R&S: I'm leaning towards Scientology. Should I join?

Question

There is a Church of Scientology is close to where I live. hmmm

Answer 1

Knock yourself out.

Answer 2

I'd rather pour acid over my love spuds..

Answer 3

A cash-sucking cult crafted out of whole cloth by a science fiction writer?  There are better choices.

Answer 4

If you end up with a manic smile, jumping up and down on a sofa you have no one but yourself to blame.

Answer 5

DO you really need this much attention?  Try to find your identity and significance outside of the cyber world.

Answer 6

Don't join:

Church of Scientology is a new religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1955 and characterized by a belief in the power of a person's spirit to clear itself of past painful experiences through self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment.

Under the Guardian's Office (now renamed the Office of Special Affairs or OSA), Church members organized and committed the largest penetration of United States federal agencies by an organization not affiliated with a foreign government, such as the KGB. This was known as Operation Snow White. In the trial which followed discovery of these activities the prosecution described their actions thus:

The crime committed by these defendants is of a breadth and scope previously unheard of. No building, office, desk, or file was safe from their snooping and prying. No individual or organization was free from their despicable conspiratorial minds. The tools of their trade were miniature transmitters, lock picks, secret codes, forged credentials and any other device they found necessary to carry out their conspiratorial schemes

Answer 7

Your loss.

Answer 8

Please don't. It might ruin your life and your wallet.

Answer 9

Procedure for joining Scientology:-

1. Have you brain surgically removed

2. Place brain in a bucket and hand to a friend for safekeeping (you might need it if you ever change your mind and leave)

3. Join Scientology

Answer 10

Does Tom Cruise go to the same church? ))

Answer 11

will cost your $3000

Answer 12

Unless you want to be a mindless droid like Tom Cruise and jump on couches, I think not.

Answer 13

Then how about dropping the Church and ology part and just learn about science?

Answer 14

Here is the link to the Scientology church locator:

http://www.locator.scientology.org/scn/i...

Scientology is a religious applied philosophy.

“It is possible to know about the mind, the spirit and life”

Scientology states that man is a Spiritual being that controls a body through a mind. To represent this life force, the Greek symbol for though: “Theta” was selected to avoid confusion with any prior practice.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=ncBcbVtEwU...

The mind (we are not talking about the brain that is just the center of the nervous system) is a bank of mental image pictures. This bank is what the spirit uses to make decisions; it is composed of the analytical mind and the reactive mind. The analytical mind is clear; it doesn’t have any hidden influences and is fully accessible by the Thetan. The reactive mind is a collection of bad mental image picture that include pain, unconsciousness and command value. The reactive mind is the hidden influence that aberrates reason. The reactive mind is the cause for all human aberration, insanity or evil purpose.

Scientology’s approach to solve human aberration: Auditing.

- “Communication is the Universal Solvent.”

- “All problems of the mind are created by the mind.”

- “The mind can solve all the problems of the mind”

To solve the problem of the reactive mind Hubbard developed Auditing; a verbal therapy that uses questions to help the individual address what is bothering him. So the person by his own volition can solve his own problems. The big difference between Auditing and Psychoanalysis is that the Psychoanalyst evaluates for the person and tells him what to think. In Auditing you just ask and listen and let the person make his own mind about things.

There are no suggestions involved in Auditing, all conclusion are done by you by your own intelligence. Auditors are bound the Auditor’s Code to never evaluate for the preclear (preclear is a person receiving Scientology processing).  Never get in a relationship with the preclear.  All information released during auditing is protected by law and not even the police can gain access to that information. Enforcing this code of conduct is the Scientology Ethics Officer and Scientology law. Any violation to the Auditors code is considered a high crime in Scientology and will result removal of any Auditing Certificates and/or expulsion from the church. I have seen this happen and is a very serious matter.

Any friend or family member can audit you for free. Or you can take the courses and get your Auditing with other students. Taking Scientology courses is no more expensive than taking courses at your community college. Scientology also offers correspondence courses for a little as $30.00.

Professional auditing is also offered by highly trained specialists. An auditing team is composed of the Auditor, Ethics Officer, Quality Assurance (the person that tells the Auditor what to do), Corrections (the people that constantly train the Auditor on how to do the process) and the rest of the administration of a Church of Scientology. These are not one on one services, these are a whole team working to better you. It is expensive because is expensive to create, train and maintain the team.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=kwK1byq0nd...

How Scientology evolved?

Scientology evolved from Dianetics when it was discovered that man is a spiritual being. Scientology differs from Dianetics in that Dianetics deals with the mind and the rehabilitation of mental image pictures and Scientology deals with the rehabilitation of the human spirit itself.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=FhrlHU0W9U...

We don’t ask for your faith in Scientology. There is no faith needed, when you can observe and experience it working by your self.

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=XUXR0XgmDN...

“Self confidence alone is security. Your ability is your security. There is no security but you. Let's make the best possible you."  L Ron Hubbard

http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=dziK04-9qq...

Cult status?

All great religions have been misunderstood, persecuted and attacked. Jesus was sentenced to death by a lynching crowd; his only crime:  to teach Love and forgiveness. Christians were KILLED for centuries for their beliefs and they were accused of performing cannibalistic rituals (didn’t they ate and drink the body of Jesus?).

Scientology is a worldwide religion that claims 10 millions of members. It has centers in almost every mayor capital in the world: Washington, London, Berlin, Johannesburg, Tokyo, Sydney, Tel Aviv Israel and Moscow to name a few. And for a church that is barely 40 years old this is great. Scientology is not a small sect based in a small town in Texas isolated from the rest of the world. Scientology thrives in the center of mayor cities, its member are community leaders, doctors, teachers and workers from all sectors of society. The fact most Scientologists have a college education says a lot.

Answer 15

If you are an athiest why would you want to go to any church?

Answer 16

I can only tell you what I know of the truth of Jesus.  The apostle John wrote:  God have given us eternal life and this life is in His Son, he that has the Son has the life, he that does not have the Son does not have the life.  

Scientology or Mind Science, is a powerful following, and has a faith based in basically what you can do to achieve a better life here and now, but in truth "we are created for good works in Christ" He is available to you and I urge you to seek out this "way of living" above all others. God bless al for now b.  

Answer 17

I would take yourself to the doctor's office first. Maybe it's just a strained back muscle on one side.

If you go in for an auditing, please try to remember that no matter what results you put on the test, you will get the "NEEDS HELP" result.

Answer 18

Hope you have plenty of cash

Answer 19

If anyone is dumb enough to do that, then Scientology deserves to get their money.

Answer 20

are you serious?  i can't tell, and your profile is contradictory, so i can't tell if you're joking or you just lack sense.  either way, the church of scientology is a money making scam that acts in the manner of a cult.  i would stay out if i were you.

http://www.whyaretheydead.net/

http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com/

http://www.whyaretheydead.net/childabuse...

http://www.xenu.net/

Answer 21

For a second, I thought this was a serious question.  Then I saw who was asking it.

Good to see you by the way.

Answer 22

No

For God's sake , no!

Scientology is a scam designed to separate you from you money

L. Ron Hubbard himself even said that the best way to get rich is to start your own religion.

Stay away from then

Answer 23

If you want to be completely and littereally brainwashed, sure, go for it.  Why don't you do some actual research on the religion before you just join blindly, huh?  http://www.xenu.net/  Start there and read it.  Its a cult in the modern sense of the word, and its ALL based around money and brainwashing.  You don't need that.

Look, if you like astronomy, why don't you take a look at Egyptian Orthodoxy, the Kemetic religion.  LOTS of astrology in that one.

As for aliens, do you really think you should worshipping aliens?  if they are just other lifeforms, why pray to something that is no different than you or me?

Answer 24

Yes, I think it would do you a lot of good.

Answer 25

You can only join but cannot withdraw. Be careful.

Answer 26

Not advisable!

Though,if you must...Perhaps there is a used,"E-Meter" on E-Bay that you could snatch up,real cheap...I would opt for one with a vehicle, cigarette lighter adapter,for road trips..This way,you can screen potential hitchhikers,before offering a ride,to them...lol

    

Answer 27

To be honest with you --- Scientology is a joke and all they do is rob you on your money. I've had a couple relatives join it, and they came out totally different. Not to mention, you have to be in it for so long and donate so much money before they tell you the ultimate truth...  

Answer 28

*hands you a glass of kool-aid* Sure, why not?