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This article is about the belief system and practices. For the organization, see Church of Scientology. For other uses, see Scientology (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Religious Science or Christian Science.

I was watching the morning news and Leah Remick was a guest. After becoming an adult, she bailed out of Scientology and said they were full of s- - t. She has been a member since age 9. Her parents were members and the kids had to be members also. I've wonderd about Scientology since Tom Cruse (sp.) was on the Today show. I read this article from Wikipedia and was surprised to learn it's a money making religion. You would have to be pretty well off to be a Scientologist. This is a short article with links to more information. This religion has nothing to do with God or Jesus, so let's don't turn this discussion into a religion debate. It's strictly for information.

Scientology is a body of beliefs and practices created by American science fiction author L. Ron Hubbard (1911 - 1986).

In 1950, Hubbard published Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, explaining the process of auditing, in which a counselor guides a subject to recall traumatic memories and resolve the associated negative emotions.[6][not in citation given][7] In 1953, having lost the rights to Dianetics, Hubbard created an expansion called Scientology which teaches that people are immortal beings who have forgotten their true nature.[8][9][10][11] Scientology claims that that psychiatry is destructive and abusive and must be abolished.[12][13] A typical Scientologist must spend several years and $100,000 before learning the story of Galactic Dictator Xenu.[14][15][16]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology


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SFC Michael Hasbun
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People keep bashing scientology for making money but conveniently ignore the Tammy Fae Bakers, Joel Osteens, Ray Comforts and Pat Robertsons (to name a few) of the Christian world.......
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SSG Gene Carroll SR.
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If everybody remembers Joel, His father was the pastor before he took over after the passing of his father and was voted in to continue his father ministry in the church.
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Sgt Stephen Browning
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I put no faith in their teaching either. It is sad that most people base their opinion of God on those guys.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
SFC Michael Hasbun
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Sgt Stephen Browning - Well, they are his ambassadors. Until a deity decides to come on down from Castle Grayskull in the sky and introduce himself, God is only what men tell each other he is...
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Sgt Stephen Browning
Sgt Stephen Browning
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The sad fact is that there are those who truly try to be the people that we should but you only ever hear about the ones who are abusing and using people. Oh and by the way I don't believe in that kind of God. I believe that he is what science refers to as electromotive force. The unseen force that holds all matter together. The name of him is Yahweh.
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SPC George Rudenko
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LRH is quoted many times saying "religion is where the money is"... I can not give one ounce of respect to scientology
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SPC George Rudenko, Is Scientology a world cult, or only in California? I can't believe Tommy and Johnny support this crap. Lol
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SPC George Rudenko
SPC George Rudenko
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SGT (Join to see) It is international.... some place the total numbers now at ~ 50,000 people. But, they have a very very large investment and real estate portfolio.,
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SPC George Rudenko
SPC George Rudenko
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I also have issue with the church expelling members, banning parents from speaking to their own children (lets say the child leaves the church of their own choice, the church can order non ciommunication). Oh, and they tried to infiltrate the IRS and FBI to spy on them....
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Hmmm. I wonder, since it is so much about wealth, if Trump could be a Scientologist? That's just about all we need for a POTUS, is someone even more greedy, than the ones already there.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
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I'm very fond of scientology. They got to show us, in real time, where religions come from. Hubbard publicly declared the starting of a religion to be the best way to strike it rich, and went ahead and formed one. We now have a brand new one, with doctrine, adherents, temples, rituals and believers no less convinced than all the other religions that theirs is the correct one.

It's a fascinating case study. People seem to be purposely ignoring the lessons we should be learning from this, but hey, that's religion for ya...
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SFC Michael Hasbun
SFC Michael Hasbun
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SGT (Join to see) - Oh it's not mine at all. I just find religion fascinating from a social and psychological perspective..
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I'm understand to be a Scientologist, you must sign a million year contract, because you believe in reincarnation. Is that true SFC Michael Hasbun?
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Oh! OK, SFC Michael Hasbun, I misunderstood you. Sorry.
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SFC Michael Hasbun
SFC Michael Hasbun
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These guys sign those billion year contracts, but I don't know if it's a mainstream practice..
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