The Science and Science Fiction of Scientology
By David Reinstein,LCSW, 8th Jul 2012 | Follow this author
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All beliefs are not religions but all religions are a set of beliefs. Often, people are drawn to what they already believe. For Scientologists, this is not necessarily a good thing.
More Proctology than Science: Scien"tology"
Science Fiction author L. Ron Hubbard had quite an imagination and, as it turns out, quite an ego. The prophet of a new system of beliefs embraced by many celebrities: Scientology and Dianetics. Science or Science Fiction?
In 1970, waking down a street in New York
A sidewalk sign offered “Free Psychological Evaluations”
In a walk-up rundown-office suite
And tempted my young ego with self-affirming
Hope that my true potential would be uncorked.
The “test” really wasn’t.
I held tin cups connected to ”E-Meters,”
And was told I needed just what they had to offer
To become a healthier and more successful
Entrepreneur, consumer, human being and competitor.
L. Rom Habbard was their (deceased) guru,
Though he has passed to another level –
But continued to be channeled and to advise
Like an eternally narcissistic dark devil.
I left that office quickly
When I realized that the pitch
Was both shallow and self-justifying,
I thought the come-on was a bitch.
All these years later,
With celebrities well on tow,
The Cruises and Tavoltas
Are smart enough to know
That they are both being had
And are having others;
Spending fortunes in perpetuating
Crack-pot ‘systems’ of belief
That self-rationalize
Degenerative egomania.
Hubbard’s science fiction wasn’t bad,
But as a guru he stretched beyond his reach;
The ideas and foundations of Dianetics
Like old jellyfish,
Simply wash up on the beach
And are best left to dry up in the sun
And to vanish into crisp nothingness.
Their being was largely illusion
In the first place.
Celebrities and others suffering
From fear of spiritual starvation
And the need for greater validation
That their worth
Is worthy, abound,
Seeking truths to confirm what they believe.
Ron Hubbard saw them coming
With Scientology
Embroidered, in gleaming bling,
On their eerily righteous but
Disturbingly fundamental
Mental sleeves.
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9th Jul 2012 (#)
Yes I find it hard to understand how they can get away with what they are doing
Best Wishes
Steve
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9th Jul 2012 (#)
You nailed 'em, my friend.
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9th Jul 2012 (#)
Guys any help would be appreciated I am new to this system and am having great problems adding photographs into the article. I can get one to appear in the preview section but not in the article body.
Many thanks in advance
Steve
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9th Jul 2012 (#)
Like Steve said, "you nailed 'em, my friend." I knew a few back in the day when I lived just outside of Long Beach, California where they had their headquarters and they were a really weird bunch of nuts.
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9th Jul 2012 (#)
... may still be, so far as I can determine :-} (Definitely NOT the Wiki variety of nuts...)
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9th Jul 2012 (#)
This guy "Ron Hubbard" is really crazy! I found out he was a failure , and that he just founded it because he thinks that "in religion, there is money"
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9th Jul 2012 (#)
Wonder why other people can believe in such crazy things...
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9th Jul 2012 (#)
I suspect that people believe what they want to... maybe, what they need to.
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9th Jul 2012 (#)
@ihordonald and David: too many people cannot face reality and accept responsibility for their own lives, so they turn to people like Hubbard, Moon, Jones, et al. Taking up these cult religions is a form of escapism for them that makes their miserable existence bearable.
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11th Jul 2012 (#)
Again, David, you 'knocked it out of the ball park" when it comes to you really saying something in a creative and poetic way. "Embroidered, in gleaming bling,
On their eerily righteous but
Disturbingly fundamental
Mental sleeves." wow.
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11th Jul 2012 (#)
To be read and appreciated by sentient people is as much as any writer could hope for! Thank you all.
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11th Jul 2012 (#)
Down in the dumps - is when people are ready to believe in anything, anybody. Once in, tough to get out - siva
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15th Jul 2012 (#)
David: I'm still here, wait for me! A friend of mine had a husband who had 'signed up' with Scientology. He had been told that he was not 'ready' to be a father, and she was abandoned, ballooning with an eight-month pregnancy.
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