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For 60 years the “Scientologists” have been publically making claims that the “technology” they possess is capable of making great positive changes in people.
Members have even used this board in order to assert these things.
For those who have managed to avoid them here are a few of the things they tell prospective customers that they are able to do; by the use of a simplified type of amateur psychotherapy (called “dianetics”) assisted by a lie detector like machine called the “emeter” this group claims they can erase the effects of past traumas. This is not a shocking assertion; that is what psychotherapy does and the addition of a device to help read the subject’s emotional response seems thoroughly sensible.
A few years after the establishment of the first dianetics foundation the inventor of dianetics L. Ron Hubbard announced that he had been able to regress people to a point before their birth and address traumas that had occurred in previous lives. He further claimed that by purchasing enough dianetic treatment a person could become free of all disease or physical defect and ultimately be “At cause over MEST” meaning in control of matter, energy, space and time. They could in fact become something above and beyond human. Hubbard used the phrase “Homo Novus” to describe the new superior being that he could produce from mere humans who purchased enough of his services.
Let’s fast-forward 60 years.
Hubbard has been convicted of fraud and died in hiding. Scientology is now run by David Miscavage a 9th grade drop-out with a history of violence toward his employees. Popular media is full of websites like exscientologykids that have thousands of horror stories written by people who have grown up in scientology and escaped. Legal troubles around the world are forcing scientology to give back much of the billions they have taken over the years. Some nations such as Germany and France are actually forced to consider amending their freedom of religion laws because scientology has abused them in such an unprecedented way; the founding fathers literally could not imagine such blasphemy. The prized celebrity members scientology has always used are seen as kooky and silly. Comedians use scientology’s top secret theology to fill in a few minutes.
But what about the claims themselves?
The scientology building should be filled with super powerful disease free Homo Novus.
They are not filled with anybody. The few hangers on are old and often sick from lack of proper medical treatment. Most have little or no family because of policy that forces them to disconnect from scientology critical people. Many are in financial distress because the “fixed donations” are calculated as just enough to keep the cows milkable. They have an exceptionally high suicide rate.
Just last week an anti-scientology protester in Washington D.C. was using chalk on the sidewalk in front of the scientology building to write that the scientology staff members should make a living wage (they earn about $50 a week). An elderly man ran screaming out of the building and attacked her. Other scientologists watched while the man assaulted the young woman. When the police came all the scientologists claimed nothing happened
So the science fiction dream that a magic gadget can make you super human dies slowly. Those who have thrown away their lives defending it will not go quietly.
The sociopathy that attracted them to scientology is even worse than it was.
As long as there are scientologists they will be a danger to those around them.