Help Expose Scientology
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Hiding under the guise of "religion," Scientology's participants have been financially ruined and personally harmed--some have even committed suicide or died under "mysterious circumstances."
You have the power to break this cycle of violence and abuse!
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But wait, if you're about to go away
Time Magazine spent $3 million to protect freedom of journalism: can you spare three minutes?
The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power
A Special Message to Healthcare Professionals
Scientology believes that its expensive "religious technology" can cure or work as a prophylaxis against physical and mental illness. Implicit in how Scientology recruits new members, one can reasonably infer that focus is given to finding those with behavioral disorders, from from short-term depression to long-term, pervasive DSM Axis II-type disorders, including manic depression, Borderline Personality Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, et al.
Scientology especially criticizes mental healthcare professionals, channeling its message through front groups like the Citizens Commission for Human Rights (CCHR) and specious drug treatment programs like Narconon. Why? Simply put: conflict of interest and egregious profit motive. Scientology has made tens--sometimes hundreds of thousands--of dollars a year from individual people, delivering "religious technology" to "cure" its members. While enriching itself, Scientology operationalizes destructive behaviors and "siege mentality" through "training" that could easily be described as called anti-social, Orwellian and diametrically opposed to compassionate, humanistic approaches to life. Ironically, a organization that calls itself the "experts on the mind" conditions participants to discount independent thought and the mindfulness-oriented practices which enhance metacognition.
Healthcare professionals understand that the practice of medicine is a work in progress: through empirical methods and open discussion, patient care is refined and enhanced over time. Scientology, on the other hand, copyrights its works and embarks upon herculean efforts to discourage any independent, public scrutiny.
Time and money spent on Scientology, along with operationalizing an "Us vs. Them" siege mentality simply delays or indefinitely postpones delivery of definitive care from behavioral healthcare professionals, an especially dangerous prospect for those with serious physical or mental disorders (suicidal ideation, self-abuse, et al.).
The notion of "personal choice" is distinctly absent from Scientology practices. Followers are sternly discouraged from questioning Scientology (an axiom called "Keep Scientology Working" or KSW), which seeks to dramatically weaken one's ability to make informed choices. Naturalistic observations of loyal Scientologists show that they very well may possess as much ability to reasonably "choose" as a battered person might with their decision to stay with an abusive partner ("battered person syndrome").
Healthcare professionals are frequently unaware of Scientology's scope of social (and sometimes physical) violence. The belief of many members of the Anonymous movement that focusing on this marginalized population is noble, timely and works to protect the integrity of a mindful, ever-improving practice of medicine.
By learning more about Scientology, you can help break the cycle of harm. Please join us in creatively spreading the truth!
Introduction to how Scientology harms people
Quick synopsis of Scientology (link), including history, troubling critic suppression policies (they may be "lied, tricked to or destroyed"), and specific examples of death and violence that came about as a result of Scientology's practices.
Search on Google and/or YouTube for even more excellent expository works by the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, BBC TV's Panorama program, and more!
Who is Anonymous?
Anonymous believes that the ability to choose a system of faith or spirituality is an immutable human right, but one that carries a corollary responsibility of upholding the liberties and well-being of others. Criticism of a religion's practices that are harmful to its members is not bigotry: it's about ensuring that we consider the rights of all individuals.
Link to Why We Protest
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