Tuesday, January 03, 2006

What the hell is Scientology all about???

So, Moose (aka Governor Bryson) made us watch this episode of South Park about Scientology. The Episode is called "Trapped in the Closet" and it features such famous Scientology members as Tom Cruise and John Travolta. I think the funniest parts of the episode include the scenes where 'Closet Expert Analyst', R. Kelly "pulls out his gun". You will have to watch it to understand.

Anyways, the episode essentially was calling out Scientology for the fraud and cult that it is. Before watching the episode, I didn't know much about Scientology, and I still don't. However, I spent the better part of my day today (yes, at work - I am very bored) researching it online. I have read websites controlled by the CoS (I learned that stands for Church of Scientology) and I have read websites that are controlled by critics and 'defectors' of the CoS.

My opinion... It is a cult that brainwashes people into believing mythical science fiction. They use 'fixed donations' to provide quack 'services' to rid your body of 'thetans' (alien souls that are in everybody that were put on earth by Xena 75 million years ago). The whole farce is a well-designed scam to make some people very, very, very rich. I am ashamed to live in a country that allows this cult to hide behind the protection of a 'religious institution' for tax fraud. I am ashamed that we allow this brain-washing organization to exist and to prey on people for their money. I wish there was some way to stop it.

Some quick resources for your own research:
  • You can download the South Park "Trapped in the Closet" episode here *This is a 174 MB download that will take a long time to download* (If the video doesn't show up after you have downloaded it, then you will need the XviD codec to play it which you can download here)
  • The official CoS website is here
  • Operation Clambake can be found here (a website dedicated to telling the 'Truth' about CoS)
  • A 1991 article from Time magazine about CoS can be found here
  • "The Truth About Scientology" website here and its sister-site "Scientology Lies" here

So, what do you think?
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amy said...

Aren't you worried? This kind of hostility puts you at a 1.9 on the tone scale.

Thanks for the info and links, Robert...pretty wacko stuff. Interestingly, it reminds me quite a lot of ancient forms of mysticism and gnosticism. Looks to me like they've just found a shiny new and lucrative spin on an old dead system of seeking "secret" divine knowledge.

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