Scientology The New Cult of Lies. Before we begin lets look at
what this cult believes. Scientology; Philosophical religion
founded by Lafayette Ronald Hubbard, 1911–86, b. Tilden, Nebr.
Hubbard’s book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health
(1950) first set forth the basis of his philosophy, offering an
alternative path to overcoming physical and mental stress. The
church believes that a person’s spirit can be cleared of past
painful experiences through a process called “auditing,” freeing
the person of the burdens that interfere with happiness and
self-realization. The first church was established in Los
Angeles in 1954. A prolific author, Hubbard wrote many works on
Scientology and is also noted for his science-fiction novels and
short stories. The church has confronted suspicions from many
sides during its history. The American Medical Association and
the American Psychological Association questioned the tenets of
Scientology during the 1950s, and in the 1960s, the governments
of England, Australia, and the United States opened
investigations into church activities, particularly for
suspected practices of tax evasion. The church’s status as a
religion was, however, ultimately established in those and many
other countries. The church has continued to face governmental
challenges, perhaps most notably in Germany, where it has been
accused of being anti-democratic and its members have
experienced personal discrimination. Some, including some former
members, view the church as an elaborate cult, a charge the
church and many religious scholars deny. In 1996 there were more
than 3,000 churches, missions, and groups worldwide, with
headquarters in Los Angeles. Gal 1:7-10 Which is not another;
but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel
of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any
other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you,
let him be accursed. As we said before, so say I now again, If
any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have
received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade (To
convince by argument, or reasons offered; or to convince by
reasons suggested by reflection or deliberation, or by evidence
presented in any manner to the mind.)men, or God? or do I seek
to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the
servant of Christ. We as ministers of Christ are not in the
people pleasing business, just as Paul stated, but we are sent
into the world as sheep to preach the truth. Luke 10:3 Go your
ways: behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves.
Scientology, as well as all other false religions are in the
business of pleasing man, offering an easy fix for all of
man-kinds problems. Scientology has taken the basic
fundimentials of the Bible and twisted it around to suite their
own agenda. Scientology takes the weaknesses of an individual
and prays upon them. The reason I decided to write to you about
this subject is for the simple reason that this cult is growing
like a cancer, decieveing the rich and the poor. Mat 7:15 Beware
of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but
inwardly they are ravening wolves. (Ref.Gal 1:8, Gal.1:9;
1Co.16:22; 2Co.11:13, 2Co.11:14; 1Ti.1:19, 1Ti.1:20; Tit.3:10;
Rev.22:18, Rev.22:19) L. Ron Hubbard is one of these false
prophets. I have read about this cult. Any Gospel that is not of
God is a cult and a deception. I am just an old country boy, and
when a dog has flees we say a dog has flees. This cult says when
a dog has flees it is a physiological problem that is in need of
restructuring of its mind to get rid of its problems. Paul
stated;”do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I
should not be the servant of Christ.” The statement states
plainly that we are not to please man but to please God. For by
us in an attempt to please mankind and His ideas of
sanctification we would become not the servants of God but the
servant of Satan. For you cannot serve two masters, you cannot
serve God and Satan. Scientology believes and teaches that for
any problem of the body or mine, doctors and medications are
detrimental to the security of the mind and body. Which is to
say that medications that people receive are harmful to the
individual. But we must look at one of the writers of the new
testament, Luke, The evangelist, was a Gentile. The date and
circumstances of his conversion are unknown. According to his
own statement (Luke 1:2), he was not an “eye-witness and
minister of the word from the beginning.” It is probable that he
was a physician in Troas, and was there converted by Paul, to
whom he attached himself. He accompanied him to Philippi, but
did not there share his imprisonment, nor did he accompany him
further after his release in his missionary journey at this time
(Acts 17:1). The last notice of the “beloved physician” is in
2Ti. 4:11. He is here mentioned as a physician, and in his
Gospel, and in the Acts , there are incidental evidences that he
was acquainted with the science of medicine, and that he
observed the events which he has recorded with the eye of one
who practiced the healing art. There are many passages in Paul’s
epistles, as well as in the writings of Luke, which show the
extent and accuracy of his medical knowledge. Paul wrote of
Luke; “Luke the beloved physician” (one of “my fellow workers
unto the kingdom of God which have been a comfort unto me”) is
distinguished from those “of the circumcision.” If being a sin
or detrimental to the health of mankind, Paul would have never
called him the beloved physician, nor would God have called Him
as a minister of the Gospel. Jesus also noted in Mat 9:12, But
when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, “They that be whole
need not a physician, but they that are sick.” Jesus never
stated that the physician was a demonic practice but He used
physicians as an example to explain the spiritual side of
mankind and his sickness of the spirit. As we look further into
this cult we find many rejections of the Bible in its belief.
Scientology comprises a body of knowledge which extends from
certain fundamental truths. Prime among these are: 1. Man is an
immortal spiritual being. 2. His experience extends well beyond
a single lifetime. 3. His capabilities are unlimited, even if
not presently realized. 4. Scientology further holds man to be
basically good, and that his spiritual salvation depends upon
himself and his fellows and his attainment of brotherhood with
the universe. 5. Scientology is not a dogmatic religion in which
one is asked to believe anything on faith. An individual
discovers for himself that Scientology works by applying its
principles and observing or experiencing the results. 6. The
ultimate goal of Scientology is true spiritual enlightenment and
freedom for the individual. Lets deal with these six statements.
1. Taken from the Bible. Gen 2:7 And the LORD God formed man of
the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the
breath of life; and man became a living soul. Mar 9:44 Where
their worm (Soul, Spirit, Immortality) dieth not, and the fire
is not quenched. 2. Contrary to Scripture. Heb 9:27 And as it is
appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 3.
Contrary to Scripture. “Capabilities are unlimited.” 1Co 1:19
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and
will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. 1Co 1:20
Where is the wise? where is the scribe? where is the disputer of
this world? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world?
4. Contrary to Scripture “further holds man to be basically
good, and that his spiritual salvation depends upon himself ”
Mat 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there
is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou wilt enter into
life, keep the commandments. 1Co 15:2 By which also ye are
saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye
have believed in vain. 5. Contrary to Scripture. “Scientology is
not a dogmatic religion in which one is asked to believe
anything on faith.” Heb 11:1 Now faith is the substance of
things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. The margin
here is, “ground or confidence.” There is scarcely any verse of
the New Testament more important than this, for it states what
is the nature of all true faith, and is the only definition of
it which is attempted in the Scriptures. Eternal life depends on
the existence and exercise of faith Mark 16:16, and hence, the
importance of an accurate understanding of its nature. The word
rendered “substance” hupostasis - occurs in the New Testament
only in the following places. In 2Co.9:4; 2Co.11:17; Heb.3:14,
where it is rendered “confident” and “confidence;” “Faith gives
reality or substance to things hoped for.” The word properly
means “that which is placed under”; then “ground, basis,
foundation, support.” Then it means also “reality, substance,
existence,” in contradistinction from what is unreal, imaginary,
or deceptive. “Passow.” It seems to me, therefore, that the word
here has reference to something which imparts reality in the
view of the mind to those things which are not seen, and which
serves to distinguish them from those things which are unreal
and illusive. 6. Contrary to Scripture. “is true spiritual
enlightenment and freedom” James 1:26-27 If any man among you
seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth
his own heart, this man’s religion is vain. Pure religion and
undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the
fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself
unspotted from the world. Wesley states;”The only true religion
in the sight of God, is this, to visit - With counsel, comfort,
and relief. The fatherless and widows - Those who need it most.
In their affliction - In their most helpless and hopeless state.
And to keep himself unspotted from the world - From the maxims,
tempers, and customs of it. But this cannot be done, till we
have given our hearts to God, and love our neighbor as
ourselves.” The choice is yours are you going to kill flees with
changing the mind of the dog or are you going to get some flee
powder? ARS
