<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pjcolpitts? @ Nov 6 2006, 10:58 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Okay, Scientology is a religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard in the 1950's. I'm not so much an expert on it, so I'll give you a link to its wikipedia page. Hubbard was a science fiction writer who one day decided that he'd make up a new religion. So thats what he did. Its just really crazy and way "science fiction-ess." They believe that everyone is like a spirit from space and never dies rather gets put into another body once the body dies. Also, they believe higher people ala Tom Cruise have power over the mind and has special powers. Like he can move crap with his mind. Just pretty much bullsh** like this. All I really think it is is really a scam. I read a great article on it in Rolling Stone a few months ago. It had some interviews from people who had been raised scientoligist and got out of it once they turned of age. Like when they were little they had to go to these classes to "free thier mind" but like each class cost money. To become "whole" and everything you had to have a ton of these classes which cost in the uppers of $1000. They siad the classes didnt do anything for them. Also, there's the whole giving like 10% of your earnings to the church. Thats why I say its a scam. There are also a ton of Hollywood types that are in it. It is widely known as a cult as well. Here's a link. Link</div>Man, I didn't realize until this afternoon that there is actually a Church of Scientology here on the University of Texas campus... kind of scary, but I'm tempted to walk in there and just start talking and laughing at all of them.
