Jett Travolta

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by ebbs15

I thought to be considered in good standing with the "church" you had to pay or donate

As I said, tithing. Plenty of other churches and religions have that practise.

[Mr Lefty]

ahh... ok... gotcha

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Nor do you have to in Scientology, apart from what could be considered fairly equivalent to the average worshiper in a church, with tithing, etc.. I suppose that the biggest difference would be that in scientology, you could buy the equivalent of a bishopric, as people like Travolta and Cruise have.

Actually Travolta and Cruise aren't what I would consider the equivalent of a bishopric. They are just regular members of the church that progressed to high levels. It would be the equivalent of the euchrist servers in the Catholic church. The bishopric would be the "Sea Org", they sign 14 billion year contracts and pretty much are run like a military organization.

[Papa_Complex]

Sea Org would be more like Cardinals, no?

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Sea Org would be more like Cardinals, no?

They would be like the entire staff of a church, because it's got a military style command chain. The low level auditors would be like the priests, I think they are sea org too.

[xx CURVE xx]

Who gives a fuck...why is this NEWS...lots of families loose their kid every day...i don't see that all over the networks....their kid died, i'm sure they don't need to be reminded about it by the fucking news every 10 minutes by the news...despicable.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

As I said, tithing. Plenty of other churches and religions have that practise.

In Cruise's case, and others of his level, it is more of an investment which I heard was not optional.

And I might be wrong, but I don't see the Church of Scientology using any of their money to help the needy.

Also, the personality "tests" cost money, and that's the first thing they try to get new recruits to do. They refuse to keep teaching you new things about scientology unless you keep climibng these levels ($$). I haven't heard of another religion that withholds key knowledge until more money is paid.

[Sixxxxer]

Originally Posted by xx CURVE xx

Who gives a fuck...why is this NEWS...lots of families loose their kid every day...i don't see that all over the networks....their kid died, i'm sure they don't need to be reminded about it by the fucking news every 10 minutes by the news...despicable.

B/c its Travolta...Celebs get news all day everyday...They dont GET Personal Lives.

Its sad but true...and Its the world we live in.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Homeslice

In Cruise's case, and others of his level, it is more of an investment which I heard was not optional.

And I might be wrong, but I don't see the Church of Scientology using any of their money to help the needy.

Also, the personality "tests" cost money, and that's the first thing they try to get new recruits to do. They refuse to keep teaching you new things about scientology unless you keep climibng these levels ($$). I haven't heard of another religion that withholds key knowledge until more money is paid.

Another point to help you out, you can go get a bible free from pretty much any church you want if you ask for one. You can learn the entire belief system of the christians from that one book. That's the entire religion that one book. As a scientologist, you can't do that. You must pay for each individual lesson of the religion. To learn the most sacred parts of the religion as an ordinary person, you probably have gone broke already because you have spent somewhere around half a million dollars to get there. The OT (travolta, cruise are OT 8) levels are not just for the priests, but for everyone if you want to be a good scientologist.

[xx CURVE xx]

Originally Posted by Trip

Another point to help you out, you can go get a bible free from pretty much any church you want if you ask for one. You can learn the entire belief system of the christians from that one book. That's the entire religion that one book. As a scientologist, you can't do that. You must pay for each individual lesson of the religion. To learn the most sacred parts of the religion as an ordinary person, you probably have gone broke already because you have spent somewhere around half a million dollars to get there. The OT (travolta, cruise are OT 8) levels are not just for the priests, but for everyone if you want to be a good scientologist.

yup you're right...all religions are bullshit