Scientology beliefs and practices - Daily Practices. Churches of Scientology are busy places. Courses are taught days, evenings and weekends. Auditing goes on during many of a church's public hours. This is a contrast to the Sunday Church Service found in many Christian Churches. Scientology is an applied spiritual philosophy based on Mr. Hubbard's writings (perhaps as many as 25 million words); thus, education is a key element of what goes on in Scientology Churches. Parishoners can attend Sunday Service, though ...

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Scientology's doctrines were established by Hubbard over a period of about 33 years, beginning in 1952 and continuing until his death in January 1986. Most of the basic principles of the church were set out during the 1950s and 1960s. Scientology followed on the heels of Dianetics, an earlier system of self-improvement techniques laid out by Hubbard in his 1950 book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. By the mid-1950s, Hubbard had relegated Dianetics to a sub-study of Scientology. A chief difference between Dianeti ...

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Scientology, Scientology - Beliefs and practices, Scientology - Auditing, Scientology - The ARC Triangle, Scientology - The tone scale, Scientology - Past lives, Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident, Scientology - Scientology and other religions, Scientology - Origins, Scientology - The Church of Scientology, Scientology - Independent Scientology groups, Scientology - Controversy and criticism, Scientology - Official Status as a Religion, Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry, Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet, Scientology - Scientology in popular culture, Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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Scientology was presented by L. Ron Hubbard at a lecture in 1952. His definition included, "Scientology would be a study of knowledge." In 1954 today's Church of Scientology (often abbreviated CoS) was established. It presents itself as an "applied religious philosophy," and has been established as a recognized religion in more than 100 countries. The term Scientology is a trademark of the Religious Technology Center, which licenses its use and use of the copyrighted works of Hubbard to the Church of Scientology. The Chu ...

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• Scientology - The ARC Triangle
• Scientology - The tone scale
• Scientology - Past lives
• Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident
• Scientology - Scientology and other religions
• Scientology - Origins
• Scientology - The Church of Scientology
• Scientology - Independent Scientology groups
• Scientology - Controversy and criticism
• Scientology - Official Status as a Religion
• Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry
• Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet
• Scientology - Scientology in popular culture
• Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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The Church of Scientology is an organisation founded by the late author L. Ron Hubbard. Its stated aim is to widen the practice of Scientology, which it presents as an "applied religious philosophy." From its earliest days, the Church has been a focus of controversy wherever it appeared, with critics charging the actual methods and goals of the Church sharply contradict Hubbard's stated aims of "A civilization without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can prosper and honest beings can have rights, and where man is free to rise to ...

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• Church of Scientology - Churches missions and major Scientology centers
• Church of Scientology - Saint Hill Sussex England
• Church of Scientology - Flag Land Base Clearwater Florida
• Church of Scientology - PAC Base Hollywood California
• Church of Scientology - Gold Base Gilman Hot Springs California
• Church of Scientology - Flag ship Freewinds
• Church of Scientology - Sea Org
• Church of Scientology - Volunteer Ministers
• Church of Scientology - Religious Technology Center RTC
• Church of Scientology - Legal waivers
• Church of Scientology - Church or business?
• Church of Scientology - World View of Scientology
• Church of Scientology - Finances
• Church of Scientology - Membership statistics
• Church of Scientology - Scientology splinter groups
• Church of Scientology - Affiliated organizations
• Church of Scientology - A.B.L.E.
• Church of Scientology - CCHR
• Church of Scientology - WISE
• Church of Scientology - Internet Sites
• Church of Scientology - Church of Scientology
• Church of Scientology - Other Sites
• Church of Scientology - Critical Sites

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The beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation, founded by the Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba (major article) can be characterized as a rather traditional but syncretistic form of Hinduism. Additionally, believers have faith in the guru as an purna avatar (full divine incarnation) of Shiva and Shakti, who is predicted in the Bhagavad Gita. In non-Hindu terms, this means that his followers see him as God. Followers are engaged in singing bhajans and charity. Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisati ...

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• Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Ashrams in India and the person of Sathya Sai Baba
• Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Youth stories
• Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Practices in the ashrams and the person of Sathya Sai Baba
• Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Activities in local Sathya Sai Baba groups
• Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Celebrations and commemorations
• Beliefs and practices in the Sathya Sai Organisation - Bibliography

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ARC is a fundamental concept in Scientology doctrine. ARC is an acronym for "Affinity, Reality and Communication" (generally pronounced by its letters, A-R-C), originally coined by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. The three components are said by Hubbard to equate to understanding. This concept is a key element of Scientology philosophy, and a great deal of Scientology practices are based on this idea. ARC Scientology - The concept of ARC. It should be noted that the definitions of these terms as used by ...

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• ARC Scientology - The concept of ARC
• ARC Scientology - The ARC Triangle
• ARC Scientology - The ARC Break
• ARC Scientology - Use in conversation by Scientologists

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Belief in the psychological sense, is a representational mental state that takes the form of a propositional attitude. In the religious sense, "belief" refers to a part of a wider spiritual or moral foundation, generally called faith; historically generated by a group's need to provide a functionally valid foundation to sustain them. The generally accepted faiths usually note that when oppressive states are generated by it being exercised, and not a fact of reality, it was ...

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• Belief - Belief knowledge and epistemology
• Belief - Belief as a psychological theory
• Belief - Is belief voluntary?
• Belief - Delusional beliefs

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The newsgroup alt.religion.scientology (often abbreviated a.r.s) is a Usenet newsgroup started in 1991 to discuss the controversial philosophy known as Scientology, as well as the Church of Scientology, which claims exclusive intellectual property rights thereto and is viewed by some as a dangerous cult. A.r.s has become the focal point of a violent, aggressive battle known as Scientology vs. the Internet, which has taken place both online and in the courts. The original Usenet newgroup message used to create the ...

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• Alt.religion.scientology - Rmgroup controversy

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Scientology's doctrines were established by Hubbard over a period of about 34 years, beginning in 1952 and continuing until his death in January 1986. Most of the basic principles of the church were set out during the 1950s and 1960s. Scientology followed on the heels of Dianetics, an earlier system of self-improvement techniques laid out by Hubbard in his 1950 book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. By the mid-1950s, Hubbard had relegated Dianetics to a sub-study of Scientology. A chief difference between Dianeti ...

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Scientology, Scientology - Beliefs and practices, Scientology - Auditing, Scientology - The ARC Triangle, Scientology - The tone scale, Scientology - Past lives, Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident, Scientology - Scientology and other religions, Scientology - Origins, Scientology - The Church of Scientology, Scientology - Independent Scientology groups, Scientology - Controversy and criticism, Scientology - Official Status as a Religion, Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry, Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet, Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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Clear is a word coming from Dianetics, brought foreward by the Church of Scientology which is responsible for Dianetics technology, patents and copyrights. L. Ron Hubbard took the word from the idea of an addition machine and clearing an adding machine of previous actions on it. As used in describing the mind of a person it is talking about a person being clear of unwanted influences of past memories, unwanted emotion or painful difficulties not existing in present time. A person, Clear, would be a person cleared of those negative inf ...

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• Clear Scientology - The state of Clear
• Clear Scientology - Steps after Clear

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Bridge Publications, Inc. is based in Los Angeles, California, and is the Church of Scientology's North American publishing corporation. It publishes the Scientology and nonfiction works of L. Ron Hubbard. It also published Hubbard's fiction and the annual Writers of the Future science fiction anthologies until 2002, when Galaxy Press was established for this purpose. Bridge was originally ...

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Although "Scientology" is most often used as shorthand for the Church of Scientology, a number of groups practice Scientology and Dianetics outside of the official Church. Such groups are invariably breakaways from the original Church, and usually argue that it has corrupted L. Ron Hubbard's principles or otherwise become overly domineering. The Church takes an extremely hard line on breakaway groups, labeling them "apostates" (or "squirrels" in Scientology jargon) and often subjecting them to considerable legal and social pressure. Breakaway groups avoid the ...

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Scientology, Scientology - Beliefs and practices, Scientology - Auditing, Scientology - The ARC Triangle, Scientology - The tone scale, Scientology - Past lives, Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident, Scientology - Scientology and other religions, Scientology - Origins, Scientology - The Church of Scientology, Scientology - Independent Scientology groups, Scientology - Controversy and criticism, Scientology - Official Status as a Religion, Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry, Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet, Scientology - Scientology in popular culture, Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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On November 16, 2005, Comedy Central aired a South Park episode centering around Scientology called Trapped in the Closet[26]. In the episode, Scientologists decide Stan is the reincarnation of L. Ron Hubbard. The story includes some of the "secrets" cited above, including the Xenu incident. These are presented with the caption "This is what Scientologists actually believe," lest viewers mistake the comments for satire. The show concludes with a group of Scientologists threatening to sue Stan, and the credits are entirely populated by ...

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Scientology, Scientology - Beliefs and practices, Scientology - Auditing, Scientology - The ARC Triangle, Scientology - The tone scale, Scientology - Past lives, Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident, Scientology - Scientology and other religions, Scientology - Origins, Scientology - The Church of Scientology, Scientology - Independent Scientology groups, Scientology - Controversy and criticism, Scientology - Official Status as a Religion, Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry, Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet, Scientology - Scientology in popular culture, Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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The Church of Scientology has concertedly attempted to convert artists and entertainers — they have special recruitment facilities for public figures designated Celebrity Centres. They can be found in Hollywood, New York, Nashville, Las Vegas, London, Paris, and Vienna, though Hollywood is the largest and most important. Scientologists give this description: L. Ron Hubbard recognized the importance of the artist to society. Thus he created Celebrity Centre International — a Church of Scientology that specializes in delive ...

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Scientology, Scientology - Beliefs and practices, Scientology - Auditing, Scientology - The ARC Triangle, Scientology - The tone scale, Scientology - Past lives, Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident, Scientology - Scientology and other religions, Scientology - Origins, Scientology - The Church of Scientology, Scientology - Independent Scientology groups, Scientology - Controversy and criticism, Scientology - Official Status as a Religion, Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry, Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet, Scientology - Scientology in popular culture, Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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The Church of Scientology has concertedly attempted to convert artists and entertainers — they have special recruitment facilities for public figures designated Celebrity Centres. They can be found in Hollywood, New York, Nashville, Las Vegas, London, Paris, and Vienna, though Hollywood is the largest and most important. Scientologists give this description: L. Ron Hubbard recognized the importance of the artist to society. Thus he created Celebrity Centre International — a Church of Scientology that specializes in delive ...

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Scientology, Scientology - Beliefs and practices, Scientology - Auditing, Scientology - The ARC Triangle, Scientology - The tone scale, Scientology - Past lives, Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident, Scientology - Scientology and other religions, Scientology - Origins, Scientology - The Church of Scientology, Scientology - Independent Scientology groups, Scientology - Controversy and criticism, Scientology - Official Status as a Religion, Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry, Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet, Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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Immediately prior to his first Dianetics publications, Hubbard was involved with occultist Jack Parsons in performing rites developed by Aleister Crowley. Some investigators have noted similarities in Hubbard's writings to the doctrines of Crowley,[2] though the Church of Scientology denies any such connection. An influence that Hubbard did acknowledge is the system of General Semantics developed by Alfred Korzybski in the 1930s. [3] Scientology also reflects the influence of the Hindu concept of karma, as well as the less metaphysical theories of Sigmun ...

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Scientology, Scientology - Beliefs and practices, Scientology - Auditing, Scientology - The ARC Triangle, Scientology - The tone scale, Scientology - Past lives, Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident, Scientology - Scientology and other religions, Scientology - Origins, Scientology - The Church of Scientology, Scientology - Independent Scientology groups, Scientology - Controversy and criticism, Scientology - Official Status as a Religion, Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry, Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet, Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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Immediately prior to his first Dianetics publications, Hubbard was involved with occultist Jack Parsons in performing rites developed by Aleister Crowley. Some investigators have noted similarities in Hubbard's writings to the doctrines of Crowley,[2] though the Church of Scientology denies any such connection. An influence that Hubbard did acknowledge is the system of General Semantics developed by Alfred Korzybski in the 1930s. [3] Scientology also reflects the influence of the Hindu concept of karma, as well as the less metaphysical theories of Sigmun ...

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Scientology, Scientology - Beliefs and practices, Scientology - Auditing, Scientology - The ARC Triangle, Scientology - The tone scale, Scientology - Past lives, Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident, Scientology - Scientology and other religions, Scientology - Origins, Scientology - The Church of Scientology, Scientology - Independent Scientology groups, Scientology - Controversy and criticism, Scientology - Official Status as a Religion, Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry, Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet, Scientology - Scientology in popular culture, Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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Immediately prior to his first Dianetics publications, Hubbard was involved with occultist Jack Parsons in performing rites developed by Aleister Crowley. Some investigators have noted similarities in Hubbard's writings to the doctrines of Crowley,[3] though the Church of Scientology denies any such connection. An influence that Hubbard did acknowledge is the system of General Semantics developed by Alfred Korzybski in the 1930s. [4] Scientology also reflects the influence of the Hindu concept of karma, as well as the less metaphysical theories of Sigmun ...

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Scientology, Scientology - Beliefs and practices, Scientology - Auditing, Scientology - The ARC Triangle, Scientology - The tone scale, Scientology - Past lives, Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident, Scientology - Scientology and other religions, Scientology - Origins, Scientology - The Church of Scientology, Scientology - Independent Scientology groups, Scientology - Controversy and criticism, Scientology - Official Status as a Religion, Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry, Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet, Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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Of the many new religious movements to appear during the 20th century, Scientology has from its inception been the most controversial. The Church has come into conflict with the governments and police forces of several countries (including the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany) numerous times over the years, though supporters note that many major world religions have found themselves in conflict with civil government in their early years. Different countries have taken markedly different approaches to Scientology. Sciento ...

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Scientology, Scientology - Beliefs and practices, Scientology - Auditing, Scientology - The ARC Triangle, Scientology - The tone scale, Scientology - Past lives, Scientology - Operating Thetan levels and the Xenu incident, Scientology - Scientology and other religions, Scientology - Origins, Scientology - The Church of Scientology, Scientology - Independent Scientology groups, Scientology - Controversy and criticism, Scientology - Official Status as a Religion, Scientology - Scientology and psychiatry, Scientology - Scientology Versus The Internet, Scientology - Scientology in popular culture, Scientology - Celebrity practitioners

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