Scientology compatible with other religions

Spanning 129 countries and about 500,000 members, Scientologists rank 22nd among world religions. It may be difficult for a full count, as it is more applied philosophy than religion, and thus allows members to belong to other faiths and still fully practice Scientology. Half of Scientologists also report being Christians.

The Church of Scientology was founded in 1954, based on the teachings of Louisiana-born author Lafayette Ron Hubbard. His family moved to Montana when he was 2 (1913), where he befriended Blackfoot Indians and began a personal spiritual journey. By 1923 he lived in Seattle, becoming the youngest Eagle Scout in history. After many more travels in the U.S. and abroad, observing so much human suffering, Hubbard began to write his 5,000 books, essays and articles on how to improve oneself, which comprise the teachings of Scientology.

The word Scientology comes from the Latin word "scio" meaning "knowing," and the Greek word "logos" meaning "study of." Scientologists believe:

• Man consists of three parts: spirit ("thetan"), the mind (for communication and control of spirit), and the body.

• Man is basically good; his spiritual salvation depends upon his attainment of brotherhood with the universe.

• Every man is capable of solving his own problems, accomplishing his goals, and gaining lasting happiness.

• No one is asked to accept anything as belief or on faith. That which is true for you is what you have observed to be true. Each individual discovers truth for himself through observation, self-awareness, and experience. This is why Scientology is compatible with nearly any other religion.

• Dianetics (Greek "dia" (through) and "nous" (soul) is what the soul does to the body. It refers to a method to increase sanity, intelligence, confidence, and well-being by eliminating unwanted emotions and psychosomatic ills, addressing the unconscious. This method is the foundation for survival, health, and happiness.

Scientologists are highly active in the global community, making numerous humanitarian missions to impoverished communities here and across the oceans. For much more information see www.scientology.org/home.html.

Sholeh Patrick is a columnist for the Hagadone News Network. E-mail sholehjo@hotmail.com

This is a great rundown on counter arguments. Sci is completely incompatible with all psychological and spiritual belief systems. Scilons believe only Hubbard tech is capable of saving the planet, and must replace all other mental-health and spiritual practices.

Their repeatedly stated goal is to eradicate psychiatry from the face of the earth. That includes all other mental-health professions. AND religious counseling.

Scilons are simply lying when they say it is compatible. The training dox for their upper Operation Thetan levels are explicit you cannot engage in any other practices. In fact, at that level you get interrogated with an e-meter (=lie detector) about it.

CoS has a whole program to neutralize the churches. They get into local inter-faith councils and hawk their public Way to Happiness blah blah, and get the other churches to accept them. Meanwhile, the real doctrine of incompatibility is hidden, along with the lie detector interrogations, the policy of coerced abortions in its religious order, the Sea Org, along with a whole raft of other human rights violations.

David von Marca uncovered a situation in Sacramento where the scilons were participating in a 9/11 commemoration and wrote an open letter to bishops in Sacto and SF on a Catholic Answers forum: Letter to some bishops on Scientology’s disgraceful participation in today’s 9/11 commemoration in Sacramento

“Dear Fathers in Christ, it is an imperative of ethics, moral and social justice, that the Church completely disconnect itself from corporate Scientology and all its works and pomps.”

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