Inside Scientology ... And Escaping The Witnesses

[naomi24]

A Channel 5 documentary. It doesn't go into enormous detail about the beliefs of the two cults, but it's interesting nevertheless.

http://www.channel5.com/shows/inside-scientology-and-escaping-the-witnesses/episodes/inside-scientology-and-escaping-the-witnesses

[andy-hughes]

fender62 - //one wonder why such an organisation is not investigated by governments
and banned, knowing they are fleecing people of their assets and sanity.
they are not a church persay, but a giant money making machine.
i know we have free will to choose, but if say for example a tv add
says this product will cure all you ills and mek you a happy person.
i would be dubious and so would the authorties... //

The phrase 'Friends in high places ... comes to mind!

[mikey4444]

Fender...I may have got this wrong, but I recall that Germany doesn't recognise this daft fraudulent cult as a religion.

[birdie1971]

Mikey - "... But about 5 mins with google and wiki, would tell them all they need to know!"

I agree. But most people simply don't do such things, particularly when they are at their lowest ebb. They're looking for solutions to their problems, not researching weird cults. Unfortunately, cultists are extremely convincing and charming. Ensnaring new people is their bread and butter so it stands to reason that they'll be very, very good at convincing an initially sceptical person that anything negative they've heard or read about them is nothing but lies and smears.

They are con-men and con-women. I abhor them and the sooner their obnoxious cult is made illegal in the UK (as it already is in several other countries), the better in my opinion.

[mikey4444]

Birdie...I am with 100% of the way with your sentence !