Posted on 03/30/2015 8:38:19 AM PDT by Impala64ssa
Since they’re high mucky-mucks, possibly helping run it.
They still get converts that are interested in “unloading their emotional baggage”. Supposedly, Scientology “opens doors” for people. They attract a lot of people who ride around on their Drama Llama, constantly talking about “triggers” and “safe places”.
That’s why it is so popular in California and Florida. It’s like Amway for narcissistic crazies.
I remember their son, who I think was either autistic or trisomy 21, reportedly had a seizure (was found on the bathroom floor), and was rushed to the United States as the family was vacationing in either The Bahamas or Jamaica.
“releasing balloons”
What we call “littering”.
Yep. It's a Scientology cross:
The cult adopted the cross, along with other religious symbols such as clerical garb, when they were trying to gain legitimacy as a religion in the 1950s.
Yes. Was the young man getting the proper medical treatment that might’ve averted the seizure he had ? He might very well not have because of the Scientologists dictating his “treatment.”
Bill Clinton gave the cult the religious destination for a price.
You know what after seeing documtary which for HBO subscriber it on Demand now
I think so with medical treatment
There one lady who told leader that she have pregnancy problems at first they didn’t want go to doctor then she insist
Also what up with up that Nicole Kidman daddy being shrink or something they have problem with that
It’s a cult, but probably not as much of a cult as, say, Islam in Pakinstan—where approximately 2/3rds of residents advocate the Koran-justified death to apostates.
Many years ago I picked up a copy of “Dianetics”, and found it to be an absolute waste of my time and money.
http://www.rotten.com/library/religion/scientology/
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/religion/cult/l-ron-hubbard/
LOL! (Note the similar storylines.)
Okay, of that list, only 18 of them are under 45 years old, and only 6 are under 35. And a number of those are second-generation. There are as many over 70 as there are under 35.
It had its day, and it's dying now. The church doesn't release member numbers, and when they do, they're inflated by including everyone who got suckered into sitting through one class, but the best estimates are 50,000 worldwide.
There was definitely a concerted effort to attract people in the entertainment business as a way of promoting the church. But nobody ever got a cut. Such a concept would seem absurd to the true believers.
They get the same people that any cult gets: lost souls looking for someone to provide all the answers and give them a sense of direction and belonging.
Kinda like democRATs.
More likely blackmailed, which is what the documentary hints at. The E-Meter "Auditors" keep detailed files of every life detail given by the "Auditee". Literally file cabinets full of information gathered over the years. When someone starts to drift away from the "Church", as both Travolta and Cruise have done in the past, they are threatened with that very personal info being released to the public. No more drifting.
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