On revenge and enemies:
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"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse
you, pray for those who ill-treat you. If someone strikes you on one
cheek, turn to him the other also." - Jesus Christ, Luke 6:27-28, Matthew
5:38-39
- "An enemy... may be injured by any means or tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed. [...] Start feeding lurid, blood sex crime actual evidence on the attackers to the press." - L. Ron Hubbard, HCO Policy Letter, 18 Oct 67 and HCO Policy Letter, Attacks on Scientology (Additional Pol Ltr), 25 Feb 66
Comparative Theology and Relation to Other Cults
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Many of Scientology's beliefs have been plagiarized from various occult
sources and then sold as if they were Hubbard's unique gift to humanity.
For example, somehow Hubbard got the idea that the Greek letter "theta"
meant "spirit" or "life" (the real Greek words for these are "pneuma" and
"zoe" or "bios"; "theta" is merely the name of a letter of the alphabet),
and from that he came up with his notions of "thetan", "body thetan" and
"operating thetan." Aleister Crowley was Hubbard's idol, though it is
said that Crowley thought Hubbard a fool. Much of Hubbard's "discoveries"
can be traced to Crowley. There may be a relation between Hubbard's
"theta" and Crowley's "thelema" ("will", which was central to Crowley's
views). This primacy of will may also explain the mental bullying that is
often observed among adherents of these views.
- The Scientologist / Satanist Connection
- Misconceptions about Hubbard's idol, Aleister Crowley
- "Church" of Scientology Creed and OT Documents with Criticism and Further Links
- L. Ron Hubbard's views analyzed by category
- Detailed article with footnotes on the roots of Hubbard's occult teachings
- The Scientology / Dianetics Comparative Theology Page
- Hollywood, Satanism, Scientology and Suicide (564,393 Bytes)
- Routine 3 - Heaven (the "A.D." is "Year of Dianetics" rather than Anno Domini)
- Scientology and Christianity
- CoS `inspired religious writings'
- Peik Strömsholm: Scientology vs Christianity: Hubbard's Cynical System Exposed
- Other Cults
On Exploitation, Pettiness and Playing God
(I would like to thank D. Van Horn for finding the following Hubbard quote; I am responsible for the other two quotes in this section.)-
"Letting a suppressive person collapse stats or an org is a shooting offense."
("stats" refer to statistics, i.e. productivity quotas in a cult organization ["org"]. A "suppressive person" (SP) is anyone who opposes the cult.)
- "Flunk for blinking! Start over!" -- a Scientologist auditor.
- [And Jesus said:] "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees!" ... The teacher
of the Law replied to [Jesus]: "Rabbi, you also insult us by saying such
things". And He said: "And woe also to you teachers of the Law, because
you put onerous loads which are hard to carry on people's backs, but you
will not lift one finger to help them carry the loads." -- Luke 11:44-46.
Usenet Newsgroups
- alt.religion.scientology: Voluminous daily postings, Scientologists and Critics of the Cult
- alt.religion.scientology.xenu: Much easier to get through in one sitting, since many scientologists avoid it owing to their superstition about that four-letter "x-word"
- alt.religion.scientology.squick.squick.squick: Another cult lie demolished! SQUICK! goes Hubbard's skull!
What's this "Xenu/Xemu" thing about?
Scientologists spend years of hard effort and thousands of dollars to reach a level called "Operating Thetan 3" (OT3), where they are to be told the Great Secret of the Universe that will save the planet (and justify the utter destruction of anyone who opposes them). If this sounds bizarre or unlikely, remember that the prospective OT3 has been conditioned by years of psychological techniques to accept the bizarre from the very beginning.
(Spelling note: The word was apparently originally spelled "Xenu" by Hubbard, but "Xemu" is sometimes used as an alternate spelling, particularly in England.)
- Xenu's World Tour of Scientology: the Darth-Vader-like villain of the CoS "scriptures" takes on a life of its own in CoS parody
- Wem är Xemu? (in Swedish)
- Who is Xemu? (in English)
- Qui est Xemu? (en français)
- "What is Scientology?" - criticism in English and French
- The Road to Xenu, Chapter 1: "Implant Stations in the Sky"
- The Xenu Anonymous Remailer specifically for posting on CoS-related newsgroups
About using religion to make money
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"... men of corrupt mind, who have been robbed of the truth and who think
that godliness is a means to financial gain." - St. Paul, 1 Timothy 5:5
- "I'd like to start a religion. That's where the money is." - L. Ron Hubbard to Lloyd Eshbach in 1949; quoted by Eshbach in Over My Shoulder.
Disclaimer?
Legitimate businesses are entitled to trademark disclaimers, not abusers of trademark laws and the entire legal system.
"But trademarks are for businesses to distinguish the products they sell, not for religions!", you might say. Well, yes, but Scientology tries to have it all ways: to be a profitmaking business which sues their critics mercilessly to protect their so-called trade secrets, a tax-exempt U.S. IRS (501)(c)(3) organization, a religion, a philosophy and a technology. In some countries such as Greece, they vehemently deny being a religion in order to circumvent anticult laws, whereas in Germany and the U.S. they just as adamantly claim that they are a religion.Scientology has the dubious distinction of actually having its well-known lawyer Helena Kobrin mentioned in a standard legal textbook on civil procedure, in an negative example showing the cult's incredible abuse of the legal system for its own ends. To view summary and bibliographical information on this legal text, or to order a copy of the 1996 or 1998 editions, click on the following link: Steven C. Yeazell, FEDERAL RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, with Selected Statutes and Cases
Some examples of their use and abuse of the law include the so-called "'Ho letters", which are e-mails from Ms. Kobrin threatening legal action for such things as parodying Scientology on one's web site. They had a popular Finnish anonymous remailer, anon.penet.fi, shut down in 1996 for alleged infringement of the Los Angeles-based cult's rights after someone posted some of their "scripture" on the remailer. This and other "scripture" is easily available on the net and elsewhere and can hardly be considered a "trade secret", especially if the cult considers itself a relgion or philosophy and not a "trade".
As another example, the cult's home page graphic features the word "Scientology" with the "i" made with the "Scientology cross" adjacent to a registered trademark symbol. Do you know any legitimate religions which attempt to trademark a cross? And why use a cross when they consider Christianity to be a mere false "implant"? (The arrogance and cynicism of this is not atypical of Hubbard and his legacy).
It is not surprising, however, for this deceptive "religion" which actually promises to empty the adherent's "bank" while selling him or her the (trademarked, naturally) "bridge" -- would you buy a "bridge" from such an organization? (Explanation for non-U.S. residents: There is an old joke about selling the Brooklyn Bridge in New York: "do I have a bridge to sell you!" -- from this, the expression "selling a bridge to someone" refers to defrauding them, since bridges are not the kind of things that are usually sold to individuals on a whim). Other possible puns in their lexicon include the notion of "thetan"; despite officially claiming it is some kind of life force, it sounds just like lisped version of "Satan"; for more information, click here.
Naturally they claim trademark protection for many of the words in their bizarre lexicon, including Scientology, Dianetics and E-Meter (their $3000.00 lie detector that they claim is a religious tool). How many religions do you know whose very name is a trademark? And they have a separate affiliate, the "Religious Technology Center", which administers their aggressive litigation in order to attempt to silence critics. The cult does not deserve some lame "please don't sue me!" trademark disclaimer, but rather this:
Warning: cults like this one are severely harmful to your spiritual, mental and physical health, and may even be fatal! For God's sake, don't let them sell you their Bridge(tm) to Total Disaster.
About the judicial system
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"Settle matters quickly with your adversary who is taking you to court." -
Jesus Christ, Matthew 5:25
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"The law can be used very easily to harass... the purpose of the suit is
to harass and discourage rather than to win." - L. Ron Hubbard, The
Scientologist - A Manual on the Dissemination of Material, reprinted in
The Technical Bulletins of Dianetics and Scientology volume 2,
pp.151-171, 1979 printing.
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"The only real crime for which one can be punished by the governments
of today is lack of money. In other crimes if one has the huge sums
necessary to hire lawyers one can often get off." - L. Ron Hubbard
in HCOPL 20 Sept 1976, The Stat Push
- "Somebody some day will say 'this is illegal'. By then be sure the orgs say what is legal or not." - L. Ron Hubbard, HCOPL 4 January 1966
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