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SCIENTOLOGY

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
My relationship with Christ and subsequent knowledge of God will not allow me to be an enemy to those who choose a different path to him.
HATE WATCH
Are either of them genuinely competent to lead an enormously diverse community, the second-largest city in the land, when, instead of attacking its enemies, they assail its friends?
SCIENTOLOGY RELIGION
As a Scientologist, I’ve had people ask me what “Clear” means in my religion. And now that I have achieved the State of Clear, I thought I would answer what it means to me.
SCIENTOLOGY RELIGION
Now they are raising their own children with the same basic certainty they found as young Scientologists: that people are inherently good, and that religious freedom makes the world a better place for everyone.
MEDIA & ETHICS
My first personal experience with dishonest media came when I was moving from one apartment to a new residence in the late 1960s, in my early days as a Scientologist.
SCIENTOLOGY RELIGION
Unethical behavior is actually the only thing that will guarantee that a person does not progress in Scientology.
SCIENTOLOGY RELIGION
When it comes up in conversation with someone that I’m a Scientologist, I usually say to the person: “…and you’re welcome to ask me anything you like about it.” People almost always take me up on the offer.
SCIENTOLOGY RELIGION
The philosophy of facing and handling life requires things like responsibility, courage, self-reliance, the ability to reason well, character, and many other characteristics considered desirable in the individual. The philosophy of avoiding and escaping involves the opposite: irresponsibility, fear, dependence, lack of resolve, emotional reaction, dishonesty.
COMBATING BIGOTRY & HATE
I gave her a polite reply, but I realized she succeeded in making me feel slightly ashamed for asking her. I realized at that moment she was condemning me for my religion. She wanted me to know that it wasn’t ok that I was a Scientologist but it was perfectly acceptable for her to be a Christian.
SCIENTOLOGY RELIGION
That idea is especially ridiculous because, as a person studies and applies Scientology to more and more areas of life, their ability to think analytically and rationally and make positive decisions becomes easier and easier. The entire purpose of Scientology is to bring about everything that’s best and brightest and most capable in a person while getting rid of anything and everything that might be holding them back.