I'm just wondering because I visited the website www.scientology.org and in the corner they have pictures of volunteer ministers with crosses on their shirts. Do they believe in Jesus or do they just like how the cross looks? An article on the website says that they dont force anyone to believe anything or accept anything.
Im confused....
2007-12-11 13:08:14 · 8 answers · asked by missy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I know the cross was around longer than Jesus, that's how Jesus got crucified on one. But my question is why do they use that as a symbol when they don't believe in Jesus... or do they? I'm looking for what they believe in and I can't find out why they have that there.
2007-12-11 13:18:36 · update #1
Scientology believes in God, and they believe in Jesus but mostly the way that many other religions do (judaism, islam, etc) that he was a prophet.
The cross closely resembles the Christian cross, but differs from it with the addition of four diagonal rays between the conventional horizontal and vertical arms. The eight points of the cross represent the eight dynamics in Scientology:
1) The Self
2) Creativity, sex, and procreation (family)
3) Group, society, community
4) Species survival (humankind)
5) Life forms in general
6) Matter
7) Spirit
8) Infinity or Supreme being[1]
The horizontal beam of the symbol represents material existence, the vertical represents the spirit, a concept directly borrowed from Rosicrucian symbolism.
Im an ex-scientologist
2007-12-12 08:38:40 · answer #1 · answered by Gandalf Parker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-01 10:02:02 · answer #2 · answered by gadis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Why does scientology use a cross as their symbol?
I'm just wondering because I visited the website www.scientology.org and in the corner they have pictures of volunteer ministers with crosses on their shirts. Do they believe in Jesus or do they just like how the cross looks? An article on the website says that they dont force anyone to believe...
2015-08-19 07:34:35 · answer #3 · answered by Marine 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
real short (and not the full answer): 1) crosses are way older than Christianity. 2) look at the Scn cross. It has 8 points. These, correlate to the 8 Dynamics. (If you have Dianetics you can read about the first 4 - the other 4 are dilenated in Scn) Youre right. Scn has just about nothing to do with Christianity. Its more of just a commonly identified symbol slightly customized (the 8 points).
2016-03-18 22:52:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowing that the cross predates "Jesus" and not used as an exclusive Christian symbol even AFTER it's "messiah" had come and gone, perhaps you should assume that the Scientology's cross is based on a cross design that has nothing to do with Christianity.
If you did so, you'd be on the right track.
Scientology's cross is actually based on Alestair Crowley's "Crossed-out Cross". See a comparison here: http://www.lermanet.com/scientology-and-occult/crowleyscrossedoutcross.jpg
2007-12-12 04:41:40 · answer #5 · answered by ZER0 C00L ••AM••VT•• 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
They are a very dangerous cult that pushed hard to be called a religion for the money purpose .The started from a book of fiction and they are still fiction . They will do almost anything to get your money , or to stop you from going against them . Even jumping up and down on a couch .
2007-12-11 13:29:38 · answer #6 · answered by the only 1 hobo 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The cross is a pagan symbol, not a Christian one.
2007-12-11 13:12:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 4⤋
The cross is not inherently a Christian symbol.
2007-12-11 13:11:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
they think they are Christian and do not comprehend what the bible says or they do not read the whole bible and just read about every other word,
2007-12-11 13:13:25 · answer #9 · answered by Sherry 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
You know the cross was around long before Jesus, right?
2007-12-11 13:11:16 · answer #10 · answered by Dashes 6 · 1⤊ 6⤋