Something Can be Done About Scientology

I walked past the "church" of Scientology and saw a truck next to it. On the truck was the Scientology motto: "Something Can be Done about It". Although Scientology is bogus, the motto struck me as very good. The motto was probably written by L. Ron Hubbard, who was very critical of psychiatric abuses, shock treatment, and psychiatric drugs. The motto could also be applied to the psychiatric diseases themselves. Something can be done, but it isn't dianetics. I guess it is possible for a phoney religion to have a very good motto.

Another oddity is that they use a cross in their symbol. Maybe the cross was used to make it look like a religion. Then again, maybe Hubbard believed in Jesus. Mary Baker Eddy believed in Jesus, but she led people down the wrong path when she told them not to go to doctors and hospitals. Hubbard and Eddy both did more harm than good.

Craig Olson Brighton, MA 02135

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Craig Olson Mar 13, 2006, 11:10am UTC

An oddity with Mary Baker Eddy is that she was buried with a phone so she could call from the next world. However, she never called. I visited her beautiful grave site at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge. Longfellow is also buried in the same cemetery, but his monument is not spectacular. Longfellow was a professor at Harvard.

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Monica Kennedy Mar 13, 2006, 11:21am UTC

I never noticed a cross in their logo - never wanted to pay attention to it - but there is nothing Christian about Scientology. They themselves proclaim not to be a religion. I do find that rather odd too. Mary Baker Eddy was an odd one -- drug induced religious doctrine - yet do not go see a doctor!

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Craig Olson Mar 14, 2006, 9:07am UTC

Mary Baker Eddy should have made spaghetti. There is in fact a cross in their logo. This is probably to make it look like a religion and avoid taxes. Contrary to the APA, I feel that it is a religion, but a bad one. The APA claims that it is not a religion. I have more respect for the Hare Krishnas than I do for Scientology. At least the Hare Krishnas have a good diet.

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Betty K. Mar 20, 2006, 11:12pm UTC

When L.Ron Hubbard's "Scientology" was first published, I read an astute review that classified it as "fiction science," as opposed to science fiction.

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Craig Olson Mar 25, 2006, 11:33am UTC

They are very active in the Boston area. They put flyers on car windshields. They will set up tables in public places. They steer people away from orthomolecular psychiatry, which I feel is a mistake. Nutrition is real science.

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Craig Olson Apr 9, 2006, 11:34am UTC

I am now a "renewed activist", which is better than a nude activist.

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whoisjobe ? Apr 21, 2006, 1:15pm UTC

i dig your observation.....they're in desperate need of a psychiatric help....and millions will continue to buy into AS SEEN ON TV religion, devoting their money to a cult....

i think you might enjoy my latest posting...probably a lot more than the scientologists themselves...

whoisjobe.

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Emily Maus Jul 31, 2008, 5:08am UTC

something CAN be done about scientology. not only that something IS being done about scientology! come join Anonymous at a protest near you! :D

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