Sites for Scientology?

Other than Scientology.org there is www.volunteerministers.org. This is more of a basic site that shows what the Scientology Volunteer Ministers (VM) do. Also there is a locater there to find a Scientology church or mission or a VM.

Thetaalways is right that no site can really tell you everything about Scientology it can only give you a general description. You best bet is to read the books she mentioned.

If I were you and you really are truly interested in Scientology I would suggest going to a Church and requesting to talk to someone there. They have a film called, "Orientation" that can tell you what exactly Scientology is and what we aim for.

There is also a basic course called "Personal Effeciency" kind of self explanitory it gives you basic Scientology tools to be more efficient in your life.

Cheers!

The only reliable source for actual knowledge of Scientology is it's basic books, not any internet site (offficial or unofficial).

If this is what you are actually looking for, i.e.knowledge of Scientology, here's a list:

Basic Books in chronological sequence as follows :

The Original Thesis (optional)

1. Dianetics the Modern Science of Mental Health

The Evolution of a Science (optional)

2. Science of Survival : (This is the book that takes the research path from discoveries about Mind /Dianetics to Spirit / Scientology)

3. Self Analysis

4. Advance Procedure & Axioms

5 . Handbook for Pre-Clears.

6. The History of Man

7. Scientology 8-80

8. Scientology 8-8008

9. The Creation of Human Ability

10. Dianetics 55

11.Scientology:The Fundementals of Thought.

*12. Scientology and The Problems of Work

( *This can also be read as a first book as it designed for Scientology application to everyday life for immediate improvement in your present environment and conditions)

Author L.Ron Hubbard.

Make sure you get copies of the most recent publications (2007) as these books have now been fully restored and accurately transcribed from L.Ron Hubbard's original vocal records. (He dictated his books onto vocal recording discs. )

All public libraries have copies of these new editions.

Or you can buy them at your local Scientology Church or Mission.

Paperbacks and audio books are also available.

If you want a couple of neutral sites about religion then

http://www.religioustolerance.org/

http://www.beliefnet.com/

both of them have writeups on scientology that doesnt seem to be hateful.

i reckon watching the souhtpark scientology episode is a really good start (honestly, and i dont mean to be disrespectful of scientology)

http://www.contemporaryinsanity.org/audio-video/so...

Pro- or Anti-?

Pro: http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_...

Anti: http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Religion_...

Good luck.

Objectivity is uncommon on the region. it could take years of processing to parent the certainty from phantasm in any "faith" because of the fact we tend in charge others for our errors extremely of settle for that we are masters of our destiny. Likewise, we tend to furnish the "glory" to others (LRH) for the certainty with a view to justify staying in it.

Here is a webpage listing hundreds of sites of all kinds. Most have a little blurb to tell you what the site is about.

http://www.researchthetruth.com/links.html

don't go to sites for scientology, they probably have brainwashing technology in them, you'll go mad like tom cruise...

I have a few for you...:

---THIS is what $cientology is:

WEBSITE: http://www.xenu.net/

--- THIS is what $cientology does to you:

VIDEO: http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com/

[WARNING: the video link above contains disturbing images]

--- and THESE are the kind of crazed $cientology

"Thetan-thugs" who would do it to you:

VIDEO: http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=6736

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I'll just give you my standard overview answer and you can browse through the many links at your leisure.

Scientology, which questionably calls itself a new "religion", is the brainchild of science fiction writer & occult enthusiast L. Ron Hubbard. The organization, by means of Hubbard’s self created psychotherapy technique called “Dianetics”, claims to be able to help rid members of any & all mental constraints including but not limited to emotional scarring (from this & "past" lives) due to "engrams" (past negative experiences stored in our unconscious mind), psychological disorders & chemical imbalances (the solution is to convince members that these things don't actually exist) & drug dependence (including legally prescribed psychopharmaceuticals which counteract the effects of psychological disorders Scientologists believe to be nonexistent). Their “treatment” of substance abuse includes little more than massive doses of vitamins and extended sessions in a sauna.

Dianetics review: http://dir.salon.com/story/books/review/2005/06/28...

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,8...

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Narconon/detox.htm

http://www.nypress.com/20/22/news&columns/feature....

Scientology is most certainly NOT a religion. In fact, one of the only reasons they enjoy "tax exempt status" on religious ground in the United States is because they bullied the IRS into a "deal" through extremely aggressive barratry (which is the offense of persistently instigating groundless lawsuits) against the IRS & IRS officials, and arranged to drop all 2,500 frivolous lawsuits only when an "agreement" was reached. In addition, Scientology's lawyers hired private investigators to dig up any "dirt" on IRS agents which was then used to blackmail or publicly smear all "vulnerable" agents. It was an all-out WAR that Scientology had waged against the IRS, and was even described as such by Scientology's "CEO", David Miscavige, in his 1993 speech to the International Association of Scientologists.

http://legalminds.lp.findlaw.com/list/fedtax-l/msg...

http://www.lermanet.com/scientologynews/nytimes/ny...

http://www.factnet.org/headlines/give-away.htm

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Cowen/essays/irs.html

The official Scientology organization is composed of a number of “levels”. One begins as a “preclear” & works their way up. One must purchase virtually every service crucial to advancement directly from the "church" & at staggering prices. "Auditing", for example, is purchased in 12½ hour blocks, costing anywhere from $200-$750 for introductory sessions to between $8,000 & $9,000 for advanced sessions. Basically, Scientology claims to possess exclusive knowledge of the path to religious redemption & then charges obscene amounts of money for every tiny incremental step towards this end. Visit this link to see how $380,000 is a conservative estimate for the total cost of moving all the way up the Scientology hierarchal ladder: http://www.xenu.net/archive/prices.html

These are the total costs for auditing alone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_as_a_busi...

Here’s an explanation of what “auditing” is: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200612...

At level OT III (Operating Thetan Level 3), some very strange & fiercely guarded secrets are imparted upon worthy members who have paid enough money to advance to such a level (and no, this isn't a joke): The evil alien ruler Xenu killed millions of aliens (Thetans) from around the universe by kidnapping them, bringing them to earth in golden DC-8 “space-planes”, stacking them around volcanoes & blowing them up by dropping “h-bombs” into the volcanoes. Scientologists believe the souls of these aliens (these souls are "Body Thetans") were captured, brainwashed & released; they then attached themselves to our ancestors (and according to Scientology’s belief in Thetan immortality, they also attached to us during “past lives”) & cause many of our mental & physical ills to this day. Auditing is said to “clear” us of these Body Thetans as well as the “mental implants” they supposedly impose on our minds. http://www.spaink.net/cos/essays/atack_ot3.html

http://sf.irk.ru/www/ot3/spaink-ot3.html

http://xenu.net/archive/leaflet/Xenu-Letter.pdf

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/OTIII/

Scientology has taken a very hostile stance towards psychiatry & psychiatric drugs irrespective of the fact that some people require medication to remain adequately functional during everyday life. It doesn’t recognize legitimate conditions like autism, epilepsy, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or ANY neurological disorder / chemical imbalance at all, & the “church” has been known to withhold prescription pharmaceuticals from members (often with harmful & deadly results). The “Church” blames psychiatry for the Holocaust, as well as school shootings & even September 11th. It’s been suggested that Hubbard’s vehement opposition was born of the psychiatric community’s rejection of his “tech” as a valid treatment method, but it’s also possible that Hubbard chose psychiatry as a scapegoat. Organizations like Scientology are notorious for villainizing a specific out-group because their “stand against the enemy” fosters cohesion within said organization, & psychiatry was an effective rallying point considering many people already distrust & oppose the mental health profession.

http://www.anti-scientologie.ch/usa-scientology.ht...

http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=3137&Issu...

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2005/07/01...

http://perkinstragedy.org/

L. Ron Hubbard, the man behind the creation of Scientology, was & still is a controversial figure. Biographies & lists of personal accomplishments differ greatly between Scientology & non-Scientology publications as the “church” tends to exaggerate & outright lie about his early life, his education, his travels, his achievements etc, preferring to paint a distorted, flattering picture. Several books & articles present facts which flatly contradict these church-published accounts (links to free online copies of these books & articles are provided below), showing conclusively that he was NOT the brilliant, accomplished figure revered by Scientologists. During his autopsy, the sedative Vistaril™ was present in his body, which several of his assistants would later attest was only one of many psychiatric & pain medications Hubbard ingested over the years. It had also been said by many who knew Hubbard personally that at the end of his life he was “a psychopathic insane person screaming about BT's [Body Thetans]…”

http://www.apologeticsindex.org/Bare%20Faced%20Mes...

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/atack/con...

http://www.clambake.org/archive/books/mom/Messiah_...

http://lisatrust.bogie.nl/scientology/essays/jeff-...

To be blunt, Scientology is a cult. It employs semi-legitimate psychotherapy & self-help methods to keep people loyal & convinced of its merit while it simultaneously sucks them dry financially & attempts to keep them far away from ANYONE, even friends & family, who would dissuade them from remaining in such a harmful situation. It bullies all known critics, opponents, “enemies”, etc, often through malicious litigation & character assassination. It’s a particularly greedy as well as manipulative & dangerous cult that takes its anti-psychiatry fanaticism to deadly limits.

http://www.solitarytrees.net/racism/harass.htm#sta...

http://www.factnet.org/Books/SocialControl/scs.htm...

http://www.freedomofmind.com/resourcecenter/groups...

http://www.sptimes.com/2006/06/24/Tampabay/The_unp...

http://www.xenu.net/archive/personal_story/funkydo...