Scientology Going Clear Analysis

Throughout the 1950s, questions were raised about the religion of Scientology and if its values were even a religion at all. A man by the name of L. Ron Hubbard the founder of dianetics, which later became Scientology in 1952, had a religious belief that people had the ability to see beyond human intelligence. Hubbard believed to be helping his religion by expanding the views he had on others. In the film, Going Clear by Alex Gibney he exposes Scientology for what it really is, a money laundering, power hungry, cult in need of control.
Like many religions, there is a dark side behind Scientology, a reason as to why people believe the methods being taught. In the film it goes into detail about the organization's way of crime, it mentions how they target celebrities in order to gain money and spread their beliefs publicly. Former members of the organization willingly spoke about the hidden agenda the church had. A man named Jason a former member of Scientology spoke out about his time in the religion “I made the mistake of immersing myself completely in his world. I did what so many other people who join Scientology do: I lost all sense of individual identity in the name of the cult.” The majority of people …show more content…
They didn’t know any better and once in the organization there life is signed over to someone who doesn’t have any soul purpose in helping anyone but himself. You can clearly see by this means of action that he only does things to better is image and himself, there's no organization anymore what was the religion of Scientology is not anymore. What once was is no longer for this religion, it has ruined lives and taken down people in countless ways stated in the film as well as seen all over the internet and even in some of the videos posted on the internet. The truth about Scientology is that is no longer a religion but a sick twisted man embedding lies into people's