Research is about theory formation, careful experimental design, accurate data taking, control groups, double blind testing, peer review and publication in respected journals. (At least.) LRH never did *anything* that came close to "research." He simply pulled it out of his ass.
-Keith Henson

"If we actually look at what OSA 'accomplishes', then it would seem to be making the 'Church' of Scientology look like a malicious and thuglike
conspiracy of total loons, and maybe that *is* their work." Zinj

"How much does "finding out for yourself" about Scientology cost? At
which point, at which dollar level, have you found out enough to
decide? For example, should you wait until they tell you about Xenu and
incompatibility with Christianity? That could be very, very expensive." -Mike O'Conner

"If you feed people with bullshit, they almost universally react by saying heh! that's bullshit! unless you have been subjected to Scientological brain manipulations Everyone thinks that Scientology is bullshit It takes *training* to take Scientology seriously.'
-Zinj

"Scientology is a belief system that calls itself a non-belief system. Scientologists, of course, are believers who should almost never be believed. That is because they believe in lying as a better, more
causative, winning communication mode than telling the truth." -Gerry Armstrong

"Entheta always prevails because entheta is truth. There is no other truth other than entheta. Entheta today, entheta yesterday, entheta tomorrow and entheta forever. This is the only truth. Ron's philosophy of "theta" is garbage. Wake up and smell the entheta. To do otherwise is cowardice." -ewsnead

"What will ultimately destroy Scientology® is Scientology as designed by Hubbard. Houses of cards require stable cards. Hubbard's 'research' is less substantial than tissue paper. We are currently witnesses to the process, which will end in calamity, not slow decline." -Zinj

"The opposite sex is often used as an attraction to entice one further into the cults clutches. If one can't succeed in the outside world, the cult can provide the illusion of accomplishment." -Tanya Durni

While dedication ( to the sea org) may be in some sense admirable, as an attribute to be examined and looked at as exemplary, dedication in support of the vile and evil should not be admired. Otherwise, we would be forced to admire genocidaires and other ideologues who put all their life effort into perpetrating atrocities. The world would be better off without this variety of dedication. -Henri

The standard I'm using for a good education is Western society's.
And I am specifically assuming that being well educated in Scientology
is not something society values, and I am additionally assuming it is
not just inferior because it is nonstandard but that it is, in fact,
objectively inferior, that Scientology is mind-rot, and that years of
study of it will actually render you worse off. -Henri

I think a lot of the idea that "ex-Scientologists and ex-Sea Org can't
make it in life" is because of the fact that many of the "visible" ones
that you see, hear about, read stories on the internet about and who
post to this newsgroup AREN'T making it in life. -Lulu Belle

"ARS is bad for your mental health" ~ U-Mike

"You do what you have to do to win." ~ a lawyer for a Scientologist in a Scientology related case. ~ Herb Rosedale,
former Pres. of A.F.F.

"Two groups in particular appear to have the most severe impact on their members: The Church of Scientology and extreme christian fundimentalist sects." ~ Flo Conway & Jim Siegelman

"If you speak out against
scientology, they will come after you in ways that most people can't even imagine." ~ Dr. Louis J. West, MD & Dr. Margaret Singer, PhD