Is Scientology a dangerous cult?

It ABSOLUTELY IS a dangerous cult. It's a manipulative, dangerous, greedy, lying, scamming, bullying, brainwashing, mafia-like criminal enterprise which has ruined PLENTY of lives and completely overtaken many others. There are multitudes of people who have suffered tragic experiences during their involvement with Scientology. Read about them here:

http://www.lermanet.com/persecution/

http://www.whyaretheydead.net/krasel/

http://xenu.net/archive/personal_story/cheryl_s

Here are more "bad experiences" with the cult including an illegal plot to infiltrate the government, brainwashing techniques, mind control camps, attacks on critics, and DEATHS caused by Scientology doctrine and members:

● Operation Snow White – Under this official program, Scientology operatives committed infiltration, wiretapping, & theft of documents in government offices. This program constituted the single largest infiltration of the United States government in history. Among the 11 prominent Scientologists convicted of this conspiracy was Mary Sue Hubbard, the wife of Scientology’s “prophet”.

http://lisatrust.freewinds.cx/scientology/snow-whi...

http://en.allexperts.com/e/o/op/operation_snow_whi...

http://www.lermanet.com/reference/77Granjurypart1....

● Operation Freakout - Their campaign of sabotage & violence against Paulette Cooper, the writer who published her research & findings on several cults, including Scientology. Scientology’s official plan: to frame Paulette, ruin her career & reputation & get her either incarcerated or locked up in psychiatric confinement.

The official plan: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Krasel/cooper/frk1.html

Her book: http://holysmoke.org/cos/books/scandal-of-scientol...

More info: http://www.holysmoke.org/pc/pc.htm

● Fair Game - the Scientology policy detailing how the organization may confront & handle critics & perceived enemies. Here is a direct quote: "Enemies may be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed.”

http://www.xenu.net/archive/disk/fairgame.htm

http://www.planetkc.com/sloth/sci/Fair_game_ord.ht...

http://www.fairgamed.org/

● Physical & psychological punishment: Scientologists who "break the rules" while members of the "Sea Org" must subject themselves to the Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF), which includes regimes of harsh physical punishment, forced self-confessions, social isolation, hard labor and intensive ideological indoctrination.

http://www.xenu-directory.net/practices/rpf.html

http://www.lermanet2.com/scientology/gulags/Brainw...

http://www.xs4all.nl/~kspaink/cos/rpf/escape_2.htm

● Brainwashing & mind control: Scientology exerts control over its members by means of typical cult tactics, including but not limited to controlling information about internal doctrine & criticism of the organization, severely restricting social contact outside the cult (including the practice of “disconnecting” with any family who question the credibility & trustworthiness of the cult), creating an “us against them” mentality by villainizing a specific out-group (for Scientology, it’s psychiatrists), & claiming all those outside the cult are unenlightened.

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

http://www.factnet.org/Books/SocialControl/scs.htm... http://www.freedomofmind.com/resourcecenter/groups...

http://xenu.net/archive/personal_story/funkydonny....

● Violent Kidnapping - Lisa McPherson was a Scientologist, was involved in a car accident & resultantly became mentally unstable. She was kidnapped from the hospital by agents of Scientology, held against her will, refused proper psychiatric treatment & allowed to STARVE TO DEATH.

Video: http://theunfunnytruth.ytmnd.com/

News Coverage: http://www.factnet.org/Scientology/Lisa_McPherson_...

Websites: http://www.lisamcpherson.org/

http://www.whyaretheydead.net/room174.html

● Tragic Murder - A CBS “48 Hours” special on Jeremy Perkins, the mentally disturbed son of Scientologist parents who, because of the Scientology doctrine of opposing psychiatry, refused to put him on the anti-psychotic drugs that would have stabilized him & prevented him from killing his own mother.

Video: http://www.scientomogy.com/jeremy_perkins.php

CBS article: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/10/25/48hours/...

Website: http://perkinstragedy.org/

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Is Scientology a dangerous cult?

I've been doing some reading on Scientology, and from what I've found, I think that these are some very dangerous and twisted people. What does everyone else think?

Scientology is only slightly less dangerous than jumping into an active volcano. Study their teachings if you want, but stay away from their church. Noone should have to spend 4 times what they make in a lifetime to become enlightened.

I personally believe that the doctrines of Scientology speak for themselves, and urge you to research Operation Freakout, Operation Snow White, and the Scientology term "Fair Game."

This should enable you to make up your own mind.

i think around 80% of the people here will say it's a dangers cult..they will try to enslave you

Search google for "The unfunny truth about scientology". You got your answer right there.

The simple answer is yes, because they are a cult. And a pyramid scheme, no religion should ever charge for their "knowledge"

yes taken from the demented ravings of a fifth rate Sci-Fi writer with a bit of an enlarged Ego.

Yes, very dangerous to its members and to its opposition.

yes they have their secrets, don't ever try to get into that