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According to the Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang, Kaja Bordevich Ballo, daughter of Norwegian Parliament member Olav Gunnar Ballo, reportedly took her own life [English translation] after scoring poorly on a Scientology personality test. There is some skepticism as to the validity of the report. The results of the test were time-stamped just hours before Ballo’s death, but this could merely be an excuse to cover up the real cause of death, given that Kaja comes from a politically motivated family.

As you may have heard, the personality test, also called the Oxford Capacity Analysis (OCA) or American Personality Analysis, is offered free by the Church of Scientology and comprises an integral part of their recruitment efforts. The test however, has been extensively criticized as it almost exclusively yields negative results. Here are some testimonials from people who have taken the test:

“Then, after your answers are put through a computer for analysis, a counselor takes you aside and rips your entire personality to shreds. A Daily Express journalist who took the test claimed that after an hour’s assessment, she felt like ‘curling up in a ball and never going out again’”

“With a serious expression, another woman called Emily — a long haired, pretty 20-something — took me into a booth and with a deadpan voice told me it was ‘well, not very good.’ Apparently, I was depressed, unstable, overly critical, argumentative and withdrawn. The computer print-out said I needed ‘urgent attention”

“A university student who visited the HASI [Hubbard Association of Scientologists International] … was told that, though he had a high IQ and was a genius and could do anything he wanted to, his character, as the graph showed, was defective, that he was mentally unstable and that he was going to have a mental breakdown in eighteen months’ time unless he had scientology help, and it was also suggested to him that he had homosexual tendencies.” Wiki

Actual Test Results
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The inanity never seems to fail when it comes to Tom Cruise’s die-hard doctrine. Its members steadfast dedication almost seems surreal. How can people buy into something so utterly and intentionally deceptive, that’s all the while so blatantly ridiculous? In this case, scientology is probably not entirely to blame for the girl’s death. There’s definitely more to this story than a failed personality test, but reading reviews from people who have taken the test, we can be sure that the personality beating certainly didn’t help.

If you’re feeling a little curious about how big and powerful the Scientology movement really is, hop on over to wikileaks and take a look at some interesting documentation. Check out Scientology cult UK Annual Returns 2006 to see the income statements for the UK branch. It’s pretty fucking insane. All absurdity aside, one things for sure, Long Cat is definitely longer than Scientology.

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