Does the church of Scientology believe in God?

Answer 1

When you get to higher levels in Scientology, and after you've paid thousands and thousands of pounds, you'll soon learn that this whole God and Jesus thing is what they call an 'implant'. It means that God doesn't exist, it is our imagination because some evil warlord (Xenu) has somehow imprinted this into our minds. Furthermore, Hubbard (founder of Scientology) claims that Jesus was a paedophile. So much for allowing you to carry on being a christian or whatever religion you have.

Answer 2

Im a Scientologist. I do believe there is a God, A Supreme Being, A Prime Mover unmoved or whatever someone would like to call this area of life.

There is abooklet called The Eight Dynamics by Ron Hubbard it has a really good definition of where God sits in the scheme of things.

In Australia the booklet costs $7.50 if you called a church they can send you one. You can always walk into a Church of Scientology and read the books there. There is also a Audio Visual area in most Churches where you could listen to and excert from 'Man the Animal Man the God'.

Answer 3

In Scientology there are the 8 Dynamics or 8 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.

There are like concentric circles with the 1st Dynamic in the centre and the 8th the last most outer circle.
Scientology does not intrude into the Dynamic of the Supreme Being. It does not describe it or attempt to define it, but it is acknowledged as a part of life , as the 8th dynamic of life.

Answer 4

I put some links below for you that might help you to understand where they are coming from.

From my perspective - strange group of people. I am not a fan of reincarnation which tho not the word that they seem to want to use - still looks like that is exactly what it is.

I also found this comment from the one link to be another strange position, "Salvation is achieved through the practices and techniques of Scientology, the ultimate goal of which is to realize one's true nature as an immortal spirit, a thetan. The path to salvation, or enlightenment, includes achieving states of increasingly greater mental awareness--Pre-Clear, Clear, and ultimately Operating Thetan. An Operating Thetan is a spirit who can control matter, energy, space, time, thought, and life. Practitioners ("Auditors") are regarded as ministers and counselors who assist others to achieve self-enlightenment. Auditors help others to identify their prebirth, current, and past-life disturbances, which are obstacles to happiness and spiritual enlightenment."

The second link is the creed for Scientology.

The third link - is just filled with all sorts of information about the claims of Scientology and how it compares to known fact.

Hope that helps.

Answer 5

Scientology CLAIMS that its members are free to believe in God and be Christians, but it just doesn't make sense to be both. The fundamental beliefs are too much in conflict.

Christianity, as it's core tenet, teaches that Jesus Christ is our savior and messiah. Hubbard's teachings about Christ, however, deny this outright. In an earlier writing he states that Christ never existed but was only an idea electronically implanted in our minds (this implant is called "R6" by Hubbard).

"Somebody on this planet, about 600 B.C. found some pieces of 'R6.' I don't know how they found it; either by watching madmen or something. But since that time they have used it. And it became what is known as Christianity. The man on the cross; there was no Christ!"

Christianity teaches that, through Christ, one achieves redemption, making one worthy of heaven in the afterlife. Scientology, on the other hand, teaches that we are all immortal "Thetans", or spirits, which never actually die. According to Scientology, Thetans exist in many many physical bodies through time, but the death of the physical body never destroys the Thetan.

Christianity teaches that Heaven exists (and most denominations teach that Hell exists as well). Hubbard specifically denounced the idea of the existence of Heaven and Hell.

http://www.watchman.org/sci/hubrel03.htm

Answer 6

no, they believe in Xenu