Scientology

Have you ever tried to go to sleep, look at the clock reading 2 a.m., and then just took out your laptop and started reading stuff? Of course you have, but sometimes you reach a click spiral that leads you to reading about mysterious true stories that seem like they're pulled right from an episode of The X-Files. Hell, some episodes are influenced directly from the following stories. The problem with reading a lot of these stories is that you usually tend to read them in the middle of the night.…

Media and technology are huge part of billions of people’s lives. Through technology, media is the primary tool for information for the majority of the world. This tool is very powerful and complex and people have a range of positive, neutral and negative opinions about it. This essay will discuss the effects of media, first by examining how media presents information to society, secondly the negative effects media and technology has on society and thirdly the way in which we can solve these…

is essentially beneficial for showing corruption in parts of the world, but when it’s attacking someone directly that isn’t favorable for the public, that’s, well, attacking. Another important leak from WikiLeaks was the Bible of the Church of Scientology in which the Bible described “interesting” feats along with rules and just downright ridiculous things in general. Some of these absurd achievements included thinking members of the church could eventually talk to plants. Sounds a little crazy…

Even though we have moral codes ourselves when we are in that place or in that situation, people tend to forget it for that sake. According to the Church of Scientology International, moral codes are defined as “a series of agreements to which a person has subscribed to guarantee the survival of a group.” These group include family, friends, company that you work in, etc. Moral codes were agreements that could be followed by human beings for their survival needs but the one they couldn’t be…

Romanticism: The Hegelian Antithesis to the Enlightenment Jared Cartier Carson High School B6 AP Literature September 19 2017 Mr Macy Cartier 1 The Romantic era was a time when people focused on their own self improvement of art and literature and receded the the era of Enlightenment which was focused on philosophical thinking of human nature. Both era’s were times when many great works of literature and art were produced. However the Romantic…

Avenue Q Performance Review Avenue Q is a 2 act musical, written by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx that is a satirical coming of age story. Avenue Q tells the story of a recent college graduate, Princeton, as he moves to New York City and attempts to navigate the challenges of finding a job and finding his purpose. He moves to Avenue Q, an admittedly shabby looking street in the city, where he meets Christmas Eve, a Japanese-American therapist, her husband Brian, an aspiring comedian perpetually…

It’s no secret that religion is extremely prominent in the United States ranging from a variety of different faiths: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and even Scientology, these are all massive institutions committed to dealing with matters concerning faith; however, all these institutions are exempt from tax in the United States. Should this be the case? The answer is no, all religious organizations should be taxed accordingly and indiscriminately. Taxing religious organizations isn’t a matter of…

ended in a horrible tragedy. In the late 70’s more than 900 people drank poison laced with cyanide and committed mass suicide. More recently the Church of Scientology has raised grave concerns among the public and also from family members whom have a relative or relatives attending this church. With the People’s Temple and the Church of Scientology we can all three warning signs that give clues to the organizations, both are or were exclusive, both are secretive, and both have very authoritative…

how an individual’s inner sense that God exists entices a desire that even in a blink of an eye one’s physical actions are aligned to the laws of a particular religion. This explains the various forms of religion such as, Christianity, Atheism, Scientology, Muslim and so many more that is controlled by one’s enticement that God exist. Also, it can be noted that Grudem explains how “some people deny this inner sense of God and even deny that…

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