The Distortion of Scientology
There is a "rightness" about Scientology that is regularly distorted by people with no actual knowledge of the philosophy or practice of the discipline.

Here I will give only three examples and discuss the "why" of those distortions. There are many, many examples, but these three should be sufficient to indicate that "bias" against this discipline is rampant.

Three Examples:

1. Human relationship, whether individual or corporate (including national) are governed by certain principles in the universe that should be common sense. The "triangle" of Affinity, Reality, and Communication is a formal tool for understanding this "common sense" principle. Read here an essay regarding this valuable tool.
2. One of the most basic principles governing human behavior is the necessity to be "right"--correct in one's actions and views. Again, this is another common sense principle but is regularly ignored in our daily interaction with others, with businesses, with nations... Read here an essay explaining how to use this tool to greatly improve your life.
3. Psychiatry is a dangerous approach to human sanity. There are no "cures" in psychiatry, only "treatments" which actually further damage the individual. Rather than actually curing a mental illness, psychiatry "dopes" the illness--so instead of healing a problem once-for-all what we have instead is a perpetual "doping" of symptoms with dangerous drugs all for the profit of the psychiatrist and pharmaceutical companies--that is, creation of a "dependent" class of people, addicted or convinced of their "need" for continued medication with no "hope" of "recovery". Click here to see the Citizen's Commission on Human Rights (CCHR's) exposition of the horrors committed by modern (and historical) psychiatry.

"Why" the Distortions of Scientology:
There are very many reasons for these distortions, but let me just make one observation that not only provides a significant part of the answer to this particular question, but also addresses many other aspects of all of our lives about which we often wonder "why"--MONEY. Anytime something does not make sense, if you "follow the money" you will eventually find the truth, no matter how carefully those with the financial interest may hide that truth.

Why is there such strong opposition to Scientology when the primary effort of this discipline is to improve man's life generally (across-the-board) by eliminating turmoil, freeing individuals from various traumas, and providing a means of living without fear, victimization, or the need of drugs?

Well, lets follow the money. How much money does the pharmaceutical industry make for selling vitamins? Very little since there is nothing to patent and thereby control high levels of pricing. Yet proper diet, vitamin supplements, and a healthy lifestyle (including exercise) can eliminate all psychosomatic illnesses, which represent over 70% of every illness experienced by all of humanity. Niacin alone has incredible benefits for blood flow and elimination of toxins including radiation. Vitamin C in the bloodstream boosts the human immune system and attaches itself to impurities, bacteria, and viruses so as to expel them through the kidneys. There is a very long list of these... but in spite of their great effectiveness, these are low cost, low profit solutions nearly never recommended by anyone in the medical or psychiatric professions.

Where is the money? In the "doping" of patients with patented treatments, and even generic medications that remain highly priced and still controlled until some other "new and improved" patented treatment can be advanced. Doctors and psychiatrists receive financial incentive (that means they are paid money!) to prescribe "new" medications--wonder drugs created to treat some obscure symptom. New "illnesses" are discovered and given special and lofty names, promoted in television commercials, and reported in the media to create a sense of urgency that people should go see their doctor for a "treatment". These actions are for the purpose of making these invented illnesses seem legitimate (giving them names which often end with the word "syndrome", as if it is some serious problem for which we should all immediately seek "treatment") and thereby justify charging high fees for "treatment" of these "newly discovered" illnesses--a fabrication and invention of money-hungry doctors and pharmaceutical companies.

Look at exactly where the money is going. Since the turn of the millennium:

• the drugging of adults--and especially the exponential drugging of children--has rapidly advanced for both physical illnesses and mental illnesses, all of which have been "invented illnesses"--invented by doctors/psychiatrists and pharmaceutical companies
• insurance costs have sky-rocketed, and "healings" have been replaced with "treatments" (drug regimens) that cause other problems (often affecting the liver, heart, or other major organs) requiring even more drugging of the populace to "treat" new problems that were previously non-existent and could have been avoided entirely

Conclusion
These few examples and this singular explanation of "why" (the money) provide adequate cause for us to pause and consider...

Don't be fooled by those who have their own, reserved agenda. Don't blindly accept what you are told to think by the media, or doctors, or psychiatrists, or politicians, or clergy, or anyone else.

Find out for yourself. In this amazing "information age", anyone can easily and anonymously learn about any topic, including this discipline.

Become educated about every topic before speaking or relaying rumor and innuendo. It is easy. Use Google to search out the "money trail" or to find out about illnesses or philosophy, etc.

Here are a few links to help you start your own evaluation:
Tools for Life, Psychiatry Exposed, The Way To Happiness, Emotional Tone Scale, Ethical Living, Confusion in Work and Life
 

More to come...