(Maybe the typing error of Tom Cruise’s name was a Freudian slip?) Sorry about that
The great-grandson of the founder of Scientology said that the belief system is a “cult” last night on Current TV with Cenk Uygur. Jamie DeWolf, the great-grandson of L. Ron Hubbard, blasted Scientology in scathing terms.
Uygur had DeWolf on to talk about how people get sucked into Scientology. “How do they do it?” asked Uygur.
DeWolf said that Scientology leaders “prey on narcissism….[You’re] told you’re a God-like creature.”
DeWolf also explained how Scientology specifically tries to rope in celebrities, though they are often “insulated from the nastier aspects of it.” DeWolf said Elvis Presley turned down an offer to join Scientology.
“Is it a case study in how you can gradually brainwash people?” asked Uygur. “I think it’s one of the most brilliant and devious systematic brainwashing systems that’s ever been invented,” responded DeWolf.
Scientology “works through electrified hypnosis. It works through past life regression therapy. It works through a lot of hodgepodge of ideas thrown together with this extremely brutal sort of security sense and this kind of like CIA-like structure that becomes really intoxicating to people. But to meet people who’ve been out of the cult — I mean, yeah, you want to ask them about Xenu and aliens — but the fact is these are smart people. They’ve just been completely destroyed,” said DeWolf.
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Ruth2Day
Jan 27, 2013 @ 07:34:32
I don’t mind old Tom, but I’m not into his scientology. His crowd worry me a little. I changed my email address for WP and found I had to refollow so many people, including yourself! quite maddening
melouisef
Jan 30, 2013 @ 07:42:11
At first I was confused because you cahngedd your avatar but it really is very nice
colonialist
Jan 27, 2013 @ 08:44:12
Methinks some germs of good ideas have been evolved, with the introduction of a lot of rather inane fantasy, into something destructive and repulsive.
melouisef
Jan 28, 2013 @ 05:48:26
Plus evil….I would reeally like to see the movie – The Master of which The Guardian writes The Master… rolls in midway through the Venice film festival. It comes billed as thunderstorm, a controversy, its arrival trailed by rumbles of dissent. This, we are told, is the Scientology film, a veiled biopic of the demagogic L Ron Hubbard; the movie that freaked Tom Cruise.
colonialist
Jan 28, 2013 @ 10:15:35
I don’t know why dissent and controversy arose. The majority of it should surely be seen as patent poppycock?
colonialist
Jan 27, 2013 @ 08:45:48
That was meant to be a comment on the post – sorry, Ruth.
LG
Jan 27, 2013 @ 15:46:50
Any cult = dangerous
melouisef
Jan 28, 2013 @ 05:49:52
Very, very dangerous, they target the vulnerable of course.
Nice to see you, I have been a bit useless of late have to check the blogs.
Ricari
Jan 28, 2013 @ 07:28:47
I tried to do some research once, just out of curiosity and ended up getting a whole lot of emails from their site, it went of for years!
melouisef
Jan 28, 2013 @ 07:47:25
That is really scary Ricari! But that is the way they operate…
Lisaman
Jan 29, 2013 @ 07:14:06
I remember years ago being coerced into going into a room trying to recruit me.. didn’t work!!
melouisef
Jan 30, 2013 @ 06:19:36
They are most persistant
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