These have all been sent to me in the last week. The focus on children as a money-making tool, for recruitment and as free labor is very disturbing. In scientology, children are treated as "old thetans in small bodies" - meaning they are capable of pretty much anything an adult is able to do, only limited by their physical size and ability. This is one of the creepier parts of scientology -- they find nothing strange or offensive about showing a 5 year old boy signing a pledge to give money to an "ideal org." Scientology likes to justify its activities by claiming "this is just like … [Read more...]
