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"Those who counsel avoidance of blogs are no different from those who advise against frequenting dark, crime-ridden neighborhoods. There may be bargains to be had in such locales, maybe even a good library or pizzeria. But they are scuzzy places to spend time in." --Rabbi Avi Shafran, Blogistan
Are you a member of the easiest cult in the world to join? Are you part of the Internet's underbelly?
One of the signs of a cult is the constant search for enemies: someone or something to rally the members of the cult against; something or someone on which to concentrate their energies.
Some blogs--particularly those that concentrate on conspiracy theories--appear based on the premise of finding a dark enemy for their members to combat.
Outraged Spleen of Zion reprints Blogistan, an informative piece by Rabbi Avi Shafran on the darker side of the Internet. It raises some interesting points.
No one knows exactly why the Internet appears to bring out the worst in people, but there is little doubt that it often does. And the cloak of anonymity seems to unleash truly dark, ugly alter egos.
Although the post isn't very complimentary of the Blogosphere in general, many of the points it raises are spot-on.
Perhaps even more disturbing is the apparent gullibility of so many visitors to those blogs, who, from their own postings, seem ready to swallow any accusation or character assassination, as long as the charges are sufficiently salacious or forcefully asserted. Some of the many adulatory comments posted on offensive blogs may have been planted by the blogerrai-meisters themselves, but many certainly seem to be from other citizens anxious to join in the fun.
The post is easy to read and breaks down the problems of the Blogosphere into easily-digested chunks.
Leaders of four famous cults (clockwise from upper left): Jund As-Sama's leader, Ahmad al-Hasan; Charlie Manson; Jim Jones of Jonestown killer Kool-Aid fame; Al Gore, Inconvenient Troofers
cult: n. Obsessive, especially faddish, devotion to or veneration for a person, principle, or thing.
Four men who are "called to lead a special mission".
Four groups of people who insist that their leader as found the true way; either to happiness, truth, safety, or all three.
Four leaders, one method: all preach the destruction that will surely be the outcome of all who do not heed him and his One True Way.
Four leaders, four different fates: one leader is dead, one is behind bars, one man is on the run for his life and one still walks free.
25 Signs of Cult Behavior
* 1. The Guru is always right. * 2. You are always wrong. * 3. No Humor. * 4. The End Justifies The Means. * 5. Cult-speak. * 6. Group-think, Suppression of Dissent, and Enforced Conformity in Thinking * 7. Irrationality. * 8. Suspension of disbelief. * 9. Denigration of competing sects, cults, religions... * 10. Personal attacks on critics. * 11. Insistence that the cult is THE ONLY WAY. * 12. The cult and its members are special. * 13. Induction of guilt, and the use of guilt to manipulate cult members. * 14. Unquestionable Dogma, Sacred Science, and Infallible Ideology. * 15. Indoctrination of members. * 16. Appeals to "holy" or "wise" authorities. * 17. Instant Community. * 18. Instant Intimacy. * 19. Surrender To The Cult. * 20. Create a sense of powerlessness, covert fear, guilt, and dependency. * 21. Ideology Over Experience, Observation, and Logic * 22. Grandiose existence. Bombastic, Grandiose Claims. * 23. Enemy-making and Devaluing the Outsider * 24. True Believers * 25. We Have The Panacea.
When faced with cult behavior, it does little good trying to reason with the converted. No arguments, however logical, can overcome the cultist's mantra.
Things to remember the next time an environmental cultist insists that the colder temperatures are caused by Global Warming and that everyone must listen to the leader or the world will come to an end.
A group of hackers with the name of "Anonymous" has vowed to destroy the Church of Scientology and about a week ago, Scientology websites in the US and UK started crashing.
Below is the first video warning issued to Scientology by "Anonymous". The "Anonymous" tagline on all three of their video warnings has been "We are anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget."
Two days ago, "Anonymous" supporters took to the streets in Phoenix, AZ in a demonstration outside the Phoenix Church of Scientology, staging a protest in commemoration of the birthday of Lisa McPherson, a Scientologist once cared for by church staffers.
McPherson died while under the care of Scientology.
As we are not up to speed on Scientology, we thought we'd run down some information on the Church of Scientology.
Is it a cult?
Is it a religion?
We will start out by saying that all religions start out as cults--Christianity, Islam and Jews all started out as a small band of believers in their religions.
So, being branded as a "cult" doesn't sway us one way or another.
There is some discrepancy as to how many Scientology members there actually are. In 2007, the Scientologists claimed 3.5 million members in the U.S., but a 2001 survey published by City University of New York, stated that "when asked to identify what religion you are", 55,000 in America claimed Scientology.
Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices as well as a profitable multinational network of corporations created by American speculative fiction author L. Ron Hubbard. Hubbard developed Scientology teachings in 1952 as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics.
Hubbard later characterized Scientology as an "applied religious philosophy" and the basis for a new religion.[1] Scientology encompasses a spiritual rehabilitation philosophy and techniques,[1] and covers topics such as morals, ethics, detoxification, education and management.
From the Scientology website:
The word Scientology literally means "the study of truth." It comes from the Latin word "scio" meaning "knowing in the fullest sense of the word" and the Greek word "logos" meaning "study of."
Scientology is the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, others and all of life. The Scientology religion comprises a body of knowledge extending from certain fundamental truths. Prime among these:
Man is an immortal, spiritual being. His experience extends well beyond a single lifetime. His capabilities are unlimited, even if not presently realized — and those capabilities can be realized. He is able to not only solve his own problems, accomplish his goals and gain lasting happiness, but also achieve new, higher states of awareness and ability.
In Scientology no one is asked to accept anything as belief or on faith. That which is true for you is what you have observed to be true. An individual discovers for himself that Scientology works by personally applying its principles and observing or experiencing results.
Through Scientology, people all over the world are achieving the long-sought goal of true spiritual release and freedom.
Seems like a noble enough goal.
Tom Cruise is the Top Scientologist in the public eye
Scientology does have the distinction of being the only religion created by a science fiction writer, L. Ron Hubbard.
Hubbard established Scientology's doctrines over a period of about 34 years beginning in 1952 and continuing until his death in January 1986, with the basic principles set out during the 1950s and 1960s.
Scientology was at first secular: "Scientology would be a study of knowledge," Hubbard stated in 1952. Hubbard later began to characterize Scientology's beliefs and practices as a religion in 1953; by 1960 he defined Scientology as: "a religion by its basic tenets, practice, historical background and by the definition of the word 'religion' itself." In 1969 he wrote that "It is fundamentally an applied religious philosophy." Hubbard recorded his doctrine in archived writings, audio tapes and films.
The world according to Scientology?
There is no single Scientology book that serves as the equivalent of the Bible or Koran. Knowledge of Scientology is achieved through the study of 18 basic books and over 3000 recorded lectures.
The primary belief of Scientology is "that man is a spiritual being whose existence spans more than one life and who is endowed with abilities well beyond those which he normally considers he possesses."
Unlike Christianity, Scientology believes that man is basically good.
Like Christianity and Islam, Scientology has its heretics and apostates.
Although "Scientology" is most often used as shorthand for the Church of Scientology, a number of groups practice Scientology and Dianetics outside of the official Church.
Some groups are breakaways from the original Church while others have started up independently. The Church labels these as "apostates" (or "squirrels" in Scientology jargon) and often subjects them to considerable legal and social pressure.
These groups avoid the name "Scientology" so as to keep from being sued, instead referring to themselves collectively as the Free Zone. Such groups include Ron's Org and the International Freezone Association, among others
Scientology's Satan?
The story of Xenu (or Xemu) is a controversial one.
Critics of Scientology say that the Xenu story is an incredible one. Of course, many religious stories seem incredible to non-believers.
Scientology is accused of trying to hide the Xenu story.
The story of Xenu is covered in OT III, part of Scientology's secret "Advanced Technology" doctrines taught only to advanced members. It is described in more detail in the accompanying confidential "Assists" lecture of 3 October 1968 and is dramatized in Revolt in the Stars (an unpublished screenplay written by L Ron Hubbard during the late 1970s). Direct quotations in this section are from these sources. (See also Scientology beliefs and practices)
Scientologists believe that seventy-five million years ago, Xenu was the ruler of a Galactic Confederacy which consisted of 26 stars and 76 planets including Earth, which was then known as Teegeeack. The planets were overpopulated, each having an average population of 178 billion.[1][2][3] The Galactic Confederacy's civilization was comparable to our own, with aliens "walking around in clothes which looked very remarkably like the clothes they wear this very minute" and using cars, trains and boats looking exactly the same as those "circa 1950, 1960" on Earth. Xenu was about to be deposed from power, so he devised a plot to eliminate the excess population from his dominions. With the assistance of "renegades", he defeated the populace and the "Loyal Officers", a force for good that was opposed to Xenu. Then, with the assistance of psychiatrists, he summoned billions of his citizens together to paralyze them with injections of alcohol and glycol, under the pretense that they were being called for "income tax inspections". The kidnapped populace was loaded into spacecraft for transport to the site of extermination, the planet of Teegeeack (Earth). The spacecraft were identical to the Douglas DC-8 with the exception of having different engines.
When they had reached Teegeeack/Earth, the paralyzed citizens were unloaded around the bases of volcanoes across the planet. Hydrogen bombs were then lowered into the volcanoes and detonated simultaneously. Only a few aliens' physical bodies survived. Hubbard described the scene in his film script, Revolt in the Stars:
Other Scientology beliefs are:
* A person is an immortal spiritual being (termed a thetan) who possesses a mind and a body. * The thetan has lived through many past lives and will continue to live beyond the death of the body. * Through the Scientology process of "auditing," people can free themselves of traumatic incidents, ethical transgressions and bad decisions which are said to collectively restrict the person from reaching the state of "Clear" and "Operating Thetan." Each state is said to represent the recovery of native spiritual abilities and to confer mental and physical benefits. * A person is basically good, but becomes "aberrated" by moments of pain and unconsciousness. * Psychiatry and psychology are destructive and abusive practices.
Scientology "psychburst" demonstration
Scientology's crusade against psychiatry might pick up some steam if psychiatry keeps inventing mental "diseases".
What were once signs of bad behavior has increasingly become uncontrollable "diseases" and "mental conditions". It could have something to do with how Medicaid pays for treatments, or it could be a sign of "defining deviancy down".
FAMOUS Scientologists
John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Lisa Marie Presley, Jason Lee, Isaac Hayes, Tom Cruise, and Katie Holmes are among the Hollywood adherents of Scientology.
James Packer, formerly the richest man in Australia is another famous Scientologist.
CONTROVERSIES INVOLVING SCIENTOLOGY
* Scientology's disconnection policy, in which members are encouraged to cut off all contact with friends or family members considered "antagonistic."[146][147] * The death of a Scientologist Lisa McPherson while in the care of the Church. * Criminal activities committed on behalf of the Church or directed by Church officials (Operation Snow White, Operation Freakout) * Conflicting statements about L. Ron Hubbard's life, in particular accounts of Hubbard discussing his intent to start a religion for profit, and of his service in the military.[148] * Scientology's harassment and litigious actions against its critics encouraged by its Fair Game policy.[148] * Attempts to legally force search engines such as Google and Yahoo to omit any webpages critical of Scientology from their search engines (and in Google's case, AdSense), or at least the first few search pages
Scientology in the nutshell.
We don't know if it changed anyone's mind--one way or another--but one thing about it.
"We are Anonymous. We are legion. We do not forgive. We do not forget. Expect us."
Scientology has a new enemy and its name is Anonymous.
Anonymous Issues Its First Warning About Scientology
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, the entity known as Anonymous is out to "destroy" Scientology. The group declared war on Scientology by way of Youtube posting its "declaration of war" on a video.
"Anonymous has therefore decided that your organisation should be destroyed, for the good of your followers, for the good of mankind, and for our own enjoyment," the statement says.
"We shall proceed to expel you from the internet and systematically dismantle the Church of Scientology in its present form," it continues.
After 19 envelopes of white powder arrived at Scientology churches in the Los Angeles area, nervous cult members contacted the FBI. Several Scientology websites crashed last week in Great Britain and the United States.
Anonymous' Declares War on Scientology
Anonymous has called their action, "Project Chanology":
Named Project Chanology, the protests are being organised through Facebook groups and online chat rooms, with official Scientology websites and even its buildings being touted as targets.
Protests are organised for cities including Sydney, New York, Los Angles, London, Vancouver and Stockholm.
The reason given for the attack on Scientology are claims that the church is "censoring the internet" along with "campaigns of misinformation".
FOX 11 Report on "Anonymous"
The catalyst seems to be Youtube yanking the "secret" Scientology video of major star and Scientologist Tom Cruise. In the video Cruise talks about various aspects of the religion. The video was supposed to of been pulled from Youtube but it's still there, all nine long minutes and 34 seconds of it.
We found all three videos, the two from Anonymous and the Tom Cruise Scientology video, to be absolutely nuts. And yet no matter how looney tune Cruise sounds about his "religion" the man is fabulously successful from his own hard work and endeavors.
Someone said Cruise's video is like a train wreck, you can't look away. "It's grotesque in a macabre sort of way."
It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it. It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine. R.E.M.
What's a "Messiah" to do when his doomsday prediction has come and gone? Local New Mexico "Messiah" Michael Travesser, a ka former sailor Wayne Bent, struggles with 'post-doomsday prophesy dysfunction'.
Michael "Messiah" Travesser
The leader and "Messiah" of a 56 member cult in a remote area of New Mexico called Strong City, Travesser predicted the end times would be midnight, October 31, 2007 when an "apocalyptic" event would destroy the world.
According to Travesser it was God who gave him the Doomsday date.
Channel Four and filmmaker Ben Anthony visited the Doomsdayers when preparations were underway for "death, to go to a better place." Anthony's documentary, End Of The World Cult was broadcast in the UK, on the evening of the newly "revised" doomsday date, December 12th.
Anthony asked Travesser if he and and his group were going to do the "Jim Jones" method or perhaps "Heaven's Gating"? Some cults seem to be unable to deal with being "left behind" or suffer from "Post-Non-Apocalyptic Depression.
Jim Jones and The People's Temple
On November 18, 1978, in Guyana, it was reported that Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four others of his party were shot as they attempted to leave what was known as Jonestown.
Named after the "Reverend" Jim Jones and his 1100 disciples, the "People's Temple" became known as a place of mass murder and suicide as 913 members wound up dead.
A tape-recording of the mass-suicide reveals that there was little dissent about the decision to die. One or two women who felt that the children should be able to live protested, but they were soon reassured by reminders of the alternative undignified death at the hand of the enemy and the shouted support of the group. The poison-laced drink was brought to the hall and dispensed. The babies and small children, over two hundred of them, were first, with the poison poured into their mouths with syringes. As parents watched their children die, they too swallowed the fatal potion. The moments before the final decision to die brought resistance from a few, but armed guards who surrounded the room shot many of them. Of the estimated 1100 people believed to have been present at “Jonestown” at the time, 913 died, including Jim Jones; the rest somehow escaped into the jungle. It is not certain whether Jones shot himself or was shot by an unknown person. [3]
Heaven's Gate
Heaven's Gate is a destructive, doomsday cult centered in California. 21 women and 18 men voluntarily committed suicide in three groups on three successive days starting on 1997-MAR-23. Most were in their 40's; the rest covered an age range of 26 to 72. 1 Two months later, two additional members, Charles Humphrey and Wayne Cooke attempted suicide in a hotel room a few miles from the Rancho Santa Fe mansion; Cooke succeeded. Humphrey tried again in the Arizona desert during 1998-FEB and was successful. [4]
We felt a visit to the cult's website was in order to see how they were dealing with the letdown of no doomsday.
From Michael the "Messiah," part of post he put up December 26, 2007.
It Is Finished! Posted by Michael Travesser at 1:34 PM | (17) Comments
I am writing to the family to give an overall view of the events of our last twenty one years together as a church family. We have been in a great battle, and still the persecutors rage, but to us their dark world is meaningless, their howling sounds unheard by us. All of this time together we have watched the powers of heaven battle with the dark world below, and it is clear to us now what the issues are in the spiritual realm. [2]
We're not quite sure who the "persecutors" are that Michael refers to. Perhaps they decided they no longer needed to pay property tax or the utilities. It makes a better story if your cult is somehow "persecuted", the old "us" against the wicked rest of the world.
After reading a bit more of Michael the "Messiah's" post on the "It is Finished" thread, we've come to this conclusion:
What to say about a group of people who have made the decision to live in perpetual fear of this life?
It's their life. They have the right to live (0r not) as they please. And if they owe us any money, please pay before the door hits you on the butt on your way out.
