Scientology As A Scientologist's Role In Religion
A church is defined as a building used for public worship. From personal experience, a church is a place that brings a feeling of safety and spirituality. It is a place to be faithful and engage in an unjudged relationship with a strong spirit you worship. Scientology is expressed as a religious system based on the seeking of self-knowledge and spiritual fulfillment through graded courses of study and training. Religion is described as a particular system of faith and worship. If involved in a religion that stems from fulfillment through grading and training, it becomes apparent to me that maybe Scientologists are actually studying to look at the world in an immoral way.
A common issue Americans are affected by every day is mental …show more content…
It was formed by the Church of Scientology and psychiatrist-author, Thomas Szasz in 1969 (Scientology in Society ). Over the years, the CCHR has investigated and exposed thousands of cases of psychiatric negligence, abuse and cruelty. “In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, mentally troubled patients were literally subjected to torture devices. Next it was ice baths and insulin shock. Then electroconvulsive therapy that caused broken teeth and bones as well as loss of memory and regression into comatose states. Next, it was prefrontal lobotomies with an ice pick through the eye socket. Today it is drugs” (Scientology Opposed to Psychiatric Abuse). It is interesting how the Scientology website attempts to compare unsuccessful therapy exercises from the past to modernized drugs that have the highest success rate for improving a mental illness. Comparing a torture system to a single pill does not justify an …show more content…
An E-meter is a device that measures tiny changes in the electrical conductivity of the skin. It is similar to a lie detector. While using the E-meter the counselor makes the person talk about a painful experience over and over until he or she doesn't seem upset by it any more. This is called "clearing” (Hartesveldt). To Scientologists this is a successful and healthy way to cure a mental illness. However, my religious belief would view that as a form of torture in which Scientologists would then be contradicting their beliefs because they have stated they do not believe in psychiatric torture tactics as a way to heal mental
A common issue Americans are affected by every day is mental …show more content…
It was formed by the Church of Scientology and psychiatrist-author, Thomas Szasz in 1969 (Scientology in Society ). Over the years, the CCHR has investigated and exposed thousands of cases of psychiatric negligence, abuse and cruelty. “In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, mentally troubled patients were literally subjected to torture devices. Next it was ice baths and insulin shock. Then electroconvulsive therapy that caused broken teeth and bones as well as loss of memory and regression into comatose states. Next, it was prefrontal lobotomies with an ice pick through the eye socket. Today it is drugs” (Scientology Opposed to Psychiatric Abuse). It is interesting how the Scientology website attempts to compare unsuccessful therapy exercises from the past to modernized drugs that have the highest success rate for improving a mental illness. Comparing a torture system to a single pill does not justify an …show more content…
An E-meter is a device that measures tiny changes in the electrical conductivity of the skin. It is similar to a lie detector. While using the E-meter the counselor makes the person talk about a painful experience over and over until he or she doesn't seem upset by it any more. This is called "clearing” (Hartesveldt). To Scientologists this is a successful and healthy way to cure a mental illness. However, my religious belief would view that as a form of torture in which Scientologists would then be contradicting their beliefs because they have stated they do not believe in psychiatric torture tactics as a way to heal mental