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Scientology is a religion founded by L. Ron Hubbard in 1952. Questions about Scientology can be directed here.

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What are the Holy Days and Religious celebrations of Scientology?

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There's not an holy day in Scientology, but there are celebrations for marriage and funeral.

Is there a dresscode in scientology?

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No, there is no specific dress code. Being respectful of yourself and others is an important element of Scientology, so I personally like to reflect that in my style of dress.

A Church of Scientology is run much like a professional university, such as a law school, and therefore encourages a professional demeanor.

Staff members have a dress code and sometimes a uniform to wear. This seems to vary by location.

What is the difference between scientology and atheism?

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Scientology is a pseudo-religious construct founded by science-fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard.

Atheists have reached a conclusion about god that indicates that there is no god, This is not "rejecting" god any more than children reject the monster under he bed as they grow older - they just realize that there is no such thing.

Is scientology good or bad?

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Whether Scientology is good or bad that leads down to everyone's personal opinions. Either it works for you or it doesn't. However, people in particular that have never been involved with the Church should not criticize or hate on this religion by saying its bad when they haven't even been involved.

There is no doubt that the Church stands planted to the ground for good deeds the whole purpose is to do great things that everyone who is willing to join can grow in touch with their inner souls.

Note: I think the best way to find out is go to your local library and get a book. Who can give you opinions with a book? Try "the Problems of Work" by L. Ron Hubbard. Once read, form your own opinion. But dont listen to masked protestors too afraid to show their face when protesting about a subject they know not of.

A common belief amongst Scientologists is "What is true for you is true for you". So go by that rule and i dont think you will go wrong in forming an opinion.

Who is the founder of scientology?

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L. Ron Hubbard, a writer of science fiction. He made it up as a joke. Really.

The Holy Scriptures written by The GOD L. Ron. Hubbard

The God Ron said "Never Defend, Always Attack". He "thought" and then "Doctrine of Fair Game" came into being into this Sinful World to control it.

He saw that people got sick and he claimed to all mankind. "That all illness in greater or lesser degree and all foul-ups stem directly and only from a PTS condition".

He saw that all real causes of illnesses and symptoms, had to be suppressed, hidden, erased from his Ronbots' brains, so he needed a way to keep the fraud secret. So he claimed to his slaves that all the REAL CAUSES of illnesses in the world were only an illusion and a deception created by psychiatrists to dominate the world in mental health and MDs in physical health.

"So long as a physiological phenomenon remains the knowledge of a few and is denied to the many it can be utilized to control the many." LRH (from Journal of Scientology Issue 4-G from Oct. 1952)

But the truth even though suppressed, has been exposed. I am the only living soul (outside of upper Sea Org staff) who knows exactly how his 72 hour delayed physiological reactions (restimulation) really work, and why it works and how to stop it from working or reverse it.

Scientology's God Ron has hidden this physiological phenomenon as their secret, of a human function so old that it came before mankind could walk. Even animals have physiological reactions, and the God RON claims that if your dog is sick, you had to suppress it by making it PTS to you.

The God Ron claims that 72 hours after being near a Suppressive Person you or your pet will get sick. He claims that all SPs restimulate and is the ONLY cause or source of ALL illnesses and accidents or foul-ups. But the cult also claims that ALL people that dislike and/or oppose Scientology are Suppressive Persons without exception.

Then God Ron ordered "Disconnection", "Fair Game", and also the prohibition and restriction of all Ronbots from reading, listening, studying or viewing certain channels or media, literature, or talking to us, to keep them ignorant.

The God called Ron observed the physiological reaction of the human body and brain and then invented a religion, after he discovered that study tech and auditing, comes from physiological reactions. Then he invented the fraud called PTS-SP tech, as a way to control people and encourage the suppression and victimization of humanity.

The greatest crime of all is that the knowledge of using Physiological reactions to find the real causes of all illnesses, has been denied and used as a tool to kill, harass, and abuse any that oppose them. God gave us symptoms of illnesses as a clue or tool to find the true cause in order to heal ourselves and not to hurt mankind.

The true power of Dianetics and Scientology is used for evil- but it will be exposed.

Always find the true and real source of all illnesses-The GOD RON lies.

THE RONBOT HUNTER

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What did you call someone that believes in more than one god?

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Polytheism: the belief in or worship of more than one god

origin:

French polytheisme, from Late Greek polytheospolytheistic, from Greek, of many gods, from poly- + theos god

How many scientologists are there?

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There are about 10 million that ever took a course. However the number of active members is far below that. According to the CoS itself, there are millions of scientologists.

One frequently cited survey stated that there are less then 100.000 (55.000 in 2001), but the publisher of that survey retracted their results because the methodology was designed to measure adherents of major religious factions such as Christian, Muslim, Jewish, etc.

Attendance at Scientology events are very large in some parts of the world. The church has dozens or hundreds of facilities and churches around the world. Although the exact number of "Scientologists" is unknown, it is clearly well over 100,000 and is most likely in the millions.

Part of the uncertainty arises from the fact that there is no "membership" program in most countries, and that current polling methods for religious affiliation are not suited for determining numbers of Scientologists.

What makes Scientology different from other religions?

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First, Scientology is not considered a religion in the UK and by many other countries and denominations around the world. It has been recognized as a religion in the US, its country of origin, as a non-profit charitable organization for tax purposes since 1993. There are some significant differences when compared to mainstream religions.

Some differences:

  • It has no set dogma concerning God that it imposes on its members.
  • It seeks to take individuals to new levels of spiritual awareness where one can reach their own conclusion regarding the nature of God.
  • It is pantheistic in nature and the individual is semi-divine.
  • It teaches a belief in psychic powers, past lives and the immortality of humans.
  • It teaches that humankind is basically good and offers salvation now rather than in a next life.
  • Members aren't allowed to engage in psychiatric treatments.

Suzanne Vega's youth idol Leonard Cohen was a Scientologist can it be that she is or was a Scientologist as well?

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Quotes from Suzanne Vega excerpted from articles on suzannevega.com


"I've been a Buddhist since I was 16 - the Nichiren Shoshu sect. So every morning I chant and burn incense..."


''I was 16 when my father came home and said he'd gone to a Buddhist meeting,'' Miss Vega recalled. ''There hadn't been any religion in the family until that time. I decided to give it a try, and one by one the whole family became involved.


''The discipline revolves around chanting and the recitation of morning and evening prayers that are supposed to change your character. Chanting also may have had an effect on my songwriting, since it's repetitive - a rhythm that goes around and around - and a lot of my songs have striking, circular rhythms.''


From other comments she's made I gather she's not as "religious" about practicing Buddhism these days, but still occasionally chants in times of stress, etc.


Does science have anything to do with Scientology?

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Scientology deals with all knowledge, and that includes all knowledge of the physical world. Science deals with knowledge of the physical world only, and then only a portion of what is observable. (What is provable and what is acceptable to others. Example: A man by the name of Aristarchus wrote about the Earth revolving around the Sun in 200 BC. He was punished by the state religion of his day and his works were nearly destroyed. See Archimedes' book 'The Sand Reckoner.' Galileo had the same problem with the Catholic Church in the 14th century. Nevertheless the Earth did rotate around the Sun in 200 BC, in 1400 and still does today.)

One definition of science goes like this: 'the study and knowledge of the physical world and its behavior that is based on experiments and facts that can be proved, and is organized into a system.' When one looks at science one sees very little of these topics: God, Spiritual Beings, the Humanities, Ethics, Aesthetics and any aspect of the mind that can be observed directly by the person as an individual. It is not that these areas of Life do not exist and cannot be observed, more likely, they are not currently popular with the powers that be.

To my knowledge, science does not address all the areas of Life that a philosophy, a religion, or that might be included in the Humanities. Scientology does address all these areas of Life, not just the physical world around us that is acceptable to a Science; Journal, an Association or an Institute or a Foundation.

So a key point here is that Scientology, as a body of knowledge, is free of influence from all such political, religious, social and monetary special interests. It is free. Science is not.

Some people consider that Francis Bacon is the Father of Science. He wrote down what it was for the first time and his book 'The New Atlantis' describes a field of knowledge that does include the Humanities. Somewhere between 1620 and now, something got left out of it.

In terms of Answers.com, it means anyone is also free to comment on it and express opposing views. Right? Example: one time I pointed out test results from a scientific study of Dianetics at Wikipedia. In Sept 1950 88 new people off the street read the Dianetics book for the first time, trained on it for 40 hours and then gave and received 40 hours of Dianetic processing. The result was an average of 10 points IQ gain, based on the certifications of three psychology professionals in such testing. The results were published in early editions of a book called 'Science of Survival.' This 'science' was shunned at Wikipedia (by people with a vested interest) and instead the 'research' of a boy attempting to satisfy his teaching degree, and a single doctor treating one patient was accepted as representing 'the proof' that was acceptable.

Is Jared Leto a scientologist?

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yes

Where was scientology founded?

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umm..in someone's science lesson

What is dianetics?

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Dianetics is a set of ideas and practices developed by L. Ron Hubbard in the 1950s. It aims to address the root causes of mental and emotional distress through a process called auditing, which involves the release of negative experiences stored in the mind. Dianetics is promoted as a tool for self-improvement and achieving a state of clear, free from past traumas.

Is Nicole kidman scientologist?

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She was when she was married to Tom Cruise.

Is Johnny Depp a scientologist?

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I think he's a non-practicing catholic.

When or where was the hearth of Scientology founded?

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L. Ron Hubbard began his studies of the mind and spirit in 1923, resulting in a manuscript entitled "Excalibur" in 1938. It was in this unpublished work that the word Scientology first appeared to describe what Mr. Hubbard termed "the study of knowing how to know." He decided against publishing the book for the fact, "'Excalibur' did not contain any therapy of any kind but was simply a discussion of the composition of life." Consequently, "I decided to go further."

That "going further" resulted in Dianetics, a subject which was introduced into the much broader field of Scientology to provide an actual "therapy" easily applied by the man in the street. Thus, in 1947, he wrote a manuscript detailing the core discoveries of Dianetics. Although not published at the time, the manuscript was circulated among friends and colleagues, who copied it and passed it on to others. (This work was eventually published in 1951 as Dianetics: The Original Thesis.)

As copies of the manuscript continued circulating, Mr. Hubbard began receiving a flood of letters requesting further information. Indeed, he soon found himself spending all his time answering letters and decided to write a comprehensive text on the subject-Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.

Published on May 9th, 1950, it sparked a storm of popular enthusiasm, and immediately hit the New York Timesbestseller list where it remained for 28 consecutive weeks. As such, it was the biggest selling book on the mind ever written, and remains so today. Contained within was the discovery of the reactive mind-the hidden source of nightmares, unreasonable fears, upsets and insecurity.

Yet L. Ron Hubbard never considered Dianetics an end to his research but, rather, a steppingstone to the discovery and isolation of a long-illusive life source. And indeed, the techniques of Dianetics provided the means by which practitioners soon began discoveringpast lives. Pressing application and research even further came the accomplishment of what is known as exteriorization-demonstrating the spirit was indeed separable from the body and mind: The Scientology religion was born.

Thereafter, L. Ron Hubbard delved ever deeper into the spiritual nature of Man, documenting his discoveries in thousands of recorded lectures, films, articles and books.

While to present those discoveries, he literally circumnavigated the globe and so Churches of Scientology opened on four continents-headquartered at his long-term residence in southern England.

Through ensuing years, L. Ron Hubbard continued advancing the subject until his passing in 1986.

His legacy comprises tens of millions of published words, recorded lectures and films, while with over 250 million copies of his books and lectures in circulation, he has inspired a movement spanning all continents and all cultures.

Is neil gaiman a scientologist?

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No. He is not.

Are scientologists allowed to have children?

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Scientology regards the family as the building block of any society and marriage as an essential component of a stable family life.

People often find that after they begin practicing Scientology, their relationships with spouses and other family members strengthen dramatically. That is because Scientology teaches an individual to communicate more freely with others, raises the capacity to love and puts one in better communication with family and friends.

Surveys have found that, after participating in Scientology services, individuals are more likely to marry or stay married and to have children than before they became Scientologists.

To learn more, read "Marriage" from The Scientology Handbook or enroll on the online course.

Who owns Scientology?

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Ron Hubbard