Usually it is impossible to check the authenticity of diplomas, which the gurus refer to. Sometimes they are real, and sometimes falsified. However, it can be concluded on their basis, what such "titled" people fear. Ron Hubbard's alleged qualifications in the field of nuclear research are to substantiate the therapeutic pseudo-guidelines published by the Church of Scientology:
Ron Hubbard, after numerous and fruitful trips around the world, since his return to the United States in 1929 year, he resumed his school education. He attended Swawely Private High School in Manassas, w Virginii. Then it will get! graduating from Woodward Boys School in Washington. He enrolled at George Washington University. His father and fate sent him to mathematics and polytechnic studies. […] His knowledge of engineering and mathematics was to be of particular use to him. It enables researching the mysteries of human existence and spiritual potential using scientific methods. Putting up a hypothesis, that the world of subatomic particles could provide clues about thought processes, Hubbard enrolled in one of the first nuclear physics courses, taught in the United States.
Even if Hubbard's disciples uncritically acknowledge the fact, that it was he who discovered the quarks (!), does not seem, that his theses would be adopted unanimously.
Professor Galie from the biophysics laboratory at lnserm, when asked about the value of the "cleansing" procedure advised by Iion Hubbard and presented in official documents of Scientology, he did not hesitate to say, that it is "a conglomerate of quotes from frivolous articles. There are some unsubstantiated claims combined there […] and uncertain "scientific" evidence 7r;”. This opinion is shared by Dr. Menot from the Atomic Energy Commission, which I asked for the same”:
The text turns out to be not very scientific; uses unused jargon, […] Does not seem, that the author would learn the basic concepts of physiology or physiopathology. In the field of radiopathology, he clearly lacks general vocabulary, and his statements are of no medical value.
To document your supernatural power, the guru must prove to be superior to the others in all areas, also in the most prosaic ones. So he eagerly refers to fictitious diplomas, most often in specialties, that fascinate him, but of which he doesn't really understand anything. These areas of interest are selected according to the prevailing fashion, focusing most often on the current "waves" of interest. Numerous gurus claim their competence in nuclear research, electronics, electromagnetism. All these disciplines are so complex and are developing so dynamically, that risky theories can be made, incomprehensible to all adepts and conducive to para-scientific extrapolations.
Another favorite area is alternative medicine. It allows the most bizarre speculations, companies are formed ready to issue "doctor honoris causa" diplomas in return for a bribe. Finally, the students themselves are fascinated by the hidden myth of eternal life, promoted by the healing techniques offered by the sect.
Gurus love diplomas. For example, Moon “after primary school in her hometown and college in Seoul, she goes to Japan, to obtain an electrical engineering degree there from Waseda University. Without ending this direction, changes specialty ". Young Kwan Pak, author of the Critique of Sects, work published in Korea, comments on this statement, stating, that the Unification Church beautifies history! Evidence: "The Japanese daily Manichi did not find the name of M.. Moona on the university's alumni list…”.
With or without a Japanese college degree, young Moon returned to Korea and worked as an electrician in construction. These early contacts with ions and electrons have left their mark on moonist science. The unification church constantly uses the concepts of positive and negative when explaining the universe. It has to do not only with physics, but also Chinese yin and yang. Moon, without making use of any biblical or theological formation, without preparation, he appointed himself pastor of a charismatic Christian community in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, controlled by communists. From then on he demanded the title "Reverend". There are long prayers in the community, singing with clapping hands, languages are spoken in strange, puts his hands on the sick, heavenly revelations are received, communicates with the spirit world…
The gurus have one thing in common, even if they do not refer to prestigious diplomas: they think, that they are omniscient, and their competences extend to all areas of knowledge. This is the case with Daisak Ikedy78, the current international president, Soka Gakkai, who, after his alleged experiences in the field of telepathy, defends the existence of extrasensory faculties:
Psychological experiences, even though their results are not final yet, they also suggest the possibility of clairvoyance, psychokinesis and intuitive hunches. However, it is worth noting, that we have come to this stage, that the ex officio rejection of certain phenomena once compared to spiritism cannot be regarded as a scientific stance.
Ikeda, for whom it is difficult to reconcile the existence of both scientific knowledge, as well as the theory of reincarnation, she preaches, he does not hesitate to anointedly announce his own theses:
I understand the doctor's attitude, who thinks, that it's better to transplant a patient's heart, whom he deemed terminally ill, to another body, than letting two people die. However, I have many objections to the application of the principle of "brain death". It is a fact, that the disappearance of brain waves in the cerebral cortex does not mean, that the patient no longer has any chance of survival. Specialists, especially in the field of encephalography, they deny the obviousness of "brain death."”, because they know, that patients, whose graphs of electroencephalograms (SEE) have been equal for a long time, they were finally saved. A report from the Toranomon Hospital in Tokyo shows, that out of fifteen patients no longer showing any EEG activity, ten died, resumption of cerebral function was observed in five, and two of them resumed their professional activities.
Meanwhile it seems, that despite his best efforts, his explanations did not convince the Buddhists themselves, because they unanimously condemn Soka Gakkai and his very personal interpretation of the Lotus sutras. It is a theological judgment, whose relevance and motivations are difficult to judge, but it leaves no basis for this sect's claim to its purported Buddhist roots.