Scientology what is it about?

Hi there,

I am a long time Scientologist( for over 35 years).

I hope the following answers your question.

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. This is different from a religious practice. 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 particularly in the area of God , the Supreme Being, or the Infinite. This area is left totally up to the indivdual, which is why you can be a practicing Jew or Atheist,for example and still use and apply the priniciples of Scientology in your life. It does not conflict. If anything it will enhance your understanding of your chosen religious practice.

And it is only true for you according to your own observation and experience with it.

It is a non denominational religion . 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 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.

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 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 8 million Scientologists in more that 150 countries world wide. However we are a new religion, only 55 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.

You know what I think is most odd? That Scientologists supposedly want to get you into their religion, but NONE of them will tell you what it's really all about. Next time you see Tom Cruise on TV, or anyone else who's a Scientologist, pay attention to how they answer the questions about it...they simply don't! They just dance around the questions without ever really giving any real answers.

The other thing that I do know about it is that you can't be allowed to become a Scientologist unless you have a LOT of money to give to the "church". And from what I understand, you need to be "recruited", you can't just walk into a Church of Scientology and join up.

Simply put, in Scientology doctrine, Xenu (also Xemu) is an alien ruler of the "Galactic Confederacy" who, 75 million years ago, brought billions of people to Earth, stacked them around volcanoes and blew them up with hydrogen bombs. Their souls then clustered together and stuck to the bodies of the living, and continue to cause problems today.

These events are known to Scientologists as "Incident II", and the traumatic memories associated with them as The Wall of Fire or the R6 implant. The story of Xenu is part of a much wider range of Scientology beliefs in extraterrestrial civilizations and alien interventions in Earthly events, collectively described as space opera by L. Ron Hubbard, science fiction writer and founder of Scientology. Yeah, seriously, I'm not making any of that up. That is really what they believe.

From what i understand, and this is pretty much the view that the media has given, is that it is a celebrity cult.

I read somewhere that the founder set it up so that he could avoid paying taxes.

Primarily it is a system of belief that lets a man take all of the credit for Gods blessings in his life. I suspect that you can guess how God probably feels about that.

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http://www.scientologyparody.com/?p=3

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