Do Scientologists celebrate Christmas, also do they even acknowledge Christ?

Question

i do not attend or afilliate with any church denomination. this is just a question i had in the back of my mind. I am not trying to attack or demean anyones spiritual beliefs.

Answer 1

Yes many Scientologists celebrate Christmas as part of a
cultural tradition. It would depend on where they live and what
culture or ethnicity they are part of.
But all Scientologists protect and celebrate the real tradition of Christmas ~ Peace on Earth and Goodwill to all ~

As far as acknowledging Christ , we definitely acknowledge he was a teacher and messenger of a spiritual philosophy that existed in Asia long before he appeared in the Middle East.
But since Scientology does not define or describe the concept of God , the Supreme Being or the Inifinite ( we call this the 8th Dynamic) we do not acknowledge or deny that he was the son of God or that his message or words came from God.
In Scientology we leave the knowledge and awareness of 8th Dynamic entirely up to the individual and make no claims or statements concerning it. Simply that it is a part of life.

Just for additional information here is a brief description of the 8 Dynamics in Scientology.
These are the parts of life thro' which each individual is striving to survive. These are urges towards existence in 8 different spheres:
Dynamic 1 Self
Dynamic 2 creativity,sex, family unit, rearing of children
Dynamic 3 Groups or as a group, race, etc
Dynamic 4 Mankind
Dynamic 5 All Life forms, including plants, animals, birds etc
Dynamic 6 Physical or Material Universe(Matter Energy Space & Time)
Dynamic 7 Spiritual Universe, spiritual beings, life source.
Dynamic 8 God, Supreme Being, the infinite,or as infinity.

Each one has as much importance as the other, and Scientology principles are designed to assist the individual to
embrace and take responsibility across all 8 spheres of life.

Hope this helps answer your question.

Answer 2

Considering Christmas has, ironically, almost nothing to do with Christ...it's most likely they do.

There's the Winter Solstice/Yule celebration turned Christan, with feasting and gift giving kind of Christmas...

Then there's the go to Church, put up a Nativity scene, feast, and get gifts kind of Christmas.

So, most people still celebrate the Winter Solstice version. Or more of a "Santa" Christmas, if you will. Santa, versus Christ...with people on TV and ads and in stores pushing the Santa one...

And as long as gifts are involved, people will keep warping holidays for their own selfish reasons.

Answer 3

Many non-religious people still celebrate christmas as a time to be together with their families and friends. As for christ, I'm sure some scientists out there celebrate him, albeit not many.
Perhaps they celebrate him for being a good person, and just don't believe the whole "Son of God" bit =P

Answer 4

HHHmmmm? Good question.........




Some central tenets of Scientology:

A person is an immortal spiritual being (termed a thetan) who possesses a mind and a body.
The thetan has lived through many past lives and will continue to live beyond the death of the 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.
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 practices.[11]
Scientology claims to offer "exact" methods of spiritual counseling to help people achieve awareness of their spiritual existence, while enhancing their effectiveness in the physical world. The exact nature of all of existence is said to be stated in Hubbard's Scientology and Dianetics Axioms.

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. This freed state is called Operating Thetan, or OT for short.

and furthermore...............'


Critics claim that a select group of advanced practitioners eventually discovered that Hubbard had left little doubt in his writings and lectures about the dim view he took toward existing major religions. In some of the teachings Hubbard had intended only for this select group, he claimed that Jesus had never existed, but was implanted in humanity's collective memory by Xenu 75 million years ago, and that Christianity was an "entheta [evil] operation" mounted by beings called Targs (Hubbard, "Electropsychometric Scouting: Battle of the Universes", April 1952). Some critics have claimed that one of the highest levels, OT VIII, tells initiates that Jesus was a pederast (it is decidedly unclear whether the version of OT VIII in the Fishman Affidavit, where this claim originates, is genuine). Thus, critics claim, Hubbard makes clear his belief that advanced Scientologists are to identify Jesus and Christianity more as a force of evil than as a force for good.

ALL OF THE ABOVE WAS TAKEN FROM WIKIPEDIA......GO check er out for yerself..... i dont care for what I read......weirdo's!!!!

Answer 5

Some do celebrate the gift giving aspect of Christmas, and they do believe in a creator, but thats about as far as it goes.

Answer 6

Quit demeaning my spiritual beliefs.

Answer 7

No; ironically, they believe religions are the result of brainwashing by aliens.

I am not kidding.

Answer 8

They worship belly button lint, and acknowledge no other god then the great blue lint god.

Answer 9

Probably not