Religion: Church of Scientology

Curiosity killed the cat, but thankfully my faith kept intact. I wanted an understanding of this certain faith. The church of Scientology. No God, no scriptures. Only the mind, body and spirit (but there is another name used for spirit to enforce a less 'spiritual' delivery, thetan). Followers of Scientology actually measure their stress levels via some recent form of technology that can tell your specific state of mind.

One thing that had slightly upset me while I was there was the logo. A cross with a star behind it. I fail to see how a cross can be incorporated into such a faith when there is no Jesus hanging by nails onto it. As a Christian, we use the cross to describe our separation from God through sin. Scientology uses a triangle. Each corner represents something: affinity (emotional responses), reality (an agreement on what is real) and communication (the exchange of ideas).

A lot of people might think 'well what is a religion like this trying to achieve?' Happiness in eternity and infinite existence. That is the point. Scientology encourages people to live their lives as peacefully as possible and stress the fact to keep the human species alive for eternity.

Followers of Scientology believe that humans are the architects of themselves, each other, the world, the universe and the overall existence of everything that can be reached by the human eye.

For me personally, I felt sorry for what these followers were up against. In no way will I critique a faith that someone would feel so passionate about. I expect that these people would be persecuted against almost daily for their humble beliefs. I do empathize for the people, they knew of my faith and they still welcomed me with open arms which was more than greatly appreciated.

As I entered the church, it didn't seem like a church at all, or at least a church that I was accustomed to. My typical church usually consisted of windows with pictures on the stained glass reviewing historically traumatic events, gospel music, rows of seats and an altar. This church had attained none of these. Instead it took the appearance of a library/ office. There were desks with computers and aligned to the walls were a sea of books. I assumed that this particular religion had its strength in knowledge. By the appearance alone I could see the word 'church' was gimmicked into the belief that all religions should be housed in some sort of temple or church or sacred place.

It's a pity that so much controversy is dedicated to the lifestyles that people choose, but we make it so. We seem to complain about other people far easier than ourselves. A person has a humble opinion of themselves and only carry their friends around to reinforce that judgment. Then we manipulate our own culture to believe that our own decisions are the righteous ones. Maybe that's why I chose to follow God. Because he laid down the lines. There a massive book that tells us who we are.

Overall, my trip to the Church of Scientology was fairly interesting, but my 'thetan' has a completely different feeling when I enter a church that belongs to God. I'm not going to write paragraphs of biased views, take this as an informative. I'm a Pacifist-Altruist-Christian...or a PACman. Thought of that myself.