L. Ron Hubbard's Scientology
According to its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, “Scientology is the science of knowing how to know answers.” Scientology beliefs hold that Man is basically good and that his spiritual salvation depends upon himself, his relationships with his fellows and his attainment of brotherhood with the universe, which it is similar with the concept of Confucianism, but the opposite to the concept of Christianity that we all sinners. People are viewed as spiritual beings that have minds and bodies and a person's "spiritual essence" is called the Thetan. Scientology teaches that "a thetan is the person himself, not his body or his name or the physical universe, his mind or anything else." In 1950, after WWII the founder of Scientology published the book—“Dianetics:
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Hubbard argues that the hinges of the clam eventually became the hinges of the human jaw and that by “invoking your clam past”, you can have a very real effect on a human today. As Hubbard writes in Scientology “Should you desire to confirm this, describe to some uninitiated person the death of a clam without saying what you are describing. ‘Can you imagine a clam sitting on the beach, opening and closing its shell very rapidly?’ (Make a motion with your thumb and forefinger of a rapid opening and closing).The victim may grip his jaws with his hand and feel quite upset. He may even have to have a few teeth pulled: At the very least he will argue as to whether or not the shell stays open at the end or closed. And he will, with no hint of the death aspect of it, talk about the ‘poor clam’ and he will feel quite sad …show more content…
These include the birthday of L. Ron Hubbard (March 13); the date marking the initial publication of Dianetics on May 9; the anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Freewinds and what that vessel represents in the development of advanced spiritual levels of enlightenment in Scientology (June 6); Auditor’s Day, in honor of all auditors on second Sunday in September; the anniversary of the founding of the International Association of Scientologists, which unites, supports and protects the Scientology religion and Scientologists throughout the world on October 7th; and New Year’s Eve on December 31th. There are also many great people believed in Scientology, such as Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, David Miscavige, and John Cruise. And there is no other denomination in
Hubbard argues that the hinges of the clam eventually became the hinges of the human jaw and that by “invoking your clam past”, you can have a very real effect on a human today. As Hubbard writes in Scientology “Should you desire to confirm this, describe to some uninitiated person the death of a clam without saying what you are describing. ‘Can you imagine a clam sitting on the beach, opening and closing its shell very rapidly?’ (Make a motion with your thumb and forefinger of a rapid opening and closing).The victim may grip his jaws with his hand and feel quite upset. He may even have to have a few teeth pulled: At the very least he will argue as to whether or not the shell stays open at the end or closed. And he will, with no hint of the death aspect of it, talk about the ‘poor clam’ and he will feel quite sad …show more content…
These include the birthday of L. Ron Hubbard (March 13); the date marking the initial publication of Dianetics on May 9; the anniversary of the maiden voyage of the Freewinds and what that vessel represents in the development of advanced spiritual levels of enlightenment in Scientology (June 6); Auditor’s Day, in honor of all auditors on second Sunday in September; the anniversary of the founding of the International Association of Scientologists, which unites, supports and protects the Scientology religion and Scientologists throughout the world on October 7th; and New Year’s Eve on December 31th. There are also many great people believed in Scientology, such as Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, David Miscavige, and John Cruise. And there is no other denomination in