Wack-a-doo!
Scientology is no kind of religion for anybody. I hope to god John Travolta, Cruise and them other hollywierd types don't ever get seriously ill because they'll be dead before they see a doctor.
Anybody who believes that when they die, their souls slip out of the body and float around seeking another to inhabit is a flake. "Once that happens, they can serve the church over and over again in reincarnated states."
Here's other wierdo information:
Science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, who founded Scientology in 1950 and served in the Navy, modeled the group on his branch of the military.
The religion — which has 8 million followers worldwide — focuses on individuals as spiritual beings, stating that all people can cleanse their souls and exorcise their demons if they look into themselves and analyze their pasts for the source of their impurities. Part of the brain-bending belief system is that humans are infested with the souls of dead space aliens who were brought to Earth 75 million years ago.
The goal of Scientologists is to rid themselves of these negative souls and achieve a state of "clear." At the highest level, believers say you can control thought, energy and even time.
Scientology sounds like a combo positive thinking and some military organizational structure with a good dose of capitalism. Add to that getting some good "marks" (ie Crusie, Travolta) up front and you've got a dynamic enterprise!
Hubbard was just a more successful Kool-aid leader, Mohhamed or any other dude that woke up one day thinking," Ok, how can I make a lot of money and get chicks?"
Do you know how L Ron supposedly came upon this info? It sounds so made up, how on earth did he convince the first person it was true????
susie