A must read on why movie stars go for Scientology

by Dogpatch 6 Replies latest jw friends

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  Dogpatch

  http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/03/16/why-celebrities-love-scientology/

  see any similarities?

  sample:

  He told me about how they'd decided, for whatever reason, they were going to target Richard Kiel, he was the guy who played Jaws in the James Bond movies. And Larry was telling me about strategy meetings where they would talk about how to meet Richard at openings and stuff like that and to slather him with attention. They tried to convince him that Scientology would help him with various ailments he had; he had problems with pain and that kind of thing. So decades ago, Scientology was obsessed with trying to get actors and actresses into the church with varying success.
  
  It's one thing to think about why does the church want to do this, but it's another to wonder why actors and actresses fall for this. But what you have to understand is that actors and actresses are among the most fragile human beings on the planet, and it's not really hard to convince them they're the center of the universe. So for years and years, Scientology has been attracting these stars into Scientology and pampering them at the Celebrity Centre. One of the questions I've always had is, once they attract a celebrity or an actor into Scientology, do the stars then have to go through the same training as everyone else, or do they get special treatment?

  Randy
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  Dogpatch

  major clue:

  actors and actresses are among the most fragile human beings on the planet, and it's not really hard to convince them they're the center of the universe.
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  sabastious

  Also L Ron Hubbard was a celebrity.

  -Sab
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  Guest with Questions

  I also wonder if Scientology gets all the dirt on an individual and then use it against them if they want out. I understand that auditing tapes are permanently kept.

  Randy you have a pm.
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  Ding

  If you get hit with the bizarre teachings of a cult all at once -- be it the WTS, Mormonism, Moonies, Scientology, whatever -- you are incredulous.

  You think:

  1. They can't really teach that!

  2. How could anyone be stupid enough to swallow that?

  Only after you experience for yourself the indoctrination process of one of these groups do you understand how attractive and plausible these cults can be.
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  dgp

  Thanks for the link .
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  TweetieBird

  I thought this part was very interesting:

  How do these stars accept the ominous or even dangerous tone of the church that doesn't seem to be a secret?
  I think it's true with any true believer, when you believe that your organization has the truth, the only truth that's going to save the planet, you're going to forgive that organization a lot of things. I think that's what's going on here. These celebrities will hear about poor treatment of ex-members or disconnection and the way families are ripped apart, and the stars just shrug it off because they believe it's just the stories of ex-members. They just aren't going to believe it.
  
  Jason [Beghe] has said they were constantly reassured by church officials that this stuff isn't true, people are making this stuff up. They're constantly hearing from people in Scientology that people outside Scientology criticizing it are just a bunch of liars. They're inclined to believe that because they don't want to believe they belong to a bad organization. Paul Haggis is a great example where he had heard the criticism, didn't want to believe it but eventually realized the critics were telling the truth.