Originally Posted by TheSneakster
This is the most often repeated complete noncomprehension of Scientology and Scientologists I have seen in this and any other forum or venue.
No true Scientologist believes one single bit of the very large body of theoretical principles and specific techniques what we collectively call "The Tech" merely because Ron Hubbard wrote it or said it in a lecture.
One is expected to apply each bit of theory or technique in Real Life(tm) to oneself and those around oneself and personally observe for oneself whether or not any given bit works as stated and produces the stated result.
Certainty that any given piece of The Tech works when applied as stated then comes from one's own direct experience and not Hubbard's say-so, so if what Ron Hubbard said or wrote about some Scientology principle or technique is actually wrong or false or incomplete, that will show up when it fails in attempted application.
One of the major reasons the majority of true Scientologists have left the C of $, is that the leadership and it's enforcement arm, the Sea Organization, have sought to enforce blind faith and belief upon all the membership in place of the "let me try that out and see if it works for myself" that results in genuine certainty.
I reckon Hubbard himself is largely to blame for that, as his Keeping Scientology Working, Technical Degrades and similar organizational policies pretty much compel Churchies to attack anyone who says some bit of Scientology "tech" doesn't work for them. The issuance of these policies constituted a direct attack on a Scientologist's Freedom of Thought and right to gain true Certainty, in my opinion and mark the exact point in time when the C of $ became a "cult" and cast aside their own definition of Scientology as an "applied religious philosophy".
As soon as any true Scientologist finds out that the C of $ is actively attempting to destroy their Freedom of Thought, as well as their Freedom of Speech, they leave it. Some of them end up here.
Michael "The Sneakster" Hobson
I am *not* anonymous.
I am going to have to disagree on some of these points based on my experience. It may or may not be relevant to you.
I believe that active scilons "do" believe everything written just because LRon wrote it. He even said it (sort of): "If it isn't written it isn't true."
More to the point, let me tell you about the recruiters and regs bird-dogging the basic courses. They are waiting for the new public to "cognite". More specifically, they are watching for the first signs of the "big win". You remember, that's when you decided, "Hey, they really DO have something here. I feel great!" Once that "magical" moment occurs, they swoop in for the kill.
We'd bring them down to our offices and have them tell us how great they felt, etc. Next, we'd tell them, "See, we told you. Don't you want to help others to achieve the same thing (recruitment) or let me show you how we can solve all the rest of your problems (reg cycle).
The real message is: "Now you see that this is true, that just proves that ALL THE REST IS TRUE, too." This is further reinforced with the rest of those "warm culty techniques" of acceptance into our "special" group, strong support and agreement for your "wins", and specialized loaded language.
Oh, and scilons treat an attack on Scn as a PERSONAL attack on them. You'd really think they'd be a little more secure about their beliefs. Maybe every criticism or escapee reminds them way down deep that they're just being fooled again.
Finally, congratulations to you if you were able to resist this and fully embrace the "if it's not true for you, it's not true" philosophy. I wish I could have.
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