Nov
04
Your Concern:
Dear Jerry,
A friend of mine recently joined a group called Scientology. This friend then invited me to take a free personality test with this group. Later I did some research, finding many websites that described Scientology as a controversial and dangerous cult. One website [reference removed] describes the many deaths apparently caused by Scientology. My friend has told me not to worry, those deaths are not the doing of the church. They were very sick people often taking their own lives. The abuses of Psychology are great and many people kill themselves while in psychiatric care. My friend tells me if I did enough research any group would appear as controversial and dangerous.
What advice can you give me and if I need to help my friend out of this group what should I tell him?
Jerry’s Response:
Two questions for you:
1. How do you feel Scientology differs from all other cults, such as Christianity?
2. What business is it of yours what beliefs your friend has?
A lot of people in this world follow cults. I have a few friends who are “born again” and I don’t worry about their cult, as long as they don’t try to convert me.
I would suggest that you worry about your own beliefs and leave your friend to figure out his.
Good luck with your own journey.
