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An informative post to Slashdot about what Scientologists believe:

"Within the Church of Scientology, you are taught that Scientology is the one and only solution to all mankind's problems, and during this narrow window of opportunity in mankind's history it is possible to "clear the planet" (ie give everybody auditing) and save humanity from itself. Most other goals pale in comparison and anything that detracts from Scientology, or its expansion is in essence a mortal sin against humanity. This belief is strong enough to get people sign up the Sea Organization [wikipedia.org] (LRH's private navy) on a billion year contract (ie you are in for the long haul... and not just this lifetime)

Anyone who attacks the church is either a suppressive person (2.5% of the population who are evil - think Hitler), PTS due to a connection to an SP (Potential Trouble Source - 20% of the population), or has committed various other overts and withholds (ie sins and secrets) and it trying to justify their own actions by making the Scientology seem less (because if you admitted to yourself that Scientology was the "one and only solution" then your otherwise small crime would have to weigh fairly heavily on your conscience). Anyone who commits various sins and suppressive acts, will be subconsciously aware of this, and slowly do themselves in (ie get sick, have an accident) to prevent themselves from committing more crimes.

It is also taught that if someone encounters the OT3 materials before being ready for them, then as part of the psychological conditioning to create "prison-planet" earth, the person may get sick and die and this is the reason it is considered "confidential" and heavily protected, and only available to members of the church past a certain level."

This is the most sophisticated and well-funded pyramid cult ever built. I'm finding the sudden decision by a major hacking group (named Anonymous) to attack Scientology the most interesting reading of the week. The videos the hacker group is releasing are like something out of Nine Inch Nails's Year Zero:

Of course this is America where money wins all disputes. I'm guessing Scientology has more than Anonymous.

The ultimate irony here is that the idea of an anonymous hacker organization waging war against a tax-exempt pseudo-religious cult corporation is better than anything Sci-Fi author and Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard ever wrote while alive.