That's an excellent point about the books being closed. I think it's because they don't want celebrity scientologists to be exposed to even greater ridicule if their beliefs are exposed & they want to protect their income. At the moment followers have a degree of plausible deniability of the more extreme and silly documents in scientology. They can perhaps claim that it "worked for them" and that tech "helped them in their lives" without having to defend the specifics. However, with the books wide open then the religion's courses are in the public domain and they can't reasonably charge the large course fees. Equally, followers have to admit they paid for this sh*t and actually endorsed it. It's not so long ago that Monty Python's "Life of Brian" provoked a huge outcry in the Christian community. Then we realised it was actually quite funny & thought provoking. The christian churches didn't die out and many realised debate is a good thing. The Church of Scientology seems afraid of exposing its beliefs, never mind its methods. in public.
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That's an excellent point about the books being closed. I think it's because they don't want celebrity scientologists to be exposed to even greater ridicule if their beliefs are exposed & they want to protect their income. At the moment followers have a degree of plausible deniability of the more extreme and silly documents in scientology. They can perhaps claim that it "worked for them" and that tech "helped them in their lives" without having to defend the specifics. However, with the books wide open then the religion's courses are in the public domain and they can't reasonably charge the large course fees. Equally, followers have to admit they paid for this sh*t and actually endorsed it. It's not so long ago that Monty Python's "Life of Brian" provoked a huge outcry in the Christian community. Then we realised it was actually quite funny & thought provoking. The christian churches didn't die out and many realised debate is a good thing. The Church of Scientology seems afraid of exposing its beliefs, never mind its methods. in public.