While we all seem to agree that the first post in this thread is an epic non sequitur riddled with logical fallacy, I think it's important to take a
closer look at Scientology now that the opportunity has been presented.
First, Anonymous is pretty much like any other online community except they are much more liable to call one another names because they post as
"Anonymous" on the imageboards. See, their name is a joke because every post has Anonymous for a name. They called each other Anonymous or Anon for
want of any other name.
Anyone can lurk or participate in all aspects of Project Chanology by going to
[Mod Edit] You will find Anons there, plus many of the named critic have joined to offer advice.
The laundry list of Scientology crimes is well-documented at
xenu.net..., but what else about it other than organized crime is compelling?
Well, the cult is dangerous not only to non-members and critics, but it also "eats its own young." There are special prison camps for this "state
within a state," and it sees itself as above any rule of law that was not penned by L. Ron Hubbard.
Here is an interesting checklist. If you know something about the cult, see where it falls in this continuum :
1. Internal Control: Amount of internal political and social power exercised by leader(s) over members; lack of clearly defined organizational rights
for members.
2. External Control: Amount of external political and social influence desired or obtained; emphasis on directing members’ external political and
social behavior.
3. Wisdom/Knowledge Claimed by leader(s); amount of infallibility declared or implied about decisions or doctrinal/scriptural interpretations; number
and degree of unverified and/or unverifiable credentials claimed.
4. Wisdom/Knowledge Credited to leader(s) by members; amount of trust in decisions or doctrinal/scriptural interpretations made by leader(s); amount
of hostility by members towards internal or external critics and/or towards verification efforts.
5. Dogma: Rigidity of reality concepts taught; amount of doctrinal inflexibility or “fundamentalism;” hostility towards relativism and
situationalism.
6. Recruiting: Emphasis put on attracting new members; amount of proselytizing; requirement for all members to bring in new ones.
7. Front Groups: Number of subsidiary groups using different names from that of main group, especially when connections are hidden.
8. Wealth: Amount of money and/or property desired or obtained by group; emphasis on members’ donations; economic lifestyle of leader(s) compared to
ordinary members.
9. Sexual Manipulation of members by leader(s) of non-tantric groups; amount of control exercised over sexuality of members in terms of sexual
orientation, behavior, and/or choice of partners.
10. Sexual Favoritism: Advancement or preferential treatment dependent upon sexual activity with the leader(s) of non-tantric groups.
11. Censorship: Amount of control over members’ access to outside opinions on group, its doctrines or leader(s).
12. Isolation: Amount of effort to keep members from communicating with non-members, including family, friends and lovers.
13. Dropout Control: Intensity of efforts directed at preventing or returning dropouts.
14. Violence: Amount of approval when used by or for the group, its doctrines or leader(s).
15. Paranoia: Amount of fear concerning real or imagined enemies; exaggeration of perceived power of opponents; prevalence of conspiracy theories.
16. Grimness: Amount of disapproval concerning jokes about the group, its doctrines or its leader(s).
17. Surrender of Will: Amount of emphasis on members not having to be responsible for personal decisions; degree of individual disempowerment created
by the group, its doctrines or its leader(s).
18. Hypocrisy: amount of approval for actions which the group officially considers immoral or unethical, when done by or for the group, its doctrines
or leader(s); willingness to violate the group’s declar
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[edit on 25/2/08 by JAK]
