Keeping Scientology Working
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Keeping Scientology Working (KSW) is a Church of Scientology policy letter that serves as the keystone for a series of related policy letters written by church founder L. Ron Hubbard.[1][2][3][4] Dated 7 February 1965, it lays out ten points relating to the preservation of Scientology's standard tech and the eradication of non-standard tech. It is one of the most important and often-repeated documents in Scientology. It was mentioned by Tom Cruise in his leaked video of January 2008.[3]
The KSW policy letter includes a passage stating that the preservation of standard tech is more important than the application of democratic ideas, which have "given us inflation and income tax". The Federal Republic of Germany has cited this passage as one of its reasons for designating Scientology an organization opposed to the democratic order.[5]
Another quote from the KSW policy letter – "The proper instruction attitude is, 'You're here so you're a Scientologist. Now we're going to make you into an expert auditor no matter what happens. We'd rather have you dead than incapable.'" – has been cited in a report by the state government of Baden-Württemberg, one of the states of the Federal Republic of Germany, as evidence that Scientology represents a totalitarian ideology.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Coombs, Roger (2008-01-22). "Cruise's flim-flam works for Scientology". The Daily Telegraph. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23088615-5007146,00.html.
- ^ Bannerman, Lucy (2008-01-16). "Tom Cruise Scientology video tops Oprah moment". The Times (London). http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article3197189.ece. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ a b Henry, Emma (2008-01-17). "Tom Cruise Scientology video leaked on web". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/16/wcruise116.xml. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
- ^ http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/faith/13880686.html
- ^ Office for the Protection of the Constitution (2004). Annual Report.
- ^ "Mitteilung der Landesregierung 5. Bericht der "Interministeriellen Arbeitsgruppe für Fragen sogenannter Sekten und Psychogruppen"". Landtag Baden-Württemberg. 2000-12-15. pp. 19. http://docs.google.com/gview?a=v&q=cache:hg8TyiE2yYgJ:www3.landtag-bw.de/WP12/Drucksachen/5000/12_5841_D.PDF+%22lieber+tot+als+unf%C3%A4hig%22+enquete&hl=en&gl=uk&sig=AFQjCNHkBTgAzEKwDgrZF0ladCVQtLnqAA. Retrieved 2009-10-26. "Die richtige Ausbildungseinstellung ist: ,Du bist hier, also bist du ein Scientologe. Jetzt werden wir dich zu einem fachmännischen Auditoren machen, was auch immer geschieht. Wir haben dich lieber tot als unfähig.‘"
[edit] External links
- "Keeping Scientology Working". Scientology Critical Information Directory. http://www.xenu-directory.net/practices/ksw1.html. Retrieved 2008-06-23.
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