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Why Scientology?

Why are we against Scientology?

This primary, fundamental question is the one we receive the most, as all our efforts are meaningless without proper fundament. We’ll attempt to answer it here, as shortly and concisely as possible.

We are not against Scientology.

Scientology, like all religions, is a belief system, a way of perceiving and decoding the world around us. We believe in the basic, inalienable right to a personal religious creed. A man, or woman, can believe whatever he or she chooses to believe; it is their prerogative, and they should never be attacked, persecuted or discriminated for it.

Likewise, it is also their right to associate with others who share the same beliefs, so that they may express their devotion in whatever way they see fit. We would never consider acting against such an activity; doing so would be intolerant, shortsighted and immoral. Any considerably sized group of people gathering with a purpose needs some sort of organization in order to achieve its goals. This is just common sense; we would never oppose this.

However, one must always make the distinction between the belief system and the human, fallible institution built around it; specially when those institutions generate a power structure that acts both inwards into the community and outwards toward society.

These human constructs can be criticized. This does not mean the belief system is being attacked or ridiculed. The observation of the religious institution differs in no way to the observation of any other social institution. We have observed the institution at length. We have formed an opinion about it and decided to take a course of action. This does not mean we are against Scientology.

We are against the Church of Scientology.

The CoS is harmful to society, and to its own members. Its institutional purpose is, as stated by its founder, its own prevalence and expansion, mainly in an economic way. It considers the religion, the belief, the faith to be not an end, as it should, but a means, a mere tool. Indeed, it is degrading towards its own religious base and all those who believe in it.

This humiliating manipulation alone is enough to consider it insulting at best, malign at worst. But its crimes do not stop there.It has attacked freedom of expression routinely; it has attacked freedom of religion by going against those who follow the faith but not the institution; it has attacked freedom of movement, of association, of thought.

Furthermore, it has attacked the right to life, the right to the pursuit of happiness, and all other fundamental human rights.

You will find ample proof of these facts on this site & the many others we link to.

The Church of Scientology has a psychopathic disregard for the life and wellbeing of others. Under this light it becomes clear that not opposing it would not be simply cowardly or uncompromised. It would be immoral.

Do the right thing, for you are not attacking anyone’s beliefs; you are defending everyone’s rights.

How Scientology Differs From Other Religions

Scientology treats its doctrine as a corporate asset, rather than as the property of a community

Faith and spirituality are open-source. The core doctrines of any respectable faith can be acquired from the community of practice at either no charge, or at very near the cost of publication. While supplemental literature and the like is often sold by members of that community in a profitable fashion, the core doctrines and texts are made as available as possible. Scientology does not treat its core doctrines in such a fashion; it sues and issues take-down notices to those that openly share it’s central belief system.

Scientology actively conceals doctrine and beliefs

Many of the core beliefs of Scientology are not available until after progressing within the organisation, investing capital, and otherwise changing one’s life. Which places an unfair and unwarranted pressure on the membership - those who do not choose to believe the doctrine after it is revealed will unravel the life that they have invested in the organisation. This is not true of healthy communities of faith; while you may not know everything “going in”, the concealment is not active; if you ask, you will be told

Scientology isolates members

Scientologists are isolated from society informationally (they are not to read some books and websites; a net-nanny is often used to further this isolation), linguistically (scientology is loaded with words altered from common use, making communication difficult), socially (through ‘disconnection’, the practice of breaking relations with anyone in their lives that criticizes Scientology itself), and sometimes physically (through varied means including closed camps and the “sea org”)

Ref: Jenna Miscavige, the niece of David Miscavige (church leader), discusses isolation and disconnection.

Scientology indoctrinates members

At each and every level of scientology, a member is promised specific benefits. In order to obtain those benefits, however, the member must take part in regular activities, express themself in specific ways, and must be able to pass what amounts to a cheap lie detector test while showing that they are doing so. There’s no option to stand up during the hymns and mumble “rhubarb, rhubarb” in order to fit in; if you can’t twist your mind into imagining ridiculous and contradictory situations (breaking down your viewpoint of what is and is not real), without showing tension on the E-meter, you cannot progress.

Scientology exploits the faith of members for profit

Above and beyond charging for knowledge of doctrine, Scientology also charges ridiculously high prices for simple electronics (the e-meter), offers actual comissions for introducing new converts (leading to many cries of “pyramid scheme!”), and charges internally for the basic and most common practice of the faith - the action of auditing. These charges are not negotiable; they are “fixed donations” which are required. You try telling a Muslim that he needs a special $500 compass to point the direction he should face for prayer, or proposing to the Catholic church that they should install “holy water dispensers” at the door, at a dollar a shot. See how far you get.

Scientology creates a false internal image of charitable action

Hearing Tom Cruise say that when a Scientologist sees a car accident, “you’re the only one that can really help” is merely the tip of the iceberg. Scientologists are trained to respond to disasters and crises by using them as centers for recruitment. They are further trained to honestly believe that this IS a way of helping, which means that opposition on this point paints the person in opposition as ignorant in the mind of the Scientologist. This differs from other communities of faith significantly - while you might need to listen to a sermon to get your soup at a fundamentalist soup kitchen, at least the soup is real.

Scientology aggressively supresses criticism

Even in the general press, Scientology is described as “Famously litigious”. Anyone that takes the time to look further will discover numerous examples of “fair game”, an express policy of actively seeking to not only silence critics, but ruin their lives. L.Ron Hubbard described legal practices as a useful way of bludgeoning critics into silence. Amending doctrine within Scientology is considered “squirreling” - a major offense. In short, the organisation is hostile to criticism of any sort, for any reason at all, to a degree that is not considered acceptable in any other community of faith.

Ref: A list of scanned Cease-and-Desist letters issued by the Church of Scientology

Ref: David Miscavige “clearing things up” on Nightline, in 1992

Scientology actively and covertly lobbies and pressures for gain

The CCHR lobbies to disrupt psychological practice on behalf of Scientology; Narconon preaches drug rehabilitation on their behalf, WISE promotes their version of business management. Scientology won a tax-exempt status that is better than that of other faiths by harrasing the IRS in court for over ten years. The overall organisation of Scientology works under so many names and towards so many purposes, and so many of them plainly for gain, that exposure to it often causes the reaction of “This is too strange. It’s like a B-movie conspiracy brought into reality”. And in many ways, this is one of their significant defenses - it’s just so very mind-boggling, and the reporting so tinfoil-hat sounding, that it seems unbelievable. Yet it remains true.

Ref: Youtube video of David Miscavige, adressing their 2007 summit regarding “efforts to stop psychiatry”

Ref: A CCHR anti-psychiatry ad, themed around “school shootings”

Scientology actively promotes incorrect and dangerous medical and psychological practices

Scientology teaches that by reaching sufficient levels within their practice, and by “making your own reality”, a member can overcome illness by will alone. It teaches that mental instabilities caused by chemical imbalance, and illness, should generally be treated with vitamins and audiiting rather than medication - including, in several cases, schizophrenia and cancer. People die as a result of following these teachings - and, as icing on the cake, remember that last point; Scientology lobbies to ruin the reputations and practices of those that would prescribe such medications and offer clinically tested and peer-reviewed treatments.

Scientology commonly abuses the private and personal trust of members

The practice of “auditing” can be likeled to the confessional or the psychiatric couch in so far as it is a place where memebers share personal experiences, often intensely private and painful ones, in order to alleviate problems (granted, methodology of “how the relief comes” are radically different). However, unlike psychiatry and the confessional, the controls on this information are neither strict nor scrupulous. For a priest to break the seal of the confessional is a shocking and horrible thing from a Catholic viewpoint. For a psychiatrist to blather about patients by name is worthy of a lawsuit. No such controls exist on the Scientology practice; “peeking” at the file of someone below you is fairly common.

Ref: Video clip of news article, with interview

Who we are

This site has been created in order to assist people with information concerning The Scientology Organization & to encourage activism in spreading awareness. Though there are many sites currently available with well documented & articulated information, which we encourage you to also visit, it is our goal to keep this information readily available to the public.

Our main goal however is to concentrate on activism - that is, supplying guidelines to picketing, how to approach & plan your picketing, what to expect from The Scientologists if they decide to confront & how to react, and so on and so forth. The guidelines are only that, guidlines; not rules. We do not intend or attempt to portray ourselves as the be all and end all of Scientology activism, but rather hope to serve as what we think has being practiced successfully in the past and should perhaps be continued for the best result in getting awareness into the public eye. We also supply a forum in which activism organising & discussion is encouraged.

We also encourage readers to seek a balanced view of the information as this is vitally important in gaining a clear understanding of how The Scientology Organization operates, their belief system, and of course their tactics in gaining followers.

With your support we hope to keep the site as active as humanly possible and any content contribution will be gladly accepted & appreciated. We thank you and hope you enjoy your stay.

- Staff of anonsa.org

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(Note: The Scientology Organization is commonly referred to as the Church of Scientology. In reality, Scientology is a complex international legal structure of multiple corporations, some of which are nonprofit. All known corporations connected to The Scientology Organization will be listed on this site for your information)

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