Scientology is most unquestionably a religion, and it is most unquestionably a philosophy. A religion has two significant categories, the revealed religion - Judaism, Christianity, Islam for instance; and the all-natural religion. Whilst the initial category of religions is much more prevalent in the West, exactly where a founder is stated to speak for God, the organic religion is far more pronounced in the East. A all-natural religion is exactly where a individual or Individuals have stated to have worked out what man is as a spirit and exactly where he fits into the cosmos of issues. This would consist of Scientology. It also consists of Buddhism and Hinuism.
When there is no straight agreed upon definition of religion, these above two categories are how religions are majorly divided and categorized.
Philosophy is a substantially broader topic than religion. In reality, religion would be a category inside philosophy.
The Webster's New Globe Dictionary defines philosophy as: The study of principles underlying conduct, believed, and the nature of the universe. The word derives from the Greek word philos, which means loving, plus it comes from the Greek word sophos, meaning sensible. So a philosopher might also have meant somebody who loves wisdom. Scientology implies a study of information or a study of wisdom. It is most certainly a philosophy.
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam also include philosophy. And there are Hindu philosophies, Buddhist philosophies. Plus there are also secular philosophies of politics, enterprise, secular conduct, and judicial philosophy. There will be teaching philosophies, sporting philosophies, and even philosophies that could not be excellent for man - such as philosophies of war. Philosophy is a really broad umbrella.
Religion offers with the spiritual nature of man. When a single is dead, exactly where does one particular go, if at all? Exactly where does 1 come from, how must a single act to most advantage the Planet, and so on. These philosophies can include things like, but not often, about God, the Divine. Some Buddhist religions might not consist of the Divine precisely, but it does not make them any much less a religion or any significantly less philosophical. Scientology does consist of the Divine, but that does not make it any additional of a religion than Buddhism.
L. Ron Hubbard was a philosopher in the field of the spirit and mental believed. He travelled extensively in the East as a young man, and gleaned considerably. He was usually understanding and placing with each other the puzzle of what was man, what was his objective, exactly where did he go As soon as this life, and may possibly man be bettered in the course of his lifetime? From this inquiring search Dianetics, a philosophy about the thoughts, was born, and quickly When it, Scientology, a philosophy about the spirit emerged. Scientology was then organized into a religious body and as an company it spread. Folks found it worked on a sensible level, and as a philosophy it produced sense. It spread.
I hope this sheds some light onto what Scientology is, each philosophy and religion.
Nick Broadhurst has been in Scientology for 24 years.
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