What is the basis of there religon? Do they believe in Jesus?
Please explain..
2007-05-23 05:20:55 · 16 answers · asked by Cara 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, most don't believe in Jesus. For more on Scientology in relation to God, Jesus and Christianity, click here:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070324130735AAGhdiD
To really understand what they believe, you'll need a full explanation of what Scientology is:
Scientology, which questionably calls itself a new "religion", is the brainchild of science fiction writer & occult enthusiast L. Ron Hubbard. The organization, by means of Hubbard’s self created psychotherapy technique called “Dianetics”, claims to be able to help rid members of any & all mental constraints including but not limited to emotional scarring (from this & "past" lives) due to "engrams" (past negative experiences stored in our unconscious mind), psychological disorders & chemical imbalances (the solution is to convince members that these things don't actually exist) & drug dependence (including legally prescribed psychopharmaceuticals which counteract the effects of psychological disorders Scientologists believe to be nonexistent).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianetics#Scientific_evaluations
Dianetics review: http://dir.salon.com/story/books/review/2005/06/28/dianetics/index.html
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,812852,00.html
The official Scientology organization is composed of a number of “levels”. One begins as a “preclear” & works their way up. One must purchase virtually every service crucial to advancement directly from the "church" & at staggering prices. "Auditing", for example, is purchased in 12½ hour blocks, costing anywhere from $750 for introductory sessions to between $8,000 & $9,000 for advanced sessions. Visit this link to see how $380,000 is a conservative estimate for the total cost of moving all the way up the Scientology hierarchal ladder: http://www.xenu.net/archive/prices.html
These are the total costs for auditing alone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_as_a_business#Costs
Here’s an explanation of what “auditing” is: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20061224182319AA2nnd6
At level OT III (Operating Thetan 3), some very strange & fiercely guarded secrets are imparted upon worthy members who have paid enough money to advance to such a level (and no, this isn't a joke): the evil alien ruler Xenu killed millions of aliens (Thetans) from around the universe by kidnapping them, bringing them to earth in golden DC-8 “space-planes” & blowing them up inside volcanoes with hydrogen bombs. Scientologists believe the souls of these aliens (these souls are "Body Thetans") were captured, brainwashed & released; they then attached themselves to our ancestors (who passed them all the way down to us) & cause many of our mental & physical ills to this day. Auditing is said to “clear” us of these Body Thetans as well as the “mental implants” they supposedly impose on our minds. http://sf.irk.ru/www/ot3/spaink-ot3.html http://xenu.net/archive/leaflet/Xenu-Letter.pdf
Scientology has taken a very hostile stance towards psychiatry & psychiatric drugs irrespective of the fact that some people require medication to remain adequately functional during everyday life. They don’t recognize legitimate conditions like autism, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc, and the “church” has been known to withhold prescription pharmaceuticals from members (often with harmful & deadly results). Suspiciously, it was discovered upon Hubbard’s death that the anti-anxiety drug hydroxyzine (Vistaril™) was present in his body, which several of his assistants would later attest was only one of many psychiatric & pain medications Hubbard ingested over the years. http://www.clambake.org/archive/ronthenut/16.gif
(visit this link to read about the uses of hydroxyzine: http://www.drugs.com/mtm/v/vistaril.html )
To be blunt, Scientology is a cult. It employs semi-legitimate psychotherapy & self-help methods to keep people loyal & convinced of its merit while it simultaneously sucks them dry financially & attempts to keep them far away from ANYONE, even friends & family, who would dissuade them from remaining in such a harmful situation. It’s a particularly greedy as well as manipulative & dangerous cult that takes its anti-psychiatry fanaticism to deadly limits. See these links for more information: http://www.lisamcpherson.org/
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/06/24/Tampabay/The_unperson.shtml
http://www.factnet.org/Books/SocialControl/scs.html#toc http://www.freedomofmind.com/resourcecenter/groups/s/scientology/pignotti/
2007-05-23 05:22:48 · answer #1 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Scientolgy is the teaching of one man, L Ron Hubbard, who was also a sci-fi writer who believed the way to get rich was to invent a religion that caters to movie stars and rich people.
He proved his point.
Basically, from what I understand, the belief is based on a planet or god from another planet called xenu and something about these beings possessing our bodies. Not sure. I do believe that despite all the rhetoric, Southpark explained their beliefs simply and to the point.
For what they believe here are two websites
http://www.xenu.net/archive/infopack/6.htm
http://www.scientology.org/
2007-05-23 05:32:38 · answer #2 · answered by ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The mind is divided in to 2 parts: memories & a part reactive to experiences particularly influenced by painful moments. You achieve purity and health by paying the church of Scientology big money to go through stages including treatment by an Auditor and a device called an E-meter. They believe all humans were once god-like creatures called Thetans who gave up thier power to enter time/space/matter. Lying within every human is a deity capable of coming out, if you pay the church to let it out. They frequently recruit by offering "personality tests" and hyping Hollywood, mind-numbing spokespersons. They see Jesus as an "OT," or the highest level capable of being achieved in Scientology. He is not seen as the only God (as part of a Triune God), but on the level with others like Buddha. Is not seen as being "very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things are made" like Christians believe.
Hope this helps.
2007-05-23 05:31:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Xenu brought alien souls here, brainwashed them by making them watch 3-D movies for 14 days straight, then froze them, stacked them next to volcanoes then blew them up with hydrogen bombs. The souls of the aliens wandered earth and couldn't escape out the atmosphere because Xenu attached life catchers to it, so they bounced around earth until they could find a lifeform (i.e. humans) to attach to. These lost souls cause all the problems in our world today (i.e greed, etc)
2007-05-23 05:25:54 · answer #4 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Look on wikipedia, it tries to give a fair explanation, but coming from LA where there are people actively trying to recruit you-It really is just a crazy cult, like all religions-but crazier
2007-05-23 05:24:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
they believe that there are these alien ghosts in your body called "thetans" and you have to pay them at the church to get rid of them. The problem is well, they may not all get out the first time so you have to pay and pay and pay until they feel they are all gone. They also believe there was this intergalactic alien war and all the souls of the aliens floated down to earth and are now in our bodies. yes, this is true...
2007-05-23 05:25:01 · answer #6 · answered by The Hollow Girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That an evil alien named Xenu planted the seed of evil in a volcano here on earth millions of years ago, and that we've been evil ever since.
2007-05-23 05:24:05 · answer #7 · answered by pastor of muppets 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Here's a genuine description for you (from a Scientologist who does understand) : Scientology is an carried out devout philosophy. When I say "carried out" I imply you honestly use it on your lifestyles to difference or upgrade present stipulations. It is an overly realistic faith. All religions in the event you be trained approximately them have a elementary philosphy, however additionally they have targeted dogma, rituals and observances, and a targeted religion or notion is needed. There is not anything flawed with this, however Scientology isn't that sort of faith. It does no longer interfere on anybody’s faiths of ideals within the subject of God , the Supreme Being, or the Infinite. This subject is left utterly as much as the indivdual as aspect of his lifestyles. It could also be no longer a messianic faith. This way there is not any worship of prophets or messiahs in Scientology. It isn't notion or religion situated. A fact must be real in keeping with ones possess remark and revel in. The dictionary definition that applies: Religion: The non secular or emotional angle of one that recognises the lifestyles of superhuman vigour or powers. The such a lot elementary precept of Scientology is that YOU are your possess immortal soul, that this isn't a "factor" you HAVE however what YOU honestly are. The complete motive of Scientology is to develop an man or woman's information and attention of himself. and lifestyles.And to rehabilitate his local goodness, expertise and capabilities. When you do that the sector and zone of his confident affect raises and actions outward into his lifestyles, his loved ones ,his peers, his corporations and mankind which he's aspect of. How this effect is accomplished is the "science" of Scientology, which used to be built through L.Ron Hubbard after his broad study and the discoveries he made, approximately the human spirit. The elementary devout philosophy and abilities of Scientology could be very historical, going again 10,000 years no less than to the Veda or Vedic Hymns from the East. L. Ron Hubbard researched and made new discoveries approximately the human spirit. He built science from those discoveries to use to develop non secular attention and capability. He accomplished his study earlier than his demise in 1986 and left all of his outcome and copyrights to the Church of Scientology at the side of such a lot of his plentiful private property, while he died. He released a e-book in 1951 to speak the fundamental standards he learned referred to as: " Scientology The Fundementals of Thought" There are presently over 10 million Scientologists in additional than 163 nations international huge. However we're a brand new faith, simplest fifty three years historical. The real tale of Scientology as a faith is going like this: one million. A thinker developes a philosophy approximately lifestyles and demise. two. People discover it fascinating. three. People discover it really works. four. People cross it alongside to others. five. It grows. This is simply an outline. L. Ron Hubbard defined utterly the theology and applied sciences of Scientology in additional than 500,000 pages of writings, adding dozens of books and over three,000 tape-recorded public lectures. So it is not feasible to utterly reply your query in this discussion board however I desire this is helping to meet your interest.
2016-09-05 08:50:05 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do not believe in Jesus.
They believe that a Evil man sent us here from outer space in DC9's (airplanes) and then controls us.
If we can give them enough money they will set us free.
Google "Operation Clam Bake"
Good Luck
2007-05-23 05:25:45 · answer #9 · answered by C 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like alot of "religions", that THEY are right and everyone else is WRONG!... as far as belief in Jesus, well...to be honest with you I still owe them $100$ to get to that level!
2007-05-23 05:55:41 · answer #10 · answered by Aloadin 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a cult in the kingdom of the cults.book...its very strange and you need to read their sect in the book if you care...they dont believe in the TRinity or sin....it makes no sense to most of us
2007-05-23 05:24:20 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋