our worries, fears, insecurities, unhappiness? and yes, I am watching Southpark.
2007-03-04 14:25:58 · 7 answers · asked by Brenda P 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yep, unfortunately. And the church of scientology expects you to pay thousands of dollars to learn about it too -.-
TheTaalWays: Wow, I bet you're only at Thetan level 2. How much did you pay for auditing again?
2007-03-04 14:31:28 · answer #1 · answered by tahirih.luvs2sew 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No..this is what Scientology is about:
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 in the area of God , the Supreme Being, or the Infinite. This area is left totally up to the indivdual as pasrt of his life. It does not conflict.
You can have no specific religious beliefs and still benefit from it.
And it is only true for you according to your own observation and experience with it.
It is also not a messianic religion. This means there is no worship of messiahs in Scientology. There are no “beliefs” as such because a truth should be according to ones own observation and experience.
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.
Oh and good luck with that South Park thing. A really reliable source of factual unbiased information about religions.
(Yes, I am being sarcastic...... South Park doesn't have a monopoly on satire and ridicule.)
2007-03-04 23:53:59 · answer #2 · answered by thetaalways 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yeah. And Christians really believe that someone rose from the dead and that they consume that person's body every week at church, and Muslims really believe that Mohammed rodes a flying horse to heaven, and so on.
Religion is pretty weird, huh?
2007-03-04 22:30:16 · answer #3 · answered by eri 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I don't study cults or false religions, but I think that's accurate from what I've read on this page.
2007-03-04 22:29:31 · answer #4 · answered by the pink baker 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Sadly, they do.
Of course, that makes just as much sense as any other religion.
I mean, they all sound kinda silly.
2007-03-04 22:28:59 · answer #5 · answered by Samurai Jack 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Sure, if they can get you to pay for some classes, so that they can get a commission.
2007-03-04 22:29:23 · answer #6 · answered by ignoramus_the_great 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
you had me at scientologist.
2007-03-04 22:30:30 · answer #7 · answered by Julian 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋