C. The Church of Scientology
The name of the church is deduced from the Latin word "scio" (to know) and the Greek word "logos" (teaching, science). So, Scientology is a science of knowledge, or a knowledge of how to know.
Scientology includes the study of the soul in relation to itself, to other life, and to the universe. At the same time, it is a science of religious aspects of human beings, about their religious dimensions, capabilities, and possibilities, about the basics of human life.
Its scientific and philosophical part represents a certain new aspect and is a reaction to current ways and forms of thinking in human society.
At the same time, it is a science and philosophy on the religious foundations of man, on things that prevent man from fully expanding his own capabilities and reaching immortality, and thus uses Scientological principles in every day life and contains a method of helping to once again renew spiritual potential, and Scientology and Dianetics are the way to bring the human soul into harmony with itself and with the body.
Scientology as a religious teaching was formed in the tradition of eastern religions as a teaching of the human soul and its relation to the universe.
The Church of Scientology is also based on the principle of decentralization and each mission is managed independently, including social programs.
Besides that, many services are provided free of charge.
As a religious society, it contains religious ceremonies, teachings and beliefs, based on the catechism.
It does not contradict other religions because it explains and brings understanding to the spiritual nature of a man. At the same time, it is based on the existence of the highest spiritual being - God.
The Christian heritage
of Jesus Christ and many other religious prophets is considered by Scientologists
to be a guide to culture and civilization and honors them as saviors
of the human race.
Very remarkable is the relationship of Scientology to reincarnation: it is defined as a natural aspect, as a transformation of immortal spiritual being from one body (at the time of death) to a new body (at birth). At the same time, it does not directly talk about reincarnation but about past lives, which for the believers of Scientology becomes their own assurance and personal experience.
Therefore, Scientology believes that each individual can get better, improve, and cleanse, and thus he/she is primarily active in an effort to make social changes, in an effort to free self-determination of man in solving the problems of upbringing and education, in environmental protection, and in a fight for human rights and peace in the world.
The solution, and a basic
postulate, of the Scientological belief is the theme that the soul may
be saved and the soul itself has the power to save or heal the human body,
that man is generally good, that he strives to survive, and that the survival
depends upon him and his fellows human beings, and on achieving a natural
brotherhood with the universe.