No More Scientology Ads, Please

I'm sorry, I really don't wish to be negative, but I'm just not comfortable with Scientology advertising on my blog. This is an effort to keep them from doing that. See the link to an interesting video below.

I don't know what you see, but on my computer, Scientology.org keeps advertising on my blog. I don't have much control over the ads Google puts up, so I thought I'd write a blog entry that might keep Scientologists from advertising here.

For a good source of information about Scientology, check out good old Wikipedia. Follow the links. It's truly fascinating.

From one the of these Wikipedia links:

The Bridge to Total Freedom, or simply The Bridge for short, is the Church of Scientology's guide to members of how to advance expensively in the church through auditing and other services. The Bridge is explained by a chart that shows the levels one must pass through to reach Clear and ultimately, Operating Thetan. . . . The Bridge costs roughly $300,000 US.

Any religion can't be all bad if it motivates its practitioners to generate $300,000 in discretionary spending, can it?

Scientology Demystified-The Ultimate Business Model

This is not a pro-Scientology article.

If you wanted to make a lot of money what would you do? First, come up with a product or service that everyone wants. Second, find a way to be the only company that can market the product or service. Third, find a way that you can legally pay no taxes on the money you make.

Scientology, the creation of L. Ron Hubbard, has figured out how to do all three. And it's a very old business plan he put into action.

The product is enlightenment. Who wouldn't want that? Inner peace, right? Joy? No fear of death? Scientologists call enlightenment "clear."