Scientology

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about whether I’d had a troubled childhood or difficult past relationships. His usual suggestion for someone like me, he said, would depend on which of my many issues I wanted to work on. If it was my apparent depression, it would be a course or Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s book Dianetics, a set of theories concerning the metaphysical relationship between mind and body. The courses are $55 and the books $25, or more with an accompanying DVD. As someone who has never suffered from…

Tom cruise set to receive CinemaCon 2018 award Legendary actor Tom Cruise will be the first actor to receive of the 2018 CinemaCon Pioneer of the Year award. The award has been previously bagged by non actors like Dick Cook, Cecil B. DeMille and Alan Horn. Others are Donna Langley, Tom Sherak, Jack Valenti, and Jack Warner. For Cruise, this adds another feather on his hat. He is famous for stunts in Hollywood movies, as well as his successful acting career that has seen him star in hundreds…

courses I took, the cost of Scientology added up to more than $50,000.” That’s more than a year’s salary for some people, far more than any struggling actor moving to Los Angeles looking for one big break. Steve Hall who wrote speeches and TV scripts for Scientology says, “Scientology is a philosophy of rational self-inquiry akin to Buddhism, in that it requires an investigation and a reckoning with one's own demons and desires.”(Edwards). That clearly states that Scientology is a religion to…

The “whys of conformity” demonstrate why the Church of Scientology has been so successful in gaining new members and keeping indoctrinated members. Specifically, they help explain why people are motivated to conform to the church’s ideals. The group locomotive hypothesis, consistency theory, and the hedonistic hypothesis provide reasoning to understand how the church gains and keeps its members. I will examine how each of these theories/hypotheses play a role in “Going Clear”. The group…

is in your heart and more about what is in your wallet. Bear in mind that the Church of Scientology brings in $500-550 million every year, according to an article by L. Christopher Smith for Entrepreneur. This church earns more in a year than most people will see in their entire lifetime, and yet none of it goes to the IRS; it remains in the money-grubbing hands of the church’s leaders. The Church of Scientology is not a unique case; the same truth applies to numerous other large religious…

Much of the therapeutic processes that originated from Dianetics have made its way into Scientology as religious practices. One of these practices that most “preclear” Scientologists go through is the therapeutic process of auditing (Anderson). Hubbard claimed that the reactive mind contained painful and traumatic memories that are the source of many of physical and psychological weaknesses known as “engrams” (Reitman 52). Scientologists claim that, through the auditing process, they can…

the 1950s, questions were raised about the religion of Scientology and if its values were even a religion at all. A man by the name of L. Ron Hubbard the founder of dianetics, which later became Scientology in 1952, had a religious belief that people had the ability to see beyond human intelligence. Hubbard believed to be helping his religion by expanding the views he had on others. In the film, Going Clear by Alex Gibney he exposes Scientology for what it really is, a money laundering, power…

Scientology and Christianity Scientology and Christianity have very different religious beliefs between the creation of the world, their paths in their they should go thru , the afterlife, who is their superhuman god , and their belief system; however, both religion does have some similarities between belief systems. Christianity believes in a all seeing ,all powerful good , know as Yahweh. Yahweh has a son know as Jesus, but Jesus has multiple names such as Son of Man, Beginning and the…

little unorthodox, however in Scientology is has become the norm. Scientology has become the religion of choice for many citizens across America; However, the phenomenal growth of the system has yet to change the perception of the church. “It is said, L Ron Hubbard, created the religion as a money-making scam in 1954”, wrote Nelson Jones. Scientology is one the wealthiest religions, and that is by no means a mistake. Faith selling is a million-dollar industry. Scientology consists of eight…