other intention

Question answered by honorarykid in Scientology

Anonymous asked this question on 8/19/2000:

In keeping Scientology Working after handling counter intention to Scientology, the next target is other intention. What does this really mean? Will Scientologists attack other religions the way they attack critics?

honorarykid gave this response on 8/21/2000:

I've always hated the ease with which Scientologists use the word "attack." To them, everything is an attack on their religion. Every single tidbit of criticism, no matter how meritorious, constitutes an attack on their freedoms, their civil rights, their religion. It's ridiculous. The overuse and hyperbole by Scientologists regarding the word is beyond all reason.

But, if we use the Scientologists definition of the word "attack" then Scientology already does "attack" other religions.

Scientology insults Christianity. Hubbard taught that Christianity is nothing more than a brainwashing implant for deluded people. He claimed to have astrally traveled to Heaven and saw that it wasn't anything special. He claimed that "there was no Christ" in one of his lectures, and that we all have been deluded and brainwashed by Xenu to sympathize with the image any person who had been executed by crucifixion, thereby explaining the Christ mythology.

Hubbard made the same types of comments (attacks) against the Muslim religion, claiming that the prophet Muhammad was not really Divine in any way, but just claimed to be in order to drum up traffic and business for his home town.

Also, Scientology has well documented policies (which are hidden from new members, BTW), forbidding "mixing practices." Mixing practices means other religious practices. The prohibition of mixed practices begins after one reaches a certain training level within the study of Scientology, after which they are pressured into dropping the practice of rituals in another church.

Also, for staff members within the CoS, outside interests that take their minds off of Scientology (and their production of income for Scientology), are also frowned upon quite overtly. So even secular hobbies which take time can be said to be "attacked" by Scientology, if one uses it's own, bloviated definition of that word.

However, I would guess that Scientology has NO orchestrated plans to actively undermine or drive any other religious organizations out of business.

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