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ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
MOST
COMMONLY
ASKED BY
MEDIA
Does Scientology engage in brainwashing or mind control?
Not only is this question insulting, it is made even more offensive to Scientology since the exact opposite is true. Scientology makes people spiritually free and enables them to think for themselves. Indeed, one of the maxims used in the Church is that a parishioner should not just believe, but should observe the veracity and workability of Scientology for himself and only accept it when it is true for him.
The people making such accusations hold the opposite view. They seek to change opinion through “deprogramming,” a violent form of faith breaking which frequently involves kidnapping, forcible restraint, food and sleep deprivation, assault, battery and rape. These same people refuse to even allow Church
representatives to show them the true
information about Scientology or engage
in any form of meaningful dialogue
whatsoever.
Millions of Scientologists from literally all walks of life have attested to the positive benefits received from their religion. A common theme to their personal success stories is that they are now more in control of their lives than they ever have been.
Then, too, L. Ron Hubbard was one of the first to discover and expose actual mind control and brainwashing experimentation conducted by United States military and intelligence agencies during and after
World War II. He called these techniques “pain-drug-hypnosis.”
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