Via Dispatches from the Culture Wars, Slate answers the question that's been on everyone's mind since Isaac Hayes checked out last week: what do Scientologists believe happens when you die?
Basically, it's sort of like reincarnation, but with a typical Scientologist twist:
Unlike religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism, in which reincarnation functions as a kind of justice system—i.e., an individual's behavior in one life determines the caliber of the next—rebirth in Scientology is a more mechanical process.When the released Thetan finds a new host body, it doesn't remember any of its past and has to start its "clearing" process all over again. How convenient - unless you get it all right the first time, you have to go back to the bottom of the Scientology pyramid scheme and pay all over again to work your way back up.
There's more, of course - about Thetans, Venus, and other stuff - that you can read for yourself. I agree with Ed's bemusement:
People actually believe this shit, folks.Indeed they do.
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