Scientology: the next stage of Darwinism

Ok, so I am not one to knock any particular religion (unless it involves killing others). I say believe what you want, as long as you don't force it on me and it doesn't hurt anyone. However, this begged my attention, as I do believe it harms others, so here we go.

Social Darwinism - a sociological theory that sociocultural advance is the product of intergroup conflict and competition and the socially elite classes (as those possessing wealth and power) possess biological superiority in the struggle for existence.

Scientology - a group of crazies trying to gain all the power, money and elite status by brainwashing innocents in hopes that they can possess this superior existance and hopefully not go the way of the Dodo. Or have evil spirits from another planet invade their body. Or have a psychiatrist steal their mind.

AKA, a good way to organize all the crazy people into one area so they don't hurt themselves tripping over the sane people.

For a good example of some of the symptoms of this, for lack of a better word, disease, check out the top loon himself, Tom Cruise.

This 'recruiting video' is called Tom Cruise: Scientologist. Yes, it is spoken as "Tom Cruise: Avenger of Justice."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0

Some things of interest in this video:

"[we] are the only ones who can really help."

"We have the authority to cure drug addiction, isssues of the mind, impulse conditions and rehabilitate criminals"

"...people of Earth..."

"...create the new reality..."

and of course, check out Mr. Cruise-Crazy's INSANE laughter at minutes 4:22 and 8:45. He sounds like a maniac.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21i4j5_bs40&feature=related

The original Oprah "incident." I had actually never seen it. Yeah, it's as bad as you think. Even Oprah seems very scared, and calls him "gone." He strikes his Elvis-kneeling-punch thing a million times and attacks Oprah's hands a lot as well. He even literally DRAGS Katie Holmes onstage, like a prize puppy.

Now, here is the story that I TRIED to find on the officially Scientology website, but they have removed it (I have seen it there before). Apparently, the back-story of their religion is a source of embarrassment to them. Only high level "thetans" are supposed to know this story, and I believe that it is withheld until you are so deeply entralled with this nonsense that you will believe anything.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenu

Let us also not forget, Scientologies views on Psychiatry:

** To newcomers and the general public, Scientology teaches that psychology is worthless and destructive. In their official publication What Is Scientology?, they state that psychology "provides no means of producing actual improvement" and has "no tools at all for dealing with the mentally ill" and stands for "ineffectiveness, lies and inhuman brutality. Its basic assumption revolved around the idea that with enough punishment, anyone could be restored to sanity." However, in more advanced Scientology studies, members read a bulletin called "Pain and Sex", which states that sex is an unnatural perversion for humans and that sex was invented by psychiatrists millions of years ago to trap us. It says that "pain and sex were the INVENTED TOOLS of degradation" created by psychiatrists, and "the stocks-in-trade of psychs are pain and sex." This is a key teaching behind Scientology's vehement opposition to all forms of psychiatry - the bulletin says that psychiatrists "have been on the track a long time and are the sole cause of decline in this universe."

On October 7, 1995, Scientology's Chairman of the Board, David Miscavage spoke to tens of thousands of Scientologys around the world. He set a goal for Scientology - destroying psychiatry in five years:

"There are a lot of opinions out there as to what is wrong with Earth, 1995. But if you really want to eliminate those problems all you have to do is work for the objectives that we, as members of the IAS, have set for the year 2000: Objective One - place Scientology at the absolute forefront of Society. Objective Two - eliminate psychiatry in all its forms. Let's get rid of psychiatry, and let's bring Scientology to every man, woman and child on this planet."

Scientologist's also often testify at legislative hearings on proposed laws affecting mental health treatment, claiming there's no scientific basis for the medical treatment of psychiatric illnesses. Lawmakers are rarely aware thatScientologist believe psychiatrists have been directly causing every problem known to humans for many millions of years. Scientologists have lobbied to stop all government funding to mental health facilities and sued drug companies to stop them from producing anti-depressants and anti-psychotic medications.

THIS IS DANGEROUS.

Now, the very VERY underlying message in Scientology is that man consists of more than he is, and we should try to better ourselves and others. Ok, that is a good thing, sure. However, the craziness that you indeed MUST believe and participate in to make yourselves worthy of this happiness is perfectly assinine. Why must people pay literally thousands of dollars to achieve what they can do on their own? No church/religion in the world should require their members to buy their way into heaven; either with their possessions, life savings, family ties, or in the case of extremist...their lives and the lives of others.

Having faith in something can be a good thing, but do not forget that as long as their has been faith, there has been people twisting it for gain, power, or sheer arrogance.

And just in case anyone asks...no, I absolutely will not apologize for anything I believe or said on this subject. Just as it is your right to believe it, it is my right to criticize it.

** Entire section is from this website: http://www.scientology-lies.com/faq/society/psychiatry.html