Does Scientology claim to be Christian?
score:9
According to Scientology, Jesus Christ was part of the "implant" that Xenu imposed on the thetans. That is, he is a fictional character that people were brainwashed into believing in.
Scientologists believe that 75 million years ago the leader of the Galactic Confederation, Xenu, decided that many planets in the galaxy were overpopulated, and to solve this problem he killed hundreds of billions of people, captured their "thetans" (i.e. souls) in a mixture of glycol and alcohol, and transported them to the planet Teegeeack to imprison them there. (Which we now call "Earth".) He placed all these frozen thetans around volcanos and blew up these volcanos with hydrogen bombs. The thetans were gathered on "electronic ribbons" where they stuck together in "clusters". Xenu took these thetans to Hawaii and Los Palmas where he subjected them to a kind of brain-washing called "implanting" for 36 days, in which false memories were implanted in their minds to make them servile. Scientologists call this event "Incident 2". Modern humans are these thetans in bodily form.
A small part of the "implant" was belief in Christ. Another part of the implant was that if anyone tried to learn the truth, they would die of pneumonia. That's how things stood for 75 millions years until L Ron Hubbard came along and somehow managed to survive and break the implant.
That's what Scientologists believe, anyway.
So no, they're not Christians by any reasonable definition of the word.
Upvote:18
Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986), starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics. Hubbard characterized Scientology as a religion, and in 1953 incorporated the Church of Scientology in Camden, New Jersey.
Nothing about Christ here; I'll answer no.
DOES SCIENTOLOGY HAVE A CONCEPT OF GOD? Most definitely. In Scientology, the concept of God is expressed as the Eighth Dynamic—the urge toward existence as infinity. This is also identified as the Supreme Being.
Again, nothing about Christ. I think the answer is no.
And for good measure, L. Ron Hubbard says:
"The great religious civilizing forces of the past, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and others, have all emphasized differentiation of good from evil and higher ethical values."
That sounds to me like someone speaking of Christianity as an outsider.
More post
- 📝 Which book of Scripture is most esteemed by the LDS church?
- 📝 Did it ever happen that a Christian died simply because he had no food at his disposal?
- 📝 Why does the Catholic Church hold Mary's virginity and the absence of brothers against the historians?
- 📝 How did theologians conclude that blasphemy of the Holy Spirit meant a refusal for repentance?
- 📝 What are the origins of St. Joseph's title "Guardian of Virgins"?
- 📝 Why doesn't Matthew replace Mark?
- 📝 What did the early church fathers have to say about “eternal security” or “assurance of salvation”
- 📝 According to the Book of Mormon, D&C, Pearl of great price and/or prophets, what prohibits lust?
- 📝 Is illness sometimes a result of a sin?
- 📝 How did Calvin view the use of religious icons to facilitate worship of God?
- 📝 How is 2 Thessalonians 2:3 understood by those who believe in the imminence of Christ's return?
- 📝 Did the Church Fathers ever reference the six jars of wine at the Wedding in Cana as symbolising the six followers of Jesus at the wedding?
- 📝 Does Catholicism consider body building to be a sin?
- 📝 What is this icon that Putin touches/kisses at monument of St.Vladimir?
- 📝 Why did it take so long for papal infallibility to be defined?
- 📝 Where do we draw the line when questioning/testing God?
- 📝 Mormon prophet Joseph Smith stated one does not get the Holy Ghost after he is baptized. Acts 10:45 says Cornelius received the HS before baptism
- 📝 Should the "angel of the abyss" be capitalized?
- 📝 Why are there differences in the "Greeting" of the Mass?
- 📝 How do Biblical Unitarians respond to translations of Hebrews 1:8 which have God calling the Son 'God'?
- 📝 Does 'no more room in the Inn' mean spare room not big enough for a birth?
- 📝 What does Augustine mean by the "hymns and psalms" which were introduced into the liturgy?
- 📝 What is a "St. James" liturgy mass as opposed to a "St. John Chrysostom" liturgy mass?
- 📝 Which places in the Bible have been suggested in Christianity as a basis for the possibility that some of humans before Christ could be saved?
- 📝 Why do Christians thank God for specific things?
- 📝 What does Matthew 5:27-30 ("Cast off your eye/hand/etc") mean?
- 📝 What is the mainline Protestant understanding of "unceasing prayer"?
- 📝 At what point did Judaism and Christianity diverge?
- 📝 What does "two becoming one flesh" refer to?
- 📝 Phileo/Storge love in God and heaven?
Source: stackoverflow.com
Search Posts
Related post
- 📝 Does Scientology claim to be Christian?
- 📝 Does Jesus ever claim to be God, or the son of God?
- 📝 Does being a Christian mean being a Bible literalist?
- 📝 Does "Mere Christianity" represent the core of Christian belief?
- 📝 According to Jehovah's Witnesses, does Jesus make the same claim as God, that he is the "first and the last,"?
- 📝 If I am a Christian does this mean I need to support the modern state of Israel?
- 📝 To what extent does mainstream Christian doctrine teach that knowing a spirit's name gives you power over it?
- 📝 Does the Bible make a distinction between Christian and secular love?
- 📝 Why does Christianity claim to be the only true religion?
- 📝 Does the Christian Old Testament have the exact same list of books as the Jewish Bible?
- 📝 Does transcendental meditation conflict with any Christian beliefs?
- 📝 Does the Catholic Church officially claim that the Bible is insufficient without tradition?
- 📝 How does a Christian reject another's theology without rejecting their faith?
- 📝 Do any Christian traditions claim to be antinomian?
- 📝 Does a Christian have a responsibility to participate in government?
- 📝 What evidence does the LDS church forward for the claim that the Garden of Eden was in Missouri?
- 📝 How does the New Testament define a Christian and a non-Christian, a brother in Christ and not a brother in Christ?
- 📝 What does Christian Science teach about mental illnesses?
- 📝 Does the Bible refer to Christian gentiles or the Church as "New Israelites", "New Israel" or "Spiritual Israel"?
- 📝 Rephrase: Does the Bible claim itself to be inerrant?
- 📝 What does the Orthodox church consider to be the defining features of Christian meditation?
- 📝 How does the Catholic Church respond to the claim that its authority to interpret scripture is based on circular reasoning?
- 📝 Does Jewish tradition predate Christian tradition in any meaningful way?
- 📝 Does Christianity claim that the Bible is God's only Word?
- 📝 In light of grace, How does a Christian consider the devotedness of Muslims and Jews?
- 📝 Does a Christian who commits sins against Christian doctrine and commandments still remain Christian?
- 📝 How does Western Christian theology explain the doctrine of the Filioque within the context of the Old Testament?
- 📝 Does the Eastern orthodox church prohibit Christian meditation?
- 📝 How does a Catholic theocracy differ from other Christian theocracies?
- 📝 What should a Christian do when the state permits something the church does not?