In short terms What is Scientology?

Supposedly, it is a philosophy that concerns itself with the rehabilitation of not only the mind, but the soul as well. Supposedly it's about restoring a "thetan" (the spirit) to its godlike potential. In reality it is an organisation that is only interested in wealth and power. There's a lot of stories from insiders, particularly former members of their "elite" sea org.

Here’s a factual description of the Scientology religion for you:

Definition:

The term Scientology is taken from the Latin word "SCIO" : which means, in the fullest sense of the word, "knowing", and the Greek word "LOGOS" which simply means "study of". Literal meaning “knowing how to know”.

The subject of Scientology is further defined as :

"the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, universes and other life. "

Scientology is a new religion. Less than 60 years old.It is an applied religious philosophy. By “applied” is meant that it is for use in life and living to improve the conditions of existence.

Scientology is not belief or faith based. In Scientology a truth is only true if it’s true for you, according to your own observation and experience .

It does acknowledge the principle of God or the Infinite but does not try to define or describe this principle, leaving it up to the individual.

It is also not a messianic religion. This means there is no worship of prophets or messiahs or gods.

The most basic principle of Scientology is that YOU are your own immortal soul, that this is not a thing you have but what YOU actually are.

Scientology believes or considers that Man is basically good. This is different from many religions that promote that he his natively evil or bad unless “made” good.

Scientology’s closest spiritual ties with any other religion are with Orthodox (Hinayana ) Buddhism with which it shares an historical lineage. But even here the relationship is based mainly on friendship and the recognition of the being as a spirit rather than any organizational ties.

L.Ron Hubbard explained fully the theology and technologies of Scientology in more than 500,000 pages of writings, including dozens of books and over 4,000 tape recorded public lectures. So a short answer is not possible.

You can also go to www.scientology.org for a more detailed description of this religion.

Expensive

Cult

To short?

The Church of Scientology is a vicious and dangerous cult that masquerades as a religion. Its purpose is to make money. It practices a variety of mind-control techniques on people lured into its midst to gain control over their money and their lives. Its aim is to take from them every penny that they have and can ever borrow and to also enslave them to further its wicked ends.

It was started in the 1950s by a science fiction writer named L. Ron Hubbard in fulfilment to his declared aim to start a religion to make money. It is an offshoot to a method of psychotherapy he concocted from various sources which he named "Dianetics". Dianetics is a form of regression therapy. It was then further expanded to appear more like a religion in order to enjoy tax benefits. He called it "Scientology".

Scientology is a confused concoction of crackpot, dangerously applied psychotherapy, oversimplified, idiotic and inapplicable rules and ideas and science-fiction drivel that is presented to its members (at the "advanced" levels) as profound spiritual truth.

A brilliant cult/religious scam invented by a now-dead pulp science fiction writer for the purpose of making oodles of money.

it is a man made "religion that preys on the weak and insecure. they teach that people have engramic thetans hanging all over them and the only way to rid yourself of them is through very expensive auditing take my advice and stay as far away from those people as possible. scientologists are dangerous and ruinous.

In short terms scientology is -- David Miscavige...

(thats another in joke for those who know him...)

An alien stacking up billions of frozen people up next to volcanos, and blowing them up with H-bombs.

Total b.s....even by Christianity and Islams standards.

F-law, Fail-u-are, Another ology