Okay, the first time I’ve ever heard the term of scientology was when one of my closest friend has brought up the subject simply by swapping fun facts about My Name is Earl. I have to admit the idea behind the sitcom is pretty amazing, but rumours told the series is only a mere of scientology propaganda. Well I didn’t just hear and nod along, of course, until I googled and found some interesting facts about scientology.
What is it actually?
It’s a newfound religion, founder L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986), a well-known writer yet a controversial public figure. He started it all by writing his science fictions, and introduced Dianetics, a self-improvement technique in 1949. Hubbard introduced the concept of “auditing,” a two-person question-and-answer therapy that focused on painful memories. According to Hubbard, dianetic auditing could eliminate emotional problems, cure physical illnesses, and increase intelligence. (source, Wikipedia).
The religion itself was born circa 1952, when he moved to Phoenix. Some documentation written by Hubbard declared Scientology is business, not religion. His scientific approach in dealing with stress believed has given chances for his followers to deal present issues with an access to the past. By using a device called ‘Hubbard Electropsychometer’ or E-Meter, the followers should be able to audit themselves in the past, and moving forward to a better present.
Scientology defines that the beliefs in God or gods is something personal with no specific dogma. Currently, many Holywood celebrities such as the famous couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, John Travolta, Jason Lee, has been registered as Scientologist.
More about Scientology.
Cons
The cons about Scientology is also being accused as a cult, which has brought a lot of controversial issues amongst the good-old-regular religion believers, in fact some says that Scientology has attracted so many celebrities because the exercises has proven useful for actors/actresses in their daily professional routines as public figures. A quote that I’ve found has defined the cultism says,
Scientology is, without a doubt, a cult. Its teachings are taken from science fiction and eastern mythologies; it promotes man as the ultimate power in the universe—he just hasn’t realized it yet; salvation comes through an extremely expensive process of mind games; and it categorically denies the existence of the God of the Bible, heaven, and hell. To a Scientologist, Jesus Christ was just another nice guy who unfortunately was wrongfully put to death and whose story ends at that death.
Interesting video on YouTube about Scientology cult in London.
For me, Scientology is something that I should probably known about only, since some of its teachings are somehow really hard for me to accept.
What about you?
