Why do scientologists want silent births?
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A silent birth involves delivering a baby in a completely silent, calm environment, without drugs. This is believed to prevent the formation of "engrams," or harmful psychological impressions, in a newborn infant. \n\nAccording to Church founder L Ron Hubbard, engrams are impressions formed in the brain by traumatic experiences which negatively affect a person's psyche until expunged through auditing. Silent birth is supposed to prevent engrams from being formed during a critical period. \n\nDuring a silent birth, all sounds are kept at an absolute minimum- speaking, whispering, and even music are discouraged, and anesthetic drugs are avoided. This silence is maintained for a period of seven days. \n\nA great number of silent births are attended by midwives who are often Scientologists themselves, and accustomed to the process.\n\nPersonnaly this cult is wierd and coo-coo!
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Because it's their right to do so.  There are people that believe life begins at conception. Roe v. Wade was bad law anyway because the Supreme Court usurped the power of the Legislative branch and has at times usurped the states rights to restrict abortion.  There is no right to privacy in the constitution.\n\nPlus abortion violates the hippocratic oath that doctors take:\n swear by Apollo Physician and Asclepius and Hygieia and Panaceia and all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will fulfil according to my ability and judgment this oath and this covenant:\n\nTo hold him who has taught me this art as equal to my parents and to live my life in partnership with him, and if he is in need of money to give him a share of mine, and to regard his offspring as equal to my brothers in male lineage and to teach them this art - if they desire to learn it - without fee and covenant; to give a share of precepts and oral instruction and all the other learning to my sons and to the sons of him who has instructed me and to pupils who have signed the covenant and have taken an oath according to the medical law, but no one else.\n\nI will apply dietetic measures for the benefit of the sick according to my ability and judgment; I will keep them from harm and injustice. \n\nI will neither give a deadly drug to anybody who asked for it, nor will I make a suggestion to this effect. Similarly I will not give to a woman an abortive remedy. In purity and holiness I will guard my life and my art.\n\nI will not use the knife, not even on sufferers from stone, but will withdraw in favor of such men as are engaged in this work.\n\nWhatever houses I may visit, I will come for the benefit of the sick, remaining free of all intentional injustice, of all mischief and in particular of sexual relations with both female and male persons, be they free or slaves.\n\nWhat I may see or hear in the course of the treatment or even outside of the treatment in regard to the life of men, which on no account one must spread abroad, I will keep to myself, holding such things shameful to be spoken about.\n\nIf I fulfil this oath and do not violate it, may it be granted to me to enjoy life and art, being honored with fame among all men for all time to come; if I transgress it and swear falsely, may the opposite of all this be my lot.
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Ive asked this to my christian loved ones and theyve not been able to answer me. \n\nAnd silence is a form of affirmation in certain contexts...
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My guess would be that since they're a rather controversial organization, they would prefer to be a bit anonymous to the masses.  You can probably get that information if you're a member.  They're funded by donations.
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in a sense you have answered your question,  denial.  they intentionally deny the existence of something they know is real. their heart tells them that they are wrong so they feel the need to outwardly express their opinion to believers. it makes them feel better about their denial of the truth.
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Rewrite:\n\nArgument still stands for all to read.\n\n#1 The brain and heart don't start beating until way after the time for an abortion.  So technically, it's not a life yet.\n\n#2 60% of all children within the system never get adopted.  I'm sure if the number was much better a lot of people might consider it a real alternative.\n\nThey prolifers do it because it's an ideology thing.  They don't actually want to adopt the kids or help out the poor/underprivileged people.  It's much easier for them to jus preach about what they believe is right.  That way, on Sunday then can think back on all the times they've tried to spread the word of God - and not on how many times they've actually tried to live by it.\n\nYou show me a good person who gives himself honestly to his fellow man for the good of everyone but himself, and I'll show you someone who wouldn't call himself a religious person.
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Amen...you are absolutley right.  Not to mention that there are never follow up appointments, no doctor-patient care...nothing. Women aren't informed about how this may affect their chances of concieving children later, or how this could scar them psycologically later ither.  it is an industry that purpetrates lies and murder for money, and they will tell you anything to keep young, scared, confused women comming through their doors.
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Seems to me that Christians should actively campaigning AGAINST the immorality that is the slaughter of the unborn. Privacy has nothing to do with this, and it bothers me that so many so-called "Christians" can support something that is both illegal and immoral (Contrary to popular belief, Abortion is not now nor has it ever been legal as it did not pass through either the people or the legislature), and to me, apathy makes one as guilty as campaigning FOR it.
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b/c they are closed minded
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it's a reflection of the density of simpletons who in fact prefer to not know real things/data.  Also tiss so much easier to promise a silly prayer than to send someone a needed dollar etc.
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Yes they are, hopefully they don't meet tom cruise and become scientologists or Madonna and start following kabbalah.
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Because they LIE and MISLEAD and MANIPULATE people into joining.  That is what CULTS do.\n\nI would NEVER join that cult.  I'll tell you why... This is what Scientologists ACTUALLY believe:\n\nXenu was an alien ruler of the "Galactic Confederacy" who, 75 million years ago, brought billions of people to Earth in spacecrafts resembling Douglas DC-8 airliners, stacked them around volcanoes and blew them up with hydrogen bombs. Their souls then clustered together and stuck to the bodies of the living. The alien souls continue to do this today, causing a variety of physical ill-effects in modern-day humans. L. Ron Hubbard (a science-fiction writer and the creator of Scientology) called these clustered spirits "Body Thetans," and the advanced levels in Scientology place considerable emphasis on isolating them and neutralizing their ill effects.\n\nTo rid ourselves of "Body Thetans" and also “engrams” (past negative experiences stored in our unconscious mind) so that we can become “clear”, 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) and to take courses on Scientology to advance to higher “levels” in the “church”.  The “church” has also 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 stablize the dangerously unstable.  The “church” has been known to withhold prescription pharmaceuticals from member (with deadly results).\n\nScientology is undeniably a cult. Every cult can be defined as a group having all of the following five characteristics:\n\n(1) It uses psychological coercion to recruit, indoctrinate and retain its members [convincing potential members that they are unhappy and Scientology is the only means of helping themselves]. (2) It forms an elitist totalitarian society. [they label everyone who disagrees or questions as a “Suppressive Person” and requires members to “disconnect” from them] (3) Its founder leader is self-appointed, dogmatic, messianic, not accountable and has charisma. [this would accurately describe Hubbard] (4) It believes 'the end justifies the means' in order to solicit funds & recruit people. (5) Its wealth does not benefit its members or society. [self evident proof for 4 & 5 as it does milk members for virtually everything they have and it’s wealth doesn’t find it’s way back to it’s members or society at all]\n\nCults are extremely harmful. To remain within the strict mental and social confines of a cult for even a short time can have the following disastrous effects:\n\nLoss of choice and free will. Diminished intellectual ability, vocabulary and sense of humor. Reduced use of irony, abstractions and metaphors. Reduced capacity to form flexible and intimate relationships. Poor judgment. Physical deterioration. Malnutrition. Hallucinations, panic, dissociation, guilt, identity diffusion and paranoia. Neurotic, psychotic or suicidal tendencies.
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maybe because they have it in private and don't want to broadcast it
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silent treatment and no sex
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It's a way for them to extend religion into government.  Most denominations of Christianity, but especially Catholicism, do not allow ANY type of birth control, but especially not abortion.  The belief is that if you are going to have sex, God will make you have a baby if He wants you to have one.\n\nThey're brining it to make sure that no one can "play God" by killing a baby.\n\nThe saddest part is though, they want to make it so that abortion is only legal if the mother's life is in danger, not if she is pregnant from rape or incest.  I think that a girl who was raped or impregnated by incest does have her life in danger though, many commit suicide.  No women should EVER be asked to bring her attacker's baby into the world.  She'll walk around and get the stigma that she's a little slut, and that is just who the Conservatives believe that she is, so she gets more pain and humiliation on top of what she suffers already.\n\nIt's sad, isn't it?\n\nAnd no, it's not the baby's fault, but would you rather be hated and scorned or never born?
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Because you are little more than BREEDERS, for them to produce more offspring so to spread their religion. If they can't accomplish that by appealing to peoples hearts or morals.......why not produce offspring that can be indoctrinated with their B.S. from birth!\nMormons are NOTORIOUS for this!\nlittlemiskato....hope you like being a tool.\nPS, I pity tools.
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Because they are scientologists