What Christians Need to Know about Scientology by Margery Wakefield (1991)

Abstract: When new people are inducted into Scientology, they are often told that there is no inherent conflict between Scientology and any religion, including Christianity. But it is common for Scientologists to be less thantruthful at the outset. By calming the new person's misgivings, they know that by the time the person has become fully indoctrinated, these misgivings will no longer matter.

In fact, there is no compatibility between Scientology and Christianity. As a belief system based on satanic principles, Scientology is diametrically opposed to Christianity. The truth is that you cannot be both a Christian and a Scientologist.

Contents

Introduction
L. Ron Hubbard as Liar
The Satanic Roots of Scientology
Scientology and Christianity
The Propaganda of Scientology
Appendix
Creation According to Scientology
The Creed of Scientology
Scientology Evaluated in the Light of Biblical Christianity
A Summary of the Main Differences Between Scientology and Christianity
Bibliography

For those of you whose Christian toes I may have stepped on, let me take the opportunity to disabuse you of some lovely myths. For instance, the historic Jesus was not nearly the sainted figure (he) has been made out to be. In addition to being a lover of young boys and men, he was given to uncontrollable bursts of temper and hatred.... You have only to look at the history his teachings inspired to see where it all inevitably leads. It is historic fact and yet man still clings to the ideal, so deep and insidious is the biologic implanting....

No doubt you are familiar with the Revelations section of the Bible where various events are predicted. Also mentioned is a brief period of time in which the arch-enemy of Christ, referred to as the anti-Christ, will reign and his opinions will have sway ... this anti-Christ represents the forces of Lucifer (literally, the "light-bearer" or "light-bringer"), Lucifer being a mythical representation of the forces of enlightenment...  My mission could be said to fulfill the Biblical promise represented by this brief anti-Christ period.

-- L. Ron Hubbard, Student Briefing, OT VIII Series I

Introduction

The controversial Church of Scientology had its beginnings in 1950 with the publication of the book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health by L. Ron Hubbard.

According to Dianetic theory, the mind is composed of mental image pictures of every event in a person's life. Memories, or pictures, of painful events from the past containing pain or unconsciousness are known in Dianetics as engrams." By recalling and "erasing" these memories a person can be restored to perfect physical and mental health and analytical functioning. A person whose engrams have all been erased is called a "Clear."

It is the purpose of Scientology to "clear the planet." In other words, that every person in the world will eventually be cleared of his engrams through Dianetic "processing."

By 1954, Hubbard had "discovered" that in order to be truly "clear," a person also had to erase all the engrams from his hundreds of past lives. The new science of Scientology was founded and organized as a religion to incorporate this belief. Sooner or later, most people in Scientology will begin to "remember" (imagine) their past lives.

Scientologists do believe in reincarnation, which is an occult belief.

According to the theology of Scientology, a person is actually an invisible entity, similar to the soul in Christianity. This entity in Scientology is known as the "thetan."

As the thetan becomes relieved of his engrams, he will regain the many godlike powers that are inherently his -- powers such as telepathy, exteriorization" (the ability to be separate from his body with full perception), telekinesis (the ability to move objects with thought), etc. The belief in Scientology is that we were once godlike, and that we have deteriorated over time. The promise of Scientology is that through Scientology counseling, called "auditing," the person can regain these godlike abilities.

A thetan who has been restored to a godlike state is known in Scientology as an "operating thetan," or "OT" (pronounced "oh-tee"). People in Scientologyspend exorbitant fees, sometimes as much as $1000 per hour, to attain the exalted state of OT.

Death in Scientology is known as "dropping the body." According toScientology theory, when a person dies, he (the thetan, or spirit) has been pre-programmed to "return" to an "implant station" out in space. In the implant station, the thetan will have all memories from the most recent lifetime electronically erased, and then the thetan will be sent back to earth to "pick up a new body," or start another life.

But Scientology promises that with auditing, the person can erase this return command" so that he will never again have to return to an implantstation after death. He will then be a "free being," able to drop his bodyand pick up a new body with full consciousness and self-determinism.

Scientologists therefore believe that they are very ancient beings, with memories that reach millions of years into the past, and that they areinherently immortal, once the impediments to immortality -- the engrams --have been erased.

Scientologists believe that they can become gods.