Scientology in a Nutcase…er, I mean Nutshell
I am always amazed at how crazy Scientology is. Sure, you could argue that other religions are just as far fetch, and you are probably right, but they were created hundreds, if not thousands of years ago by people without the benefit of modern knowledge. Scientology was created in 1952 by a science fiction writer named L. Ron Hubbard.
Scientology teaches that people are immortal spiritual beings, Thetans, who have forgotten their true nature. Its method of spiritual rehabilitation is a type of counseling known as auditing made available to members in return for specified donations. Scientologists advance through levels of enlightenment by purchasing study materials, each growing greater in complexity, that take them along the Bridge to Total Freedom. (here’s where it gets good)
Upper level Scientologists are now ready to learn the highly guarded mystical teachings are considered by the church to be harmful to unprepared readers. Hubbard said that the modern-day science fiction genre of space opera is merely an unconscious recollection of real events that took place millions of years ago. These events include the story of Xenu, the ruler of the Galactic Confederacy who brought billions of frozen people to Earth 75 million years ago, stacked them around volcanoes and blew them up with hydrogen bombs, creating swarms of disembodied alien souls known as Body Thetans. Xenu is only one element of Scientologist beliefs in alien civilizations. Such doctrines have existed in Scientology virtually since its beginning. In the 1950s Hubbard wrote and lectured about civilizations such as Helatrobus, Espinol and Arslychus, and in the 1960s he introduced Xenu’s Galactic Confederacy. He described repeated instances of their using brainwashing implants on hapless beings. He also spoke of alien invasions of Earth, such as that carried out around 6235 BCE by the Fifth Invader Force, who were “very strange insect-like creature[s] with unthinkably horrible hands.” [via]
So, basically L. Ron decided to embark on a mass brainwashing experiment that not only made him a lot of money, but also get people to believe his science fiction stories were true. Fucking hilarious!
“If you want to make a little money, write a book. If you want to make a lot of money, create a religion.” - L. Ron Hubbard
A list of famous Scientologists including:
Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Kirsti Alley, Jason Lee, Beck, Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson), Katie Holmes, Jenna Elfman, Corin Nemec (Parker Lewis),Sonny Bono, Isaac Hayes, Doug E Fresh, Jeffery Tambor, Lisa Marie Presley, Greta Van Susteren (FOX News), Chaka Khan, Juliette Lewis, Giovanni Ribisi, Edgar Winter and formerly Jerry Seinfeld, Nicole Kidman, Patrick Swayze, Charles Manson, Courtney Love, Sharon Stony, Gloria Gaynor, Mimi Rogers, and cradle robbing Demi Moore
