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The Study of Truth
Scientology, literally meaning the study of truth, is a religion shrouded in mystery and confusion. Or is it a colossal worldwide cash scam used to fool people into believing they are achieving ultimate happiness? Scientology is misunderstood and often criticized. The media has given scientology much scrutiny mostly due to the ignorance of the true beliefs of Scientologists.
Scientology was founded in 1954 by Lafayette Ronald Hubbard. Scientology is based off of his best-selling book Dianetics: the Modern Science of Mental Health which was published in 1950 and received several awards. L. Ron Hubbard was born on March 13, 1911 in Tilden, Nebraska. His father was in the Navy so his family moved often. He was schooled by his mother who had gone to college prior to getting married. Hubbard was an excellent student and became a man who excelled in many professions. This is what led him to his research on Dianetics (Parker, James). “Dianetics is the study of what the soul is doing to the mind” (Church of Scientology).
Hubbard believed that man is divided into three separate parts. Each of these parts plays a different role in making up a person.
“The first is the Thetan (from the Greek letter theta meaning “thought” or
“spirit”), which is the individual himself. The second of these parts is the
mind. The thetan uses his mind as a communication and control system
between himself and his environment. The third of these parts is the body”
(Church of Scientology).
The Thetan is essentially our soul. We are a thetan and everything else in our (our body and our mind) are not really a part of us. Our mind acts as a gateway for our thetan to interact with our body. Our body is how we interact with the environment.
Scientologists believe that we are all immortal spiritual beings. They do not believe in a “God”. They believe that there is a creator but there is no dictated way on how they worship him. They believe that as they grow to understand their mind and the reality of the universe their relationship with the creator will strengthen. Other than the creator scientology has no main deities, but one of the most common misconceptions is that they worship a god called Xenu (also sometimes pronounced Xemu). In fact they do not worship Xenu. They **** him.
L. Ron Hubbard believed in “Space Opera”. Space opera is a form of science fiction about space ships, aliens, and futuristic technologies. Hubbard believed that millions of years ago Space Opera was in fact real. According to Hubbard Xenu was an intergalactic overlord who was head of the Galactic Confederation. Xenu controlled over 76 planets that were highly overpopulated. To solve the population problems he used the Galactic Confederation’s army to kidnap people as he lured them in by telling them they were being called in for income tax inspections. He stuffed the kidnapped people into boxes and transported them to Earth (which was known as Teegeeak at the time) in a spaceship and stacked them around the bottom of volcanoes. He dropped hydrogen bombs inside of the volcanoes and then simultaneously detonated the bombs thus killing the billions of people. Supposedly their thetans wander the Earth causing spiritual harm to us (Secret Tapes: The History of Xenu).
Auditing sessions help people determine great areas of spiritual distress and helps them deal with these areas. The “E-Meter!” or ElectroPsychoMeter helps determine the mental state of a person and helps the auditor determine areas of spiritual distress. The auditor asks questions to the person who is hooked up to the E-Meter and then records the machine’s responses. The E-Meter does not harm a person but merely notices the changes in a person’s mental state (Church of Scientology). L. Ron Hubbard did not invent the E-Meter even though his name is on the patent. He actually stole the device from Volney Mathison who was a chiropractor who developed the machine to help his patients (Andres Heldal-Lund). Scientologists will use auditing sessions to solve their problems instead of using medications such as anti-depressants.
“L. Ron Hubbard discovered that drug and chemical residues are stored
and trapped in the fatty tissues of the body and remain long after a person
has been off drugs. As long as this person has these residues in his body,
his awareness, abilities and attitudes can remain suppressed, adversely
affecting his ability to succeed to his full potential in life” (Church of
Scientology).
Scientologists believe that drugs and chemicals cloud our minds. They stop us from being able to think clearly and live happy lives. The religion’s strict anti-drug policy is one reason for the scrutiny in the media. Millions of people take anti-depressants and other medications. Without these medications some of these people would not be able to function properly in society.
According to “Scientology Today”, Scientology gains over 600,000 new su
Thanks for reading my paper! =)
what did you think? im 14 and in the 8th grade. So i think i did a pretty good job. No im not a scientologist but im not a hater either. In theory alot of their beliefs make sense. But i would love some feedback.
ok i did not ask for people to come on here and give iased opinions about which religion is the best. IM GOING TO REPEAT THIS AGAIN! IM NOT A SCIENTOLOGIST… we had to right a research paper on a religion we dont practice at school for my GT (gifted and talented (its a step up from AP (advanced placement))) Class
January 30th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Scientology is absolute crap hun!
They do believe in Xenu? Come on even your smarter than that!
A religion you have to “pay” to get into?
I don’t **** either, but even I know better than Dianetics!
ETA ~ I do like your Thesis statement! That I do AGREE with..but its not a 3 point statement…you only have 2 points…Mystery and Confusion..you need one more point to make it a “thesis”
I understand your NOT a Scientologist, and I DO know what GT classes are!
How many pages doubled spaced is it?
February 2nd, 2010 at 9:58 pm
There are a lot of beliefs in scientology that aren’t really common knowledge. But yes, over all for someone who really knows nothing about the religion, it’s not a bad paper. Good job.
February 4th, 2010 at 10:50 am
Scientiology is a lie. Christianity is much more logical because it is the truth.
February 6th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
seems slanted
February 9th, 2010 at 4:37 am
interesting
February 12th, 2010 at 11:59 am
I like your research paper. I think you did a good job of research considering the amount of false information about the Scientology religion that is easily available on the internet.( and readily believed as fact by many people.)
You made sure you got the facts.
Well done.
P.S. I am a Scientologist myself, for over 37 years, so I do know a bit about this religion.
P.P.S. Mr Hubbard hired Volney Matheson to build the first functioning E Meters. He gave him the specifics and what properties he wanted. Matheson came out with various versions, the later models he designed were too complex and unusable for auditing purposes , but Mr Hubbard and Volney Matheson had an excellent working relationship at all times.
February 14th, 2010 at 12:45 am
I think that a key principle that was left out of this, and you might want to add it to your paper, is that what Scientologists believe is based on what he or she has found to be true by personal observation. God is very much a part of my life and the way I live it, in helping others become free, spiritually. I know lots of Scientologists who do, too.
What God is, is up to each individual. In fact, it’s so important that when you look at the 8 different urges or drives we have for optimum survival, the eighth or God or Creator dynamic surrounds all the rest.
Let me explain that – envision these as concentric circles:
1. Self (center circle)
2. Family (surrounds self – the baby who becomes aware of mom or dad or sister, etc)
3. Groups
4. Mankind
5. Life (plants and animals)
6. The physical universe (Matter, Energy, Space and Time)
7. Ourselves, as spiritual beings rather than bodies
8. God, the Creator or Infinity
As you see God surrounds them all.
I find it amusing that people tell us what we believe when that is a personal observation and from that we know (rather than believe in) principles, because they work. That is knowing, rather than believing in something, and it’s different from one person to the next.
What is true in Scientology is what we have personally observed to be true. That’s core in our religious studies.
Do you see the difference?
Whatever else you hear or read beyond the texts that describe the true data about what Scientology is, is not something that is personally observed to be true. It’s second hand, third hand etc… People act on these observations without ever seeing that it’s true and that’s sad. I wish that there were others that actually took the time to look at different areas, like you did.
February 14th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
The “e-meter” is just a gimmick that does little more than read galvanic skin responses of the person holding the device. It allows “qualified” scientologists to ramp up the hard sell by spinning the usual crap they are renowned for.