Scientology, WTF?

It's a rainy day, I'm bored. I have class in about 30 minutes, but i figured I'd have enough time to bang out a blog post before I ride my bike/walk (depending on how bad the rain is) to class... I'm trying to get into Blogger, but the problem seems to be that there is no community here. Maybe it's my fault for not being very "blog social", but the blogging community has changed since the days that I was into Xanga. I've had a blogspot account for about 3-4 years, and I just haven't hit my blogging stride, but I think it'll change with this set of blogs. If you read this, please be supportive, comment on my site (here), so I know you're reading this and I'm not just rambling on into Webbersphere.

Now, for the fun shtuff. I've been noticing that Scientology is crazy. I mean, super crazy. I'll have to research this more, and in an upcoming blog I'll post some of my research and opinions on the matter, but still, this is some crazy whacked out shtuff just by listening to what Tommy boy had to say... wait, you can't hear that on YouTube anymore? Why not? Copyrighted material you say? Oh no!

Well, now, thanks to our friends at Popsugar (which I hear is insanely addictive, but I wouldn't know because I just now found the site... but I'm only feeling a slight buzz, so I don't know if I'd deem it insanely addictive... but I digress), we have some clips of Tom Cruise rambling on about only God (or in this case, L. Ron Hubbard) knows what... This is the video that, I guess, was removed from YouTube and is what got the hackers of Anonymous so worked up.

Here are two working video links I found:

• Popsugar
  
• Radar Online

On Radar, Patty Pieniadz, a former Scientologist, attempted to clarify Cruise's rambling malarky. Here's what she had to say about the clips:

"I was a Scientologist for almost 30 years and I can translate what Cruise is

saying. He's speaking "Scientologese" which is a bogus language that Scientology founder, L. Ron Hubbard, made up in order to assist in the indoctrination of his followers.

Below you can find the definitions for some of the Scientology words used in this video

Definitions:

*KSW (short for Keeping Scientology Working): A policy written by
Hubbard in the 1960's that requires all Scientologists to follow his
words and his rules exactly.

"Orgs: Orgs is an abbreviation for "organizations" and describes
all churches of Scientology throughout the world.

*David Miscavige: He is the current leader of Scientology.
He's the equivalent of the Pope to the Catholics.

*Out-ethics: any behavior that violates any of Hubbard's
rules of conduct.

*Put ethics in on someone else: make others conform
to Hubbard's rules of behavior.

*Criminon: Scientology front group that tries to recruit through the prisons.

* SP: Suppressive Person. Anyone that doesn't like Scientology and/or criticizes Scientology.

*PTS/SP: another bogus Hubbard term to define behavior that goes
against Scientology rules.

*LRH technology or "tech": all the Scientology policies, rules, mandates, procedures.

Basically everything Hubbard wrote that controls the behavior of Scientologists."

-Patty Pieniadz

After viewing these clips, I don't know what to say.... I think Tom's lost his mind, but if I'm in a car wreck, I really hope he runs to my rescue!