Ah, what an auspicious day! Seventy years ago to this day, the very first “Church of Scientology” entity was incorporated, and it’s been a hell of a ride ever since. This year, we asked for birthday wishes from some of the people we’ve written about over the years, and we’ll start with a benediction from the good Jon Atack, who will go into a little more detail about why we celebrate this date in Scientology history and not the one the church itself recognizes (in February).
Thank you to all the bad wishers. They bring clarity to the fact that 70 years ago Hubbard consciously created a religious scam to rival all other religious scams. Happy Birthday and RIH.(Rest In Hell, Scientology).
Scientology! There is no room in my heart for Any Birthday Wishes for you!
A Cult of the Cruelest Order,one that Shreds families & friends apart Forever & who Lies from Day One about the structure and purposes of itself.
A Cult that chopped my heart and brain waves and my whole being into slivers and then handed those slivers back to me in a dustpan,while I was put through brutal situations and called a triple liar for telling the Truth.
The Sea Org was and is Despicable and ron,miscavige,whoever decides to take over the cult eventually will be destroyed by History.
So Scientology,in a nano second,all your titanium plates will be lost to Time buried forever in collapsed caves,never to see the sun again.
I cannot improve on Jon Atack's quote, "Scientology is primarily an elaborate set of “processes” that alter mental states and implant beliefs."
Christian Stolte said it very well too. "Ah, the exhilaration! The marketing potential! The tax privileges! The freedom to abuse one’s flock without fear of government interference!"
Will organizational collapse happen this year? Probably not, but every day more and more potential PCs are forewarned about the real experience of $cientology. Every day a few more UTRs slip over the fence and stop giving money and their brains to the Hubbard scam. That will do, for now. Until all 'disconnection' is eradicated, the fight goes on.
I cannot and will not capitalize the word scientology because it grants it religious status it does not deserve according to the capitalization rules of “Chicago Manual of Style”, and it is not, nor has it ever been a religion.
Happiest of Birthday to Pete Griffiths and Chris Shugart. May you both outlive scientology.
Thank you all so much for your contributions to this article. I wondered how this organization could have ever gotten tax exempt status, then I saw and read several accounts of the way it happened and now I am wondering why it has not been remedied. My wish is that this is the last birthday ever and my gift is to stand with the people who are working to expose the truth about this scam and to pray for the victims who are still inside and basically trapped by the lies that they have been told and the threat of losing their loved ones. As an elderly person myself, I can identify with the helplessness that comes with age and years of abuses. I am one of the blessed who have children and grandchildren who love me and help me. I shudder to think where I would be if I had walked in that door so many years ago.
I believe that any earthling (believer or not) who practices Christian principles is more Christian than others, who believe they are. (Principles that are not only Christian).
It is true that religious organizations are very human organizations.. but Scientology.....
The astute Hubbard was perhaps unaware that dozens of Christians and even Christian religious have contributed significantly to scientific development in each era, since one thing is compatible with the other. Below, the link with the example.
wow. Nothing to add. "religion angle" "church" of Scientology.
Only maybe to say Scientology is pseudo-therapy/exorcism-"freeing souls" which Xenu dumped onto earth requiring the Hubbard exorcism/soul-freeing techniques.
The "church" part of Scientology surrounding the "auditing" "exorcising/soul-freeing" practices is Scientology's downside.
But Scientology a proclaimed soul pseudo-therapy/exorcism-"soul freeing" practice, and a very not nice "church"
Even the Oxford English Dictionary gives citations for pre 1400s word use of the word "church" for non Christian "churches" houses of religious practices of those times. So I can see how Hubbard might wish to call his soul memories pseudo-therapy/exorcism practices being organized around the "Hubbard Guidance Center" department within a Scientology overall "church" setup.
"religion angle" "religion" comes to mind when I think of Scientology.
People ask me today what the cult is, I tell them the above basically.
I guess literally, the "church" part of Scientology would be mostly laid out in the 1950s early writings of Hubbard's, if you wish to grant "church" to these organized pseudo-therapy/exorcism practices.
Words are so slyly used by Hubbard, he's an untrustworthy human in the end.
Thank you to all the bad wishers. They bring clarity to the fact that 70 years ago Hubbard consciously created a religious scam to rival all other religious scams. Happy Birthday and RIH.(Rest In Hell, Scientology).
Scientology! There is no room in my heart for Any Birthday Wishes for you!
A Cult of the Cruelest Order,one that Shreds families & friends apart Forever & who Lies from Day One about the structure and purposes of itself.
A Cult that chopped my heart and brain waves and my whole being into slivers and then handed those slivers back to me in a dustpan,while I was put through brutal situations and called a triple liar for telling the Truth.
The Sea Org was and is Despicable and ron,miscavige,whoever decides to take over the cult eventually will be destroyed by History.
So Scientology,in a nano second,all your titanium plates will be lost to Time buried forever in collapsed caves,never to see the sun again.
This is my Birthday Wish....
I cannot improve on Jon Atack's quote, "Scientology is primarily an elaborate set of “processes” that alter mental states and implant beliefs."
Christian Stolte said it very well too. "Ah, the exhilaration! The marketing potential! The tax privileges! The freedom to abuse one’s flock without fear of government interference!"
Will organizational collapse happen this year? Probably not, but every day more and more potential PCs are forewarned about the real experience of $cientology. Every day a few more UTRs slip over the fence and stop giving money and their brains to the Hubbard scam. That will do, for now. Until all 'disconnection' is eradicated, the fight goes on.
I cannot and will not capitalize the word scientology because it grants it religious status it does not deserve according to the capitalization rules of “Chicago Manual of Style”, and it is not, nor has it ever been a religion.
Happiest of Birthday to Pete Griffiths and Chris Shugart. May you both outlive scientology.
Thank you all so much for your contributions to this article. I wondered how this organization could have ever gotten tax exempt status, then I saw and read several accounts of the way it happened and now I am wondering why it has not been remedied. My wish is that this is the last birthday ever and my gift is to stand with the people who are working to expose the truth about this scam and to pray for the victims who are still inside and basically trapped by the lies that they have been told and the threat of losing their loved ones. As an elderly person myself, I can identify with the helplessness that comes with age and years of abuses. I am one of the blessed who have children and grandchildren who love me and help me. I shudder to think where I would be if I had walked in that door so many years ago.
And real birthday wishes to Pete and Chris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christians_in_science_and_technology
I believe that any earthling (believer or not) who practices Christian principles is more Christian than others, who believe they are. (Principles that are not only Christian).
It is true that religious organizations are very human organizations.. but Scientology.....
The astute Hubbard was perhaps unaware that dozens of Christians and even Christian religious have contributed significantly to scientific development in each era, since one thing is compatible with the other. Below, the link with the example.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christians_in_science_and_technology
wow. Nothing to add. "religion angle" "church" of Scientology.
Only maybe to say Scientology is pseudo-therapy/exorcism-"freeing souls" which Xenu dumped onto earth requiring the Hubbard exorcism/soul-freeing techniques.
The "church" part of Scientology surrounding the "auditing" "exorcising/soul-freeing" practices is Scientology's downside.
But Scientology a proclaimed soul pseudo-therapy/exorcism-"soul freeing" practice, and a very not nice "church"
Even the Oxford English Dictionary gives citations for pre 1400s word use of the word "church" for non Christian "churches" houses of religious practices of those times. So I can see how Hubbard might wish to call his soul memories pseudo-therapy/exorcism practices being organized around the "Hubbard Guidance Center" department within a Scientology overall "church" setup.
"religion angle" "religion" comes to mind when I think of Scientology.
People ask me today what the cult is, I tell them the above basically.
I guess literally, the "church" part of Scientology would be mostly laid out in the 1950s early writings of Hubbard's, if you wish to grant "church" to these organized pseudo-therapy/exorcism practices.
Words are so slyly used by Hubbard, he's an untrustworthy human in the end.
Chuck Beatty
ex Scientologist 75 to 03