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[spoonless]

I was just reading the Wikipedia page on the anti-psychiatry movement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-psychiatry), and I really had to share this quick gem:

"Despite sharing notable antipsychiatrists' views on some issues, Scientology doctrine differs in some respects. Scientology has promoted psychiatry-related conspiracy theories, including that psychiatry was responsible for World War I,[69] the rise of Hitler and Stalin,[70] the decline in education standards in the United States,[71] the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo,[72] and the September 11 attacks.[73][74] Secular critics of psychiatry do not share these positions."

Yes, apparently they differ in "some respects", namely... most secular critics don't think every bad thing that has ever happened in history was a plot by psychiatrists? Who knew! And just in case that wasn't enough...

"Scientology doctrine, further, holds that psychiatrists caused the decline in this universe billions of years ago,[75] while Scientologists are committed to never taking psychiatric drugs and reject psychology outright.[76]"

I'm not sure what decline they are talking about, but do they really think there were psychiatrists around billions of years ago? I suppose if psychiatry is the ultimate evil in the universe, then it must have been around forever. It's interesting that this is sort of the inverse of what the young earth creationists believe. Instead of the earth having been formed thousands of years ago (around the time the first human civilizations formed), perhaps human civilizations (ruled by psychiatrists of course!) formed billions of years ago, around the time the earth formed. Tom Cruise, John Travolta? If you're reading this, I want you to know that every time I read anything about Scientology it gets harder and harder to enjoy your movies. =( I guess this does explain why Tom Cruise volunteered so much of his time to help the victims of Sept 11th. Maybe he thought he was undoing the psychiatrists dirty work? It also adds a whole new potential meaning to his comment on national television "you haven't read about the history of psychiatry! I have!!"

Also, I can't help but ask: if they reject psychology outright, would they reject or embrace reverse psychology? =)

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"Also, I can't help but ask: if they reject psychology outright, would they reject or embrace reverse psychology? =)"

They stare at you with their thousand-yard stare, and then go Tone 40 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tone_scale) on you and talk really loudly. That's Scientology reverse psychology for you ;)

[easwaran.livejournal.com]

I used to live across the street from one of their big buildings. They have a truck with a "Psychiatry: the Science of Death" billboard on it that they drive around town, and they also have a museum close to the Hollywood Walk of Fame with exhibits about why psychiatry is the science of death.

Oh, and I forget which, but they either think that the universe is 73 billion or 73 trillion years old, and that most of the problems of the world are due to people being controlled or something by "thetans" which are bad spirits of some sort. Presumably the psychiatrists on the home planet were responsible for the thetans or something.

I suspect that the whole anti-psychiatry thing is more because psychiatrists will be involved in any de-cult-ing process, and they want to make sure that cult members are brainwashed to stay as far away from psychiatrists as possible.

[daze39.livejournal.com]

Maybe we could try to sic the Scientologists and the Mormons on each other - they deserve each other; it gets them both out of everybody else's hair, and we sit back and sell popcorn...

"He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor, and said 'I never engaged in this kind of thing before, but yes I think it can be very easily done: we'll just put some bleachers out in the sun and have it on Highway 61'" (Bob Dylan, "Highway 61 Revisited")

[ankh-f-n-khonsu.livejournal.com]

The 'decline' that was caused by psychiatrists millions of years ago = Xenu's cosmic rampage.

[luxvalence.livejournal.com]

Hahahahahaha! I mean really, what can you do but laugh? (Crazy in the coconut!)