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Another calm logical analysis by Just Bill at http://askthescientologist.blogspot.com/
BTW If you are newly surfing the internet for information about the church, whether you are still in, newly out, anon or just curious, this site has a lot of very thoughtful information and well worth the visit.
The post expands on the "eight characteristics that typifies a destructive group" and how Scientology fares on each point.
After reading through the post, I was wondering if anyone can put forward any valid reasons to refute Just Bill's reasoning? I can't, but I am severely biased and was never in. I would be interested to read something that doesn't justify the behaviour by comparing it to other religions or groups.
Anyone? Just one?
Maybe the inability to persuade people that it isn't a cult is more telling than simply stating that it is.:confused2:
BTW If you are newly surfing the internet for information about the church, whether you are still in, newly out, anon or just curious, this site has a lot of very thoughtful information and well worth the visit.
The post expands on the "eight characteristics that typifies a destructive group" and how Scientology fares on each point.
After reading through the post, I was wondering if anyone can put forward any valid reasons to refute Just Bill's reasoning? I can't, but I am severely biased and was never in. I would be interested to read something that doesn't justify the behaviour by comparing it to other religions or groups.
Anyone? Just one?
Maybe the inability to persuade people that it isn't a cult is more telling than simply stating that it is.:confused2:
* Summary.
Dear Scientologist, if you are like I was when I was first looking beyond Scientology, you will be shocked and alarmed by the fact that Scientology exhibits all the attributes of a cult. This cannot be acceptable to you.
This subject is very important to any Scientologist who wants Scientology to go forward into society. Cults cannot do that. You may insist that Scientology is not a cult, but unless you remove all the cult attributes from Scientology, it really doesn't matter what you believe. In the real world, if it talks like a cult, acts like a cult and controls its members like a cult -- it is a cult.
Can you remove the "cult" from Scientology? In truth, I'm betting Scientologists won't even try, especially those who aspire to leadership in the "new" Scientology.
The benefits of Scientology retaining all its cult characteristics are to the leaders of the cult, not to its members. When the supposed leaders of "new" Scientology vehemently support the retention of all these cult attributes, be aware of why they do so.