What is scientology religion?

Answer 1

it's a cult that actors and musicians join...sort of a club for the rich since they expect a lot of money......they think the "teachings" help to make you more famous, more positive etc. it was founded by a man that used to write fiction novels and now rides around in limousines L Ron Hubbard

Answer 2

L. Ron Hubbard was a racist (read his books, you can see this PLAINLY) and a bigot, he hated homosexuals, prostitutes, blacks and anyone not white, middle class and ABOVE. I've read most of his books more than once (hey, they ARE good for a laugh, seriously) he STATED once that he COULD CREATE A RELIGION back in the 1950's that would and could become mainstream. He has done so. It started out as dianetics and become Scientology. And any religion that is PRACTICED IN SECRET "IS" a cult, pure and simple of definition. If you don't have the money to LEARN the secrets or as they say "to move up the levels" then you can simply mortgage your house as they recommend. Not their problem. Some of the last levels are at or near $100,000 each.

Celebrities get special treatment and are taken to the "Celebrity Center" where they are treated royally.

Because they are considered a "Scam" and only after money, Scientology is OUTLAWED in Germany.

Praise be Xenu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 3

The word Scientology literally means "the study of truth." It comes from the Latin word "scio" meaning "knowing in the fullest sense of the word" and the Greek word "logos" meaning "study of."

Scientology is the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, others and all of life. The Scientology religion comprises a body of knowledge extending from certain fundamental truths. Prime among these:

Man is an immortal, spiritual being. His experience extends well beyond a single lifetime. His capabilities are unlimited, even if not presently realized — and those capabilities can be realized. He is able to not only solve his own problems, accomplish his goals and gain lasting happiness, but also achieve new, higher states of awareness and ability.

In Scientology no one is asked to accept anything as belief or on faith. That which is true for you is what you have observed to be true. An individual discovers for himself that Scientology works by personally applying its principles and observing or experiencing results.

Through Scientology, people all over the world are achieving the long-sought goal of true spiritual release and freedom.

Answer 4

Scientology, in short, is a pseudoscience, and a religion (or more properly, perhaps, a pseudo-religion). It is *not* the study of truth, as the Scientology sympathizer posted, though she is correct in that the "church" refers to it that way. Nor is it any kind of science, though its name bears a very unfortunate similarity to the word.

I'm really not going for "best answer." I just want to confirm some really good answers already given, and maybe add a bit more information, because like much other pseudoscientific garbage, the world would be best rid of it. Seriously.

I was suckered along with many others by glitzy TV ads, years ago, into buying "Dianetics" which is essentially Scientology's bible. It was promoted as a self-help book. As I started reading it, I found I could only wade about ten pages in before the unintelligible nonsense overwhelmed me, and I put it down for years.

In order to clean house, some time ago, I did a good bit of research on Dianetics and Scientology, to help me decide whether to keep the book. All the *credible* Web sites I studied added more and more support to my belief that the book was worth no more than the paper it was printed on. It is not only *not* a useful self-help guide, but is a very difficult read by a fiction writer with no credentials in the self-help field, nor in science.

Hubbard was, in fact, a very troubled man struggling with mental illness, and was -- as another poster said -- committed to a mental hospital. (It is sad but no surprise that Scientology is vehemently opposed to psychiatry and psychology.) He does *not* ride around in limousines, as another poster claimed, since he died in 1986.

Frankly, I would be cautious of anyone who claimed to get anything useful from this book. Well, unless they lined their bird cage with the pages. That this is the "bible" of Scientology, alone is excellent reason to be skeptical of the "religion." But there's so much more, as seen in the provided links.

Resident_Psychic_24 sums up the "study" well by saying it's a load of crap. (On a side note, however, I must say, RP, that I'm skeptical of psychics, too. I'll get to you another time. :-) )

Finally, I agree with Amy who says Scientology is potentially very dangerous. This is true, in my view, of many pseudosciences, as they do nothing but spread fear and misinformation to a sadly gullible public.

Answer 5

It is a man made religion or actually since it is man-made it would therefore be a cult. Devised by a Science Fiction writer named L. Ron Hubbard. It is supposed to cleanse the follower of all the religious hang-ups that have come from the what we know as main stream religions. Problem is it has created it's own hang-ups. therefore it is no better than any of the rest of them. By the way, the creator Mr. Hubbard, died a Lunitic in an insane Asylum. So what does that tell you about his ideas!

Answer 6

Scientology is a system of beliefs and practices created by American pulp fiction[1][2] and science fiction [3] author L. Ron Hubbard in 1952 as a self-help philosophy. By 1960 Hubbard had redefined it as a "religion by its basic tenets".[4] The name "Scientology" is also sometimes used to refer to the Church of Scientology, which is the largest organization promoting the belief system of Scientology. There are other organizations and individuals who are not affiliated with the Church of Scientology who regard themselves as practitioners of and believers in Scientology, sometimes collectively called the Free Zone. The Church regards such independents, almost without exception, as not practicing the "true" Scientology set out by Hubbard,[5] while many of those independents make the very same criticism about the Church.[6]

The Church of Scientology presents itself as a religious non-profit organization dedicated to the rehabilitation of the human spirit and providing counseling and rehabilitation programs. Church spokespeople claim that Hubbard's teachings (called "Technology" or "tech" in Scientology terminology) have saved them from addictions, arthritis, depression, learning disabilities, mental illness, cancer, homosexuality[7][8] and other perceived problems.

The controversial organization has attracted much criticism and distrust throughout the world because of its closed nature and strong-arm tactics in handling critics.[9] Lawmakers, including national governing bodies of several countries, have characterized the Church as an unscrupulous commercial organization, citing harassment of critics and exploitation of its members.[10] Scientology's principles have been characterized as pseudoscientific by scientists, medical doctors and psychotherapeutic practitioners. Although some religious scholars consider Scientology a religion[11], it has frequently been perceived as a cult and a pseudoreligion. [12][13]

Allegations of Scientology's cult status may be attributed to its unconventional creation by a single authoritative and charismatic leader.[14][15] Within the church, members are arranged in a hierarchically pyramid ranked structure [16], with higher level members holding authority over lower ranked subordinates, especially as evidenced by the Sea Org. The Church indoctrinates its members providing very little initial knowledge of the inner secrets of the organization. In order to reach this knowledge parishioners are required to advance forward in rank through study and payments to the Church, the incentive of which is the stepped acquisition [17] of promised powerful secrets and gaining of supernatural abilities.

Answer 7

Scientology is a religion that was made up by a Science Fiction novel writer. It's a load of crap and that is all that you need to know about it.

Answer 8

In reality, people make just about anything into a religion. Nature, relationships, work, play, even things pass such as t.v., homes, etc. Basically, whatever you invest all your time into, things that encompass the majority of your life, that you think about before you go to sleep and when you rise, throughout the day and into the next. These become your religion or god's of your life because they are what you live for.

Answer 9

Well the factual definitions are here are true--especially the secretive expensive hierarchies. The ending is they find out that they worship aliens. I know this because a researcher on the 700WLW radio station had a huge program and debate on this and that was one thing he found out that I remembered because it was so unique and repulsive. How warped are those people?

Answer 10

The Philosophy of Ron L Hubbard.

A very successful Science Fiction writer who died in an insane asylum (really)

A very EXPENSIVE CULT!