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They do what they have decided to do, what they have trained themselves to do.
In this sense it is no different than anyone else.
Here are two examples: First; If a play has three acts, and in the first act the leading character is the President, you would expect him to also be the President in acts 2 and 3. Right? But what is he when the play ends? Or before it starts? He is just the person he always was, an actor. In the play he did what he decided to do and trained himself to do...as that character, the President. Now as a person he does what he decided to do as a person, and what he has trained himself to do.
Second example: In Scientology a person might come to realize he is an immortal person separate from a body. He makes decisions about this and trains himself to do some things. So then he views himself as a spiritual being with a body. Now we can look again at the idea of a play with three acts. Act one; The person before he had this body, this life. Act two; The person with this living body. And Act three, the person after this life. One of the things he had decided and trained himself to do in Act one was to want a body. Like the actor that played a President, he prepared for the part then plays the part. The person plays the part of 'being human', or 'human being'. Now while being human he might decide or train himself to look at life from his own viewpoint, rather than from the viewpoint of a human body only. He might decide to control his own destiny after the body dies. He might decide to have or regain abilities that a body can not have. He could be in the center of the Sun, or perceive from somewhere across the galaxy instantly. He could decide to have two or more bodies or to use them in different ways. He could decide to have a new sort of illusion that others could see, hear, touch and feel, but that he can create anywhere he wishes.
Or he could decide to forget all that ( and go back to just wanting a body...)
Now how does this apply to what anyone else might do? What have they decided about themselves, and what have they trained themselves to do? I leave that answer to you as homework.
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What is the lure for joining scientology?
Most likely, if a person has a lot of stress in his/her life, Scientology claims to have a cure for it.
How many gods do scientology?
Scientology is not a faith based religion. It is an applied religious philosophy. It offers tools that one can use in his own life. One is not asked to worship a God or Gods in Scientology. What God is, is up to each personal understanding. People from all faiths practice Scientology. You can be a Christian Scientologist or a Muslim Scientologist, it doesn't matter.
Why do losers fall for scientology crap?
Scientology exploits uninteligent people with low self esteem.
Has scientology got special holy food?
No, Scientology is an applied religious philosophy, something we use. A person can study the Scientology tools and apply them in his life to see if they work for him. There is no believe or faith involved.
What do scientology people value?
Money. Simple as that.
Do the followers of scientology have a special building that they go to worship?
Like most religions, Scientology has churches. There are more than 11'000 churches, missions and groups around the world. Scientology is not a faith based religion, but an applied religious philosophy. It offers tools that can be applied in life. No one is asked to believe, but to try the tools and see if they work for him, based on his own personal observations. Scientology churches are not a place where people go to worship. They are places where Scientologists can go to study and apply these tools to improve their potential in life.
How does the religion scientology affect your life?
I have a bit of a long answer for you. Scientology affects you in a big way once you understand what it is about. The benefits of learning Scientology are big immense. Let us start with the concept of what are you? Would it affect your life to know what is life? Likely it would. I would understand that you are a life-force, a spirit. Most people would agree that life does exist separate from inanimate objects, but what life really is, that is another subject all together and is what Scientology is all about. An example of what I am referring might better understood in another context. We all know that gravity exists. But what is it? We see the symptoms. Things fall, we are held to the ground by it. But what is it? What really is gravity? Show me a gravity particle. Knowing the symptoms of gravity are not the same as knowing really what gravity is. Scientists cannot tell us, so if someone were to ask you what gravity was you could not really tell them other than describe the obvious symptoms. Scientology is a bit like that. You can see life, you can see people laugh, smile, and weep. But what is it that is really smiling and weeping? Obviously that thing is called life. But really, what is it? Life is not just a pool of amino acids and proteins. If you think so, then pour some on a brick. It will not grow as life is more. But I expect you do not need to do that to know what I am getting at. Scientology is the study of life, and the application of it. Now, there is the theory of Scientology. But like all good theories they have to be able to be applied. That is what Scientology also is, the practical side through counselling. So if you were to know what life was, would you not be affected by such well known knowledge? Absolutely you would be. That is the benefit of learning Scientology, being able to know what you are, what your friends are. In life, if you do not know something you are certainly the adverse affect of it. But when you know something you are cause over it. Knowing life and being cause over it is great. Scientologists report better health, higher IQ, more zest in life. They can also help others a lot more. If you know about life and what life was you could also bring peace and calm to your work place, politics, your family and more. All these aspects of Scientology are important and affect you. I have personally done this many times, and have used Scientology knowledge in helping people, and including at disaster sites. People are quick to tell who can help them and who cannot. So these are the benefits of learning Scientology. The only thing I would add would be to buy a book and read it. See if it works for you and make up your own mind.
What do scientology's believe?
Scientologists would believe that you are a life-force, that life entity that animates the body. There are many words for this such as spirit and so on. Scientology itself is about the laws that govern this life-force and spirit and how by knowing and using these laws of life you can be bettered. They are not the same as physical universe laws. This knowledge of life's laws is important as then you be in control of life instead of affect of it. The practical side of Scientology is about using this knowledge to help yourself and others. The closest cousin to the Scientology belief would be Orthodox Buddhism. While Scientology is not a belief system, it does allow you to rationally work out things and then project that workability onto different problems. There is really no blind faith in Scientology. None at all. If Scientology is real for you, then it is. If it is not, then do not say it is. This is personal integrity in Scientology. Do not say something to be true if it is not. But in reading your question I would think you might want to know - what do Scientologists come to understand to be true after doing Scientology? Each Scientologist would answer this themselves from their own standpoint in Scientology. Scientology teaches you how to work out life's problems using the philosophy of Scientology, and how to make yourself more able. So you could get many thousands of different answers to this question. But I will tell you my own understanding after 25 years of Scientology. I understand that I am a spiritual being, more than a body. I understand that my integrity is very important to me. I understand that I have memories going back well before this life time. I further understand that the body also has a set of memories we call the reactiove-mind and that they go back the nine months before pregnancy and this is the subject called Dianetics. I could overload you. But I hope this is enough. The links show more.
Why do a lot of people hate Tom Cruise for believing in Scientology. What is Scientology and what does it mean. Why is everyone thinking of him as a dbag?
Scientology has often been accused of using dirty tricks to attract people, and to keep them. It has in fact been outlawed in some countries. To learn more about Scientology, I suggest you start with the Wikipedia article, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology. There is also a more specific article on controversies here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_controversies
What differences do Scientology and Christianity have?
There is no reason to compare Scientology with Christianity. The only thing they have in common is their religious nature and the presence of churches. All the rest is different. Christianity is a faith based religion were members are asked to pray and worship God . Scientology is an applied religious philosophy and it is not based on faith and beliefs. Scientology has more in common with Mahayana Buddhism. Members of the Scientology religion don't go to church to pray, but to study tools that they can apply in life to improve their skills and abilities, as well as the ability of helping others. There is no reason why a Christian could not study Scientology and use it in his life. Scientology is all-denominational and no one is required to change his personal beliefs in regards to God or Gods while studying in their churches. There can be a Christian who in the morning goes to the Sunday service in his Christian church, and in the evening goes into a Scientology church to to a course on "how to handle negative people" or "how to improve communication". They are two completely separate subjects.
Is scientology fake?
Scientology is Fake.
Why is Scientology the Fastest Growing Religion of 21st Century?
People are stupid
