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Scientology Part I - What Is It?

Scientology is a very contiversial subject that is an expanded version of 'dianetics' from the 1950's. Dianetics was the science of mental health and system of self-improvement techniques. Some countries, like the U.S. and Australia, consider Scientology a religon. Other countries, many European, believe Scientology to be a commercial enterprise, otherwise known as a cult.
The Scientology 'religon' was written and ultimately created by L. Ron Hubbard. Hubbard was accused many times for making Scientology a religous organization in order to keep tax-exemption status and to avoid trouble with governments for false medical claims. Others believe he turned Scientology into a religon for a sort of get-rich-quick scheme.
The main beliefs of Scientology is 1) a person is an immortal spiritual being (known as a thetan) who has a mind and body. The life people of this 'religon' is suppossed to lead is one of continual spiritual and ethical education, awareness, and improvement. And this all leads to the conclusion that they will be happy and gain ultimate salvation, as well as creating a better world. Scientology supposedly offers specific methods to assist a person to achieve this. Another concept in Scientology is 2) the ARC triagle. These are the three components of 'well-living': affinity ( ), reality, and communtication, which equate to understanding.
The central method of Scientology is 'auditing', which is a one-on-one communication with a scietologist 'auditor'. These sessions are meant to help one gain control of their 'reactive' mind, the place where traumatic and bad memories are held and cause people to live lives not completely under their control.
The Church states that the goal of Scientology is a world without war, criminals, and insanity; where good decent people have the freedom to reach their goals.
Many believe Scientology to be a harmful cult, and the Church of Scientology has been in many legal issues do to servial instances such as brainwashing, the disconnection policy, charge of scientology being the cult of personality, harassing, and even death of members.

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