What are the main beliefs in scientology?

Answer 1

here are some links link ,you can also use wikipedia

http://www.lermanet.com/persecution/
http://www.whyaretheydead.net/krasel/
http://xenu.net/archive/personal_story/c...

here is a link to their own site
http:// www.scientology.org

In general they will tell you that Scientology is based on certain spiritual laws, much like physical laws that govern the universe,except these laws have to do with the spirit, the mind and every aspect of life and by applying these laws you can achieve greater hapiness and success in life.
It all sounds very good except that the church has no intention of bettering society, actually it is the other way around, hence all the horror stories about it.
It is unfortunate that Scientologist can not see what their own church is doing to them

read my other answers on this subject for more detail.

Answer 2

The SUBJECT of Scientology is NOT a "belief" centered discipline. Adherents aren't expected to adopt a set of doctrines, dogmas or beliefs as in many other religions (e.g. Islam, Catholicism, etc.).

The Church of Scientology, which is NOT the same thing, does tend to be somewhat dogmatic in its relationship to its members. Although, with them the element of "belief" has more to do with NOT QUESTIONING or seeking to CORRECT the LEADERSHIP. Again, in the CoS there is no great push to accept specific teachings as "revealed truths" or that sort of thing.

In fact one of the most common scientology expressions is: "it's true if it's true for you". And, by implication the converse: "it's not true, if it's not true for you".

All of that said, scientology is a practice which helps an individual discover there own SUBJECTIVE truth.

Among the fundamental principles held to by the subject of scientology are:

1. the importance of communication in resolving issues between people. This is often referred to by the acronym "ARC" and is a foundational principle.

2. the relationship between a person's mental/emotional state and their ability to communicate with others. This is referred to as the "tone scale".

3. How to use communication to resolve problems in your life & in the lives of others. Often called "2 way comm".

Techniques for enhancing "2 way comm" are fundamental in scientology & dianetic counseling sessions (auditing) and in auditor training.

Such auditing sessions take place in private and may use an electronic device (e-meter). The purpose of the meter is to serve as an aid in discovering those areas which may be interfering with a person's abilities but which may lie just "beneath" their conscious awareness.

Contrary to many myths about scientology, the e-meter is NOT a lie detector, nor is it used for that purpose. It was originally developed by an american inventor, Volney Mathieson, and operates based on galvanic skin response.

Notably, C.G. Jung was one of the first persons to use a gsr type device (NOT an e-meter) in his counselling work.

Much of auditing is geared at resolving the conflict between conscious awareness & deeper unresolved issues.

Many scientologist's have as a result of their own experiences come to personally understand themselves to be immortal spiritual beings (called by scientologists "thetans"). They also often consider likely the possiblity that they have lived other lives in other times & places. Viewing themselves as immortal, these lifetimes need not be thought of as confined to this world or even this universe.

Reincarnationist beliefs are NOT strictly speaking a teaching of the subject of scientology. They are VERY COMMONLY held views for many scientologists with a significant amount of auditing experience but have no standing as "official scientology beliefs" or required dogma.

Many scientology & dianetic auditing techniques have been adopted by various clinical counseling practices since being pioneered by scientologists in the early '50s.

It is primarily because of the commonly held scientology view that man is basically an immortal spirit, that scientology is seen as a spiritual technology for enhancing individual awareness. This was the initial justification behind the creation of the institution The Church of Scientology.

My references for the above: I am a freezone scientologist and practicing scientologist for approximately 25 years. I am independent of the Church of Scientology having left the church during the '80s due to disagreements with church leadership over how badly the institutional church treats people, both members & non-members alike.