If you’re unfamiliar with Scientology’s doctrine on aliens, you can read about it here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenu
Summary:
Scientology’s doctrine on alien activity on Earth is primarily derived from the writings and lectures of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard. Central to these beliefs is the story of Xenu, a galactic dictator. According to Hubbard’s account, Xenu ruled the Galactic Confederacy 75 million years ago and faced overpopulation issues. To solve this, he transported billions of his people to Earth (then known as Teegeeack), placed them around volcanoes, and detonated hydrogen bombs, killing them. The souls of these beings, called “thetans,” were captured, brainwashed with false memories, and released back into the environment, attaching themselves to human bodies.
These thetans, burdened with traumatic memories from past lives, are believed to be the source of human psychological problems. Scientology teaches that through its auditing process, individuals can clear themselves of these “body thetans” and their negative influences, achieving a state known as “Clear” and eventually reaching higher levels of spiritual awareness and freedom.
While these beliefs form part of the church’s advanced teachings, they are typically only revealed to members who have reached higher levels of the church’s hierarchy, particularly the Operating Thetan (OT) levels. This doctrine is often kept confidential within the church, and members are required to pay significant fees to access these advanced teachings.
Scientology does not emphasize these alien-related doctrines in its public communications, focusing instead on more general spiritual and self-help themes. The story of Xenu and related beliefs became widely known primarily through leaks and the accounts of former members.
My question is whether Scientologists are heavily active in the “UFO community”.
by sarpol
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I think even the UFO community sees them as nutjobs and that’s saying something. It seems like a pay-to-win episode of psychosis for most people.
There could be a big rush to sign up if some of the theories circulating about nhi are found to be true.
..it’s not even well written trash sci-fi though. I think most sane UFOligists would rightly laugh at anyone declaring knowledge of species names/organisations/hierarchies/psychic truths etc. They always have conveniently anthro/human pronouncale names and terms and do quite human-centric stuff. It’s shitty fiction as Hubbard was known for along with his penchat for substance abuse, lying and being a bit of a headcase.
If they are involved people should treat them with the derision they deserve.
I mean it’s not like a former Scientologist has close ties to this subject is it?
Oh wait 😂
Nope. Neither the Raelians nor Scientology or any other cult seems heavily active in the astonishingly diverse (intellectually, culturally and spiritually) UFO community. Which is a good thing. We don’t need or want proselytization, we need nuts and bolts-disclosure and transparent discourse.
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Scientology seems bs but one thing that doesn’t leave my head is that it’s always been kinda relevant even if most people shit on it and there seems to be a push to keep it around which just makes me a lil curious if it holds some truth, I mean I don’t believe the concepts Scientology is based on aren’t real
Interesting idea, but how would you even test it? My understanding is that their numbers are pretty small.
JFC, if out of all the religions in the world, Scientology is the “right” one. – I seriously quit
Wasn’t Hubbard involved with Crowley?
Maybe. The yanks seem to really want a religion of their own, that isn’t tied to abrahamic religions and the middle east. Scientology and Mormons are good examples.
Scientology is for nut jobs.
Very interesting. Never realized it. Is there a famous ufologist who is from the Scientology church?
Scientology was a occult ritual for power by Hubbard.
The electrical engineer and parapsychologist Hal Putoff, which most of these alien research programs and stories can be connected to, was a member of Scientology. But supposedly quit it in the late 1970s.
Haven’t heard a peep from them since going clear doc
No. The alien stuff is kept locked behind the top levels of scientology (o.t. level 8, I think?). Most scientologists have either no idea about this stuff or just outright reject it because they aren’t allowed to know it and reject any info on scientology that comes from non-scientology sources
*”Xenu has entered the chat”*
I recently did a deep dive on the Mormon religion after not knowing anything about it other than memes and South Park (is is apparently accurate lol) but that whole story with Joseph Smith literally just sounds like your typical contact story. . .
You know. Like the other religions.
One member of SOL is a Scientologist. I can’t remember his name at the moment. He isn’t on the website anymore. He is close with Valle.
No.
Scientology was started long AFTER ufology existed.
Scientology was started by a science fiction author. He wrote sci-fi stories.
Also the actual specific of aliens in Scientology is so far from what ufology believes, even the fringes.
Talk to me Goose…
No.
It’s based on literal sci-fi that was ripped off from Lovecraft, unless you’re implying Lovecraftian eldritch-beasts are the sort of NHI we’re dealing with.
Also I’m pretty sure the aliens weren’t using solid gold airplanes to fly prisons to dump into a volcano.