also states, “I know with all the auditing, books and courses I took, the cost of Scientology added up to more than $50,000.” That’s more than a year’s salary for some people, far more than any struggling actor moving to Los Angeles looking for one big break. Steve Hall who wrote speeches and TV scripts for Scientology says, “Scientology is a philosophy of rational self-inquiry akin to Buddhism, in that it requires an investigation and a reckoning with one's own demons and desires.”(Edwards). That clearly states that Scientology is a religion to help find yourself but there are far more ethical ways of achieving this. Joining a religion that has you pay countless of fees and pressuring for donations already seems to be only in it for the money. If you really wanted to help people
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They’ve harassed and bullied enough people to show their true colors. They’re a cult. They are no more a religion than Jim Jones and the People’s Temple and need to pushed to reform, or face their tax exemption status revoked. One could argue that all religions were once cults. Charles S. Clark Writes, “It is true that the major religions were once cults… across time, they made provisions for the succession of power. And they did not remain at odds with the surrounding legal entities. They dropped their deception. And they did not remain at odds with the surrounding population. They stopped treating them as lesser beings.” This is the opposite of what Scientology has shown to be doing. One of the reasons why they are able to get away with this is simply the public is unware. And before we can get their tax exemption status removed, more people need to be more aware of their practices. One way of doing this is to inform the youth on some of the dangers they could face when joining Scientology. The best way of doing this is to create awareness through social media. “Millennials also appear to be drawn into news that they might otherwise have
They’ve harassed and bullied enough people to show their true colors. They’re a cult. They are no more a religion than Jim Jones and the People’s Temple and need to pushed to reform, or face their tax exemption status revoked. One could argue that all religions were once cults. Charles S. Clark Writes, “It is true that the major religions were once cults… across time, they made provisions for the succession of power. And they did not remain at odds with the surrounding legal entities. They dropped their deception. And they did not remain at odds with the surrounding population. They stopped treating them as lesser beings.” This is the opposite of what Scientology has shown to be doing. One of the reasons why they are able to get away with this is simply the public is unware. And before we can get their tax exemption status removed, more people need to be more aware of their practices. One way of doing this is to inform the youth on some of the dangers they could face when joining Scientology. The best way of doing this is to create awareness through social media. “Millennials also appear to be drawn into news that they might otherwise have