between all the utter nonesense.\nSeems like some folks just use this forum as a garbage dump, instead of sharing any actual, factual knowledge the might have about a subject.\nHaving said all that (and sorry for dumping on you , please don't take it personally)\nScientology is an applied religious philosophy. When I say "applied" I mean you actually use it in your life to change or improve existing conditions. This is different from a religious practice. All religions if you learn about them have a basic philosphy, but they also have certain dogma, rituals and observances, and a certain faith or belief is required. There is nothing wrong with this, but Scientology is not that kind of religion. It does not intrude on anyones faiths of beliefs particularly in the area of God , the Supreme Being, or the Infinite. This area is left totally up to the indivdual, which is why you can be a practicing Jew for example and still use and apply the priniciples of Scientology in your life. It does not conflict. If anything it will enhance your understanding of your chosen religious practice.\nAnd it is only true for you according to your own observation and experience with it.\n\nThe most basic principle of Scientology is that YOU are your own immortal soul, that this is not a "thing" you HAVE but what YOU actually are.\nThe whole purpose of Scientology is to increase an individual's understanding and awareness of himself. And thereby his native abilities .\nWhen you do this the spere and zone of his positive influence increases and moves outward into his life, his family ,his friends, his groups and mankind which he is part of.\n\nHow this result is achieved is the "technology" of Scientology, which was developed by L.Ron Hubbard after his extensive research and the discoveries he made, about the human spirit.\n\nHe published a book in 1951 to communicate the basic principles he discovered called: " Scientology The Fundementals of Thought"\nThis is a MUCH easier read than Dianetics, (only about 100 pages instead of over 500) Dianetics does not explain Scientology since it preceded it and was first published in 1950.\n\nNow I know there have been some complaints that I keep telling people to read this book. I understand that some people just don't read books, or find reading difficult, but honestly the explanation and introduction to the subject is fully contained in this book. And you can apply it's principles right away, for yourself.\nThat way you can actually experience what it is for yourself. Then maybe you can help me to answer these questions !@!!*!!\nBecause then you will KNOW.
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Looks like the Scientology cultist is pre-empting me these days.  It's quite sad that he feels so threatened by what I MIGHT say that he tries to invalidate me with ad hominem attacks.\n\nHere is an online book that you can read: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/cooper/index.html\nHere are some more books on the subject:\nhttp://www.amazon.com/Scientology-What-do-they-believe/dp/B00097HC5A/sr=8-2/qid=1162674568/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-7812212-0608922\nhttp://www.amazon.com/Piece-Blue-Sky-Scientology-Dianetics/dp/081840499X/sr=8-3/qid=1162674568/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/102-7812212-0608922?ie=UTF8&s=books\nHere is a book written by someone who had been on the inside:\nhttp://www.amazon.com/Escaping-Scientology-Insiders-True-Story/dp/1596690666/sr=8-6/qid=1162674568/ref=pd_bbs_sr_6/102-7812212-0608922?ie=UTF8&s=books\nHere is a recent news story regarding a family of Scientologists:\nhttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/25/48hours/main2124568.shtml\n\nAccording to an article which interviewed real Scientologists, auditing is purchased in 12.5-hour blocks, costing anywhere from $750 for introductory sessions to between $8,000 and $9,000 for advanced sessions.  It consists of holding a pair of tin cans in your hands.  The tin cans are connected to a small machine that detects electical resistance in the human body.  You recount specific traumatic incidents, prior ethical transgressions and bad decisions to the "auditor" who "interprets" the machine (the e-meter).  Every e-meter is required to bear this warning: "The E-Meter is not medically or scientifically useful for the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of any disease. It is not medically or scientifically capable of improving the health or bodily functions of anyone".
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From what I've read it sounds like he did it on a bet.  That he could make up a religion and get rich from it.  He succeeded.  He must have been on drugs when he came up with this junk.  Not only that those that follow it like some movie stars *cough*Tom Cruise*cough*  need their heads examined cause something isn't right somewhere to believe we are possessed by aliens and earth was an alien prison planet.  They have wonderful meds now for delusions like that!
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I get pretty cheesed off myself reading all the baloney that gets spewed forth on this forum about Scientology.\nJust between us two I'm also a bit weary answering the same questions about it.\nI must have answered over 100 or more in the last few weeks, trying to put some factual information out, between all the utter nonesense.\nSeems like some folks just use this forum as a garbage dump, instead of sharing any actual, factual knowledge the might have about a subject.\nHaving said all that (and sorry for dumping on you , please don't take it personally)\nScientology is an applied religious philosophy. When I say "applied" I mean you actually use it in your life to change or improve existing conditions. This is different from a religious practice. All religions if you learn about them have a basic philosphy, but they also have certain dogma, rituals and observances, and a certain faith or belief is required. There is nothing wrong with this, but Scientology is not that kind of religion. It does not intrude on anyones faiths of beliefs particularly in the area of God , the Supreme Being, or the Infinite. This area is left totally up to the indivdual, which is why you can be a practicing Jew for example and still use and apply the priniciples of Scientology in your life. It does not conflict. If anything it will enhance your understanding of your chosen religious practice.\nAnd it is only true for you according to your own observation and experience with it.\n\nThe most basic principle of Scientology is that YOU are your own immortal soul, that this is not a "thing" you HAVE but what YOU actually are.\nThe whole purpose of Scientology is to increase an individual's understanding and awareness of himself. And thereby his native abilities .\nWhen you do this the sphere and zone of a person's positive influence increases and moves outward into his life, his family ,his friends, his groups and mankind which he is part of.\n\nHow this result is achieved is the "technology" of Scientology, which was developed by L.Ron Hubbard after his extensive research and the discoveries he made, about the human spirit.\n\nHe published a book in 1951 to communicate the basic principles he discovered called: " Scientology The Fundementals of Thought"\nThis is a MUCH easier read than Dianetics, (only about 100 pages instead of over 500) Dianetics does not explain Scientology since it preceded it and was first published in 1950.\n\nNow I know there have been some complaints that I keep telling people to read this book. I understand that some people just don't read books, or find reading difficult, but honestly the explanation and introduction to the subject is fully contained in this book. And you can apply it's principles right away, for yourself.\nThat way you can actually experience what it is for yourself. Then maybe you can help me to answer these questions !@!!*!!\nBecause then you will KNOW whats UP with it!
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Scientology! ughhhh tom cruise and his messed up beliefs! why should anybody have to have a "silent birth"?! its totally ridiculous and full of crap.
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In Scientology you have to also learn how to deceive your self. It is a self-deceptive cult.
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i would hope that sinead, has the good sense to be agnostic, i can't believe she has gone totally atheist. to much disgust, and pain with the whole pope issue not to believe at all. and if you are a journalist w.t.f. are you doing here? didn't you read that silly little disclaimer, you know the one that yahoo accepts no responsibility for the accuracy of information obtained.  now, your going reinforce my disgust for the crap you read from supposed professionals
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Tom Cruise is a member of the cult of Scientology.  That's why he's so harsh about psychiatric medication.  The cult thinks that those drugs are bad.\n\nThe “church” has taken a very hostile stance towards psychiatry and psychiatric drugs irrespective of the fact that some people require medication to remain adequately functional in everyday life.  They deny the reality of chemical imbalance and profound mental disturbance and accordingly do NOTHING to effectively stabilize the dangerously unstable. The “church” has been known to withhold prescription pharmaceuticals from member (with deadly results).\n\nL. Ron Hubbard advocated taking lots of vitamins, sitting in saunas for hours, and immersing oneself totally in Scientology in order to overcome mental and physical ills.  To rid ourself of “engrams” (past negative experiences stored in our unconscious mind which may cause us mental and physical problems), we have to go through "auditing" with a member of the “church” who uses an "e-meter" to measure our “reactive mind”...... and we have to pay lots and lots and lots of money for “auditing” (purchased in 12.5-hour blocks, costing anywhere from $750 for introductory sessions to between $8,000 and $9,000 for advanced sessions).
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yeah. scientology is creepy. L Ron Hubbard was a lunatic
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keep reading, that sounds like Scientology. Christians don't think like that, rather it is not what is taught, where did you read this anyway?
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i agree with you 100%.  they are jokes. all celeb's.  all of them.  They make adoption seem like the 'cool thing to do'.  They compete against each other as to who has the most publicity going over to those countries.  And what's with these celebs and they're freakin religions??????  kabbalah water?  red strings? aliens??  They are a joke and a total waste of human chromosome.
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People follow Scientology because they're looking for something to believe in when other religions may have failed them or not interested them. In terms of celebrities, it certainly helps that Scientology is "hip" -- it keeps the attention of the press. For everyone else, however, I think the reason is that people need something to believe in, and space aliens are no more or less believable than Jesus rising from the dead or Jonah getting swallowed by a whale.