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There is a book, or booklet I might say, entitled The Way to Happiness. It is comprised of 21 precepts, each one predicated on the fact that one's survival depends on the survival of all others—and that without the survival of others, no joy and no happiness are attainable.

In illustration of those precepts, the Church of Scientology lead by Mr. David Miscavige, sponsored the production and airing of a corresponding series of informational videos. They are presented in the spirit of the booklet itself, which is a roadmap to a happier life through values of compassion and caring that every member of a civilized society holds dear.

So what are we dealing with here. Life. Survival. Happiness. Do you disagree with these things? Perhaps you do if you're a criminal. Or an ogre of some sort. Or someone who just lives off human misery and suffering. But even then, I hope you read this and become inspired. I was.
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Out Of The Box
Out Of The Box
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34 months ago: Are people really this lost? Do we really need someone to explain 21 precepts of happiness to us? I understand this is a free speech forum, but its turning into a big free commercial for scientology.

I once as a young man sold steaks door to door. For about two weeks, I drove around in a refrigerated truck, and sold the spiel I was taught to recite. "Just say it like we taught you.", I was told. "Don't try to reinvent the wheel." The first line in the pitch, as an unsuspecting victim opened the door was "Do you like steak?" Now, 25 years ago the popular answer was yes. That got me in the door.
What has this got to do with scientology? Of course, nearly everyone is concerned with life, happiness,survival,tolerance.
34 months ago: another scientologist with pointless rantrave articles to promote scientology but instead will only happen to push viewers away due to comments filled with arguements on both sides.

Best to quit right now and save yourself the headache. Rantrave is tired of the scientology propaganda and anti-propaganda.
34 months ago: "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: REFLECTIONS ON A SCIENCE FICTION ERA, Donald M. Grant Publisher. 1983

"MAKE MONEY. MAKE MORE MONEY. MAKE OTHER PEOPLE PRODUCE SO AS TO MAKE MORE MONEY." - L. Ron Hubbard, Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter, 9 March 1972, MS OEC 384

"Let's sell these people a piece of blue sky." - L. Ron Hubbard to an associate in 1950, soon after the opening of the Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation. (via Jon Atack, A PIECE OF BLUE SKY: SCIENTOLOGY, DIANETICS AND L. RON HUBBARD EXPOSED, Lyle Stuart/Carol Publishing Group. 1990)

"Arthritis vanishes, myopia gets better, heart illness decreases, asthma disappears, stomachs function properly and the whole catalogue of illnesses goes away and stays away." L. Ron Hubbard, DIANETICS: THE MODERN SCIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH, 1987 Ed., p. 72

"Scientology is the only specific (cure) for radiation (atomic bomb) burns." - L. Ron Hubbard, ALL ABOUT RADIATION, p. 109

34 months ago: "You are only three or four hours from taking your glasses off for keeps." - L. Ron Hubbard, "Eyesight and glasses," "Dianetic Auditor's Bulletin," Vol. 2, No. 7, January 1952


"Scientology is used to increase spiritual freedom, intelligence, ability and to produce immortality." - L. Ron Hubbard, DIANETICS AND SCIENTOLOGY TECHNICAL DICTIONARY, copyright 1975, reprinted 1987, p. 370

"Radiation is apparently enormously water-soluble as well as water removable. According to researchers, one merely has to take a hose to a building surface or a road to wash the radiation off of it. This factor is well known to defense trained personnel." - L. Ron Hubbard, Clear Body, Clear Mind, page 47

"Better than 90 percent of what my father has written about himself is untrue." - Ron deWolf, son of L. Ron Hubbard
34 months ago: "In all the broad Universe there is no other hope for Man than ourselves." - L. Ron Hubbard, "Ron's Journal" 1967

"Somebody some day will say 'this is illegal.' By then be sure the orgs [Scientology organizations] say what is legal or not." - L. Ron Hubbard, Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter, 4 January 1966, "LRH Relationship to Orgs"

"If attacked on some vulnerable point by anyone or anything or any organization, always find or manufacture enough threat against them to cause them to sue for peace. Peace is bought with an exchange of advantage, so make the advantage and then settle. Don't ever defend. Always attack. Don't ever do nothing. Unexpected attacks in the rear of the enemy's front ranks work best." - L. Ron Hubbard, Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter, "Department of Governmental Affairs", 15 Aug 1960

"The purpose of the suit is to harass and discourage rather than to win. The law can be used very easily to harass, and enough harassment on somebody who is simply on the thin edge anyway, well knowing that he is not authorized, will generally be sufficient to cause his professional decease. If possible, of course, ruin him utterly." - L. Ron Hubbard, A MANUAL ON THE DISSEMINATION OF MATERIAL, 1955

"In short a staff member can get away with murder so long as his statistic is up and can't sneeze without a chop if it's down. ... When people do start reporting a staff member with a high statistic, what you investigate is the person who turned in the report." - L. Ron Hubbard, HCO PL 1 September 1965, "Ethics Protection"

34 months ago: "When we need somebody haunted we investigate.When we investigate we do so noisily always." - L. Ron Hubbard, MANUAL OF JUSTICE, 1959

"People attack Scientology, I never forget it, always even the score. People attack auditors, or staff, or organisations, or me. I never forget until the slate is clear." - L. Ron Hubbard, MANUAL OF JUSTICE, 1959

"So we listen. We add up associations of people with people. When a push against Scientology starts somewhere, we go over the people involved and weed them out. Push vanishes." - L. Ron Hubbard, MANUAL OF JUSTICE, 1959

"Our organizations are friendly. They are only here to help you." - L. Ron Hubbard, "Dianetic Contract" 23 May 1969

"ENEMY SP Order. Fair game. May be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed." - L. Ron Hubbard, Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter, 18 October 1967 [SP = Suppressive Person a.k.a. critic of Scientology]

"The practice of declaring people FAIR GAME will cease. FAIR GAME may not appear on any Ethics Order. It causes bad public relations. This P/L does not cancel any policy on the treatment or handling of an SP." - L. Ron Hubbard, Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter, 21 October 1968, "Cancellation of Fair Game"

34 months ago: "A truly Suppressive Person or group has no rights of any kind and actions taken against them are not punishable." - L. Ron Hubbard, Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter, 1 March 1965,HCO (Division 1) "Ethics, Suppressive Acts, Suppression of Scientology and Scientologists"

"The names and connections, at this time, of the bitterly opposing enemy are: 1. Psychiatry and psychology (not medicine). 2. The heads of news media who are also directors of psychiatric front groups. 3. A few key political figures in the fields of "mental health" and education. 4. A decline of monetary stability caused by the current planning of bankers who are also directors of psychiatric front organizations [that] would make us unable to function." - L. Ron Hubbard, Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter, 16 February 1969, "TARGETS, DEFENSE"

"When you move off a point of power, pay all your obligations on the nail, empower all your friends completely and move off with your pockets full of artillery, potential blackmail on every erstwhile rival, unlimited funds in your private account and the addresses of experienced assassins and go live in Bulgravia [sic] and bribe the police." - L. Ron Hubbard, Hubbard Communications Office Policy Letter, 12 February 1967, "The Responsibilities of Leaders"

"There is no more ethical group on this planet than ourselves." - L. Ron Hubbard, KEEPING SCIENTOLOGY WORKING. 7 February 1965, reissued 27 August 1980

"They smell of all the baths they didn't take. The trouble with China is, there are too many chinks here." - L. Ron Hubbard's diary, 1928. (via Jon Atack, A PIECE OF BLUE SKY: SCIENTOLOGY, DIANETICS AND L. RON HUBBARD EXPOSED. Lyle Stuart/Carol Publishing Group 1990)

34 months ago: Ahh the old bait and switch - first give out a handful of fairly inoffensive statements such as "you like to have fun" etc, then switch with "then you must become a scientologist", the implication being that you hate whatever the initial statements were if you don't.

The first of many logical fallacies this cult lobs at it's unsuspecting victims.
34 months ago: Oh just noticed your links to the "Freedom Magazine" (seriously, are you trying to give people irony poisoning?).

I read it, all of it. All 80 pages of that "rebuttal".

It has more moonbat then a David Ike book, more rage then Fred Phelps at a gay pride event and more laughs then the Daily Show.

The most telling point about it as a piece however is when you compare it to Scientology of old:

Previously, if you said one word out of place (whether or not it was the truth or otherwise), you could expect to be sued into bankruptcy by this cult.

Instead we have 80 pages of Spiderman villains, vacuous statements about new buildings (whilst completely omitting the fact that there isn't the staff to man or even maintain them) HIPAA violations as well as proof of fair game still being used.

So folks, definitely read the freedom mag. You'll laugh, cry and ask what drugs David Miscaivage was on when he thought this would be a good idea.
An Observer
An Observer
Garrettsville, OH
33 months ago: http://www.mediacurves.com/Religion/J7477-Scientology/Index.cfm

Any Questions?
Out Of The Box
Out Of The Box
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33 months ago: yes, I have a question. Before I go clicking on any sites, could you give me an idea of what to expect? I wouldn't want to see a site with some calculated imagery designed to warp my delicate psyche, ensnaring me into a lifelong servitude to unscrupulous charlatans.
33 months ago: So what are we dealing with here. Debt. Bankruptcy. Mindlessness. Do you agree with these things? Perhaps you do if you're a $cientologist. Or an dwarf of some sort. Or someone who just lives off human misery and suffering. But even then, I hope you read this and become terrified. I was.
33 months ago: The Scientolgy ads are getting a bit tiresome, you would think they would just lay low and let the hubbub blow over. Each time they write another ad they end up looking stupid.
The endless promoting just opens them up for attack by a public that knows how to do a google search.
Now I really must go, my BTs & I have a dinner date with Xenu. (he has a really explosive temper and blows up if he is kept waiting)
33 months ago: If all the people would read and apply this booklet there will be peace on Earth.
33 months ago: "If all the people would read and apply this booklet there will be peace on Earth."

I didn't realise the global need for shiny toilet paper was that high.

Btw, TWTH booklet is a pile of wishy washy nonsense - filled with very cute sounding but ultimately worthless comments. They are so vague that they could have been written by anyone (though that's part of it's appeal I guess - as has been shown, mention scientology and people walk).
Mark Tomles
Mark Tomles
FPO, AE
33 months ago: "If all the people would read and apply this booklet there will be peace on Earth."

I would actually agree. It's also true of the Judeo-Christian Bible, The Koran, The Satanic Bible and any other literature that prescribes a standard of living.

Basically, if everyone agreed on the same standard and what was "right or wrong", then there would be peace on earth- there would be no disagreement.

However, we're all wonderfully and tragically human, and we will disagree. As such, we will conflict. Any other religious belief in the world acknowledges this, and knows this will occur until the end of time.

Only scientology believes that it is bound to create a single belief system and "somehow remove" all that would hold another or oppose it. That's one way to force an consensus!

I hate to violate Godwins law... but few other groups in history have made such an attempt.
33 months ago: TWTH is a conglomeration of principles that Elron the Con stole from others. Like the rest of his cr**.

It is only meant to serve as a non-offense universal lure to bring people around The CULT and then...into...The CULT.

It is a BS marketing technique meant to snare a group of unsuspecting suckers that can then be separated from as much money as the Predatory Evil $pace Alien Mind Control CULT can manage.

It's always about M-O-N-E-Y. And ONLY about M-O-N-E-Y.


"Follow the money trail."

- Proverb



TWTH starts off with Judaeo/Christian, Buddhism, Muslim 'friendly' principles with which 'no one' can disagree. They are misrepresenting this as $cilontology.


You notice how they don't start off with the nonsense about Xenu. LOL!

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