The Church of Scientology has been branded a criminal organisation by a Belgian prosecutor, who has recommended it stands trial for fraud and extortion. Investigators have spent a decade trying to determine how far Scientology went in recruiting converts after numerous complaints were filed with police by former members claiming they had been the victims of intimidation and extortion. Has anybody on this forum had an experience with this group. I had two experiences. One when I was 15 years old. I was invited by one of their members in the street to write a "personality" test and again when I was in my late 20's by a friend who had joined them. On both occasions they suggested that I need to be "CLEARED" and should come in for sessions with their councillors, buy thei books and basically part with my hard earned cash. They also bombarded me with junk mail. I kinda got a very creepy feeling going to them on both occasions.
Scientology has got to be the biggest sham religion ever. It was invented by a science fiction writer for f**ks sake LOL! It's a scam, plain and simple.
Right on! I would have to say that Hubbard is one of my favorite FICTION writers though. His sci fi stuff was really good. I read the book Dianetics several times. I studied it thoroughly. I found some useful information in that book but the biggest part of it was crap.
Ah, but what do they believe? http://www.contemporaryinsanity.org/audio-video/south-parks-scientology-episode.html
Concur. I consider myself very open minded when it comes to religion--I think all faiths are inherently correct as long as they don't advocate human sacrifice. But Scientology? A faith made up by a doped up Sci Fi writer? I don't consider it a "religion" by any stretch of the imagination. Plus, you've gotta pay to play, so it screams "pyramid scheme" in my book.
Scientology goes beyond the realm of reason. Worse yet, they collect money from their believers in ways that would shock other religions. Basically, Scientology is like an RPG. You work your way up to higher Thetan levels, with each step costing more and more money.
And Tom has enough dollar to be leader of the pack. Or should that be "leader of the crack." That one came to me as I was typing lol!
Here are some famous scientology members: John Travolta Tom Cruise Nancy Cartwright Katie Holmes Karen Black Kelly Preston Isaac Hayes Rob Thomas Sonny Bono Linda Blair See the bigger list at http://www.adherents.com/largecom/fam_scientologist.html
Rofl, just about everyone can agree. Scientology is total utter garbage when it comes to how it operates. Knew someone who left it, they basically made him work day and night for them while taking most his income. Really quite scary - makes Jahova's Witness, Christians, Jews, and Mormons look quite harmless.