of course they are, most think for themselves.

"Fact is, scientology was created as a vanity project and a means to control, not as an actual attempt to explain the mysteries of life."

my husband loved dianetics, but even he says it was never meant to be a religion, but it's something how someone like john travolta can grow into a respectable airplane flying person, practicing it, but then an equally powerful entertainer like tom cruise becomes some weirdo about it?

yay religion.