Scientology, Genuine faith or just another wacky waco cult?

Answer 1

Don't pay any atttention. Don;t even think about it. Seriously. I had my dealings with them and i came out of it feeling like ****. Didn't even know where or who i was after THEY got hold of me for half an hour or so.

Answer 2

Since Scientology is not a "faith" based religion neither of the choices you offer are applicable.

Here once more , just for the record, is a factual description of my religion:

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.
It is also not a messianic religion. This means there is no worship of prophets or messiahs in Scientology. It is not faith based. A truth should be true 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 life.And to rehabilitate his native goodness, abilities and potential.
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.

Answer 3

i don't be attentive to who G. Dubya is, yet my uncle is going to scientology. he's slightly unusual. each so often there's a great line between 'faith' and 'waco cult'. yet i think of that if human beings pick something exterior to themselves to steer imaginitive lives, then as long because it does not encroach into others concept structures too a lot, then there isn't something incorrect with it. I heard that ron hubbard made a killing financially however. desire he provides a number of it to charity.

Answer 4

Aren't all religions just wacky waco cults? What's really the difference?

Answer 5

Faith is subjective, and jenuine faith is subjective jenuine faith, that is, only the believer may know whether his faith is jenuine or not, and we may declare to believe or not believe in what he admits to believe or not to believe, or partly believe.

It is difficult for me to believe that my transcendental "faith" may definitely coincide with another person's faith. We may subscribe to the same Faith, but our way of seeing faith and things about faith will always be more or less different, in any case genuinely personal if we are sincere.

Scientology is a psichology/psychotherapy made "religious". It is a religion about mental and physical health and ... illumination, the realization of one's own bodily and spiritual potential thru an achievement of "clearness", and therefore it is transcendental.

I am not, and never have been, a Scientologist, but I admire their work and what I believe is their more modern attitude towards spirituality and health and psychological affairs.

They follow their findings and chosen paradigms, they have a right to their paradigms of life and religion. You may decide to be their friend or their foe, or you may decide to be indifferent. In any case they deserve admiration for their work.

Many cults, Christian or whatever else, may be quite frightening in reality with their dogmas, with their limitations to people's freedom, with their admonitions, their threats, etc.

Answer 6

Scientology's sole purpose in our society is money, like all religion. People may believe in it, but the people running it are thieves. Read about Waco as well.

Answer 7

They use the name "church of scientology" but their website says nothing about God or His role in their beliefs. It is a bunch of people thinking that the human being is the center of the universe.

Answer 8

Genuine faith in a very DANGEROUS WACKY CULT.

Answer 9

wacky cult but then arn't all religions in some form or another.

Answer 10

Cult???.... anyone that reads *ANYTHING* about the tenets of Scientology and *STILL* goes there... deserve what ever they get... let Darwin put more Chlorine in the gene pool and get rid of those idiots.