The more I look into Scientology, the less I like it. Maybe that's not a strong enough statement. I'd have to say that the more I look into Scientology, the more I want to see it removed from the world. Not because people aren't free to practice what they want, not at all, but because it's so damn stupid.
I mean mega stupid. With a capital M and G. Maybe an A.
Today I'm going to be telling you about one of my favourite Scientology entries. Why is it my favourite? Because it makes a testable claim! Of course, no one has ever tested this, because who wants to waste their time debunking nonsense. And of course, Scientology doesn't do falsifyable tests on things they claim. Mainly because it's burned them in the past (see my post on "How Scientology Defends It's Beliefs).
So, I present to you, the Clam.
L Ron Hubbard writes about how the clam is an engram, that is to say, a bad event on the whole track. The whole track is the entire history of time, which every individual on earth "rides" on. We live, die, we are reincarnated, we live, die, etc.
Anyways, in his book History of Man, LRH writes about how the clam had a rough time at life, as his joints both pushed and pulled. He also write about how barnicales on the shell exploded with gas while sitting in the hot sun. The point? To explain end phenomina in humans. That's right, a clam dying on a beach with exploding barnicles has a direct influence on you!
And I quote:
Should you desire to confirm this, describe to some uninitiated person (Ie, person not in Scientology) the death of a clam without saying what you are describing. "Can you imagine a clam sitting on the beach, opening and closing its shell very rapidly?" (Make a motion with your thumb and forefinger of a rapid opening and closing). The victim may grip his jaws with his hand and feel quite upset. At the very least, he will argue as to whether or not the shell stays open at the end or closed. And he will, with no hint of the death aspect of it, talk about the "poor clam" and he will feel quite sad emotionally.
Later LRH Writes:
But there was more to the spore then this. The spore was like a barnacle. When the clam was cast ashore, these spores were still alive in the shell. The sun would kill the inner cells of the "barnacle" while the outer shell cells still lived. The dead innner cells would form a gas which, under heat, would explode violently - to the agony of the living barnacle shell cells. This bursting was sudden and painful. These spores gave incidents which permitted the human teeth to have a pattern. The ancient bursting engrams are still dramatized by the teeth which, under stress, burst or feel like bursting.
Isn't that interesting? It turns out that when my teeth have some sort of problem, I should be dealing with the engram from the clam, not wasting my time going to a dentist to have him check for some sort of gum disease. Furthermore, Hubbard points out that things actually cook from the inside out. Cooking a steak rare? Impossible according to the physics laid out in this statement.
Brings me to an interesting point. To what degree can we morally allow nonsense like this to alter people's perceptions for treatment of ailments? Do we let a child die from pneumonia simply because his parents have a religious objection to antibiotics? Do we allow someone who might die from a tooth infection go on his merry way because he thinks it's a "Clam Engram"?
What do you think?
This article is presented of a criticism of the Clam Engram presented by L Ron Hubbard in his book "History Of Man" and is therefore exempted from the Canadian Copyright Act due to the clause for "Fair Dealing". Page locations to follow.
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