Scientology: To Be Perfectly Clear
Terrific read:
Scientology: To Be Perfectly Clear
WS Bainbridge, R Stark - SA. Sociological Analysis, 1980
Abstract: Advances a theory to explain the apparent success of
Scientology in raising its members to a superhuman level of functioning
known as "clear". It is argued that empirical evidence does not support
this claim and that the state of "clear" "is not a state of personal
development at all, but a social status conferring honor within the cult's
status system and demanding certain kinds of behavior from the person
labeled `clear'." Hubbard's social mechanisms used to establish and
defend the status of "clear" are discussed. Scientology caters to those
people who suffer from chronic unhappiness or inability to perform at the
level set for themselves. It does not solve the underlying problems; it
merely "cures the complaints by ending the person's freedom to
complain."
You can read the full 31 page article here:
http://www.anti-scientologie.ch/pdf-books/To_Be_Perfectly_Clear_-_Bainbridge_Stark.pdf
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Thursday, January 24, 2008
Fun with "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" - A Scientology Propaganda Project
Fun at the Church of Scientology’s "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" Museum!
by brian ( at catsandbeer.com )
Last month, author Brian's cousin Pete "came out to Los Angeles on a trip for work, and since then all he ever talks about is his visit to the Church of Scientology’s "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" museum. Seriously, he won’t shut up about the thing." Priceless :)
Hubbard in the House -- the State House!
JEFFERSON CITY | The halls of the Capitol are pretty quiet on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.
The rotunda, though, is jumping. A group called the Citizen Commission on Human Rights has packed the central space with no fewer than eight flat-panel TVs and 185 feet of six-foot-tall, full-color displays, all of them blasting the practice of psychiatry.
The exhibit’s title captures its subtlety: “Psychiatry: An Industry of Death.” [..]
(Yes, another priceless article. )
by brian ( at catsandbeer.com )
Last month, author Brian's cousin Pete "came out to Los Angeles on a trip for work, and since then all he ever talks about is his visit to the Church of Scientology’s "Psychiatry: An Industry of Death" museum. Seriously, he won’t shut up about the thing." Priceless :)
Hubbard in the House -- the State House!
JEFFERSON CITY | The halls of the Capitol are pretty quiet on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.
The rotunda, though, is jumping. A group called the Citizen Commission on Human Rights has packed the central space with no fewer than eight flat-panel TVs and 185 feet of six-foot-tall, full-color displays, all of them blasting the practice of psychiatry.
The exhibit’s title captures its subtlety: “Psychiatry: An Industry of Death.” [..]
(Yes, another priceless article. )
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