The church has good ideas and can be helpful. However, the church has an integrity problem. I was a member there for many years. I made a lot of donations to the church and purchased many services. Each member has an account with the church where they prepay for services they are planning to use.
I prepaid a lot of money for their counseling services but was unable to use it because the church of scientology of GA was unable, for five years, to deliver the services.
I’m now an unemployed single mom who really needs the money. I made the request to close out the account expecting to see the check in a week or so. No dice. The church has been stonewalling me and refusing to communicate with me at all for months. I made over 50 attempts to contact them to get this resolved. They refuse to return email or take calls. Their own policy written by L Ron Hubbard, says they will refund this money immediately. www.powerandreligion.com

Go there if you want and purchase services even, but never give them money in advance no matter how much pressure they put on. While my specific issue occurred in Atlanta, this practice is rampant across the church and globe. There are entire websites dedicated to the problem and groups established around the globe to help people with this.

If you look at some of L. Ron Hubbard's quotes and the "fair game" document, Scientology is simply a cult. They take your money so you can learn about some bullshit alien Xenu story, and maybe even lock you up in a ship! (if you're lucky) Also, "fair game" means basically Scientology can make up and extort anything about you if you do anything wrong.

Don't seem to be good if lamer Tom Cruise is needed to promote it.

Scientology is a RUSE. No truth to it whatsoever.
Only for a good tale...

I'd call them a cult but I don't want them coming after me.

 'git...This is a childhood picture of a guy that I used to work for in Clearwater, Florida. He, of course, became a Scientologist. He, of course, became very, very rich...

A massive con game that seems to be popular with the less intelligent denizens of Hollywood.

This is to religion what a Ponzi scheme is to investing. 

I agree with Randy, at least these guys show some evidence and don't lead us on a wild goose chase to turn out our pockets in exchange for a miracle.  Despite Scientology being so absurd and unlikely, it is still just as possible as Islam, Christianity, or any other world religion.  People follow religions to feel better about themselves and be happy, and you have no right to deny them that.

hubbards assumptions about the nature of the human condition are not worthy to me to be classified as a religion....just a belief system

made up shit

...you'll fall for anything.

THIS IS THE MOST RETARDED THING I HAVE EVER HEARD OF!

Nothing wrong with some "PROOF". Not just made up bullshit in a book somewhere.

MEDICINE ALL THE WAY, BABY!

stupid!!! funny thing, a lot of science is based off of "best guess" practice.

Tom Cruise!!!!

Stupid Tom Cruise.

It's CREEPY as FUCK!

Lol. Like a Jehovahs witness only nuttier.

weeeeeiiiiirrrrdddd o_O O.o

horrible without comprehension

a crock of day old shit

Not a religion - it's a cult.

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

oh, please

Illogical, twisted, and cult-like. Some principles make sense while others are far from reality.

CULT....I thought this was a religion test!!

I am at a loss to understand scientologies religious aspects. From what I can gather of some of its more famous followers, I am inclined to believe it is not much worse than Christianity, and i give it the benefit of the doubt for fostering a true inquiry into the unknown extraterrestrial possibilities, and the incorporation of a scientific method of studying reality, this must at least involve questioning the nature of reality, and not offering b lind faith as an answer tothe tough questions. A rate it a 3 by my presumed impressions.

b00n

Tom Cruise ruins it big time

i could care less

hmm...don't think so

what the heck!!

I dont really want to say.....They may come after me.

Another false religion decieving God's children and leading them from God's path.

again, I will never put someone down for their beliefs...though must say that it worries me very much that this religious movement din't start until 1952...at the risk of offending scientology followers, I must say it worries me that this does seem (in MY opinion) an awful lot like how things like cults start-please accept my apologies for offending anyone that "subscibes/lives by" this belief system, as that was never my intention

a religion that thinks we were dropped off in a drop top space ship wit hydrolics n a cadillac grill is FUUUUUUUUUUUCKED UP

This is not a religion so much as it is a fad that got out of hand. I still don't understand how some people take it seriously.

Just another false religion, a sect and a cult.

tom cruse is awesom

This is readily categorized as one of the religions that tries to call itself Christian w/o following hardly any of the principles.

god made the universe not the big bang

This religion is no better than Mormonism and was found by a dying, crazy, science fiction writer.
The only thing useful to come out of Scientology was a "Silence policy," while people where under local anesthesia.

Pretty stupid if you ask me. You'll never see a poor man with this belief, I'll tell you that.

religion and philosophy dont mix. religion is mans excuse to give up on philosophy.

Beam Me Up, Scotty......

NO PROOF!!!

Sounds awesome

I still don't understand what it means...

Freaks... of the universe