Scientology..what do you think of it?

[XANTO]

This cult or religion is followed by many stars in the USA (tom cruise, Demi moore, John travolter)
I watched a documentry on it a good many years back, where the research that was provided for the program, basicaly said that the whole religion/cult was invented by a mad man suffering from a delusional state of mind... from which he came up with the religion from his current thinkings and thoughts.. thus being the founder of the Church of Scientology......

Heres a little write up from their web page 'offical site'

'''The word Scientology literally means "the study of truth." It comes from the Latin word "scio" meaning "knowing in the fullest sense of the word" and the Greek word "logos" meaning "study of."

Scientology is the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, others and all of life. The religion comprises a body of knowledge extending from certain fundamental truths. Prime among these:

Man is an immortal, spiritual being. His experience extends well beyond a single lifetime. His capabilities are unlimited, even if not presently realized — and those capabilities can be realized. He is able to not only solve his own problems, accomplish his goals and gain lasting happiness, but also achieve new, higher states of awareness and ability.

In Scientology no one is asked to accept anything as belief or on faith. That which is true for you is what you have observed to be true. An individual discovers for himself that Scientology works by personally applying its principles and observing or experiencing results.''''

What do you make of this Church??

Is it a fast money making scheme to drench the wealth of vunerable Actors???

Or is it a geuinuin religion and legit, and those who follow it, gain a personal enlightment??

Any thoughts on the matter??

To read more...... www.scientology.org/

xanto

[THE GREAT OZ]

I, personally have no use for Scientology nor its founder Lafayette Ronald Hubbard. It is a cult in the guise of a religion and has taken many people away from their money.

I am not one who bashes any type of beliefs, but this so-called religion was founded by a mentally unstable man and made millions from his books, his teachings and his followers. I find more negative press for this cult, than I have good press. Even his own son is quoted as saying, "I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." --- L. Ron Hubbard Jr.
SOURCE

The biography of L. Ron Hubbard shows a man who was incapable of telling the truth: a pathological liar who hated and despised humanity; a sociopath caught between the conflicting desires to earn the admiration of humanity, and his desire to inflict great pain and misery upon those who ignored him and refused him his self-perceived due measure of honor and reverie (which was and is 99.999% of his fellow human beings).
As such, Mister Hubbard was constantly trying to purchase glory and recognition when he had the funds to make the attempt, or stole that recognition by lying and deceiving when money wasn't enough. Mister Hubbard was driven by greed and megalomania. He was a devout racist who wrote in praise of South African Apartheid; he was a crazed misogynist who insisted women were inferior intellectually--- later in life his venereal disease (caught from a whore while on leave from the Navy) instilled within him a fear and dread of womankind that expressed itself in insanity and impotency.

The life of Hubbard was that of one long series of pathetic failures, punctuated with a few greed-driven successes once he developed what he called "The religion angle" for the worthless "self-help" sham he fabricated called "Dianetics® / Scientology®."

Hubbard was a petty thief; a wife beater; and sociopath; a drug-addicted, rum besotted schizophrenic who once begged the United States government for psychiatric help but was ignored, to the detriment of his many victims. One FBI agent wrote of Hubbard, "appears mental," which is a short and accurate summation of Mr. Hubbard.

The above information is from a link I will provide that gives a run down of the background of this self proclaimed Guru. I have read his books and was not in the least impressed. In my opinion, he gives any religion a bad name.

Sorry to be so harsh, but I call em like I see em. I apologize if I have offended anyone, but these are my thoughts and opinions and mine alone. I take full responsibility for them.

Check out this link and then click on some of the sub-links listed. It is not a pretty picture. You can make up your own mind.

www.ronthenut.org/

I think the web site is most aptly named.

Bless...OZ