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From: Public Relations (publicrelations@scientology.org)
What is the Sea Organization?
The Sea Organization (commonly referred to as the Sea Org) is the religious
order for the Scientology religion and is composed of the most dedicated
Scientologists in the world -- individuals who have dedicated their lives
to the service of their religion.
The Sea Organization is a fraternal religious order and is not incorporated
or otherwise organized as a legal entity. Members of the Sea Org therefore
are wholly responsible to the Church of Scientology for which they work and
are subject, as are all other employees of that church, to the orders and
directions of its board of directors.
The Sea Org was established in 1967 and once operated from a number of ships.
It was set up to help L. Ron Hubbard with research of earlier civilizations
and supervise Church organizations around the world. It is also entrusted
to minister the advanced services of Scientology.
The Sea Organization retains its name in celebration of the fact that Mr.
Hubbard's life was frequently connected with the sea. It exists to help
keep Scientology working.
Sea Org members sign a billion year contract which is a symbolic document
similar to vows of dedication in other faiths and orders as it serves to
signify and individual's eternal commitment to the goals, purposes and
principles of the Scientology religion. Sea Org members have dedicated
their lives to working toward these ends and toward a world without war,
drugs, crime and illiteracy.
Public Relations
And now for the truth
And that was utter nonsense. Scientology's "Sea Org" is the
paramilitary arm of the organization and it is most certainly not a
"religious order." Back when L. Ron Hubbard was fleeing from
country to country to avoid capture by government law enforcement
agencies, he put a number of followers into the converted cattle ship
"Apollo" and the Ship of Fools made a mess of themselves from
port to port.
It's a lie that the "billion year contract" followers are
forced to sign is some how "symbolic." And that lie is part
of the facts which Scientology "forgot" to menion here.
See what Scientology's "Sea Org" is supposed to be is a mirror
of the "Loyal Officers" that helped to capture and imprison
the evil Galactic Ruler Lord Xenu who, L. Ron Hubbard said, had a
population problem so he kidnapped trillions of his citizens, froze
them, transported them to Teegeeack (now called "Earth")
and chained them to volcanoes where he blew them up with fusion bombs.
According to Scientology, it is these invisible murdered space alien
fragments from these blown up citizens that atach themselves to humans
and which cause all of humanity's mental and physical problems. The
Scientology organization calls these invisible murdered space alien
fragments "Body Thetans."
The "Loyal Officers" captured Lord Xenu for his crimes and
inprisoned him with a force field prison powered by an eternal battery.
The "Sea Org" that Hubbard created to crew his ship Apollo
while he fled the authorities was morphed into a freakish mirror image
of Hubbard's delusional science fiction story about Xenu. The motto
of this paramilitary branch of Scientology is "We Come Back"
which is a further indication of the underlying basis for the branch.
The "Billion Year Contract" is very real for followers who
are told to believe that after they die they're taken back to an
"implant station" (often on Mars) where they're reimplanted
with false notions (which includes religion, ironically) specifically
to keep them enslaved as part of the Marcabian conspiracy. After
they're "reimplanted" they're frozen and then dropped into
Teegeeack's oceans where they thaw out and go searching for human
babies being born to take over. Thus followers are told to believe
that a billion year contract is reasonable.
Scientology, of course, has the "cure" for this reenslavement
of humanity -- which you can purchase for a price. Scientology sells
its victims "Auditing" which they tell followers removes
these invisible murdered space aliens called "Body Thetans"
-- only followers aren't told what they're buying right off, of course.
It's only after years of brainwashing and tens of thousands of dollars
are Scientology's followers informed about Xenu, Body Thetans, the
Marcabs and all the core beliefs of Scientology.
The "Loyal Officers" of the "Sea Org" are the people
who "the world will turn to" when the Marcab invasion fleet
arives and, like so many billions of years ago, they'll save the universe.
What are the children of these unfortunate people doing while their
parents are living a life of misery in the "Sea Org" Well,
horribly they're collected together into dorms where they're neglected
and abused, starved and filthy. A Clearwater Police Officer noted that
the dorm he and his colleagues raided was the single worse incidence
of filth and child neglect he had ever witnessed and that condition is
well reflected in the horror stories that ex-followers have written
about, many of which are in depositions, declarations, affidavits,
and otherwise entered into court records.
What happens if you become pregnate while in the "Sea Org?"
Forced abortions else expulsion from the paramilitary branch are the
two options one has.
Why do followers put up with such abuse? Why do they allow Scientology
to take their children away from them where they're abused? It's because
followers honestly believe they're saving the world some how and such
things as family are -- in Scientology terms -- "a lower dynamic."
One's children become less important that the needs and goals of the cult
and so "Sea Org" followers throw away their children on the
notion they're helping humanity.
As for the other lies Scientology's official spokesperson mentioned,
no, Hubbard never did any "research" of any kind leave alone
of other civilizations. His career of fleeing from country to country
can be reviewed in the history book Bare
Faced Messiah which gives a good accounting of Hubbard's days on
the Apollo.
As for "ministering the advanced services of Scientology,"
perhaps that's how Scientology's ringleaders joke about selling the rubes
the higher-tiered levels of the bunko bait-and-switch fraud. These days
the swindle takes place on the ship "The Freewinds" which is
rumored to have asbestos health risks and which is further rumored to
have been denied entry into at least one port of call for that reason.
The ship is certainly old enough for that hazard to be valid. After it
was made public, there were then indications that Scientology started
expensive repairs and renovations on board the ship which seems to
confirm the rumors.
And no, Scientology does nothing to country war, drugs, crime, or
illiteracy. That's more wishful thinking.
Subject: What is the Sea Organization
Date: 1999/03/31
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