What exactly is that scienceolgy religion. The one that tom cruises studies? What is it and how do u study it?

Question

I don't wanna study it. I just wanted to know what it was. Cause with all the tomkat going around u can't help but 2 know what that Scientology is.

Answer 1

THIS IS SCIENTOLOGY

1. What is true for you is what you yourself observe to be true.

2. Man is his spirit not his mind or his body.

3. The spirit creates his own mind. Please, do not confuse the mind with the brain that is a physical thing. The mind is composed of mental image pictures as explained in Dianetics. These pictures serve the spirit to give him knowledge and experience. These pictures are composed of energy. The energy in the picture can affect the spirit. You can feel better by remembering something that you like or angry by remembering something else. These emotions are actually energy waves emanated by the picture. You can actually feel pain by remembering a pain memory. Sometimes these pictures are accompanied by ideas or considerations. Lets suppose that you father beat you mom up in front of you. Your father was the dominating figure so you might conclude that you have to act like your father in some situations. This is what we call on Scientology an aberration (a conclusion that is imposed to you by a mental picture). This picture is what we call a engram (a pain memory that affects your judgment and free will).

4. You can discharge the energy in these pictures through communication. This is Dianetics Auditing and is the oldest of hundreds of Scientology techniques used to improve the individual.

5. The Spirit creates his own emotions. Are you happy? Are you sad? Are you depress? Maybe you think that something external of you is creating your emotions. Maybe you believe that you are sad because you had a bad day or maybe you believe that you are happy because you had a great day. And this might be true. But who made the decision that you had a good or bad day? You did. You decided if life was good or bad, and adjusted your emotions to respond to your own consideration. You created your own emotion.
Some people are born with everything they want and are still unhappy. And others are born into humble means and are happy. What's the difference? The only real difference is each person's ideas and considerations.
Scientology uses hundreds of processes in order to help a person get a better understanding and a better outlook in life by using his own observations.

6. Scientology Ethics. Ethical people take full responsibility for their actions. Un-ethical people blame others for their actions. "Wrong doings" diminish and deteriorate the freedom of the spirit because the need to justify the "wrong doing". So the spirit is enslaved into repeating the "wrong doing" in order to justify the original "wrong doing". The road to freedom lies within taking full responsibility for your personal condition and actions, past, present and future. Scientology provides the tools to help the person able to be fully responsible over his life thus rehabilitating his ability to be good and self determined.
Also Scientologist base their conduct on a non-denominational code of conduct. http://twth.org/eb/?id=16664j

7. Scientology and God. Scientology acknowledges the supreme being and promotes the individual search for closeness to God trough religion.

8. Scientology vs Psychiatry. Psychiatry believes that self awareness, feelings, love and faith is merely cellular activity. Basically they think that you are your brain and you are not in charge of your behavior but your cells are.This is a totally materialistic point of view that denies the spirit and God. Psychiatrist is a pseudo science because it is based in principles that are false. Psychiatry have never proven that any "mental illnesses" (like they call it) has any connection with a physical illness. Any Neurologist will tell you there are no medical test to identify a "mental illness". All Psychiatrists base their diagnosis on opinion and opinion alone.
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Happiness, exhilaration, depression and psychosis are states of mind, not diseases. All what you have to do to stop being depress is change your state of mind. How you do that? By changing your ideas and considerations. Scientology provides the tools to achieve a better state of mind in accordance with your own point of view.
Also Psychiatrist excuse the most horrendous crimes as mental illnesses. This is actually creates a sense of irresponsibility in society because it tells people that they are not responsible for their actions. Second they promote that drugs are the answer for your problems. This message promotes the use of drugs to find release from life and creates the current drug addiction problem in society. Drugs will only give you temporary false release but will never solve the source of your problems.And actually drugs will keep you away from finding a true spiritual release.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4437051883726295326&q=psychiatry&hl=en
Note: Scientology doesn't have anything against Psychology or Neurology. Also the mere awareness that you are a spiritual being and not a body makes you better person.

9. Scientology is a force for good in society. Scientologist fights Psychiatric abuses, http://www.cchr.org/ the dangerous and harmfull drugs, criminality, http://www.criminon.org and drug addiction. http://www.narconon.org Also Scientology fought and won against the FDA and the IRS. And Scientologist initiated the social reform group "Youth for Human Rights" http://www.youthforhumanrights.org and the movement "Say no to drugs and yes to life". http://www.notodrugs-yestolife.org
Scientologist are some of the more intelligent, able and successful people in this planet. Including Jenna Elfman, Kelly Preston, John Travolta, Priscilla Presley, Sofia Milos and Leah Remini. Even Danny Masterson from the that's That '70s Show is a Scientologist.

10. Scientology is the only church that doesn't ask for donations from their parishioners during their Sunday Services. All chapel services are 100% free (marriages, naming ceremonies, ect). Scientology earns it's money by delivering courses and auditing. Courses and auditing are optional. You do not need to take courses and auditing to be in Scientology. All you need to do to be a Scientologist is to read the books and apply Scientology to your life (like I do). But if you want auditing there are many alternative and economical ways to achieve this.
a. You can do volunteer work in your local church and get your services for free.
b. You can study to be an auditor and perform all your auditing with a fellow student. This way you can also provide free services to your friends and family. This is actually the preferred way to become clear because you learn how to helps other. Scientology isn't about you going clear but taking responsibility across all your dynamics (self, family, group, humanity, life, ect).

11. Scientology and aliens. The story of Xenu is just a fable like the story of "Jonah in the Whale" in the bible. Fables are not intended to be taken seriously. The story of Xenu doesn't have any significance on Scientology beliefs.
Anti-Scientology propaganda is just that, propaganda. If you wanna know about this propaganda see my blog: http://www.myspace.com/129727315

References
http://www.neuereligion.de/ENG/index.html
http://www.bonafidescientology.org/
http://www.chaplaincare.navy.mil/Scientology.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/scientol.htm
http://www.scientology.org/
http://www.beliefnet.com/sem/scientology-religion.asp?source=YAHSCT&campaign=096&medium=PPC&nopop=1&WT.mc_id=YAHSCT&WT.srch=1

PS You study it by buying a book or taking a course.
Start with Scientology a new slant on life

Answer 2

Here is a good description for you:
Scientology is an applied religious philosophy. When I say "applied" I mean you actually use it in your life to change or improve existing conditions. It is a very practical religion.
All religions if you learn about them have a basic philosphy, but they also have certain dogma, rituals and observances, and a certain faith or belief is required. There is nothing wrong with this, but Scientology is not that kind of religion. It does not intrude on anyones faiths of beliefs particularly in the area of God , the Supreme Being, or the Infinite. This area is left totally up to the indivdual, which is why you can be a practicing Jew,for example and still use and apply the priniciples of Scientology in your life. It does not conflict. If anything it will enhance your understanding of your chosen religious practice.
You can have no specific religious beliefs and still benefit from using it.
And it is only true for you according to your own observation and experience with it.
It is a non denominational religion . The dictionary definition that applies:
Religion: The spiritual or emotional attitude of one who recognises the existence of superhuman power or powers.

The most basic principle of Scientology is that YOU are your own immortal soul, that this is not a "thing" you HAVE but what YOU actually are.
The whole purpose of Scientology is to increase an individual's understanding and awareness of himself. and lifeAnd thereby his native abilities .
When you do this the sphere and zone of his positive influence increases and moves outward into his life, his family ,his friends, his groups and mankind which he is part of.

How this result is achieved is the "technology" of Scientology, which was developed by L.Ron Hubbard after his extensive research and the discoveries he made, about the human spirit. The basic religious philosophy and knowledge of Scientology is very old, going back 10,000 years at least to the Veda or Vedic Hymns from the East. L. Ron Hubbard researched and made new discoveries about the human spirit. He developed technology from these discoveries to apply to increase spiritual awareness and ability.
He completed his research before his death in 1986 and left all of his results and copyrights
to the Church of Scientology along with most of his considerable personal estate, when he died.

He published a book in 1951 to communicate the basic principles he discovered called: " Scientology The Fundementals of Thought"
There are currently over 10 million Scientologists in more than 163 countries world wide. However we are a new religion, only 53 years old.
The true story of Scientology as a religion goes like this:
1. A philosopher developes a philosophy about life and death.
2. People find it interesting.
3. People find it works.
4. People pass it along to others.
5. It grows.

This is just an overview.
L. Ron Hubbard explained fully the theology and technologies of Scientology in more than 500,000 pages of writings, including dozens of books and over 2,000 tape-recorded public lectures. So it's not possible to fully answer your question on this forum.

As to how you can study it, well there are supervised Introductory Courses and more advanced courses available at Scientolgy Churches and Missions. But the books , lectures and materials can be read or studied informally by anyone , anywhere. Like most subjects.

Answer 3

Well, the believers and the practicioners of Scientology would say that it's not exactly a religion, but rather more of a science, or a system of self-improvement. It was developed by this science fiction writer named L. Ron Hubbard, back in the 1960's. And mostly what it does is help you find the flaws in your thinking patterns, and how you perceive things. These flaws--or character defects are called engrams. You basically sit and talk with and are analyzed by a licensed teacher of Scientology and after talking and testing you at length, he discovers what engrams you have, and then you both work on ridding yourself of them so you can function better in life. Scientology is very popular with atheists and agnostics, since there is no clergy, or church services, or bible, or belief in God. At least a biblical type God. You are charged money for the sessions in Scientology, and thus it is often knocked by its detractors as being all about the money, and something of a scam. But people who have been helped by it seem to swear by its effectiveness.

Answer 4

Four is a good start. And you can't just cheat by studying Four in the same family. Baptist and Catholic, while they want you to think they're different, don't count as different when trying to come to any 'all' conclusion, other then 'All Christian faiths are nonsense'. You need to study a Buddhist, a Tribal, at least one crackpot New Agey, and one of the Abrahamic. Then once you've gotten an idea of the range involved, THEN you can whole heartedly decide they're all nonsense. -- You don't even have to practice them. Just get a book and read. You might still think it's nonsense, but you might learn something too.

Answer 5

It is Scientology. You can choose whichever religious belief to believe in, but it should admit all the scientific truths that we have found, and you should enter it freely without obligation, especially monetary, to the higher-ups in the denomination.

Scientology fails both of these. One of the things that a new convert has to do is to read a special secret folder that tells how humans originated - from a spaceship that threw something like 9 billion "souls" our way, supposedly. In any case, it is highly unscientific. Further, you have to pay thousands, big bucks, to get this information, and they continually ask you to make big contributions, which of course fatten the purses of the higher ups.

Forget Scientology. Try some other religion.

Answer 6

The most annoyinying set of people you will ever encounter. I responded to one of their stupid commercials 15 years ago. It turns out it was not what I was looking for, I immediately recognized it as a CULT! I called, wrote and told them to take me off their mailing list, they just never do.Since then they have sent me mail letters and all types of junk. No matter where I move to they always, always find me They are the worst. Definately stay away!

Answer 7

Go to wikipedia.com and look up scientology and you will get the scoop (better than any answers given here, too!).

Answer 8

it is a religion where advancement is based on how much money one will pay to clear "engrams".
Invented by L. Ron Hubbard, who was a pathological liar and megalomaniac.

Answer 9

it's a religion, where bascially you can become your own god.

it's a cult. dont follow their lies. haha

Answer 10

Before you choose this odd creation of man, maybe you should read this

[034:040] And (remember) the Day when He will gather them all together, then He will say to the angels: "Was it you that these people used to worship?"

[034:041] They (the angels) will say: "Glorified are You! You are our Lord instead of them. Nay, but they used to worship the jinn; most of them were believers in them."

[034:042] So Today (i.e. the Day of Resurrection), none of you can profit or harm one another. And We shall say to those who did wrong [i.e. worshipped others (like the angels, jinn, prophets, saints, righteous persons) along with God]: "Taste the torment of the Fire which you used to deny."

[034:043] And when Our Clear Verses are recited to them, they say: "This (Muhammad [Peace Be Upon Him]) is naught but a man who wishes to hinder you from that which your fathers used to worship." And they say: "This (the Qur'ân) is nothing but an invented lie." And those who disbelieve say of the truth when it has come to them (i.e. Prophet Muhammad [Peace Be Upon Him] when God sent him as a Messenger with proofs, evidences, verses of this Qur'ân, lessons, signs, etc.): "This is nothing but evident magic!"

[034:044] And We had not given them Scriptures which they could study, nor sent to them before you (O Muhammad [Peace Be Upon Him]) any warner (Messenger).

[034:045] And those before them denied; these have not received even a tenth of what We had granted to those (of old); yet they denied My Messengers. Then how (terrible) was My denial (punishment)!

[034:046] Say (to them O Muhammad [Peace Be Upon Him]): "I exhort you to one (thing) only, that you stand up for God's sake in pairs and singly, and reflect (within yourselves the life history of the Prophet ), there is no madness in your companion (Muhammad [Peace Be Upon Him]). He is only a warner to you in face of a severe torment."

[034:047] Say (O Muhammad [Peace Be Upon Him]): "Whatever wage I might have asked of you is yours. My wage is from God only, and He is a Witness over all things."

[034:048] Say (O Muhammad [Peace Be Upon Him]): "Verily, my Lord sends down (Revelation and makes apparent) the truth (i.e. this Revelation that had come to me), the All-Knower of the Ghaib (Unseen).





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(V.34:42) Almighty God says: "They (Jews and Christians) took their rabbis and their monks to be their lords besides God (by obeying them in things that they made lawful or unlawful according to their own desires without being ordered by God), and (they also took as their Lord) Messiah, son of Maryam (Mary), while they (Jews and Christians) were commanded [in the Taurât (Torah) and the Injîl (Gospel)] to worship none but one Ilâh (God -- God), Lâ ilâha illâ Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). Glorified is He, (far above is He) from having the partners they associate (with Him)." (V. 9:31)
Once, while God's Messenger [Peace Be Upon Him] was reciting the above Verse, 'Adi bin Hâtim said, "O God's Prophet! They do not worship them (rabbis and monks)." God's Messenger [Peace Be Upon Him] said, "They certainly do. They (i.e. rabbis and monks) made legal things illegal, and illegal things legal, and they (i.e. Jews and Christians) followed them, and by doing so they really worshipped them."
[Narrated by Ahmad, At-Tirmidhi, and Ibn Jarir. (Tafsîr At-Tabarî)]