Cults = Big Business?

[fluffybiscuits]

Normally celebrity gossip does not grab my attention but the Indo is reporting on the reasons behind Katie Holmes divorce from Tom Cruise. Cruise allegedly wanted to send his kid to a scientology cruise ship called Sea Org which is used to indoctrinate the children into the ways of Scientology.On the surface Scientology appeals to those whom may see it as a way of life, like buddhism with its belief in self reincarnation and the immortality of the soul but scratch the surface and things run a lot deeper and troublesome. There has been reports of women having to stay silent in childbirth to combat the pain and other insane ridiculous practices. Scientology in a way is like catholicism, it indoctrinates the children, teaches them dangerous practices, screws up peoples head and leads them to belive in nonsense. With so much money being poured into these things, they are big business. They offer courses in dianetics to people whom are vunerable to "improve themselves"

Have a read of the following links for more info.

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/...p-3157672.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sciento..._and_practices

[musashi]

...Scientology in a way is like catholicism, it indoctrinates the children, teaches them dangerous practices, screws up peoples head and leads them to belive in nonsense...

So kinda like any religion then.

[fluffybiscuits]

So kinda like any religion then.

More or less !

[musashi]

Actually scientology is a lot like every other religion. A collection of sci-fi stories co-opting philosophy into codified spiritual belief.

[fluffybiscuits]

Actually scientology is a lot like every other religion. A collection of sci-fi stories co-opting philosophy into codified spiritual belief.

A sky fairy who annoys a lot of people then sends a zombie carpenter who has twelve drinking buddies underpins the beliefs of a billion people worldwide, mad stuff altogether...