Investigation on The Beliefs of Scientology

A cult is defined as “a system of religious veneration and devotion directed toward a particular figure or object” ("Cult," n.d.). Scientology is a cult, not a religion. Many of those that are in the “Church of Scientology” believe they are doing good things, they believe they are helping the world and becoming a better person doing so. Scientologists are brainwashed to think that what they are doing is the most important work and they are doing the work to help mankind, therefore making themselves a better person and giving them the highest moral standards that anyone can achieve.

To some, Scientology has saved their lives and made them a better person. To others, Scientology has ripped apart everything that ever had meaning in their lives and has ruined their perspective on what they actually believe and think in this world. For those that scientology has saved their lives and made it better, it is only a matter of time before they become the person whom Scientology has ruined their lives. Give it time, it will happen. When it does happen, brace yourself for what is about to come.

I always thought Scientology was just a different “religion” than what I grew up knowing. I had no idea that it was a toxic, damaging environment for each and every person that was involved with the “church.” I grew up in a Lutheran church and attended Sunday school and church service with my parents nearly every Sunday until I was a teenager and was able to make the decision on my own whether or not I wanted to attend church. When it came time for me to make that decision, I chose to join the youth group at church, mostly because I had a lot of friends in the youth group, and there was also this boy who I liked that was heavily involved in the youth group. Looking back, I wasn’t involved in the church for the right reasons, and that is the same struggle that I’m sure Scientologists can agree with.

Scientology was made up by L. Ron Hubbard. L. Ron Hubbard was quoted saying “Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion” (Jacobsen, 2016). The only countries that recognized Scientology as a religion are Australia, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, and the United States of America. There are many other countries that do not recognize Scientology as a religion; Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, and the UK (Jacobsen, 2016). The Church of Scientology owed the United States IRS millions of dollars in back taxes and ended up not having to pay them because they were finally established as a “church” and an official “religion.” Those who know anything about the church and their religion, the actual truth, know that the church is a complete lie and a multi-billion dollar corporation that is sucking every dime out of their members.

Scientology is always up with the latest trends, and does their best to make sure they have advertisements that are appealing to outsiders. Most of their pictures and posters promoting scientology have the color gold in them, along with elite designs that are creative and catch the eye of those who are nearby. For those that are young and don’t know much about the world, it would be easy for them to be attracted to the big buildings, big colorful signs, and promises that are made if they were to become a member of the church.

Scientology has a great way of sucking people into their “religion” and making them believe that they need to do everything they are told to do. What happens when the “church” requires members to disconnect from their family? What happens when the “church” requires a mother to abort her child? What happens when the “church” requires those to work extensive hours of hard labor and pay them little to nothing? Scientology is a crock of $%#& and a completely made up “religion.”