Why Do Scientologists Distrust Psychiatry?

[Exarch]

simple q

why?

[Corvis]

Because if everyone was as insane as Tom Cruise it'd be much easier to get people to pay them money for the scam.

[John ''True Grit'' Wayne]

Because if everyone was as insane as Tom Cruise it'd be much easier to get people to pay them money for the scam.

Im sueing you for deformation of charactor

[Himster]

Im sueing you for deformation of charactor

Just come out of the closet.

[War lord]

It's a Cult/Scam.

[Phier]

Their core philosophy is that people have mental problems because of the dead confused alien ghosts in our bodies. Psychiatry can't work because it doesn't get rid of the alien ghosts. Only Scientology can do that you see.

[Morbius Sire]

Their core philosophy is that people have mental problems because of the dead confused alien ghosts in our bodies. Psychiatry can't work because it doesn't get rid of the alien ghosts. Only Scientology can do that you see.

Well, I always thought it is because:
Their founder was diagnosed with a mental disease[can't remember the name], and he hated them for that.

[Phier]

Well the the mentally and emotionally compromised are also their prey. They set up fake consoling centers and the like around natural disasters which don't have their name attached to them, but end up referring to them.

I didn't say the 'real' reason, only the 'official' one.

[Morbius Sire]

Well the the mentally and emotionally compromised are also their prey. They set up fake consoling centers and the like around natural disasters which don't have their name attached to them, but end up referring to them.

I didn't say the 'real' reason, only the 'official' one.

I see, Ya I recall something about them taking over some suicide hot line, and such things. And the recent Haiti disaster.

[War lord]

Their core philosophy is that people have mental problems because of the dead confused alien ghosts in our bodies. Psychiatry can't work because it doesn't get rid of the alien ghosts. Only Scientology can do that you see.

For the low,low price of $599.99!

[Helm]

Probably because Scientology itself tends to apply a form of psychology to people so they don't want someone else counteracting their influence. Officially it's because thy believe psychiatry treats people as animals/machines rather than the theatan beings they in fact are and this has negative consequences for the thetan and the world in general.

[Col. Tartleton]

Because Hubbard was joking. He made a nonsensical false religion as an experiment in how stupid people are and died before breaking character...

[Helm]

He made a religion to make money and that's what he did. The religion itself in terms of is a kind of mix of Buddhism, ancient Greek philosophy and a bit of science fiction, well he was a science fiction writer.

[C-Rob]

Scams don't like other scams : )

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Because from the view of Dianetics, psychiatry is like bloodletting, brutal and unguided. Whereas dianetics is like a super science of the mind that breaks down the "roadblocks" in your mind.

[Helm]

So basically Hubbard was trying to kill off what he saw as the competition, Scientology/dianetics is kind like psychiatry cunningly concealed within what is presented as a religion, though for anyone who believes in Xenu or whatever a religion is what it is, there's nothing particularly wrong with the core beliefs strange though they may be to outsiders.

What the ing hell is this?

[Denny Crane!]

Their core philosophy is that people have mental problems because of the dead confused alien ghosts in our bodies. Psychiatry can't work because it doesn't get rid of the alien ghosts. Only Scientology can do that you see.

ahahahaaahh you are wrong.

Only Scientology and a sackful of cash can do that

Scams don't like other scams : )

Psychology is a scam? Say what now?

So basically Hubbard was trying to kill off what he saw as the competition, Scientology/dianetics is kind like psychiatry cunningly concealed within what is presented as a religion, though for anyone who believes in Xenu or whatever a religion is what it is, there's nothing particularly wrong with the core beliefs strange though they may be to outsiders.

What the ing hell is this?

He was just an evil genius I guess.

[Phier]

I wouldn't even go so far as genius, his books were mediocre, I'd just go with evil.

[Dubh the dark]

This is why;

Man is a spiritual being endowed with abilities well beyond those which he normally envisions. He is not only able to solve his own problems, accomplish his goals and gain lasting happiness, but he can achieve new states of awareness he may never have dreamed possible.

http://www.scientology.org/what-is-s...ientology.html

They literally teach you to hope away your problems...all for a nominal fee of course.

[LSJ]

If people saw psychiatrists and psychologists, they wouldn't have a reason to go to a scientology centre. They pick up people with problems, and try to help them through potentially effective but misleading methods, while earning buckets of money from it all. To get top level material you need to shell out hundreds of thousands of dollars. If their followers were told psychiatry is okay, they would get that treatment instead and save so much money. It's not good business to direct people to the competition.