Why is Scientology hated so much?

[WesCottII]

I have to point out that it's seen as well. . . a load of bollocks.

It's a story basically, and now celebrities are giving huge amounts to it? It's just wierd, and I think that should be answer enough.

 

[Bible_Belt]

The bible said the Earth was flat

Bvllsh!t. You read that on the Internet and just assumed it to be true. That snide little dinner-party quip derives from the King James translation using the phrase "four corners of the Earth." My NIV says "four quarters." The KJV is simply a badly-worded translation. But the Bible never said that the Earth was flat, or the center of the universe. Plenty of incredulous claims are made, but not those.

http://www.ronthenut.org/

"I would say that 99 per cent of what my father has written about his own life is false." --- L. Ron Hubbard Jr.

 

[ChrizZ]

Why is scientology hated so much???

Disclaimer: Not for the weak hearted!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCGP-0545EU

 

[iqqi]

^^Scientologist spotted!!^^

Hahaha.

Phyzzle is the sh!t for rizzle. I am developing a crush!

 

[j-flex]

http://rickross.com/faq.html


ttp://rickross.com/groups/scientology.html

 

[Deep Dish]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKgdSJu77D0

The BBC conducted an exceptionally brave documentary on Scientology, demonstrating the cult is still very much the sinister organization critics have always claimed. “For some reason I can’t imagine the Church of England behaving like this.”

 

[Deep Dish]

I guess the question I am trying to ask is whether Scientology is hated so much because it shows the hypocrisy and ironic nature behind religion? Scientologists do not impose themselves on others, yet we have Wikipedia doing negative articles about them and youtube'd rallies against them, etc etc. I mean, sure they have some crazy stuff that they believe, but what religion doesn't?

Aside from the fact Scientology is not a religion (but if only to be tax exempt), the organization does not need to impose itself onto others to be dangerous and worthy of spite. Think about the Heaven’s Gate cult, for example; they may not imposed themselves onto other people but they were certainly of themselves. However, in the case of Scientology they DO impose themselves on other by evading taxes, separating members from their families, destroying the lives of critics, and now they want recognition from Europe so that they can spread the excellence of their destruction. A word better than religion or cult to describe Scientology is mafiaso. People commit suicide when separating from the organization—how’s that for not harming people?

 

[MikeYikes122]

I took a Sci Fi literature class in college, and we spent an entire unit learning about Ron L. Hubbard and Scientology. Hubbard was only interested in exploiting people. The whole religion of Scientology is based only on pseudo-science, mythological stories and brainwashing techniques. And like Bible Belt said, it is legally classified as a religion and earning tax-exempt status, when it shouldn't be.

I wouldn't have a problem with Scientology if it didn't repress free speech, exploit innocent people and misuse taxpayers' dollars. Normally, I'm the kind of person who is extremely respective of other peoples' religious beliefs, but that isn't the case at all with Scientology, which is more of a cult or a corporation than a religion.

It's flat-out ridiculous for you to compare Scientology to Christianity. People are allowed to leave Christianity freely, and the central beliefs of Christianity are a little bit more founded than Scientology's. There are plenty of historical accounts of Jesus, not to mention the group of people who followed Him. It's understandable that someone wouldn't believe in the acts of water-walking and turning water into wine, but the ideas of Body Thetans and the story of Xenu and his Galactic Confederacy are a lot more far-fetched than anything Christianity has ever produced. Sure, the Old Testament has many stories that are comparable, but the majority of Christian-based religions don't literally interpret the Old Testament. It's understandable for someone to have a hard time believing in miracles, but at least the story of Jesus has some sort of historical context and proof to it.

The nutty thing is, it took a group of Internet nerds to bring all of Scientology's exploitations to the public's eye.

I could go through and summarize the "Controversies" section of the Scientology Wikipedia page, but I'm going to save myself the time because I have a feeling the OP is a Scientologist himself who is only going to respond by saying things like "Naaah" "Nooo" "Christianity killed people too".

Sorry, but this thread sucks

 

[tj]

In my opinion. I think a large part of it is because big pharma is a growing part of
economy. Aproxmiately 16-20 percent.


Scientology has always been anti-drug.


To say that there is this altruistic movement to save us from the evil face of Scientology is absurd.

Christianity has caused much more hardship on mankind than Scientology ever could.

 

[Purple-Haze]

Why is scientology hated so much???

Disclaimer: Not for the weak hearted!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCGP-0545EU

My God. What a video.

 

[Papermoon]

Deep Dish: In Germany Scientology is considered a business organisation.