Scientology Exploits The Virginia Tech Tragedy

I first hand witnessed largely untrained Scientology "Volunteer Ministers" proselytizing and hindering legitimate rescue efforts at Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks. Not only were they distributing cult propaganda, they committed a PR blunder by trying to officially align themselves with the Red Cross -- a legitimate rescue and aid organization that immediately denied any affiliation with the cult whatsoever.

After wholesale blaming the massacre on psychiatric drugs before the killer was even identified, they descended like vultures upon the grief-stricken Virginia Tech campus. Based on internal memos I've received, I can prove that Scientology's goals at VT are not in the least bit altruistic. Hubbard's own doctrine specifies that they are not about charity "without fair exchange." They seek only to benefit from whatever good PR they imagine they can conjure, and how much "raw meat" (Hubbard's reference to new recruits) they can bring into their organization. The official internal Scientology memos I've been receiving call for the bulk purchasing of cult literature to be distributed by largely untrained adherents at V-Tech and, this time, give the false impression that they are actually working with the Salvation Army.

In response to my rant, Scientology will no doubt cry "bigotry," attempt to discredit me, and respond by drumming up patently false statistics in an effort to mislead the public into believing that they are actually helping people. They are helping no one but themselves, and a hard look at their true statistics and baseless claims will prove as much in every circumstance.

Scientology has two major goals: To "clear the planet" (read: brainwash adherents to the tune of $50,000+) and to wipe out psychiatry. Scientology is not recognized as a religion in Germany. The sound of jackboots resound all too chillingly familiar there.