How can some one be a Scientologist and a Christian?

Question

How can they believe in evolution and Adam and Eve?

Answer 1

Do scientologists believe in evolution? I thought they believed something about aliens. I don't actually know.

But it's all self-definition anyway. If I declare myself a 'Taoist Christian Zoroastrian', who's to stop me?

Answer 2

I don't think you can, from what I've heard of what the Scientologists believe it wouldn't be possible to be both. Not all Christians believe that the Adam and Eve story is literal (fundamentalists do), but rather another parable (like the ones Jesus told) designed to teach us important lessons. I am a Christian and believe in evolution - but, there was nothing before the big bang - what was the big bang, why did it happen etc etc - that is where I look for God. These are just personal views - but I don't think the Scientology ideas with regard to alien life forces etc would ever fit in with Christian belief.

Answer 3

The problem with 'being' a Scientologist or Christian or anything is that you're then expected to accept all the dogma, the set of beliefs, that comes with it. So, can you be a Christian and have a fundamental problem with, say, the concept of the Holy Trinity? I think not. If you don't believe in it, then you can't be a Christian. That wouldn't stop you accepting all of Christ's ethical and moral points. After all, Christ wasn't a Christian. I'd say that blindly accepting 100% a bunch of ideas is easy, but doesn't draw one into a life of learning about the world we live in.

The closest I've come to labelling myself is as a Buddhist or Wiccan, because these are systems of philosophy which actively encourage self-enquiry. Surely Christ would want us to have open hearts and open minds? I can't say what L. Ron Hubbard would have wanted. I really don't see him in the same way as Christ or any of the great spiritual leaders.

Limiting myself to your subtextual question, a Christian is largely a follower of Christ, who had nothing to say about Adam and Eve. I guess one could be a Christian and Scientologist, but would such a stance be acceptable to the temporal leaders of either organisation?

Answer 4

You know, the Bible was write long time ago, so when was writed it was made on the cultural level of this old age.
The Bible contain a lot of symbols and it is like a universal constitution. The main reason is not to make the history of the cristianism, but to inspire people to believe in Good.
So it is not a precise science book. The content serve like example for a lot of life circumstances, and teach us how to act, in order to make the right thing when we must to take decisions.
Why a science person can believe in God?
Because first was born and baptized and second he have start to learn at school, so his value system scale was based on the basic education (polarized in good and bad things for Christians, Muslims) which is related to religion for many cultures.

Answer 5

They can't. First off Scientologists believe that you are inhabited by the spirit creatures from some planet that were killed by the evil dictator Xenu. They believe you can fly and eventually become gods (if you pay them enough).

None of that is compatible with Christian values and beliefs.

Answer 6

Scientology was put out by Hubbard on a bet. Someone bet him he couldn't found his own religion. Well, that bet was lost.

The basic concepts of Christianity are incompatible with the basic concepts of Scientology. Especially the alien origin part. I just can't see how they could work together. I believe science can find some of the answers, but it will never have all of the answers.

Answer 7

Are you confusing a Scientist and Christian? I thought Scientologists believe that we were "created" by aliens.

Answer 8

More and more scientists are now turning to Christianity, because they see the flaws in the evolution theory, and recognise that in order to have a creation, there has to be a Creator, and in order to have a design, there has to be a designer.

Answer 9

A scientologist with no common sense

Answer 10

I don't think they do believe in the Bible or in Christianity as such.

Scientology was created by an author called Ron Hubbard.

Here's an extract from what Wikipedia has to say on the subject...

"Scientology's doctrines were established by Hubbard over a period of about 34 years, beginning in 1952 and continuing until his death in January 1986. Most of the basic principles of the Church were set out during the 1950s and 1960s. Scientology followed on the heels of Dianetics, an earlier system of self-improvement techniques laid out by Hubbard in his 1950 book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. The Church says that Scientology is concerned with "the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, others and all of life," [19] but they say that Dianetics is only concerned about getting rid of the reactive mind.[20] Scientology also covers topics such as ethics and morality (The Way to Happiness), drug and chemical residues as they relate to spiritual wellbeing (the Purification Rundown), communication, marriage, raising children, dealing with work-related problems, educational matters (study technology), and the very nature of life (The Dynamics).

Scientology practices are structured in a certain form of series or levels, because Hubbard believed that rehabilitation takes place on a step-by-step basis; for example, that the negative effects of drugs should be addressed before other issues can be addressed. According to Hubbard, these steps lead to the more advanced strata of Scientology's more esoteric knowledge. This is described as a passage along "the Bridge to Total Freedom", or simply "the Bridge," in which each step of the Bridge promises a little more personal freedom in the area specified by the Bridge's definition.

Some central beliefs of Scientology:

A person is an immortal spiritual being (termed a thetan) who possesses a mind and a body.
Through the Scientology process of "auditing", one can free oneself of "engrams" and "implants" to reach the state of "Clear", and after that, the state of "Operating Thetan". Each state is said to represent recovering the native spiritual abilities of the individual, and to confer dramatic mental and physical benefits.
The thetan has lived through many past lives and will continue to live beyond the death of the body.
A person is basically good, but becomes "aberrated" by moments of pain and unconsciousness in his or her life.
What is true for you is what you have observed yourself. No beliefs should be forced as "true" on anyone. Thus, the tenets of Scientology are expected to be tested and seen to either be true or not by Scientology practitioners.
Psychiatry and psychology are evil and abusive. [21]
Humans retain many emotional problems caused by early stages of evolution (see Scientology History of Man).
Scientology claims to offer an exact methodology to help a person achieve awareness of his or her spiritual existence and better effectiveness in the physical world. "Exact" methods of spiritual counseling are taught and practiced which are claimed to enable this change. According to the Church, the ultimate goal is to get the soul (thetan) back to its native state of total freedom, thus gaining control over matter, energy, space, time, thoughts, form, and life. "