Sharing an interesting article by Nick Broadhurst This question is asked over and over by different people of differing educational standards.To answer it, we need to look at the earlier question, what is a religion? I am an Australian, and the High Court of Australia, the highest court in our nation, defined religion, and ruled most certainly that Scientology was a religion. But if this is the case, then why do people keep asking this same question? The answer is easy. Religion can … [Read more...]
Communication
April 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Here is an interesting posting from Lauren's blog. In life you are usually faced with two decisions when dealing with other people that you disagree with or have some problem with. 1. One to sit on your feelings and continue to feel that way. 2. To talk to the person and deal with them in an upfront manner, despite what your inner voice is telling you to do. What I am about to say is what I suggest that you do: Stop for a minute and look at the person and find ONE thing that you … [Read more...]
Some thoughts on Easter
April 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Here was a great blog posting from ED's blog: I found Growing up in an agnostic household, I considered Easter to be a minor holiday. It sufficed as an excuse to eat candy and go to grandma's for dinner, but it was otherwise unremarkable. The Easter bunny was a Santa wannabe - perhaps an apprentice to Santa, who was the head holiday honcho. Make no mistake, I still thought Easter was great. Any holiday in which the lead role was played by a bigger-than-life altruistic rabbit that … [Read more...]
Raising Children in Today’s Society with Tools from Church of Scientology
March 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I found this press release and thought the information could shed some light on the practical application of Scientology to the kinds of things each of us face in our lives. At the Nashville Church of Scientology, it is routine to see parishioners studying in classrooms, discovering tools to help them in various areas of life—such as learning moral values, how to better communicate, how to improve relationships and so forth—but what you don’t always hear are the incredible success … [Read more...]
Study Technology Video
March 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Here is the video I referred to in my last post--on Study Technology by L. Ron Hubbard. … [Read more...]
A Quiet, Wonderful Birth – Silent Birth Story
March 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
When people hear I'm a Scientologist they often ask me about Silent Birth. Today I found this blog posting on the Scientology Parent blog that I thought illustrated what goes on very well. This fantastic story was submitted by my Aussie friend Sonya, a fellow Scientologist who just had her first child. Okay so here is my story. I was past my due date by about one and half weeks. I was freaking out a bit as they wanted to induce the labor which I was not really interested in. … [Read more...]
JUDGEMENT
March 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Here's some advice a fellow Scientologist named Lauren proffers on her blog. I think it's a very good idea, so I thought I'd pass it along. There is nothing wrong in seeing that something is out of place or being done the wrong way and needs to be corrected. What is wrong is if you are going to stand in judgment of that thing and criticize or if you are going to take effective action in order to help it. To point out the faults in something only aids in making those faults stand out … [Read more...]
It’s All About Winning
March 21, 2012 By Leave a Comment
I found and loved this post in LD Sledge's blog, and thought it was worth sharing it here with the Patheos community. Ed Connelly lurched and stumbled along the marble hallway, grimacing at the effort of walking and holding the heavy books in his twisted and gnarled hands. He fell into a chair in my freshman law school class, his tongue between his lips, fumbled with his notebook and finally got it opened, then gripping a ballpoint pen in his fist made big jagged marks on the page for … [Read more...]
What Happens After we Die?
March 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
New Idea in Australia published short interviews with religious leaders, asking them what they believe happens after a person dies. The Public Affairs Director of the Church of Scientology Sydney, Churlya Wurfel, responded this way: Many Scientologists have certainty they have lived before. We call this past lies,not reincarnation, which is different. We believe that we come back into another human body. Often we recall a past life during Scientology auditing (religious counseling) … [Read more...]
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