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    about a technology - not a philosophy. You must separate these concepts! The person who made the above quoted statement was L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. Because of the antics of Tom Cruise, the religion of Scientology is relegated to the kook fringe. And it probably should be. Separate the religion/philosophy of Scientology from their study technology. I am NOT a Scientologist. I do not support or subscribe to their religion. I do not

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    Evaluation Rodney Snow Argosy University Analyzing Religions David Bradnick September 17, 2014   I chose Scientology and Buddhism as the two religions that I don’t know anything about. Anthropological views of the two Religions are comparing and contrast in the following. Both religions focus on personal spiritual development and not the image as the source of their beliefs. Scientology was founded by Ron L. Hubbard in July of 1952. Over twenty five years Mr. Hubbard investigated the fundamentals

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    constantly fail and drift around in the sea while the members of the Sea Org were put to work. He is now wrongly remembered as a hero. Scientology should not be considered a religion because it was made by a delusional man who wanted profits and glory. The truth about Scientology needs to be common knowledge to everyone in order to spread awareness to those desperate enough to join the group. Originally it started as a scam started by L.Ron Hubbard in order to create a consistent influx of cash

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    Scientology has a lot of kinds of beliefs. One of the basic beliefs that scientology has is that experience is saved in the brain as à series of memory traces named engrams. These engrams can cause negative behavior such as, self-dating. Engrams can keep happening if à person is going through hard times, for example: When à relative passes away, à person needs to stop thinking about the situation of someone’s death; otherwise, the engrams are going to reinforced and recur. One of the purpose of scientology

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    News promo clip for the ”20/20”, actress leah Remini reveals how Tom Cruise was one of the factors that led her to break from the Church of Scientology. 45-year-old actress stated in the interview set to air on Friday, October 30 that, "Being critical of Tom Cruise is being critical of Scientology itself ... you are evil." Tom Cruise who is the poster boy for Scientology -- it's difficult to talk about one without talking about the other. That's an alarming but unsurprising mindset. What may be

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    Scientology Controversy

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    all affiliated with the religion of Scientology. Scientology is a unique and controversial religion that offers a precise path leading to a complete and certain understanding of one's true spiritual nature and one's relationship to self, family, groups, mankind, all life forms, the material universe, the spiritual universe and the Supreme Being. The Church of Scientology is a non denominational religion that was established in 1954. The founder of Scientology Lafayette Ronald Hubbard did not intrude

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    The beginning of the scientology community began in the year 1953 when they created The Church of Scientology (Hubbard, Ron). This religion today is still considered to be one of the newest religions to this current date because science is constantly changing in our world and we are always making new discovery’s that change are view of the world and help back up the scientology community. Scientology effects humans psychological and spiritual aspect of life (Hubbard, Ron). The practice and belief

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    Although adherents of Scientology and social scientists are adamant that it is a religion, a more appropriate explanation is that this is a multi-national organization, and religion is only one of its several mechanisms. The other components of scientology include political ambitions, business enterprises and projects, cultural production, simulated medical perpetrations and simulated psychiatric practices and an interchangeable family structure for some of its elite members known as the Sea Organization

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    religion, such as Scientology, referred to as a “client cult” where services are provided or branch off from an established religion like Christianity as did Mormonism with its teachings based upon the Holy Bible and The Book of Mormon. (Fisher, 2014, 459, 465) With various NRMs emerging including Scientology and Mormonism, will they endure and continue to grow, attracting future generations to their particular religion? Their similarities and differences will be examined. Scientology and Mormon Similarities

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    groups are created and maintained. In order to fully grasp these components, the Church of Scientology will be explained as it has received some heat in the news recently. The Church of Scientology is explained in an article called Alien Religion

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