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Formerly shrouded in secrecy, the confidential documents of Scientology
were leaked to the Internet last week. They surfaced alongside hundreds
of denial of service attacks that temporarily shut down several
Scientology-related Web sites. No one was to blame because each
attacker masqueraded as “Anonymous.”
The raids have subsided, but more plans exist. Part of the Anonymous assault includes visiting Scientology centers and videotaping/photographing, vandalizing or sabotaging the target operations. An image being circulated online is calling for Anonymous to raid the London Church of Scientology Feb. 10, adding, “Wear a mask of your choosing.”
Jenna Miscavige Hill, niece of Scientology leader David Miscavige, wrote a scathing, subsequently leaked e-mail to a Scientology spokesperson after reading the Church’s rebuttal to an unofficial Tom Cruise biography that portrays Scientology negatively. Miscavige Hill’s parents left Scientology when she was 16, but she decided to stay. In the e-mail, she writes that she was permitted to visit her parents only three or four days per year until she was 22.
Another former Scientologist, posting on an online forum for those who have left the Church, said when she turned 14, she signed a billion-year contract and worked 10-hour days for $50 a week. Most disturbing is her description of a ritual wherein staff members would stand up, clap and say “hip, hip, hooray” three times in front of founder L. Ron Hubbard’s picture. Scientology sounds like North Korea for the wealthy.
The most devastating result of Anonymous’ attack was the leak of thousands of pages of confidential documents, including the OT courses rumored to contain information on space aliens and mind control. While I can’t reprint anything from the documents because they’re copyrighted, a search on any major torrent tracker should bring up the relevant files.
The rumors about these courses are true. OT III contains, in Hubbard’s own handwriting, the original Xenu story. Tom Cruise has reached OT VII in his study (and payment plan), but I’m currently looking at OT VIII, something his “religion” does not allow him to see.
Tell me, what kind of “religion” is open only to those who can pay? What kind of “religion” restricts its followers both intellectually and in their movements and relationships? Scientology is not a religion, but it is tax exempt because it has sued the government into classifying it as one. The thousands of dollars spent on each course, book and lecture that aims to alienate individuals from society go toward giving buyers a feeling that they have magically improved their lives thanks to the self-absorbed space adventure club down the street.
To read more of Holly’s examination of Scientology, visit www.uiargonaut.com
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