Church Of Scientology Research Paper

“Close your eyes, and imagine a picture of a cat. Do you see that cat? I bet you did, but the question is, if your eyes are closed who actually saw that cat? Your spirit did, of course, because you are a spirit.” When the preacher said this, I was appalled due to the fact that as I was growing up I was taught that our spirit can leave us, that it is not a part of us all the time. But hey, I had to keep an open mind, I could not judge. As you read this and try to comprehend all that I am trying to say, you will learn the 4 C's for the Church of Scientology: creed, code, cultus, and community of the Church of Scientology. What is the creed of this unique Church? The creed of this Church is that all people are created equal, no matter what race, …show more content…
So I did a little research on their website and the only thing I could find that the church always does is their Sunday service. At the beginning of their Sunday service they read the creed of the church, which states that man is basically good. After that they have the sermon, this part of the service is usually about something going on in the world that involves their beliefs. After that they have the L. Ron Hubbard lecture, which tells them about his life, and they read parts of Dianetics, which is also like their holy scripture. Then there is “group auditing,” which is what I was talking about when you started reading. They told us to focus on the present, and they kept making us do the same stuff over and over again! They asked us stuff like, “Where are you?” Then right when we answer it, they ask again, “Where are you now?” I honestly was so bothered by it until I got home that night and realized, it is their way of showing that the present happens very soon after the past. So each time they asked again the last time they asked was in the past, and they asked us to focus on the present. Well once group auditing is done, there are announcements, and finally the Prayer for Total …show more content…
It’s not like most religious groups, you are not born into it. Scientologists usually “realize” they are Scientologists by word of mouth or, like the person that gave us our tour, through their books. The person that gave us a tour of the Church of Scientology started off by going to college, reading Dianetics, then he became very interested in what the book was all about. After that, he started reading more and more books by L. Ron Hubbard, and became more and more interested in his teachings every day, that one day he just stopped and came to the realization that he is a Scientologist. The people of Scientology don’t even let their children come to a Sunday service until they are about twelve and are old enough to actually comprehend everything the people are “preaching.” The people of the Church want people to be a part of the Church because they believe they belong there, and they believe in their teachings, not because they were born into