Confucianism is a belief system based on the teachings of kong fu zi [called Confucius by europeans], his philosophy can be summarized in 5 words: ren. li yi, zhi and xin.
the most important are ren, which describes how 2 people should ideally treat each other,
li which means doing the proper thing
these 2 concepts striveto create harmony in society
yi refers to uprightness or honesty
zhi refers to knowledge
and xin means faithfulness or integrity
Confucianism is a belief system based on the teachings of kong fu zi [called Confucius by europeans], his philosophy can be summarized in 5 words: ren. li yi, zhi and xin.
the most important are ren, which describes how 2 people should ideally treat each other,
li which means doing the proper thing
these 2 concepts striveto create harmony in society
yi refers to uprightness or honesty
zhi refers to knowledge
and xin means faithfulness or integrity
Short answer, No. Scientology is a belief system unlike any other belief system practiced today. It is not 'evil' in nature nor does it desire the destruction of all life on earth.
it is called scientology
the belief system is called confusinism
"Is Scientology based on atheism?" No, Scientology is a fraudulent religion created by a mediocre author on a dare. L. Ron Hubbard's religion has elements of the supernatural in it. Atheists do not believe in Scientology. Scientology is in general an insane mockery of all religions and scientific concepts.
In Scientology, the concept of thetan (pronounced THAY-tan, /'θeɪtən/) is similar to the concept of spirit or soul found in other belief systems. The term is derived from the Greek letter theta, which in Scientology represents "the source of life, or life itself."[1] In Scientology the Thetan, not the central nervous system, is believed to command the body through communication points.[
fundamentalism
Scientology believes that any illness can be cured using the mind. They do not believe in medicine. Scientology can be very dangerous because, if you have a deadly ubt curable sickness, they would refuse to take medicine or get an actual treatment.
No. It is an urban myth. Scientology developed from a system of self help that Hubbard introduced call Dianetics.
There seems to be no birth rituals specific to Scientology. Scientologists are Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, Buddhists, etc. If members have birth rituals that they would like to do they can do them. It is simply your life and Scientology basically helps keep it that way.
hollistic medicine?
Freezone is not in any way a part of the *Church* of Scientology. Freezoners often have different interpretations of CoS doctrine. Scientology has a system of fixed donations to keep the Church well funded. Whether or not there is a free version of scientology does not affect its religious status which is still disputed.
Scientology views of homosexuality are based on the writings of L. Ron Hubbard.. He classifies homosexuality as an illness. Today many in the church no longer hold this view.