Suicidal Scientologist

Australian blames Scientology for brother's death

did scientology make him do it? i am not one to take suicide lightly, and this is a profoundly horrible instance. i know the only reason i'm not dead now is because Jesus pulled me out of every miserable night and day i've had. the religion itself was destroying me (i grew up pentecostal), but that's why i am not religious anymore. i'm learning to live for someone greater than me, someone who loved me more than i can comprehend, and gave everything for me. that's why this piece is important. someone is a religion drove his brother to kill himself. it wasn't the religion. it has everything to do with it, but it wasn't the religion. it is people affliated with the religion. it's people who think they can own the world or at least parts of it but the fact is that no one can, no matter how much money they have. the 19 calls made to the brother before he electrocuted himself were about money. true to say that the love of money is the root of all evil. a man wanting to rise in the church of scientology must pay copious amounts of money. the more you pay, the higher you go. hence the celebrity phenomena. if you pay enough, you can even play god. goes beyond the self righteous people who do anything to get power in their church by saying it's God's will. oh but the best part of all of this, is that the brother of the man that died is going to make the church of scientology pay (figuratively speaking).

Xenophon last week called for a Senator inquiry, outlining allegations of five former members of the church including coerced abortions, torture, illegal imprisonment and embezzlement.
He told the Senate that the church is not a religion but a "criminal organization" that should be stripped of its tax-free status.

they call scientology a religion, but is it really? it's not a debate of whether what they believe in is werid or not. religions, far and wide, open their arms out to new people. in general, every religion calls to spread the word and get more believers. however, these people are so far from that. the scientology church is completely exclusive and lets very few in, and those that do get in are kept in the dark about what is happening in their church. the fight to strip the scientology church of it's tax exemption is going to be a huge one, and will not go over well. who can or can't convince you that what you believe is true or not?