04 Sep '10 03:46>
I have taken a interest in this religion and wonderd if there are any longer serving members of it who frequent the boards.
Originally posted by caissad4Exactly. L. Ron Hubbard frequently remarked to friends how easy it was to dupe the government and get out of paying taxes. Just start a religion. LRH said several times that Scientology was a tax shelter.
It isn't really a religion. It may belong in Science Fiction, lol.
Originally posted by Brother EdwinHullo
I have taken a interest in this religion and wonderd if there are any longer serving members of it who frequent the boards.
Originally posted by vishvahetuI read his work "Dianetics" and you are correct in that it deals with "workings of the mind", yes, akin to psychology, and clearly "Dianetics" was to Hubbard as "Psychology of the Unconscious" or "Psychological Types" was to Carl Jung.
well scientology is really a subject in the workings of the mind, more akin to psychology and the study of human behavour.
Originally posted by vishvahetu
Now you will see in this forum a lot of people who will jump on the band wagon to discredit Scientology, without even understanding one thing about it, or if they think they unders ...[text shortened]... ill be from rumor and gossip. They have their dogma, and will not give credit to anything else.
Originally posted by SuzianneWell I looked at it, and gave credit to where it was due, but I am more interested in the meaning of life, and how life works, and what is God, and what happens when I die etc etc etc.
I read his work "Dianetics" and you are correct in that it deals with "workings of the mind", yes, akin to psychology, and clearly "Dianetics" was to Hubbard as "Psychology of the Unconscious" or "Psychological Types" was to Carl Jung.
A scientific work. Clearly not the basis for a "religion". Hubbard admitted creating Scientology as a tax shelter, not ...[text shortened]...
Let me ask you just how intensive and personal is *your* knowledge of Scientology?