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Meowmee

(9,212 posts)
22. "Scientology" and its adherents
Sun May 29, 2022, 06:23 PM
May 2022

Are bsc and the leaders are con artists/ abusers, this has been well documented.

If anyone said anything about any of this to suck me in or at any point had I been stupid enough to go to any events etc. I would be laughing my gda off at them and run fast.


I had forgotten just how crazy they are, my brother was telling me about it and I read some of the linked articles about Nicole Kidman’s “training” before I was blocked by a paywall.

It is mind boggling how many people get sucked into this crap- it reads like a bad sci fi novel.

The fact that they bullied or maybe bribed the irs into giving them tax exempt status says a lot about the state of this country.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenu

In Scientology, Xenu (/ˈziːnuː/),[1][2][3] also called Xemu, was the dictator of the "Galactic Confederacy" who brought billions[4][5] of his people to Earth (then known as "Teegeeack&quot in DC-8-like spacecraft 75 million years ago, stacked them around volcanoes, and killed them with hydrogen bombs. Official Scientology scriptures hold that the thetans (immortal spirits) of these aliens adhere to humans, causing spiritual harm.[1][6]

These events are known within Scientology as "Incident II",[7] and the traumatic memories associated with them as "The Wall of Fire" or "R6 implant". The narrative of Xenu is part of Scientologist teachings about extraterrestrial civilizations and alien interventions in earthly events, collectively described as "space opera" by L. Ron Hubbard. Hubbard detailed the story in Operating Thetan level III (OT III) in 1967, warning that the "R6 implant" (past trauma)[8] was "calculated to kill (by pneumonia, etc.) anyone who attempts to solve it".[8][9][10]

Within the Church of Scientology, the Xenu story is part of the church's secret "Advanced Technology",[7] considered a sacred and esoteric teaching,[11] which is normally only revealed to members who have completed a lengthy sequence of courses costing large amounts of money.[12] The church avoids mention of Xenu in public statements and has gone to considerable effort to maintain the story's confidentiality, including legal action on the grounds of copyright and trade secrecy.[13] Officials of the Church of Scientology widely deny or try to hide the Xenu story.[14][15] Despite this, much material on Xenu has leaked to the public via court documents and copies of Hubbard's notes that have been distributed through the Internet.[14] In commentary on the impact of the Xenu text, academic scholars have discussed and analyzed the writings by Hubbard and their place within Scientology within the contexts of science fiction,[16] UFO religions,[17] Gnosticism[18][19] and creation myths.[11]

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I could never understand..... SergeStorms May 2022 #1
Always figured scientology was a religious ponzi scheme...nt Wounded Bear May 2022 #2
I don't even understand.... SergeStorms May 2022 #3
Scientology was deliberately designed to be a religion localroger May 2022 #13
I've never researched it in full detail, but I think that's about right anarch May 2022 #9
Not a Ponzi scheme, more of a bait-and-switch localroger May 2022 #16
Not a fan of Scientology jimfields33 May 2022 #8
I agree good film rockfordfile May 2022 #11
Cruise is a competent actor who invests himself in his film projects localroger May 2022 #14
The new movie is a huge hit! Nt USALiberal May 2022 #17
I had to smirk at him in another Top Gun movie Bayard May 2022 #4
??? USALiberal May 2022 #18
ok lol nt Torchlight May 2022 #21
Well...... USALiberal May 2022 #23
He's a pervert Cheezoholic May 2022 #5
Congrats to Penelope, Leah, Nicole, Katie, Suri. UTUSN May 2022 #6
This isnt even funny Cheezoholic May 2022 #7
Giving money to Tom Cruise HAB911 May 2022 #10
Interesting... Mike Nelson May 2022 #12
Apparently he nearly left when they told him about Xenu localroger May 2022 #15
Wow, interesting read. BlackSkimmer May 2022 #19
Couldn't get past the paywall. shrike3 May 2022 #20
"Scientology" and its adherents Meowmee May 2022 #22
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