1st March 2005, 1:40 AM
Dark Jaguar Wrote:That's.... correct. Amazing... The odds of that are less than... wait did you bang the keyboard and click submit? Oh well, however that got there under your name, it's dead on.
And yes, of course they don't call themselves a cult, but that's what they are. They seperate you from all you know or care about, save those who also follow them. They put you to work for pretty much the rest of your life. They will not reveal higher tenents of the faith until you are "prepaired". These are all major cult signs.
Actually, the fact of the matter is, the Jedi show all the same classic signs of being a cult. Honestly I imagine if the Jedi were real it would be a horribly corrupt thing. As it is, they too are a group that get children, seperate them from their families and force them to live in their own compounds, won't reveal any secret knowledge until they are "ready" for it, and demand total conformance lest they be thrown out, and since they were taken in as kids, that's a major threat as they will be instantly homeless. Really, despite how the movies portray them, the Jedi really are pretty evil when you think about it. It's no wonder people go to the "dark side" when that's what the light side offers.
I noticed I did make a few grammarical errors I apologize
That little bit I told you about the origins of the "Satens" , That area of scientology is forbidden from most members even after years of membership.
The highest in the hierarchy in the Cult are the only ones who can freely read this tenet of scientology comprised by L Rob Hubbard , They will tell common members that if you read those specific passages before you were prepared you would die soon after because it would cause some sort of overload if your Satens were not properly orderd and ascended enough.
But this information is of course freely avalible over the internet by former members , Often they can be sued or even threatend with violence for revealing to many important secrets,They have a agency within the church to investigate the activities of members and former members.
L Ron Hubbard created a policy he called "fair game " , Any apostate former member who critizes and opposes the church and reveals to many secrets to the public, Any good standing member is encouraged to persecute or even physically assualt them by any means necessary.
They make it very dificult to leave the church ,One out spoken exscientologist had to leave the country for fear the cult was going to retaliate violently on him.