Scientology

**Beirut** · 01-08-2008, 12:16

Originally Posted by Papewaio

To the batcave er the backroom!

I believe what you meant o say was...

To the Backroom and awayyyyyyyyy!

**Louis VI the Fat** · 01-08-2008, 13:09

Jkarinen, can I deplore you to be careful? Your link, the people whom you are considering ordering those books from, is Scientology itself. I do not know how well you are familiar with them. Try to keep a firm distance from them. They are creepy.

They are a particularly nasty cult, with devious techniques to lure unsuspecting people into their wretched clutches. You may be harrassed once you have ordered books for a value of $150 from them. Selling these books is one of their ways to lure new victims.

I don't know you and I can't judge your judgement, so apologies if the above is already perfectly obvious to you and you already intend to keep a firm distance from them.

**Fragony** · 01-08-2008, 13:21

You don't have to know a lot of the ideoligy if you really want to make a work about it's rise. It's much more interesting why so many people are interested in it. It's a cultural phenomenom not a religious one, I'd call it substitude for a lack of religion.

**Geoffrey S** · 01-08-2008, 13:22

I'll add my voice to those already present: there is no need for such an amount of literature at such a cost, and be aware of the cult-like nature of Scientology.

If you plan to write an essay, start off at the local library. There must be something there, and it is far easier after such a start to decide what you really need and what you don't. After that, be very specific in what you want to write about. If your subject is 'Scientology' it's going to be very hard to write something which is your own, or answer any interesting questions. Try narrowing it down, focusing on a particular impact area of Scientology, the portrayal of Scientology in the media, the methods used to gain more followers, etc... limit yourself to a particular area, and the work will be all the better for it.

Good luck!

**Odin** · 01-08-2008, 14:29

Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat

Jkarinen, can I deplore you to be careful? Your link, the people whom you are considering ordering those books from, is Scientology itself. I do not know how well you are familiar with them. Try to keep a firm distance from them. They are creepy.

They are a particularly nasty cult, with devious techniques to lure unsuspecting people into their wretched clutches. You may be harrassed once you have ordered books for a value of $150 from them. Selling these books is one of their ways to lure new victims.

I don't know you and I can't judge your judgement, so apologies if the above is already perfectly obvious to you and you already intend to keep a firm distance from them.

While it pains me to say this:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

A family friend was intrested in scientology and just wanted to read up on it, she got caught up in a web of solicitation that was really quite awesome. She wasnt intrested in converting but be careful they are on the look out for recruits.

**lars573** · 01-08-2008, 17:22

There is a real easy way to get rid of Scientologists. Bad mouth their crazy arse cult, and character assassinate old L. Ron (around other scientologists). As a tennante of their "religion" is to shun those who insult it. I know this from a documentary on Scientology and family experience. My brothers first girlfriend was from a scientologist family. He made the mistake of calling it "a crazy

ing cult" (and refered to dianetics as brainwashing) in ear shot of her parents. She wasn't allowed to see him anymore after that. And it established his long habit of picking the wrong female, or screwing up with the good ones.

**Lemur** · 01-08-2008, 17:25

There's a good biography of L. Ron that I read years and years ago, that has since been sued out of existence. Thanks to the Interwebs, the full text is now available online. I recommend the book, especially since it's now free.

Here's the text.

Hail Xenu!

-edit-

Apparently you can still find the book used.

**Shahed** · 01-08-2008, 20:00

Don't spend that money on this, try to borrow books from a library or rip stuff (i.e legal) from the net. 150 Dollars is a lot for a single paper. I think I spent like 250 on my WHOLE undergrad thesis (got an A anyway), over the period of approximately a year.

**Veho Nex** · 01-08-2008, 22:47

Well I own quite a few differents bibles. personally my self i dont believe that in a being where in the beginning there was nothing. and all religion to me is kooky, but if you read the bible it can be an entertaining series of short stories.

I would also like to buy a few of these books maybe not the whole set of dianetics and thetan levels but maybe just the broadest. This project is going to be my senior addition to my portfolio for highschool(I need to get an A on my portfolio or I will not have the grades to pass senior year)
The project has to be on an american author who has done some type of revolutionary thing for their field and if you show me a different american author who has come up with a religion im all ears

I've had mormons witnesses and christians all try and recruit me for their religions and those have some history behind them but a 50 year old religion thought up by a science fiction writer isnt going to drag me under.

I also plan to have all the books delivered to my school under the guise of METRO school of arts and tech 1
or something like that sort.

EDIT: Also I have checked my local and large libraries none carry any scientology books but they carry books written by L ron Hubbard

**Mete Han** · 01-10-2008, 18:51

Originally Posted by Sinan

Don't spend that money on this, try to borrow books from a library or rip stuff (i.e legal) from the net. 150 Dollars is a lot for a single paper. I think I spent like 250 on my WHOLE undergrad thesis (got an A anyway), over the period of approximately a year.

what is your major