I recently learned, to my shock and horror, that Beck is a Scientologist. I’ll never be able to listen to him the same way again. It astounds me that someone as reasonably intelligent as Beck could be brainwashed. Tom Cruise and John Travolta, sure. But not our musicians too! Why does anyone get sucked into any of the many destructive mind-control cults? They prey on people’s fears and exploit their weaknesses, take their money, intimidate resistant family members and any other detractors.
This concerns me a great deal, as kids often look to favorite pop stars as role models. Scientology is no laughing matter — it’s an extremely dangerous cult, and many children have been abused because of it. I’d have to look it up to recall details, but there was a journalist who was writing articles about Scientology and working on a book who was constantly threatened unless he stopped. Things got out of hand when they kidnapped the guy’s wife. Generally, Scientologists invest enormous amounts of resources into abusing the legal system, hounding their “enemies” into submission by litigating them into the ground.
It seems that actors and other celebrities are more susceptible to Scientolgy. My theory is that many people who become actors lack a solid center and sense of identity, and are always trying on different personas, images and religions to try to make up for the feeling of spiritual emptiness. But that’s neither here nor there. The important thing is that Scientology is a throbbing red, annoying, festering wart on the ass of humanity.
I read Dianetics when I researched mind-control cults for an article a while back, but rather than dig that up, here’s more current informatoin: Operation Clambake is one site that spells out the laughable but too-often sinister idiocy of Scientology. Enjoy.
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