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Originally posted by rlbell@Jan 23 2006, 04:07 PM
Why do cults flourish and why do so many actors and musicians flock to scientology? Some people have a positive need for attention. You show up at a scientology org and you are immediately lavished with attention. If you are not an attention junkie, you run away (screaming is optional). If you are an attention junkie, the initial highs of attention are of a low enough cost that you keep coming back. But the longer you are there, the more they extort out of you for each hit of attention. Scientology specifically attempts to recruit celebreties for two reasons: first because these people are more likely to be attention junkies than non-celebreties, and second, people pay attention to what celebrities say, no matter how unlikely it is for them to actually understand what they are talking about.

Right. It's similar to dealing drugs. It's like harbouring an addiction. It's what happens to people on the higher levels that passes as truly terrifying.

I guess maybe because it just SOUNDS so absurd to me that anyone could buy into that story makes me want to believe it's not true, simply because I have a secret hope Humanity is not that stupid :bleh:

The whole thing is a very scary experiment in sociology and psychology... glad they're outlawed here.

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Originally posted by ReamusLQ@Jan 23 2006, 08:33 PM
I guess maybe because it just SOUNDS so absurd to me that anyone could buy into that story makes me want to believe it's not true, simply because I have a secret hope Humanity is not that stupid :bleh:

I agree. I'd like to think that people are more aware of the consequences of their choices.

Perhaps I'm wrong :P

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Originally posted by allyfaucet+Jan 23 2006, 02:20 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (allyfaucet @ Jan 23 2006, 02:20 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-ReamusLQ@Jan 23 2006, 08:33 PM
I guess maybe because it just SOUNDS so absurd to me that anyone could buy into that story makes me want to believe it's not true, simply because I have a secret hope Humanity is not that stupid* :bleh:

I agree. I'd like to think that people are more aware of the consequences of their choices.

Perhaps I'm wrong :P [/b][/quote]
<sigh> so many stupid people in the world :ok: I shall pray for them all

It's not stupidity. It's human nature to feel the need to belong to something, and that's what cults like scientology exploit. We're social creatures, afterall.

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Originally posted by TheGiantMidgit@Jan 23 2006, 06:13 PM
It's not stupidity. It's human nature to feel the need to belong to something, and that's what cults like scientology exploit. We're social creatures, afterall.

You seem to know a good deal about the religion, what does it mean to be an Operating Thetan (OT)? To my knowledge, you become an OT once you are "Clear", but what's the point of the different OT levels?

I know the bare minimum about the religion. I am not aware of it's inner working technicalities. I am just applying it's basic mechanics to psychology. It's pretty obvious how they go about doing their "work", but, to satiate your curiosity, I'll look it up.

Before I do, I'll just put in what I suspect it to mean from my previous research: higher OT levels indicate more time in the fold, and more money spent. Higher levels reward the member with better treatment and they are given more information. As we have learned, OT III and such gives one the access to the sacred doctrine. ...of course, by then, they've made sure you're beaten down enough to accept the BS as unquestionable truths.

It's shrouded as an essential part of their belief system though, even though it's just a way of mentally destroying someone sufficiently before moving on to the "next step".

detail of the steps:

Operating Thetan steps

So, the two next questions are, how advanced is Tom Cruise and why did he split with his ex wife?

he came out of the closet