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ScientologyPart Of The

Gospel Light Bible Baptist ChurchHeresy And Cult Series

ByBernie Wheater

http://www.glbbc.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Scientology-2007.pptx



Outline

• History And Those Involved

• Their Belief’s And Helps

•

Is Scientology A Cult?



History• L. Ron Hubbard

Was born March 13, 1911.

His full name is Lafayette Ronald Hubbard



History

• L. Ron HubbardHe was an American science fiction author

In 2005 he was entered into the GuinnessBook of World Record as the world's mosttranslated authorIn 2006 he was entered into the GuinnessBook of World Record as the world’s mostpublished author with 1,084 works to hisname.



History •

L. Ron HubbardHe developed a self-help system calledDianetics which was first published in 1950.



History

• L. Ron Hubbard

Over the next three decades He turnedDianetics into a new religion he calledScientology.

The meaning given to the word "Scientology"is "the study of knowledge or truth.“ When inreality it is the opposite that is true



History

• L. Ron Hubbard

He was well studied in the occult.He was a member of the Rosicrucians

His religious and ideological mentor was

Aleister Crowley



History

• L. Ron Hubbard

Scientology contains the largest collection of teachings ever produced by one man. Thereare more than a hundred books and over 2500recorded lectures, thousands of registeredtrademarks, including many symbols.



History

• L. Ron HubbardThe two most known symbols are the doubletriangle and S and the Scientology cross



History

• L. Ron HubbardBoth these symbols are Satanic in nature.

The cross he claimed to have seen in an oldSpanish church in Arizona

In reality this cross was copied after twocrosses he knew very much about.



History •

L. Ron Hubbard

Rosicrucian cross Cross on theback Crowley's

Tarot cards



History • L. Ron Hubbard

The double triangle and S has many occultmeanings to it

The triangle, is a common magicical. symbol, representing the door of the. Cabala.

The triangle on its base is also the. symbol of Set, the Egyptian god alsocalled "the destroyer of man"



History • L. Ron Hubbard

Crowley equates the god Set with Satan

The triangle is universally recognised as a signof great powerThe "S" supposedly represents Scientology

The "S" can easily be seen as a snake. ToCrowley a mentor of Hubbard the "S"represented the tempting serpent, Satan.

Hubbard died January 24, 1986



History

• David MiscavigeWas born April 30, 1960



History

• David MiscavigeAs a child, David suffered from asthma andsevere allergies

During this time his father, became interestedin Scientology, and he had his son sent to aScientologist

According to him and his son, a 45-minuteDianetics session cured his ailments



History

• David MiscavigeThe family was so impressed enough that theymoved to the world headquarters in Saint HillManor, England

He joined Scientology in 1971

By the time he was 12 years old, he wasassisting others to experience Scientology byconducting auditing sessions



History

• David MiscavigeOn his sixteenth birthday, he quit high schoolwith his father's permission to move toClearwater, Florida, and join the SeaOrganization, an association of Scientologistsestablished in 1968 by Hubbard

In 1977, he worked directly under Hubbard asa cameraman for Scientology training films



History

• David MiscavigeHubbard appointed him to his personalassistant while a teenager, having the titleCommodore's messenger

A Role that made him responsible forenforcing Hubbard's policies within theindividual Scientology organizations; hebecame head of the CMO in 1979



History • David Miscavige

He rose to a leadership position within theorganization by the early 1980s and was namedChairman of the Board of RTC (ReligiousTechnology Center)

He is now the leader of the Church of Scientologyand its many affiliated organizations

He assumed that role shortly after the death of founder L. Ron Hubbard in 1986.



History

• David MiscavigeHis formal title is Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center

His mandate is to protect the works of L. RonHubbard from distortion or misuse by others.

He is to also to serve as what is called theecclesiastical international head of Scientology



History •

Tom Cruise• . Tom giving the the galactic space

. patrol salute to David Miscavige



History

• Tom CruiseCruise is one of the most famous poster boysfor Scientology

He became involved with Scientology in 1990through his first wife, Mimi RogersDecember 29, 2004 Mr. Cruise was awarded

the “Freedom Medal of Valor gold medalembedded with diamonds for his work inScientology.



History • Famous Scientologists

John Travolta - Actor Linda Blair – actress Kirstie Alley - actress Jason Beghe - actor Xavier Deluc – actor Jason Dohring – actor Michael Fairman – actor Geoffrey Lewis - actor ChristopherMasterson- actor Danny Masterson - actor Haywood Nelson –actor Eduardo Palomo - actor Jeff

Pomerantz - actor Patrick Renna – actor Giovanni Ribisi – actor Michael D. Roberts – actor BodhiElfman - actor Jason Lee - actor and professional skateboarder Mimi Rogers – actress AnneArcher- actress Jennifer Aspen - actress Catherine Bell - actress Erika Christensen – actress JennaElfman - actress Katie Holmes - actress Kimberley Kates - actress Juliette Lewis - actress PriscillaPresley – actress Leah Remini - actress Marissa Ribisi - actress Michelle Stafford - actress KarenBlack – actress Kelly Preston - actress Kate Ceberano - actress and musician Judy Norton-Taylor – actress and musician Lisa Marie Presley - singer; daughter of Elvis Presley Billy Sheehan - rock andfusion bass player David Campbell – musician Dave Davies - musician Isaac Hayes - musician NickyHopkins - musician Mark Isham - musician David Pomeranz - musician Rob Thomas – musicianPatrick Warren - musician Edgar Winter - musician

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Their Belief’s And Helps

• Basic BeliefsThe Scientology religion holds that man isbasically good, not evil.

The Bible however says

Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and comeshort of the glory of God;



Their Belief’s And Helps • Basic Beliefs

It teaches that it is our experiences that cause us tocommit evil deeds. It is not our basic nature to do so.

The Bible However tells us differentRomans 3:10 As it is written, There is none righteous,

no, not one:11 There is none that understandeth, there is none that

seeketh after God.

12 They are all gone out of the way, they are togetherbecome unprofitable; there is none that doeth good,no, not one.




• Basic Beliefs

They teach that people can mistakenly solvetheir problems by thinking only of their ownpersonal interests and overlook or ignore howtheir acts affect others. This is what createsour interpersonal strife and problems.




• Basic BeliefsScientology believes in increasing the abilityand intelligence of the individual so he or she

can improve his own life, overcome thosefactors that hold him down, and solve his orher own problems. What's more, once onehas accomplished this he or she naturallystarts to reach out to help his family, friendsand society.




• Basic BeliefsOn the surface Scientology is not much morethan a self help religion. As is shown behindtheir pulpits the tons of self help material.




• Doctrinal Belief’s

Once in Scientology and you have purchasedsome self help material you are on your wayto learning the more doctrinal teachings of this religion.




• Doctrinal Belief’s • The Eight Dynamics

The first thing you will learn about is the eight

dynamicsThey teach that we are all made up of a centralthrust through existence.

It is the effort on our part to survive.They teach there are actually eight thrusts, oreight dynamics in our urge toward survival.




• Doctrinal Belief’s The Eight DynamicsThe First Dynamic is SELF.




• Doctrinal Belief’s The Eight DynamicsThe Second Dynamic is CREATIVITY or FAMILY




• Doctrinal Belief’s The Eight DynamicsThe Third Dynamic is GROUP SURVIVAL




• Doctrinal Belief’s The Eight DynamicsThe Fourth Dynamic is SPECIES




• Doctrinal Belief’s The Eight DynamicsThe Fifth Dynamic is LIFE FORMS




• Doctrinal Belief’s The Eight DynamicsThe Sixth Dynamic is the PHYSICAL UNIVERSE




• Doctrinal Belief’s The Eight DynamicsThe Seventh Dynamic is the SPIRITUALDYNAMIC or LIFE SOURCE




• Doctrinal Belief’s The Eight DynamicsThe Eighth Dynamic is the urge towardexistence as INFINITY




• Doctrinal Belief’s The Eight DynamicsIf you look close at the progression of these 8dynamics. Something very familiar starts toshow.

Though they don’t teach it as such, it is the ageold message that all that lives loves to hear.At least at some points in their lives




• Doctrinal Belief’s The Eight Dynamics

We Can Be gods!!!Genesis 3:4 And the serpent said unto the

woman, Ye shall not surely die:5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat

thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, andye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.




• Doctrinal Belief’s Scientology teaches that an individual is aspirit — not a body, a brain, or a randomconglomeration of genes and chemicals.

It is this recognition of the nature of anindividual that forms the foundation of theScientology religion.




• Doctrinal Belief’s Over the last century or so the materialisticidea that man is a mere animal similar to amonkey, cat, dog, lion, rat etc has taken hold.

Scientology teaches that this idea is patentlyfalse, unworkable, and acts as a barrier to uscoming to an understanding of life.




• Doctrinal Belief’s Scientology seems to directly address ourspiritual nature with answers to the age-oldquestions — Who am I? What do I consist of?Where do I come from? Where am I going?It is this spiritual enlightenment that leads tothe personal understanding of oneself, andour relationship to the Universe.




• Doctrinal Belief’s Scientology, the individual is not a body but aspirit.

The term Hubbard gave this spirit is "thetan “ The thetan is the person himself, not his body,his name, the physical universe or anything

else. The thetan is that which is aware of being aware. It is the identity that is theindividual





L. Ron Hubbard being well studied in theoccult I have little to no doubt that Hubbard'sterm thetan is pronounced to sound likesomeone with a lisped saying the name Satan





One phenomenon of the thetan, as taught byHubbard, is exteriorization.

Exteriorization is the ability of the thetan toleave the body and exist independent of theflesh. Exteriorized, the individual can seewithout the body's eyes, hear without thebody's ears and feel without the body's hands.





When Exteriorization is achieved, the personcomes to know for a certainty that he ishimself and not his body.

It is not taught as such nor is it compared to inanyway, but Exteriorization is nothing morethan an occult practice called Astral projection





In Short the thetan is our being our life whichlives forever in or out of the body.

As Christians what we call a soul is the closestthing we have that can be compared to whatthey call the Thetan. Be clear though they arenot the same, the soul is Biblical. The Thetanis pure satanism.

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