TAMPA, Florida (CNN) -- Some Christian congregations, particularly in lower income, urban areas, are turning to an unlikely source for help -- the Church of Scientology. Scientologists do not worship God, much less Jesus Christ. The church has seen plenty of controversy and critics consider it a cult. So why are observant Christians embracing some its teachings? Two pastors who spoke recently with CNN explained that when it comes to religion, they still preach the core beliefs of … [Read more...] about News: Some Christian pastors embrace Scientology (2007)
Technical aspects
Thetan
THETAN, 1. the living unit we call, in Scn, a thetan, that being taken from the Greek letter theta, the mathematic symbol used in Scn to indicate the source of life and life itself. (Abil Ma 1) 2. the awareness of awareness unit which has all potentialities but no mass, no wave-length and no location. (HCOB 3 Jul 59) 3. the being who is the individual and who handles and lives in the body. (HCOB 23 Apr 69) 4. (spirit) is described in Scn as having no mass, no wave-length, no energy and no … [Read more...] about Thetan
Evil; Evil Purpose
EVIL, 1. that which inhibits or brings plus or minus randomity into the organism, which is contrary to the survival motives of the organism. (Scn 0-8, p. 92) 2. may be classified as those things which tend to limit the dynamic thrust of the individual, his family, his group, his race, or life in general in the dynamic drive, also limited by the observation, the observer and his ability to observe. (DTOT, pp. 20-21) 3. evil is the opposite of good, and is anything which is destructive more … [Read more...] about Evil; Evil Purpose
Victim
VICTIM, 1. a destroyed, or threatened with destruction receipt point. (lMACC-7, 5911C12) 2. a victim is an unwilling and unknowing effect of life, matter, energy, space and time. (HCOB 3 Sept 59) Hubbard, L. R. (1975). Dianetics and Scientology Technical Dictionary, Los Angeles: Church of Scientology of California Publications Organization. … [Read more...] about Victim
As-is; As-is-ness
AS-IS, to view anything exactly as it is without any distortions or lies, at which moment it will vanish and cease to exist. (Scn AD) AS-IS-NESS, 1. the condition of immediate creation without persistence, and is the condition of existence which exists at the moment of creation and the moment of destruction and is different from other considerations in that it does not contain survival. (PXL, p. 154) 2. as-is-ness would be the condition created again in the same time, in the same space, with … [Read more...] about As-is; As-is-ness
Static
STATIC, 1. a static is something without mass, without wavelength, without time, and actually without position. That’s a static and that is the definition of zero. (5410CM06) 2. a static by definition, is something that is in a complete equilibrium. It isn’t moving and that’s why we’ve used the word static. Not in an engineering sense but in its absolute dictionary sense. (5608C--) 3. an actuality of no mass, no wave-length, no position in space or relation in time, but with the quality … [Read more...] about Static