Scientology

Scientology’s Castlereagh Street headquarters in Sydney. The interior is what you’d get by blending a holistic healing centre with the control-deck of the Starship Enterprise. Images of erupting volcanoes, light-pierced landscapes, and Egyptian-looking Scientology symbols evoke a peculiar science-fiction-meets-self-help vibe. Zipping towards me, a uniformed female attendant offers help, and soon I’m looking down at Scientology’s Oxford Capacity Analysis personality test. A battery of 200…

What is humor? Humor can be someone or something that is funny. What is funny can depend on someone’s sense of humor. Humor can be offensive at times by hurting one’s religion, race, sex, and other things to laugh at the expense of others. Despite that there are many television programs and cartoons that make funs of people being in a certain kind of group. Has society fallen so low that we like to hurt each other’s feelings? Bottom line is there are many different types of humor like flavors of…

These days, people throw around the world cult like it’s nothing. For example, fitness trends such as Cross Fit and Soul Cycle have been similarly compared to actual cults. Cross Fit and Soul Cycle might be a bit out there, but there is nothing strange or sinister about them like in actual cults. The truth of the matter is that the word cult should not be used as a joke. Cults are dangerous. They take over people’s lives, demanding many sacrifices, such as isolation and heavy financial…

way, eating certain food or even acting a certain way. In regards to the topic I researched (criteria people must meet in order to reach the afterlife of their religion), I found that with the religions I researched - Christianity, Hinduism and Scientology -, Christian and Hindu both have sacred writings/scripture that talk about how they should live their…

Cults are defined as a group of people having religious beliefs or practices viewed by others as strange. There are many cults in America, more than actual churches. The group is usually isolated from the rest of society which is believed to be destructive. These cults create their own worlds and limit any outside influences. They form their own society with a religious leader controlling the group. These groups use physiological persuasions to recruit and brainwash their members. In our…

The Important of Diversity Most implementers would like to find a magic pill to quickly understand a community. The “right” answer or simple lists of do’s and don’ts that is correlated with each community. But learning about a community’s culture and practices is a long and complex process, where perspective is everything. A guide of behaviors can only take one so far, for what is appropriated to do in one community might be not in another. Each community has their own culture and practices…

want sympathy over how sad it is they are dying (Hamilton 2010). Scientology has what is known as “auditing”. This is pastoral counseling that can help to alleviate pain (grief) associated with a loss. It addresses things in one’s life and helps to work through the issues. It is a path of spiritual enlightment. Because scientologists think a person will come back they are far less to grieve about the loss (Scientology/grief). The Scientologist method of grieving contrasts greatly…

Before the invention of social media, people relied on news channels, newspapers, and radio broadcasts to get their daily news. Each country had its own form of spreading news according to their own bias. However, one could not utilize the old media in such a way to become a participant in their surroundings because their sole purpose was to publicize global events. After the spread of social media, the way people perceive news has become increasingly advanced. A regular citizen nowadays can…

THE NATURE OF GOD. The nature of God shows His characteristics, His attributes and His qualities. These attributes set God aside from human beings and other supernatural beings. It also reveals to us how he deals with mankind. The way he created human beings and made them superior over other creations and the order in which he creates shows his character as a powerful and orderly being. He is described as the Holy Trinity for he is God the father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. It’s…

Anonymous: The Generation of Hacktivists “We are not hackers. We are not terrorists. We are not violent. We are citizens of the world who bear witness to tyranny, oppression and censorship.” “We resist those who seek to violate our rights as human beings.” “We are everyone and we are no one.” “United as One, Divided by Zero. We are Anonymous.” These are quotes stated by hqanon, or the Headquarter of Anonymous, describing Anonymous and the fight creates against their opponents. Through the past…