L. Ron Hubbard

Walking into the Church of Scientology I had a vague idea of what was about to happen and what they’re all about, but I don’t think I was mentally prepared for what I was walking into. I know that Scientology isn’t really the ideal candidate for this paper because they’re so secretive about their beliefs, but I just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to go and check out this mysterious religion. Now if I’m being completely honest, before my visit, everything I knew about Scientology I had learned…

I did some other researching had found a documentary that told of the “truth” about Scientology, called Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief. In the documentary it talks about how L. Ron Hubbard lied about his “injuries” from World War 2, and other accounts in his life. It also went on and had past members of the church talk about the bad parts of it. All I will say is there are always two sides to everything, and we must respect each side. Overall, with Scientology I ended up…

Ron Hubbard. Along with his occupation as an acclaimed science fiction author, Hubbard was also an exceptional scientist, despite having failed science in university before dropping out. Thus, as a highly qualified scientist, he conducted many scientific investigations, where he was able to uncover…

Comparison of Scientologists and Manichaeans A constant through much of the known history of human civilization has been the attempt to understand and explain the unknown. This ranges from what lies underground to the vastness of the universe that lies behind the sky and even explores how the world came to be as well as what happens after a person dies. A common explanation for these questions have been rooted in different religions throughout time and different regions of the world.…

had a troubled childhood or difficult past relationships. His usual suggestion for someone like me, he said, would depend on which of my many issues I wanted to work on. If it was my apparent depression, it would be a course or Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard’s book Dianetics, a set of theories concerning the metaphysical relationship between mind and body. The courses are $55 and the books $25, or more with an accompanying DVD. As someone who has never suffered from depression but knows many…

The man behind this religion goes by Ron Hubbard, Hubbard established Scientology as a religion in 1952 and although it is still a currently practiced religion, many people viewed Scientology as something that would not be around for very long and in turn thought of it as a joke. For a religion that…

The Solar Temple was founded by two founders, Joseph Di Mambro and Luc Jouret. They wanted to create a secret cult movement, later known today for its mass suicide on October 1994 to 1997. Killing over 74 people in total. The Solar Temples beliefs were that the group itself was based on Historical and religious connections, that the Knights Templars were still alive. On that notion, there are 3 main beliefs. One of them is the knowledge of jurisdiction and sovereignty in the world, the…

The “whys of conformity” demonstrate why the Church of Scientology has been so successful in gaining new members and keeping indoctrinated members. Specifically, they help explain why people are motivated to conform to the church’s ideals. The group locomotive hypothesis, consistency theory, and the hedonistic hypothesis provide reasoning to understand how the church gains and keeps its members. I will examine how each of these theories/hypotheses play a role in “Going Clear”. The group…

celebrities who practice scientology; however I never knew what scientology entailed. Throughout this research paper, I will discuss more in depth what scientology practices and beliefs are. Scientology was founded in 1952 by and author named L.Ron Hubbard. Hubbard had originally founded a program called Dianetics, which is a set of practices and ideas emphasizing the relationship between the mind and body. Over the years the practice of dianetics started to become scientology. Scientology is…

In the United States of America when people talk about politics only two major parties come to mind, the republicans or the democrats. People usually think that if one does not like taxes, then they tend to associate with the Republicans, if they want more social programs they associate themselves with the Democrats. One fact that people always seem to forget is that the United States of America is not a two party state and that there are several other parties out there with which the people can…