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It really pissed me off when I saw their huge stand at Collegefest - which is a thing for Boston college students where you get to win prizes and get free stuff. There were a lot of people listening to them speak too...I just wanted to shout "It's a cult!"

sounds like i will avoid for now

A cult is a church without political power

I view nearly all religion as cultish, but scientology more so than most others.

Re: What do you think of Scientology?

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Originally posted by SlickPrick
I've recently been reading up on this, and it seems very appealing. I have been trying to avoid religion my entire life because I don't agree with some of the values of it, but I like this one so far. Can I get some of your views?

http://www.scientology.org/
http://www.scientology.org/en_US/rel...ion/index.html

Everything I've read about it has led me to believe that it's a abusive nutjob cult.

A link that seems to quickly address some of the problems with scientology(googled).

Here is a price list of how much it costs to be a scientologist. This is how much it will cost you from raw meat to total bridge building.

Processing Intensives Cost per Total
Step Required Intensive Cost
or Course (IAS)
========== =========== ========= =======

Life Repair 2 x 12.5 hr $5,600 $11,200
Purification RD ----------- $2,560 $2,560
TRs & Objectives 2 x 12.5 hr $5,600 $11,200
Scn Drug Rundown 2 x 12.5 hr $5,600 $11,200
ARC Straightwire 2 x 12.5 hr $5,600 $11,200
Grade 0 3 x 12.5 hr $5,600 $16,800
Grade 1 2 x 12.5 hr $5,600 $11,200
Grade 2 2 x 12.5 hr $5,600 $11,200
Grade 3 2 x 12.5 hr $5,600 $11,200
Grade 4 2 x 12.5 hr $5,600 $11,200
New Era Dianetics 3 x 12.5 hr $5,600 $16,800
Clear Certainty RD 1 x 5 hr $2,800 $2,800

SUB-TOTAL TO CLEAR $128,560

*Solo Course Part 1 ----------- $3,200 $3,200
*OT Preparations 2 x 12.5 hr $3,300 $6,600
*Solo Course Part 2 ----------- $1,900 $1,900
*OT Eligibility 2 x 12.5 hr $3,300 $6,600
*OT I ----------- $2,000 $2,000
*OT II ----------- $3,800 $3,800
*OT III ----------- $6,500 $6,500
OT IV ?2 x 12.5 hr $6,500 $13,000
OT V 4 x 12.5 hr $7,400 $29,600
OT VI set-ups 2 x 12.5 hr $9,250 $18,500
OT VI ----------- $12,800 $12,800
Pledge Intensive 1 x 12.5 hr $9,250 $9,250
OT VII ----------- $3,500 $3,500
OT VII C/Sing
(per year) > 2 years $3,200 $6,400
OT VIII ----------- $10,000 $10,000
OT VIII auditing ?2 x 12.5 hr $7,400 $14,800

TOTAL BILL FROM RAW MEAT TO OT VIII $277,010