SCIENTOLOGY

BSIT 207
WHAT IS SCIENTOLOGY?
Scientology is a set of beliefs and practices invented by the American author 
L. Ron Hubbard, and an associated movement. Adherents are called
Scientologists. It has been variously defined as a cult, a business, or a 
new religious movement.[11] The primary exponent of Scientology is the 
Church of Scientology, a centralized and hierarchical organization based in 
Florida, although many practitioners exist independently of the Church, in
what is called the Free Zone. Estimates put the number of Scientologists at
under 40,000 worldwide.
Scientology texts say that a human possesses an immortal inner self, termed a 
thetan, that resides in the physical body and has experienced many past lives.
Scientologists believe that traumatic events experienced by the thetan over its
lifetimes have resulted in negative "engrams" forming in the mind, causing neuroses
and mental problems. They claim that the practice of auditing can remove these
engrams; most Scientology groups charge fees for clients undergoing auditing.
Once these engrams have been removed, an individual is given the status of "clear".
They can take part in a further series of activities that are termed "Operating Thetan"
(OT) levels, which require further payments.
The Operating Thetan texts are kept secret from most followers, and are only
revealed after adherents have typically given hundreds of thousands of dollars to the
organization in order to complete what Scientology refers to as 
The Bridge to Total Freedom.[12] The Scientology organization has gone to
considerable lengths to try to maintain the secrecy of the texts but they are freely
available on the internet.[13] These texts say that lives preceding a thetan's arrival on
Earth were lived in extraterrestrial cultures. Scientology doctrine states that any
Scientologist undergoing "auditing" will eventually come across and recount what is
called the "Incident".[14] The secret texts refer to an alien being called Xenu. They
say Xenu was a ruler of a confederation of planets 70 million years ago who
brought billions of aliens to Earth and then killed them with thermonuclear weapons
SHORT BACKGROUND OF SCIENTOLOGY
Scientology is a relatively new religion that has
managed to draw interest from people around the
world and grow faster than any other modern
religion. Founded in 1954 on Hubbard's teachings, and
now led by David Miscavige, Scientology has
spread from its origins in Southern California
throughout the United States and the world,
generating a lot of debate along the way
 THE MAIN AIM OF SCIENTOLOGY
"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 greater heights, are the aims of
Scientology."
 MAIN PRICIPLES OF
SCIENTOLOGY
Among the basic tenets of Scientology are the beliefs that human
beings are immortal, that a person's life experience transcends a
single lifetime, and that human beings possess infinite
capabilities.
The Church of Scientology maintains a wide variety of beliefs
and practices. The core belief holds that a human is an immortal,
spiritual being (thetan) that is resident in a physical body. The
thetan has had innumerable past lives, some of which, preceding
the thetan's arrival on Earth, were lived in extraterrestrial cultures
. Based on case studies at advanced levels, it is predicted that any
Scientologist undergoing auditing will eventually come across
and recount a common series of events.
HOW SCIENTOLOGY AFFECTS THE SOCIETY?
“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 greater heights.”

Scientologists learn the principles of Scientology in Scientology churches and

through Scientology books and materials and apply those principles out in
society. The practice of Scientology involves the application of those
principles to create better conditions in society. It is a maxim of Scientology
that one is as valuable as one is able to help others. All Scientology services
are aimed at improving the ability to help. Thus Scientology not only seeks to
improve society through instilling a moral and ethical compass into people,
but also by getting them to do something positive to help others in society as
a practical expression of their religious beliefs.
Scientologists come from all walks of life. They are concerned about social
problems and support numerous social betterment programs, which provide
successful drug-abuse rehabilitation, improve educational standards and help
reduce crime and moral decay.
Scientologists know what it means to take responsibility for improving
conditions around them. The humanitarian programs supported by the
Church of Scientology and its parishioners are expanding at an
unprecedented rate. Those programs include:
• The largest non-governmental anti-drug campaign on Earth—a
campaign that reaches tens of millions of youth each year;
• The sponsorship of an international 
drug rehabilitation and training center in answer to the worldwide drug
crisis;
• The 
largest non-governmental Human Rights public information campaign
 on Earth, broadly promoting all 30 articles of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights to educate the public on everyone’s
fundamental rights;
• The support of an international training campus to assist educators
with Study Technology;
• A Scientology Volunteer Ministers program that has initiated volunteer
disaster relief efforts and other assistance on a global scale and whose
corps of 203,000 active members who are on call at any time and any
place in the world for any situation. During 2008, the Volunteer
Ministers passed the milestone of 11 million people helped;
The Church continues to be a relentless voice in the fields of social reform
and justice. Scientologists have brought to light such issues as the enforced
drugging of school children, the dangers of psychiatric brutalities such as
electric shock treatment and lobotomy, and the chemical and biological
warfare experiments secretly undertaken against unwitting American
citizens in the 1960s and 1970s. The Church also has championed the
principle of open government and pioneered the use of the Freedom of
Information Act and other access laws around the world to protect the public
interest and eradicate government waste and human rights abuses.
The goal of the Church of Scientology is to improve society through our
programs and activities and the active role we are taking in the world today.
AND THAT IS SCIENTOLOGY
THANK YOU!
MEMBERS:
Salazar, Gabriel Jibs Goji
Padua, Christian James
Mission, Shavine
Maming, Jameson
Ojeda, Arianne Mackenzie
Monzales, Paulo Morris
Coronado, Seint Chris
Leuterio, Aeron
Serna, Kenneth
Gravamen, Bianca
Bontuyan, Mykael Alastair