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  • From http://www.scientology.org/en_US/religion/index.html The word Scientology literally means "the study of truth." It comes from the Latin word "scio" meaning "knowing in the fullest sense of the word" and the Greek word "logos" meaning "study of." Scientology is the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, others and all of life. The religion comprises a body of knowledge extending from certain fundamental truths. Prime among these: Man is an immortal, spiritual being. His experience extends well beyond a single lifetime. His capabilities are unlimited, even if not presently realized — and those capabilities can be realized. He is able to not only solve his own problems, accomplish his goals and gain lasting happiness, but also achieve new, higher states of awareness and ability. In Scientology no one is asked to accept anything as belief or on faith. That which is true for you is what you have observed to be true. An individual discovers for himself that Scientology works by personally applying its principles and observing or experiencing results.
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology
  • It is a cult which was started by a charlatan.
  • Stupid?
  • ­ ­ knowing how to know ­ ­
  • It's a "religion" created by a science fiction writer, L. Ron Hubbard, in the 50's and 60's. Part of the practice of the religion requires that you undergo some expensive training, some of which is not entirely bogus... a lot of it is about self-control. However, as you progress up through the levels in the system, you discover the "deep secrets" that only those higher up can find out (after having spent a LOT of money). The secrets they claim to possess is a set of crazy, 50's-ish sounding science fiction about how aliens invaded Earth 50 million years ago, and then the humans managed to kill them off with hydrogen bombs, but the aliens left their remnants in us as "mind thetans" which we must learn to expel from our bodies. I probably don't have this exactly accurate, but it's very similar to this, and it's crazy lame. I'm sure you can find a lot more by doing a google search, or have a look at the wikipedia entry. Have fun!
  • It's a cult, founded by a science fiction writer to make money.
  • A religion more laughable than Christianity and their hypocritical oath.
  • the belief that an alien being ruler brought people to earth in Boeings, and then when they were too evil, put them all in volcanoes and blew them up with nukes. and because of this, bad spirits now roam the earth, which must be extracted so one can be truly happy.
  • The funny part of a bad joke.
  • Stupid.
  • A whole bunch of Hollywood nuts who have nothing better to do with their time and money but to donate it to L. Ron Hubbard so he can get richer quick
  • Scientology is an evil and dangerous cult that takes people's life savings and possessions. They will use hypnosis on you and call it auditing. They disconnect members from family and friends, all the while posing as a religion to gain tax exempt status.
  • here's the wikipedia def: Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by American science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard.[1] Hubbard developed Scientology teachings in 1952 as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics.[2] Hubbard later characterized Scientology as an "applied religious philosophy" and the basis for a new religion with the first Scientology church being established in New Jersey, December 1953.[3][4][5] A commonly held belief among Scientologists is that psychiatry and psychology are destructive and abusive fields, which must be abolished.[6][7] Scientology advocates that people are immortal spiritual beings (or thetans) which have lived many lifetimes. Scientologists believe that the primary purpose of existence is survival.[8] One controversial aspect of Scientology beliefs is the idea that thetans lived among extraterrestrial cultures before becoming trapped in bodies on Earth.[9] It is believed that thetans were brainwashed by these extraterrestrial cultures as a means of population control. The belief of extraterrestrial origins is not taught to new members, but is only presented after members have advanced through the ranks of Scientology.
  • http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/934408 This question has been asked in many forms on AB. Please go to the Scientology section and read. http://www.answerbag.com/c_view/118
  • The philosophy that took the sanity of Tom Cruise away from him!
  • scientology is totally made up... it was a bet between hubbard and asimov i believe.. that he could make up his own religion and have a million followers... blah blah
  • Scientology is a zombie chimera of science and religion that attempts to replace knowledge with belief.
  • it's his stories coming to live...he's a puppeteer!
  • A big scam-cult that began as a bet. BTW, cult and scam are synonymous words.
  • My hometown, Clearwater FLorida, has been under full occupation since 1976. We have had 18 unsolved Scientology murders. Google Lisa McPherson. I Support Anonymous. (Click Picture to Enlarge)
  • A worldwide conjob.

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