{"id":2863,"date":"2016-12-01T13:49:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T21:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/scientologybeliefs\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2017-10-24T05:05:44","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T12:05:44","slug":"brief-description-description-scientology-scientologist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/scientologybeliefs\/2016\/12\/brief-description-description-scientology-scientologist\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief Description of Scientology From a Scientologist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An interesting and personal description of Scientology from the Scientology Parent website:<\/em><\/p>\n
A writer recently wrote me, and asked me to summarize for her a few things about my beliefs and what they\u2019ve done for me.\u00a0 I figured the questions may be ones other readers might have, so I\u2019ll share them here.\u00a0 I\u2019m always willing to field honest questions about my beliefs and on the subject of Scientology as a whole, so if the below raises more questions, please hit me up on my Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n
CAN YOU BRIEFLY DESCRIBE SCIENTOLOGY?<\/em><\/h2>\n
I\u2019ll try to sum it up succinctly. \u00a0Scientology is a 62-year-old religion<\/strong>, founded by American philosopher L. Ron Hubbard. \u00a0Our first churches opened in 1954 in LA and Washington, DC, and it is now a global movement. \u00a0Scientology is\u00a0an applied religious philosophy<\/em><\/strong>. \u00a0That means that Scientology as a religion is something you\u00a0do<\/strong>, rather just something to simply\u00a0believe in<\/em>.<\/p>\n
Some key tenets<\/strong> that make up much of the backbone of the religion:<\/p>\n