When Will “German Authorities” Learn?

When Will “German Authorities” Learn?

For years now specific members of the German government have attempted to ban Scientology.  The primary reasoning, from what I can gather, is that Scientology churches make money from its parishioners.  This is a silly concept as everyone needs money to survive.  Scientologists also need means to survive.  Any review of other churches and religions will find numerous methods of parishioners paying their church, or even governments giving money to churches.  This isn’t an entirely new concept.  So, I still don’t understand where “German authorities” get their non-sensical ideas about Scientology.

Here’s a real example of how Scientology could make money, while helping others.  A friend of mine was recently reading the all-time self-help bestseller by L. Ron Hubbard, i.e., Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health and experienced something worth way more than the price of the book.  Just as a note, the book explains a lot about psychosomatic illnesses, which is to say, bodily illnesses caused by the mind, in this case, the reactive mind. Further, my friend was having some back problems and occassionally would walk about tilting his back and leaning forward slightly due to the pain.  When this would occur he would repeatedly have to go and see a chiropractor to re-adjust a few things.  A few weeks ago, in the course of merely reading the book, Dianetics, miraculously his back problems went away, they just blew — i.e., they are gone.  No more pain.  He has since been moving tons of boxes, large items, etc. and has had no return of his prior back pains.  No more chiropractor, no surgery, no drugs, one book, small price, no more pain.  With a success story like that, personally I wouldn’t complain.  How could I? Think of the money saved, the vitality of life returned, more energy to create more production.  Is he happier in life?  Obviously.