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Suppressive person, often abbreviated SP, is a term used in Scientology to describe the "antisocial personalities" who, according to Scientology's founder L. Ron Hubbard, make up about 2.5% of the population. A statement on a Church of Scientology website describes this group as including notorious historic figures such as Adolf Hitler.[1]
The term is often applied to those whom the Church perceives as its enemies, such as those whose "disastrous" and "suppressive" acts are said to impede the progress of individual Scientologists or the Scientology movement.[2]
One of the reasons Scientology doctrines portray suppressive persons as such a danger is that they are supposed to make people around them become potential trouble sources (abbreviated PTS). Scientology defines a PTS as "a person who is in some way connected to and being adversely affected by a suppressive person. Such a person is called a potential trouble source because he can be a lot of trouble to himself and to others."[3] Hubbard suggested that the effects of suppressive persons is amplified to cause 20% of the population to be predisposed against Scientology.[4]
- ^ Reitman, Janet (February 23, 2006). "Inside Scientology". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009.
- ^ Paulick, James "Scientology Wins Court Battle in Germany",Deutsche Welle, 28 April 2008 – According to Hubbard, "a Suppressive Person or Group is one that actively seeks to suppress or damage Scientology or a Scientologist by Suppressive Acts….A Suppressive Person or Group becomes 'fair game.'" – http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1567596,00.html Retrieved 7 October 2008
- ^ "Glossary of Terms". Scientology. Archived from the original on July 3, 2008. Retrieved November 22, 2009.
- ^ Sommer, Mark "Breaking In, Breaking Out", Buffalo News, 31 January 2005 – "A PTS is someone from among the 20 percent of the population that Hubbard declared was predisposed against Scientology."