Scientology targeting schools across the world with ‘educational material’ - Sensationalist Headlines

In February last year, Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele was photographed alongside Warren Meyer, the "humanitarian ambassador" for a group called Applied Scholastics. The two were holding a textbook titled Learning How To Learn — one of 10,000 copies gifted to the small Pacific island nation. But the friendly photograph belies a more bizarre and complex reality. The much-needed educational resources for the children of Samoa were in fact books containing the teachings of L Ron Hubbard, the founder of the controversial Church of Scientology. It has now been revealed — thanks to an investigation by the Samoa Observer published earlier this week — that there are at least six schools in Samoa using these teaching methods. Applied Scholastics has also told the ABC that more than a dozen Samoan educators have travelled to the group's headquarters in Missouri for training. The deeply Christian island nation of Samoa may seem an unlikely destination for Scientology to promote its teachings, but it's just one of many far-off corners of the globe Applied Scholastics is seeking to expand to. It claims to already be operating in 70 countries — including schools and facilities here in Australia. But according to critics, Applied Scholastics is somewhat of a Trojan horse for religious indoctrination, and is being covertly rolled out across the globe. David Touretzky is an academic and researcher at Carnegie Mellon University who has spent years uncovering and criticising the workings of the Church of Scientology and its partner organisations. "One of the reasons it's objectionable is that it's covert religious instruction, it's teaching people Scientology," he told the ABC. But the organisation is also believed to be exaggerating its reach and the success of its operations, a marketing ploy experts say is aimed at shoring up donations back in the United States. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-05/scientology-campaign-to-push-educational-materials-in-schools/11069666

Can't the world just label them as a dangerous cult already

They have lots of money and managed to blackmail the government of the United States.

The world basically has, just not officially :/

Isn't scientology a pyramid scheme

my local rock radio station was just advertising Scientology as well over the air, thats one thing, but targeting kids now too? this is getting a bit worrying.

i've been seeing ads for scientology all over the place recently nowadays with all the flat earth and anti-vax shit going on I doubt the xenu stuff even bothers people

My university's newspaper runs ads for Scientology. I've tried to fight it and convince them that an organization that so fiercely wants to destroy psychiatry and mental health care doesn't match our university's values, but I didn't manage to get anywhere.

that's an insult to pyramid schemes

This shit should have been stopped before it got to big. Now they have the money to basically be untouchable unless some governments grow a pair of balls and treat this as the cult it is.

It's not a good one It has a social stigma attached to it for being a kooky kult of killers! It's also a new religion that is fundamentally at odds with all of the abrahamic religions by simply not being a religion of the old testament. As far as religious ponzi schemes go it's terrible. Trinity Broadcasting Network on the other hand, now there's a good ponzi scheme.

scientology is a death cult disguised as a pyramid scheme disguised as a new-age religion

Not technically, but it essentially functions as one.

that chance went up in smoke like the evidence they burned.

It's really sad that the only two countries that have had the gumption to put dampeners on Scientology are Russia and China, and only because they have their own cults of personality to keep running.

I thought France banned Scientology.

They also committed one of the largest infiltration of the US gov in the 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Snow_White You'd think that would be grounds to dissolve the organisation, which then was still pretty small.

...disguised as a self-program that is sometimes disguised as an acting class.

Basically the second an organization admits links to L. Ron Hubbard their claim of secularity goes out the window. It's the official stance, and legal status, of the cult that all of Hubbard's creations and properties are part of Scientology canon.

there's no way they're going away without things fucking up internally they're armed to the teeth with lawyers and their presence in governments runs way too deep

Oh that's just what we need, these clowns making a resurgence. And watch Anon side with them this time due to /pol/ corruption.

Scientology gay how do like that L Ron bitchboy

Scientology really acts like an exploit kit for personalities and governments. In Germany they are actually watched by the so called Verfassungsschutz for a reason. Germany could also ban them if the Verfassungsschutz find any prof for any dangerous enough to us activities.

How dare you question such a successful and remarkable man as L. Ron Hubbard! You better start up reading from good sources like below, before spiting such delusional judgment https://youtu.be/_VaMOa5Hh7E

It's not at odds for just that; L. Ron possibly didn't even believe anything he preached. He said starting a religion is an easy way to get rich quick once.

I reccomend people listen to ‘The Last Podcast on The Left’ deep dive on L Robb Hubbard. It shows how psychopathic and delusional he really was.

Any cult that threatens its followers with death and/or smear campaigns as a pastime should NOT be taught in schools. Poor Tom Cruise and anyone like him willing to ditch this cult of crazies.

No it's a cult. The difference is they don't pretend you can win, just manipulate you into being dependent on the good church of "give us all your possessions"