Political?
Question answered by honorarykid in Scientology
FredricRice asked this question on 7/28/2000:
I've asked a number of Scientology experts a number of
questions and curiously I've received only two unusual
answers, both of which mentioned _politics_ when discussing
criminal activities which are going to trial here shortly.
For ex-Scientologists who have escaped from the cult, can
you tell me whether Scientologists are told to equate criminal
activities with politics? Are the criminal activities of the
GO/OSA considered _political_ activities inside of the
organization?
Though I erased the previous answer which considered the
indictments against Heber Jentzsch in Madrid to be a political
matter, I did manage to save the second one. I'll offer it here
for background in the hopes that someone can point to a
particular HCPL or something which equates criminal activities
as political activities.
Current Scientologists might also be able to tell me whether
management is now claiming that Scientology is a political
party. The answers I've received seem to indicate that
possibility.
Thanks!
cer56 declined to answer on 7/28/2000, saying:
This is obviously a political attack for a political agenda. I'm
not interestested in playing politics. I'm interested in what
works and helps people - based upon my personal nowledge
and experience.
Do you do anything that has a postive nature that doesn't
attack someone or some other group?
honorarykid gave this response on 8/1/2000:
It appears to me that Scientologists are indoctrinated to
believe that somehow they are not behaving in the political
sphere at all, that they are somehow transcending.
Generally speaking, they seem to believe that behaving
and acting on a political level is beneath them, or at least,
that Scientology law is superior to wog law.
From my observations, it seems they think
non-Scientologists routinely have hidden, secret, or even
conspiratorial agendas. While at the same time,
Scientologists seem totally oblivious to the obvious political
agendas and world domination aspirations built into their
scriptures. They seem to blot that truth out with a
ludicrous belief in their own purity of heart, the Divine Right
that comes from believing they are the only ones
succeeding at bettering themselves spiritually.
IMO, such belief are a bunch of elitist claptrap, really
serving as a marketing tool, to make Scientology more
appealling to the insecurities and sense of powerlessness
of t1he recruits and members...
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