The Church of Scientology Vs Scientology

Nov. 4, 2009 - PRLog -- When Hubbard was alive the church did indeed practice scientology and expanded and helped many people to become more aware as beings.  The philosophy was promoted and people were welcomed into the church.  Families and family life was promoted and the cost of the services were reasonable.

After his death, however, a new regime took over and all that changed. The emphasis became money dedication to the exclusion of all else and a paranoiac obsession that anyone not with the church was against it.  Church members were not allowed to look at the internet or anything the church management deemed contrary to church doctrine. A classic case of violating one of the basic doctrines of the philosophy.

Many of the original followers that assisted Hubbard with his research were booted out. Scripts and books were changed and a very effective 1984 job has been done on the literature. Auditing and training, the basic services the church was set up to deliver, is at a stand still.

Even the wife of Hubbard, a tireless supporter, has become persona non gratis with the church.

The philosophy of Scientology is not practiced in the church instead, the church is now a vehicle for making money, not for "spreading the word". It is a misnomer to say that that the church practices Scientology because it does not anymore. The only Scientology you will find practiced, is outside the church, in the Scientology Freezone.

Most of the current critics are critical of the church, not the philosophy, the basic principles of which they are probably unaware. Many get confused of course and cannot, or do not differentiate between the message and the messenger.  In this case it is the messenger that has turned sour.

But what is of concern is that many critics, and the fellow in the street does not have a clue about what scientology is.  All one gets is rhetoric and a diatribe of, "its bad", "Scientology kills people" or "scientologists eat babies" and other such nonsense.

No, the church may participate in dubious activities but certainly any self respecting scientologist will not as it goes against the very principles by which he or she subscribes. The bald ignorant statements of, "they be all bad over there" is not a sound approach for adjudicating the merits or otherwise of any philosophy, whether practices by critics or church alike.

Ask people if they know what the ARC triangle represents, or what is a stable datum or what the eight dynamics are and they would not have a clue. How many people actually know what Scientology is? Not very many! They do not even know the basics of real Scientology.

But their criticism of the church is very different kettle of fish, and very very understandable. In the eye of the freezone scientologist, the church has committed the unpardonable sin of suppressing the original philosophy and, instead, imposed an authoritarian dictatorship totally at variance with the original philosophy.

So it comes as no surprise when the church gets attacked with such vehemence. It is a betrayal after trust. A failure to deliver what was promised. Indeed an active suppression of that which is supposed to be delivered.

Unfortunately the baby often gets thrown out with the bath water and that is what is occurring here.

By contrast, the International Freezone Association (IFA) is committed to keeping alive and practicing the original philosophy as researched and discovered by Hubbard. People participate and become members, supporting the IFA in its purposes of preserving, protecting and promotion the original philosophy.

The International Freezone Association (IFA) is an independent Scientology group consisting of scientologists who prefer to stick with the original philosophy and technology as researched and developed by Lafayette Ron Hubbard.

The IFA has become an alternative for the seeker of truth and a second chance at freedom for the true scientologist. A safe haven for scientologists world wide. An alternative to the church that is Scientology in name only and practices the original philosophy no more.

There is no hidden agenda here and, although the church may own the trademark to the word Scientology, they do not own the trade mark to the truth.

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The International Freezone Association (IFA) is a group of individuals, auditors and groups who believe they should be free to practice the original philosophy of Lafayette Ron Hubbard.