Where the Outside World Gets Scientology Wrong - Revision history

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-|description=Grace Aaron explains how the news media too often misses the REAL story of Scientology and Scientologists.
+|description=Grace Aaron explains how the news media too often misses the REAL story of Scientology and Scientologists. HBO gets it wrong.
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 First, let me say that to my knowledge most of the criticisms of Scientology abuses are appropriate and needed. I don’t think the abuses are justified. I do not support the way Scientology is being run currently.<ref>[http://www.laprogressive.com/getting-scientology-wrong/ LA Progressive article]</ref>
 == press coverage ==

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	Completely separate from the subject of Scientology, my husband and I have also spoken out, sometimes in ways that were risky, about numerous issues like nuclear weapons, nuclear power, human rights abuses in China and other places. If you still think we’re robots, look at some of our videos on our website.		Completely separate from the subject of Scientology, my husband and I have also spoken out, sometimes in ways that were risky, about numerous issues like nuclear weapons, nuclear power, human rights abuses in China and other places. If you still think we’re robots, look at some of our videos on our website.
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−	~~It’s a shame that people who write about ‘cults’ don’t reach out to ‘cult’ members more often. It takes a lot of skill to psychoanalyze people without ever talking to them.~~

	It’s a shame that people who write about ‘cults’ don’t reach out to ‘cult’ members more often. It takes a lot of skill to psychoanalyze people without ever talking to them.		It’s a shame that people who write about ‘cults’ don’t reach out to ‘cult’ members more often. It takes a lot of skill to psychoanalyze people without ever talking to them.

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 There is a particular Scientology policy that should still be in force. It was published on February 24, 1969 and is called “An Ethics Policy Letter – Justice”. At the very end it lists the major failures in justice systems. The last one mentioned is “does not weigh the value of a person in general against the alleged crime even when proven”.
-:''I have done my own weighing and it is my opinion that the subject and philosophy of Scientology has more value than the combined weight of all of its crimes. However, I could not say the same about the current management of the Church.''
 But even if Hubbard were a lunatic or worse, would that invalidate all of Scientology? Of course not! If I found out that Thomas Edison was a pedophile who liked to eat infants I would still turn on my electric lights! I might have thought less of Clinton after the Lewinsky revelations, but I wouldn’t judge his presidency based on that alone. And neither did the American people. He exited the Oval Office with a lofty approval rating of 65%.

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 First, let me say that to my knowledge most of the criticisms of Scientology abuses are appropriate and needed. I don’t think the abuses are justified. I do not support the way Scientology is being run currently.<ref>[http://www.laprogressive.com/getting-scientology-wrong/ LA Progressive article]</ref>
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 My husband and I have been together for over 40 years. We’ve had our ups and downs. We try to resolve upsets before going to sleep. Within reason, of course. This is in one of the Scientology marriage ceremonies. In other words, we try to resolve disputes and not let them fester. Another concept that has worked much of the time is a technique for children. If they’re acting up, ‘feed them and put them to bed’. I found this also works pretty well when applied to husbands.
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 Most Scientologists are appreciative of the subject because of its deep reservoir of spiritual knowledge. I became a Scientology counselor pretty quickly. One of the things I did as a counselor was to guide people through very simple memory exercises. And, guess what? In my experience, these exercises improve one’s memory. In fact, eventually many people begin to recall past lives. Yes, that’s right. Scientologists don’t believe in past lives, they remember them. I found that very, very valuable.
 == But Wasn’t Hubbard a Lunatic? ==
 Articles critical of Scientology often quote the crazier things Hubbard said. And he was eccentric. However, having listened to some of the lectures the quotes are taken from I can tell you that he had a wry sense of humor and everything he said shouldn’t be taken literally.

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 But when these things were going on, Scientologists never knew about his direct involvement. In fact, very few people had knowledge of the much written about ‘cloak and dagger’ activities of the ‘G.O.’ When we heard about what was going on after the raid in 1976, we mostly thought it was the work of Jane Kember or Mary Sue Hubbard. Dealing with the ‘dirty work’ was left to them. That may be untrue, but it seemed logical to most Scientologists, including staff, at the time. Most Scientologists respected Hubbard and trusted his judgement. Maybe that trust was misplaced. But here was a man who had formed a large international network of organizations that were expanding like crazy in the ’70s. Would your garden variety lunatic be able to do that? AND be able to run a mini CIA at the same time?
-[[File:JEdgarHoover.jpg|thumb|300px|right|J Edgar Hoover - FBI Director]]
+[[File:JEdgarHoover.jpg|thumb|300px|right|link=http://scientolipedia.org/info/The_World_L_Ron_Hubbard_Lived_In|J Edgar Hoover - FBI Director]]
 Back in the 1970s and 1980s, Scientology bankrolled investigative reporting that was mostly published in [http://30th.freedommag.org/page11.htm ‘Freedom Magazine’]. That magazine still exists but it is now a very weak shadow of its former self. You have to realize, this was the ’70s and ’80s. Most of my contemporaries thought MLK was assassinated by Hoover and JFK was knocked off by some cabal in the government. In fact, one poll showed that only 20% to 30% of the U.S. population thought Oswald acted alone.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories Percent that believe Oswald acted alone]</ref>

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 Savin’ his pennies for some day<br>
 Mama Leone left a note on the door,<br>
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 And it seems such a waste of time<br>
 If that’s what it’s all about<br>
-Mama, if that’s movin’ up then I’m movin’ out."<br>
+Mama, if that’s movin’ up then I’m movin’ out."</center><br>
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 Around 1982 there was an internal revolt and a purge resulted in around 500 Scientology ‘mission’ staff being expelled at one time.<ref>[http://www.forum.exscn.net/showthread.php?1312-SO-ED-2104-INT-The-Mission-Holders-Massacre Mission Holders Massacre and SO ED 2104 INT]</ref> Then many other Scientologists left and were shunned by those who stayed in.
 == irreverence ==
 But back to what I was saying. I have known a lot of very irreverent Scientologists. Much of my experience was in New York, so cynicism and sarcasm was a given. For example, In 1973 or 1974, my husband sang a song in a musical revue that was a very funny parody of Scientology. It was composed, directed, acted, and sung by Scientologists, for Scientologists. In fact, it was performed at the NY Org and most of the public and staff saw it and enjoyed it.
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 But when these things were going on, Scientologists never knew about his direct involvement. In fact, very few people had knowledge of the much written about ‘cloak and dagger’ activities of the ‘G.O.’ When we heard about what was going on after the raid in 1976, we mostly thought it was the work of Jane Kember or Mary Sue Hubbard. Dealing with the ‘dirty work’ was left to them. That may be untrue, but it seemed logical to most Scientologists, including staff, at the time. Most Scientologists respected Hubbard and trusted his judgement. Maybe that trust was misplaced. But here was a man who had formed a large international network of organizations that were expanding like crazy in the ’70s. Would your garden variety lunatic be able to do that? AND be able to run a mini CIA at the same time?
 [[File:JEdgarHoover.jpg|thumb|300px|right|J Edgar Hoover - FBI Director]]
 Back in the 1970s and 1980s, Scientology bankrolled investigative reporting that was mostly published in [http://30th.freedommag.org/page11.htm ‘Freedom Magazine’]. That magazine still exists but it is now a very weak shadow of its former self. You have to realize, this was the ’70s and ’80s. Most of my contemporaries thought MLK was assassinated by Hoover and JFK was knocked off by some cabal in the government. In fact, one poll showed that only 20% to 30% of the U.S. population thought Oswald acted alone.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theories Percent that believe Oswald acted alone]</ref>
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 == vast subject ==
 Scientology is a very vast subject. There are Scientologists who have studied only the counseling aspect of it. There are others who have studied mostly Scientology organizational management books. Others have focused on lectures Hubbard gave on the principles of study. Because it is not just a couple of lectures or a couple of techniques or principles the experience in Scientology can vary greatly from individual to individual. There are different eras in Scientology. Scientology of the ’50s was different from that of the ’60s and so on. The public Scientology experience is very, very different from the staff experience.
 Hubbard wrote volumes and volumes. He gave literally thousands of speeches. If you do enough research you can find a Hubbard quote that’s the opposite of another quote. Most seasoned Scientologists learn to use the senior tenet of Scientology which is to do what gets the best result and not use things in Scientology that don’t make sense. But I’m not sure that Scientologists currently in the Church would agree. For much of Hubbard’s life, someone walked behind him and audiotaped everything he said. Think about that. If someone taped everything you said, would you want to be held to every word? So critics have a field day.

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