Scientology article in Rolling Stone

[RacerX]

Long but interesting

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...de_scientology


LRH bio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L_Ron_Hubbard

[Grandturk]

Well, you can't fault people for believing in stuff, I guess.

[charvelguy]

Ron Hubbard.. the Sci Fi writer. We're all whacky to a degree but that is whack...IMO.
I thought about moving to Clearwater back about 6-7 years ago. Parent company had a branch there. I did not know they were based there at the time.

[HuntinDoug]

Ron Hubbard.. the Sci Fi writer.

That pretty much sums it up...Sci Fi. It should be called the "Church of Pay-entology". "Spiritual enlightenment" only comes when the members pay their way to the next level. Good thing Tom Cruise isn’t poor... He'd never make it to heaven then.

[Joe_Steeler]

Ron Hubbard.. the Sci Fi writer. We're all whacky to a degree but that is whack...IMO.
I thought about moving to Clearwater back about 6-7 years ago. Parent company had a branch there. I did not know they were based there at the time.

You should see them walking around downtown Clearweater in their little uniforms. They own a LARGE chunk of the buildings in downtown CLW.
Big business.

[GodOfRhythm]

A cult, covered with a thin layer of gold, but still a cult. Laughable at best.

[toejam]

A cult, covered with a thin layer of gold, but still a cult. Laughable at best.

Same as any other religion... a cult.

[charvelguy]

That would be a very easy blanket generalization as the word is based on sects. Yeah.. I am being somewhat hypocritical in judging them when some could view my beliefs in the same scope.
Would that also imply a non religion being free to pursue its own cult, belief and sects? A structured premise of non structure? What are you free of? Conformity? What is it you adhere too? A different form of ritualistic practice that denies a practice of good to serve self or other aspects of human nature?
I've read Hubbards works when he was known more as a SciFi writer -Battlefield Earth (a long ass book) and Mission Earth..I can see they are in a similar vein.. same mentality as Dianetics. Same writer, different style.
I read Dianetics or some of it.. it has some stated good aspects..doesn't mean I will buy into it further or subscribe to it. I think its just one mans offshoot vision of humanity based on modern psychology, humanity and its future but I also think it served as a means help himself cope and to make $.

I think Steven King could make up a pretty scary religion too.

[donf]

I liked Ron's book on dianetics. Pretty interesting, but to take things to a religion. I'll pass.

[GWARGHOUL]

I actually have that print issue somewhere. I got a free 6 month subscription when I got a Line 6 guitar port.

Interesting..

[Norton]

There was an episode about scientology on southpark.it was too funny

[charvelguy]

It is a Church.. and has tax exempt status. It considers itself a religion.

[buzzsaww]

R.Kelly: Tom Cruise won't you come out da closet. I said please come out da closet.
R.Kelly: So then I pulled out my gun!
Reporter: Oh shit here we go with the gun again...

There was an episode about scientology on southpark.it was too funny

[texasfury]

Celebrities get a very different version of Scientology than the one normal people do.

[skorb]

Well, you can't fault people for believing in stuff, I guess.

um, yes,
for something as idiotic as this, yes I can :ROTF: