Now Imagine. That Everything You've Ever Imagine. Is Possible

Did you know that there ARE high states of existence?

During the Super Bowl this year, the Ponzi scheme cult organization Scientology aired a one-minute long advertisement promoting this “spiritual technology."

The ad features the sun rising random science-y things, a girl in a wheat field, a man looking into the distance, and super lens flare!

Audiovisually, the advertisement was as generic as a pharmaceutical commercial, containing motivational music, and never really tell us what the advertisement was promoting.

Usually, when I see an advertisement, whether it be a commercial, a billboard, or some whacky inflatable arm-flailing tube man, it will get straight to (or at least point to) the subject being promoted.

For most advertisements out there, the company will immediately bring the product to the foreground, then go over reason after reason about why you must buy it.

But Scientology is different. For example, there’s Operation Snow White, where Scientology operative hacked into governments all over the world. For one, they tried to plant evidence that the “church’s” critics were responsible for genocide.

Plus, there was Scientology minister Reed Slatkin who funneled hundreds of millions of dollars into the “church” in the 1970’s and 1980’s before being convicted on four counts for his Ponzi scheme.

Simply put, Scientology has gained a reputation as maybe not the most genuine organization.

So the main question I am wondering is, what is the cult trying to achieve in displaying these generic advertisement?

The only feasible thing I can think of is that some naïve people are going to want to know more about Scientology, and a few of them will be brainwashed into paying $100,000 to $130,000 in order to become a Level 4 Operating Thetan.

When I look at an advertisement visually, I try to see what the advertiser is trying to do to appeal their product to me. For example, this Audi commercial tell me to “Stay in school” so that one day I will get to drive that sleek car.

So the Scientology commercial and this Scientology billboard (another generic ad with a girl creepily staring into my soul) only make me think, this is the shadiest, biggest joke of a cult ever.

But hey, at least movie star John Travolta is a member. Maybe his amazing films can promote his religion.

Oh wait. He stars in Battlefield Earth, based on Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s book of the same name. I’m sure that the critical acclaim and box office success of this epic film must have shined a bright light on Scientology and propelled Travolta’s career back to greatness.

The thing about this commercial is that I can't really connect it to me. And that's why it's such a laughable joke. Maybe if I were to be brainwashed into Scientology, they should try to make a commercial that actually appeals to the masses and makes them think, "Hey this is interesting, I should find out more."