The deceit of Scientology

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Well, in today's mail I get an autographed copy (by Isaac Hayes) of "The Way to Happiness - A Common Sense Guide to Better Living"

There is a label on the back that says" Mission of Old Tampa Bay Church of Scientology". Below it is the following:

"This is the first non-religious moral code based wholly on common sense. It was written by L. Ron Hubbard as an individual work and is not part of any religious doctrine. Any reprinting or individual distribution of it does not infer connection with or sponsorship of any religious organization. It is therefore admissible for government departments and employees to distribute it as a nonreligious activity."

Let's see: L. Ron Hubbard starts this organization called "The CHURCH of Scientology" that is recognized as a church by the IRS. L. Ron Hubbard wrote this book. The book is sent to me by the Church of Scientology, but it says it is not a religious activity.

This is deceit.


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Religion or racket

"If you ask legal scholars to classify Scientology, the consensus judgment is quite clear, and numerous legal scholars as well as judges clearly feel that there is something illicit and sinister about it. They are not just skeptical about its claims, but make decisive judgment calls and remain decidedly unconvinced that it is entitled to the religion label. John J. Foster, a British jurist charged with investigating it (1971), gave us the definitive study of Scientology, based solely on the organization's own writings, and nothing else. His conclusions, which seem to have been ignored by NRM scholars, were that Scientology can only claim to offer a system of psychotherapy, and as such should be regulated. Its only aim, he found, was to produce profits. Any claims of Scientology to be a religion were ridiculed, and many of its fraudulent acts were exposed in this report. "