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The Scandal of 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.
He does. He thanks God for his sucess in the "Notes" of all his Albums. Also, he grew up playing music in Church Choir. I don't know if he still is a Christian. I read on this very site that he converted to Scientology. I hope he didn't though. Scientology is retarted. God bless, and may Jesus be with you :)
Scientology views Jesus as a spiritual leader and teacher, but not as the Son of God or the savior of humanity. They believe that Jesus was an enlightened being who achieved a high level of spiritual awareness and understanding.
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Scientology is Fake.
To get more information on one's local Church of Scientology, one must first discover the name of the Church of Scientology. Some local directories will have some information but not all the directories will. The Church of Scientology has a website where one may find more information as well.
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.
You have to take a class for Scientology.
There are over 11'000 Scientology churches, missions and groups worldwide. To find the closest one to you, you can use the "Scientology church locator" on the Scientology website. That is a map that shows you the location of all Scientology churches and missions.
There are a lot of disscusions about scientology. Apparently they have many rules that are very contraversial, like they refuse drugs 'cause they belive God will cure them. Nobody actually knows the rules 'cause they sort of keep for themselves.
Scientology cross was created in 1955.