[Closed] What is Scientology?

nealglover - Member

so Nealglover you couldn't be more wrong or insulting

Trust me, I could.

When it comes to Scientology I have plenty of personal experience, and can be a lot more insulting than that.

Shall we have a contest?

Everyone needs something to believe in at some point in their life, and a lot of people like a regimented structure to help them and someone telling them what they already know (see the success of slimming world/weight watchers etc).

Its also quite nice to feel like you belong to a group and feel valued by that group.

admmitably its a fairly weird club to join, but what other people do to help themselves is their business

[i]meehaja - Member
Everyone needs something to believe in at some point in their life, and a lot of people like a regimented structure to help them and someone telling them what they already know[/i]

Science FTW! (Agree with your point though)

meehaja - Member
Everyone needs something to believe in at some point in their life, and a lot of people like a regimented structure to help them and someone telling them what they already know (see the success of slimming world/weight watchers etc).

Its also quite nice to feel like you belong to a group and feel valued by that group.

admmitably its a fairly weird club to join, but what other people do to help themselves is their business

Sorry, but are you talking about Scientology or the Pub here?

What's scientology? I'm talking about cycling!

Shall we have a contest?

Ill take Chess.

Maybe Giant Slalom.

Is that what you had in mind.

Shall we have a contest?

They already had one it was called the Crusades or something. All good fun and no one got hurt.

We were in a hotel for lunch last weekend called Camelot Castle in Tintagel on Sunday, strange place, the printing their own newspapers showing the owners with all these famous people, one of the owners is an artist whos a bit strange, he was there, the locals have said it a scienceology headquarters, you should look up one the other of the blokes that owns it, John Mappin.

and a lot of people like a regimented structure to help them and someone telling them what they already know

Science FTW!

Ignorance is bliss.

THE EIGHT I'D REALLY RATHER YOU DIDN'TS

I'd Really Rather You Didn't Act Like A Sanctimonious Holier-Than-Thou Ass When Describing My Noodly Goodness. If Some People Don't Believe In Me, That's Okay. Really, I'm Not That Vain. Besides, This Isn't About Them So Don't Change The Subject.
I'd Really Rather You Didn't Use My Existence As A Means To Oppress, Subjigate, Punish, Eviscerate, And/Or, You Know, Be Mean To Others. I Dont Require Sacrifices, And Purity Is For Drinking Water, Not People.
I'd Really Rather You Didn't Judge People For The Way They Look, Or How They Dress, Or The Way They Talk, Or, Well, Just Play Nice, Okay? Oh, And Get This Through You Thick Heads: Woman=Person, Man=Person. Samey-Samey. One is Not Better Than The Other, Unless We're Talking About Fashion And I'm Sorry, But I Gave That To Women And Some Guys Who Know The Difference Between Teal And Fuchsia.
I'd Really Rather You Didn't Indulge In Conduct That Offends Yourself, Or Your Willing, Consenting Partner Of Legal Age AND Mental Maturity. As For Anyone Who Might Object, I Think The Expression Is Go F Yourself, Unless They Find That Offensive In Which Case They Can Turn Off The TV For Once And Go For A Walk For A Change.
I'd Really Rather You Didn't Challenge The Bigoted, Misogynist, Hateful Ideas Of Others On An Empty Stomach. Eat, Then Go After The B****.
I'd Really Rather You Didn't Build MultiMillion-Dollar Churches/Temples/Mosques/ Shrines To My Noodly Goodness When The Money Could Be Better Spent (Take Your Pick): A. Ending Poverty B. Curing Diseases C. Living In Peace, Loving With Passion, And Lowering The Cost Of Cable. I Might Be A Complex Carbohydrate Omniscient Being, But I Enjoy The Simple Things In Life. I Ought To Know. I AM The Creator.
I'd Really Rather You Didn't Go around Telling People I Talk To you. You're Not That Interesting. Get Over Yourself. And I Told You To Love Your Fellow Man, Can't You Take A Hint?
I'd Really Rather You Didn't Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You If You Are Into, Um, Stuff That Uses Alot Of Leather/Lubrication/Las Vegas. If The Other Person Is Into It However (Pursuant To #4), Then Have At It, Take Pictures, And For The Love Of Mike, Wear A CONDOM! Honestly It's A Piece Of Rubber, If I Didn't Want It To Feel Good When You Did It I Would Have Added Spikes, Or Something.

As explained by South Park, this is (really and truly) what they actually believe.

As others have said, Scientology is a mystery cult, where more is revealed as you progress through its ranks. I'm pretty sure that batsh*t crazy Xenu stuff isn't revealed until you're too far in to call shenanigans on it. Which brings up the question as to why so many people on the Internet know about it. 🙂 I think that originally that information became publically known after a snafu by Scientology lawyers meant it all got used as part of a legal action and so became part of the court record.

I gather that a lot of the basics of Scientology (like Auditing), while having a nice crazy coating boil down to hamfisted psychotherapy type stuff. So it could well be helpful to people, though the organisation itself seems like a deeply unhealthy thing to get mixed up in.

And now for some music (though the comment about Katie Holmes is now out of date):

Scientology is a mystery cult, where more is revealed as you progress through its ranks. I'm pretty sure that batsh*t crazy Xenu stuff isn't revealed until you're too far in to call shenanigans on it.

So, kinda like the Masons then...

..erm... apparently.

It's not that far fetched, is it?

The now-disembodied victims' souls, which Hubbard called thetans, were blown into the air by the blast. They were captured by Xenu's forces using an "electronic ribbon" ("which also was a type of standing wave") and sucked into "vacuum zones" around the world. The hundreds of billions[5][25] of captured thetans were taken to a type of cinema, where they were forced to watch a "three-D, super colossal motion picture" for thirty-six days. This implanted what Hubbard termed "various misleading data"' (collectively termed the R6 implant) into the memories of the hapless thetans, "which has to do with God, the Devil, space opera, et cetera". This included all world religions; Hubbard specifically attributed Roman Catholicism and the image of the Crucifixion to the influence of Xenu. The two "implant stations" cited by Hubbard were said to have been located on Hawaii and Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.[26]

To be fair, it sounds like a right laugh. Why consider joining any other religion?

I might start a religion mash up. Scientololam.
When you die you get to go to heaven in a spaceship, where you are presented with 100 multicoloured virgins for your eternal pleasure.

Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by L. Ron Hubbard ([b]1911–1986[/b]), starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics.[4] Hubbard characterized Scientology as a religion, and in 1953 incorporated the Church of Scientology in Camden, New Jersey.[5][6]

[b]Scientology teaches that people are immortal beings[/b] who have forgotten their true nature

you get to go to heaven in a spaceship, where you are presented with 100 multicoloured virgins for your eternal pleasure.

Isn't that just original Star Trek?

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When you die you get to go to heaven in a spaceship, where you are presented with 100 multicoloured virgins for your eternal pleasure.

That works for me as a religion

GrahamS

ah yes, the prime directive of the united federation of planets
if you can't shag it, shoot it

warton - Member
It's not that far fetched, is it?

The now-disembodied victims' souls, which Hubbard called thetans, were blown into the air by the blast. They were captured by Xenu's forces using an "electronic ribbon" ("which also was a type of standing wave") and sucked into "vacuum zones" around the world. The hundreds of billions[5][25] of captured thetans were taken to a type of cinema, where they were forced to watch a "three-D, super colossal motion picture" for thirty-six days. This implanted what Hubbard termed "various misleading data"' (collectively termed the R6 implant) into the memories of the hapless thetans, "which has to do with God, the Devil, space opera, et cetera". This included all world religions; Hubbard specifically attributed Roman Catholicism and the image of the Crucifixion to the influence of Xenu. The two "implant stations" cited by Hubbard were said to have been located on Hawaii and Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.[26]

People really believe this sheet? *shakes head*

Any more bizarre than the big beardy man in the sky who created the universe and everything in 6 days then had to have a lie down and a nice cup of tea before realising he wasn't infallible because at that point he had failed to create either mint yoyos or Tunnock's caramel logs?
Although I'm more of a fan of the Egyptian god Atum,

Atum was a self-created deity, the first being to emerge from the darkness and endless watery abyss that girdled the world before creation. A product of the energy and matter contained in this chaos, he created divine and human beings through loneliness: alone in the universe, he produced from his own sneeze, or in some accounts, semen, Shu, the god of air, and Tefnut, the goddess of moisture.

basicaly you pay to join and pay to progress through the levels and find out more

Why don't they just donate to Wikipedia and read what's on there? they really are gullible sods!

Tefnut, the goddess of moisture.

😯 😆

Cougar - Member

Tefnut, the goddess of moisture. 😯 😆

Great minds and all that... 😆

Why don't they just donate to Wikipedia and read what's on there? they really are gullible sods!

But as Wikipedia comments:

Church dogma regards OT III as a dangerous process which can lead to pneumonia, to lack of sleep or even to death if not run correctly.

Third rate sci-fi dressed up as religion can kill you if you're not prepared for it!

* ("free" implies no direct financial cost. Your eternal soul may be at risk if you do not keep up prayers. Damnation may go up as well as down. This does affect your statutory rights.)

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