CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY

SITI FAIRUZ BINTI LATIP (D 20111047169) FARHANA SAKINAH BINTI MAHFODZ (D20112051834)

Cross Cultural Psychology (KSS 3303)

TYPE OF CULT 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.

Dianetics uses a counseling technique known as auditing, developed by Hubbard to enable conscious recall of traumatic events in an individual's past.

It was originally intended to be a new psychotherapy and was not expected to become the foundation for a new religion. Hubbard variously defined Dianetics as a spiritual healing technology and an organized science of thought.

• The stated intent of Dianetics is to free individuals of the influence of past traumas by systematic exposure and removal of the engrams these events have left behind, in a process called clearing.

• Hubbard characterized Scientology as a religion, • The essential tenets of Scientology are these:▫ You are an immortal spiritual being.▫ Your experience extends well beyond a single lifetime.▫ Your capabilities are unlimited, even if not

presently realized.

• Scientology is not a dogmatic religion in which one is asked to accept anything on faith alone. On the contrary, one discovers for oneself that the principles of Scientology are true by applying its principles and observing or experiencing the results.

• The ultimate goal of Scientology is true spiritual enlightenment and freedom for all

LEADERLeader of Church of Scientology :• David Miscavige

• He is the Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center (RTC), a non-profit organization formed in 1982 to

preserve, maintain and protect the Scientology religion

• An active Scientologist for most of his life, he first became a Church staff member in 1976 and has since been involved with nearly every aspect of the Church's activities.

• Mr. David Miscavige studied to become a Scientology minister and for several years he provided spiritual counseling to parishioners. He later worked closely with L. Ron Hubbard, aiding in the production of instructional films and materials for Scientology ministers-in-training.

• In 1987, Mr. Miscavige became the Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center.

• As the worldwide ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion, a role he has held for over 25 years, the church has experienced unprecedented expansion of the religion as a worldwide movement.

• Reflected in more than 11,000 churches, missions and groups across 167 nations - is due in no small part to his unflagging dedication to upholding the purity and integrity of L. Ron Hubbard's legacy.

SCIENTOLOGY PRINCIPLES

• Scientology is the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, others and all of life.

• In Scientology no one is asked to accept anything as belief or on faith. That which is true for you is what you have observed to be true. An individual discovers for himself that Scientology works by personally applying its principles and observing or experiencing results.

• While the hope for spiritual freedom is ancient, what Scientology is doing is new. The way it is organized is new. The technologies with which it can bring about a new state of being in Man are likewise new.

• Because Scientology addresses Man as a spiritual being, it stands completely apart from other fields which see Man as a product of his environment or his genes—fixed in the limitations under which he was born.

• From these principles, exact methods by which one can improve conditions were derived. And unlike other efforts of improvement, which offered only rules by which men should live, Scientology offers real tools for use in everyday life. Thus, it does not depend upon a system of beliefs or faith.

NEGATIVE ATTRIBUTE

Introspection RundownSchool of PsychopathHubbard’s as the PsychiatristDisconnectionDrugged-Like, Mind-Controlled Euphoria Health CareDrug Treatment

displaying symptoms suggesting she was struggling with mental illnessPsychiatric treatment and to keep her in Church custodyForced isolationAutopsy identified multiple hematomas (bruises), an abrasion on the nose and lesions that were consistent with insect/ animal bitesAutopsy showed that she died of a pulmonary embolism

Lisa McPherson

Noah Lottick jumped from a 10th-floor window of the

Milford Plaza Hotel and bounced off the hood of a stretch limousine.

self-help "philosophy" groupTheir so-called therapies are

manipulations. They take the best and the brightest people and destroy them (father)

Dianetics• Hubbard wrote one of Scientology's sacred texts, Dianetics:

The Modern Science of Mental Health, in 1950. In it he introduced a crude psychotherapeutic technique he called "auditing."

• He also created a simplified lie detector (called an "E-meter") that was designed to measure electrical changes In the skin while subjects discussed intimate details of their past.

Disconnection members entirely dependent upon a

social network entirely within the organization

apostates will be shunned by the Church and have already been cut off from family and friends

Drugged-Like, Mind-Controlled Euphoria

• "Make money. Make more money. Make others produce so as to make money . . . However you get them in or why, just do it."

Health Care• "Health Med is a gateway to

Scientology, and Steinman's book is a sorting mechanism,"

Drug Treatment• a Scientology run chain of

33 alcohols and drug rehabilitation centres (Narcanon)-- some in prisons under the name "Criminon" -- in 12 countries

MEMBERSHIP DRIVE METHODS

There are three categories of membership IAS( Inyternational Association of Scientology):

Free 6 Month memberships,Annual membershipLifetime membership.

•Special Honor Statuses may be awarded by the IAS for outstanding contribution as designated by the Association.

UPDATES

$145 million“only” in the $50 million rangebeen used

Super Power Building • the church is likely to say that it has a legitimate

purpose for every dollar it has raised. It’s in the church’s best interest, then, to show that it has reasons it has raised something like $100 million more than it cost to build the Super Power building itself.

• the relationship between the venue and the church wasn’t as cozy as it appeared.

• Ruth Eckerd and the Scientologists were partnering on the event to raise money to help restore downtown Clearwater's Capitol Theater.

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