Most of the ill-will toward Scientology is fueled and fomented by a small number of special interest groups. One of these is of course Big Pharma – it is no secret that the Church of Scientology actively fights the push toward getting every single person on earth medicated for some kinds of syndrome. (See http://www.cchr.org)
Another special interest group is the loose bunch of discontents that were once members of Church staff and were ousted in a purge in the early ’80s. (These folks never quite got over their fall from glory, and use the Interent as a platform to stir all sorts of mudslinging against the Church.)
I feel that the Church of Scientology’s best defense is simply its good works, of which there are many – and trementdously under-publicized in the media. Our volunteer ministers (http://www.volunteerministers.org) have done wonderful work at disaster scenes – large groups of volunteers have worked in Indonesia, India and Sri Lanka after the 2005 tsunami, in Mississippi and Lousiaina after Katrina, and in several other disaster zones. (Contrary to nasty rumors, these volunteers do not proselytize, but provide practical help in the way of food and water, medical supplies and comfort and succor to those displaced and those suffering.)
Other good works by our Church include our literacy campaigns, our drug-prevention campaigns, our human-rights campaigns and our free counseling clinics in every organization.
I find it saddening that hardly any of these is ever the subject of a media piece on Scientology – and when they are, it’s usually with some kind of unnecessary controversy or inuendo, full of cynisism, as if it is impossible to fathom that we’d actually want to help people.
Sincerely,
Greg
Scientologist and proud of it
http://www.liveandgrow.org

L. RON HUBBARD PROBABLY LAUGHED ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK. INCIDENTALLY WHERE ARE THE TEACHINGS OF THIS “FINE” RELIGION IN THE SCRIPTURE? ANY RELIGION THAT DOES AWAY WITH THE TEACHINGS OF CHRIST, OR HIS DIETY IS CONSIDERED A CULT. ESPECAILLY WHEN IT IT BASED ON THEIR FOUNDER.

I totally agree..any religion that does not teach the “HOLY SCRIPTURES” does not follow God’s sacred word. In the bible God warns us against listening to the “false teachers” of this world. How much more plain can the “Holy Bible” be?
This world has become just as the Bible warns, full of false teachers/prophets…we need to listen and pay attention to all the false teachings of these non-christians.

If one believes that Jesus was God’s son and was put on this Earth in the form of man to die for our sins and is our way to God, then one is a true Christian. Any other belief is false.
Watch out for the false teachers.

My attitude toward Scientology is the same as all other LRH’s writings. It’s good science fiction. The attitude that Scientology can treat all cognitive disorders by examining and confronting their “ingrams” (sp?)strikes me as being a form of corrupted Freudian psychology. Many times, talk and counciling will not help a person with MI.
Pharmaceutical companies are not “pushing” drugs for the sake of having everyone medicated, no matter what the Scientologists claim.

Im an ex-scientologist but sometimes I have to speak up and say that most of what I see posted by “knowledgeable” internet-trained people is a load of ****. Sometimes I think its too bad that scientology tend to create non-evangelists. The flood of misinformation about them keeps snowballing.