{"id":2275,"date":"2014-04-17T20:00:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T03:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/scientologybeliefs\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2017-10-24T05:06:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T12:06:02","slug":"scientology-definition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/scientologybeliefs\/2014\/04\/scientology-definition\/","title":{"rendered":"Scientology–definition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Scientology<\/a>: Scio (Latin) \u201cknowing, in the fullest sense of the word,\u201d logos (Greek) \u201cstudy of.\u201d Thus Scientology means \u201cknowing how to\u00a0know.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\nScientology is a twenty-first-century religion. It comprises a vast body of knowledge extending from certain fundamental truths, and prime among those truths: Man is a spiritual being endowed with abilities well beyond those which he normally envisions. He is not only able to solve his own problems, accomplish his goals and gain lasting happiness, but he can achieve new states of awareness he may never have dreamed\u00a0possible.<\/p>\nIn one form or another, all great religions have held the hope of spiritual freedom\u2014a condition free of material limitations and misery. The question has always been, however, how does one reach such a state, particularly while still living amidst a frantic and often overwhelming society?<\/p>\nAlthough modern life seems to pose an infinitely complex array of problems, Scientology maintains that the solutions to those problems are basically simple and within every man\u2019s reach. Difficulties with communication and interpersonal relationships, nagging insecurities, self-doubt and despair\u2014each man innately possesses the potential to be free of these and many other\u00a0concerns.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Scientology: Scio (Latin) \u201cknowing, in the fullest sense of the word,\u201d logos (Greek) \u201cstudy of.\u201d Thus Scientology means \u201cknowing how to\u00a0know.\u201d Scientology is a twenty-first-century religion. 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