Scientologists Blame Psychiatry For 9/11 (VIDEO)

In this clip, two members from the "Citizens Commission On Human Rights," an advocacy group established by the Church of Scientology, explain that psychiatry caused the 9/11 attacks.

Larry Byrnes, the host of the "No Drug Show," and his guest David Figueroa, claim that psychiatrists knowingly turn people into "killing machines" using drugs, and that in bin Laden's case it was Ayman al-Zawahiri, his second in command, who led him astray as his psychiatrist. In fact, Ayman al-Zawahiri is an eye surgeon.

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[DavidMiscav]

03:42 PM on 02/25/2009

They have got it wrong. It was an evil dentist that was behind the 9-11 attacks. Osama Bin Laden's dentist, who had an office in the world trade center, gave him a bad root canal. Osama got mad, the rest is history. Why doesn't scientology go after the dental profession; they go after everyone else.

[aweissnet]

06:33 PM on 02/23/2009

Not such a far-fetched hypothesis. They were feeding the soldiers in Iraq prozac last year. The video was removed, and I'm not interested enough to go look for it to see exactly what was said, but the summary works for me, though I don't particularly favor Scientology.

Didn't you wonder what happened when prozac was first introduced, and you heard about people committing violent acts? Suddenly all that negative news disappeared and we saw more SSRI's appear on the market. You can't walk in a doctor's office without walking out with a prescription for one of them, regardless of why you went in. They're pushing these drugs

Google Christopher Pittman, a young boy caught in the snare.

[drschmidt1]

07:47 PM on 02/18/2009

Straight from Wikipedia.

At Cairo University, Al-Zawahiri studied behavior, psychology and pharmacology graduating in 1974.

[EgyptianMysterySchool]

01:35 PM on 02/18/2009

Scientology aside - it's well known that armys often use drugs to get their soldierss to do their bidding.

The Mumbai attackers found w/ LSD and Cocaine...
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1864049,00.html

Child soldiers around the world...
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/02/12/child.soldiers/index.html

Japanese Pilots and Nazi Soldiers...
http://science.jrank.org/pages/302/Amphetamines-History.html

and even U.S. Troops...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-04-05-army-experiments_N.htm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2005/feb/17/usnews.drugsandalcohol

http://www.alternet.org/healthwellness/72956/

So Scientology aside, drugs have been used for decades to turn people into killers. I guess Scientologist believe that since this is true and Psychology sucks they might as well link them together.

[TomRiddle]

01:03 PM on 02/18/2009

Another bit of anti-psychiatry nutjobbery from the cult here.

*******

Tom Cruise is there, or so I'm repeatedly told, among the sea of approximately 6,000 faces of all ages and nationalities. I expect the evening to have something a spiritual dimension - after all, Scientology calls itself a religion - but what happens next is truly eye-opening.

Up front, David Miscavige is dramatically - and somewhat bizarrely - attacking psychiatrists, his words backed by clips from a Scientology-produced DVD are broadcast on four giant high- definition TV screens and sensationally called: Psychiatry - an industry of death."

"A woman is safer in a park at midnight than on a psychiatrist's couch," booms Miscavige, backed by savage graphics of psychiatrists - or "psychs" as he calls them - being machine-gunned out of existence. Tom Cruise once publicly criticised a postnatally-depressed Brooke Shields for taking antidepressants, for which he later apologised, but I am now witnessing the raw dogma that lies behind his outburst. As Miscavige begins to crescendo "our next step is eradicating psychiatry from this planet, we will triumph!" the audience rise as one, wildly clapping and cheering.

I look around, half expecting people to be rolling their eyes at this ridiculous, over-the-top message, but instead they're staring at the screens with a rapturous gaze, almost as if they are hypnotised. A few minutes later, Miscavige crescendos again, and, on cue, the audience rise to hail the chief.

*****

http://cosmedia.freewinds.cx/media/articles/es231006.html

[TomRiddle]

12:55 PM on 02/18/2009

There is other batshit insane Scientology rantings regarding Psychiatry over the years, too.

The comments of the video do a good job hitting on some of it, but if you want to see the current leader of Scientology, David Miscagive, talking about their plan for the "Global Obliteration of Psychiatry" watch the the video I link below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI1QHnQdi1c

[plunk]

12:46 PM on 02/18/2009

Anonymous is doing an excellent job keeping the COS's tax exempt status in the news. To track daily Scientology silliness, stop by Cult News Network: http://www.cultnews.net/

"Anonymous announced a campaign to launch government inquiries into the Church of Scientology's status as a tax exempt organization. Anonymous plans to coordinate phone calls and letter writing activities directed at their Federal legislators. Similar efforts are planned around the world. The internet-based group made reference to an unconstitutional agreement for tax exemption between the IRS and the Church of Scientology.

"Since 1993, the Church of Scientology has enjoyed favored religious status in violation of the First Amendment. Anonymous aims to draw attention to this violation of our Bill of Rights, and to initiate congressional hearings in to their validity," said David Mudkip, an American member of Anonymous. "The Church of Scientology's agreement with the IRS grants the organization tax-exempt religious education, a provision that no other religion in the United States enjoys, including widespread faiths such as Christianity, Judaism and Islam. This makes the Church of Scientology a favored religion, a severe violation of the United States Constitution." "

[tiktokklok]

11:54 AM on 02/18/2009

Scientologists are as crazy as Christians. This video proves it.

[Bearangaria]

11:23 AM on 02/18/2009

Scientology is not a science nor a religion.
It is a business. A business of making money
and peddling influence while celebrating
celebrities and abusing lesser worker bees.
It is a social and financial scam that does
real damage...just as any extremist
organization does.

[kathy001]

11:11 AM on 02/18/2009

I was about to say that some psychiatrist must have tried to point out the irrationality of Hubbard's ravings, thus engendering his ire, and then I read bugsbonzai's comment. LOL!!! Hubbard was not just crazy, he was crazy with a purpose (making money) and a mean streak (fraudulence and eternal revenge).

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Why is it not mentioned in the media when discussing Scientology that early on in his schemes and frauds, the American Psychiatric Association tried to shut down L. Ron Hubbard (correctly) for (absolutely) practicing without a license. This is precisely why Hubbard (and thus his cult) have such irrational and determined hatred for psychiatry. Hubbard then changed Dianetics to be "religious" in nature to skirt such frivolous things as "accreditation". Who needs to be qualified or have information to provide therapy or psychology? Xenu did it!

[nlightenup]

10:31 AM on 02/18/2009

All, or at least almost all Scientologists know, deep down, they've let themselves be brainwashed. Their accusation that psychiatry is responsible for brainwashing people to become terrorists is psychological projection on their part.

[overcat]

10:23 AM on 02/18/2009

Scientology hates psychiatry because psychiatry offers rational alternatives to the mindless usury and fraud that is the foundation of Scientology.

[Tyler-Durden]

10:20 AM on 02/18/2009

well i blame Scientologists for 9/11. There, now it must be true because you just read it here!

[larry278]

09:43 AM on 02/18/2009

Scientology's leaders tell Scientologists what to wear, really? Is that why Scintologys 2 talking heads are dressed like FBI special agents from the period 1946-1972 or did the 2 dudes buy their clothes from a 2d hand store [with the approval of Scientology]? I mean brown shoes with grayish slacks is FBI class B uniform & patterned socks, LOL.

[LoriNEPA]

09:21 AM on 02/18/2009

Is he f***ing kidding?!! He says that psychologists and psychiatrists use "conditioning" to change people's behavior. Of course they do, but they are attempting to bring behavior back into line with what is considered healthy for the individual and also what is socially acceptable - not to train people as "killing machines."

Scientologists should know all about conditioning though, shouldn't they? Those "tapes" that they all listen to over and over are conditioning at it's worst, otherwise known as brain-washing.