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Subject: Why is Sea Org a para-military organization?
Truthseeker21 asked this question on 4/30/2000:
I was looking at pictures on the Internet of Sea Organization members, and
I've seen them at a Scientology Church in my home town as well. Members
are all dressed in military uniforms, with ranks and so forth. Why is a
"religious order" dressed in this manner? What other religion on Earth has a
para-military religious order?
Greg Churilov gave this response on 5/1/2000:
The Sea Org is not a para-whatever.
There are no weapons, no weapons training, no warfare tactics, no tanks,
not even self-defense training. It is an entirely pacifist oriented
organization.
The Sea Org is a tightly disciplined religious order. Religious Orders
traditionally wear uniforms, both as an identification badge and to
simplify their lives.
Mr. Hubbard could've chosen a uniform to resemble 15th Century
monks, but obviously that would've been out of date and silly.
Orange robes likewise would be dumb.
The perfect choice, to instill pride, discipline and a team spirit, was to
choose a XX century look, a uniform loosely based on the look of the US
Navy (L.Ron Hubbard himself had been a US Navy Officer during WWII).
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Answered by: Greg Churilov
Asked By: Truthseeker21
[And that's an insane, profound lie. In fact this arm of the cult
dresses itself up in a toy sailor outfit and, along with the rest of
the insane cult, applies pseudo-military rhetoric. Hubbard created
the Sea Org to be his killing machine once he managed to take over a
country -- which he fully attempted to do in a number of places -- flr]
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