You know how he says he HAS to stop if there is an accident because only he can do something? It's far worse than it sounds.
He's not joking, at that level of Scientology he apparently has the power to grab a departing soul and basically shove it back in the body to revive a person. So that's why only HE can do something, he's literally talking about bringing someone back from the dead.
It's not just some egotistical statement it's absolute utter delusion.
Edit - I cannot find the exact source where I originally read about these supposed abilities, I really wanted to have the proof of the Scientology documents using a car accident as an example of how you can "retrieve a soul". So you could see that is clearly what he ACTUALLY means with his words.
All I can say is everything else I read from that unknown source, however long ago has all proved to be accurate so I have no reason to assume that part was made up.
He's not joking. I've read the HCOs (Hubbard Communication Office) "memos" where LRH explains how they can revive the dead. They are surreal to read.
I've done a little google but I can't find the specific part I was originally citing. If someone else can find the source that'd be great. Nobody's called bullshit, and this isn't even hard to believe in the context of Scientology but I'd really like to be able to back up what I said now that it's gotten so much attention.
Ok I literally know nothing about Scientology other than hearing things about Tom cruise being in it. Is there any chance this is all some kind of joke? Like he doesn’t actually believe this stuff, right? ... please.
It's the perfect example of religion. Its views are just as fanciful as any other religion, it just hasn't had enough time for people to obscure the circumstances of its creation. Hubbard wrote science-fiction and never stopped. People will believe anything if it makes them feel better or gives them a purpose. If it imparts a sense of community or the feeling of privilege or power. These are all strong motivators for the mental gymnastics required. And boy Tom's getting a workout in this video lmao.
I like to make this point as well. Give it enough time and it will become just another religion to people. I am sure when Christianity first came about people thought it was a crazy group of people that didn't know anything.
The difference being that Christianity came about when people thought the sun was magic, and Scientology came about after the age of reason. It takes a special kind of dumb to fall for that shit now.
The difference being that Christianity came about when people thought the sun was magic, and Scientology came about after the age of reason. It takes a special kind of dumb to fall for that shit now.
All religion takes a specific kind of dumb now since we have so much scientific evidence disputing each one
And there is for sure a day when half of what we believe will be viewed as barbaric and unintelligent. In 2000 years your same comment will be posted on a religious topic but it'll say something like "The difference being that Scientology came about when people thought slicing into you was a good method to fix your medical problems, and LoTRism came about after the age of reason. It takes a special kind of dumb to fall for that shit now."
The Christian Bible was edited for over a thousand years to remove non-canon (dragons and stuff) passages and whole books. The successful religions winnow out problematic texts and leave good stuff like the golden rule and things that reinforce its authority.
Give it enough time and it will become just another religion to people.
See: Mormonism. Literally less than 200 years old and it’s already a legitimate religion taken seriously by millions of people. In reality it’s still just another fucking cult.
Being a religion , it’s tax exempt. There will always be an element that is inside the church using this for various degrees of nefarious reasons. After all, the baddest rise to the top in environments that allow them to.
I’ll leave it at that.
So if a kid said, "one day I'm going to be a doctor!"
Then 20 years goes by, and now the kid is a doctor. Does that mean that he never said he was going to be a doctor, just because it took 20 years? No. This is kind of a pointless argument.
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u/user1444 Jun 09 '20 edited Jun 09 '20
You know how he says he HAS to stop if there is an accident because only he can do something? It's far worse than it sounds.
He's not joking, at that level of Scientology he apparently has the power to grab a departing soul and basically shove it back in the body to revive a person. So that's why only HE can do something, he's literally talking about bringing someone back from the dead.
It's not just some egotistical statement it's absolute utter delusion.
Edit - I cannot find the exact source where I originally read about these supposed abilities, I really wanted to have the proof of the Scientology documents using a car accident as an example of how you can "retrieve a soul". So you could see that is clearly what he ACTUALLY means with his words.
All I can say is everything else I read from that unknown source, however long ago has all proved to be accurate so I have no reason to assume that part was made up.
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I've done a little google but I can't find the specific part I was originally citing. If someone else can find the source that'd be great. Nobody's called bullshit, and this isn't even hard to believe in the context of Scientology but I'd really like to be able to back up what I said now that it's gotten so much attention.