Scientology
Religion 120 Page1 Module #15 Homework Scientology Instructions There is only one part to this assignment. Read the assigned reading, then answer the questions. The point of this current homework is to get you acquainted with what Neusner has to say about Scientology. Part One: Read Jacob Neusner’s World Religions in America. Exact page numbers are below. Then answer the questions. Part One / Jacob Neusner – World Religions in America Read Neusner Chapter Sixteen: The Church of Scientology: A Very New American Religion pg. 293-312, and answer the following questions. 1. Read ‘Super Bowl Sunday.’ What did you first think about when you read how typical (should I say ‘normal?’) the Scientologists were? Where you surprised? 2. According to your own knowledge are new religions typically treated with suspicion? 3. According to our criteria on the first handout I gave in this class, is Scientology a religion? Why? Religion 120 Page2 4. Who is the founder of Scientology? 5. Read ‘A Sunday Morning Worship Service.’ According to the description on page 294 does Scientology have a typical morning worship service? 6. What are the extra four parts of the cross as represented in Scientology? (left near middle-bottom 294) 7. What is the core principle of Scientology? 8. How many ‘dynamics’ are there? 9. It says “[t]hat the study of the mind and healing of mentally caused ills should not be alienated from religion or condoned in non religious fields.” What does this mean and how is this important? (top 296) 10. Is Scientology a salvific religion? What does ‘salvific’ mean? Religion 120 Page3 11. What is ‘Group Processing?’ How is this important? (296) 12. Read ‘L. Ron Hubbard and the Origins of Scientology.’ Give the dates for L. Ron Hubbard’s life. 13. Which book, published in 1950, was ‘a seminal event of the century’ by Scientologists? 14. Read ‘Primary Scientology Teachings.’ What is a ‘synchronization?’ 15. What religions have general similarities with Scientology? (There are at least two.) 16. Although this religion is syncretic, is it still a unique religion? 17. Read ‘Mythology of Thetan.’ Although Scientology is anchored in a mythology, is it true that this mythology is indeed a myth and therefore not true to Scientologists? Explain. 18. What is the ‘thetan?’ Religion 120 Page4 19. The Scientologists belief in ultimate reality is similar to what idea of reality in the Hindu mythology? 20. What is the spiritual crisis that happens to thetans? 21. What are ‘the images of the after life MEST experiences contained in the reactive mind’ called? 22. What is the fundamental goal of Scientology? 23. Read ‘The ARC Triangle.’ What do you have to understand in order to be saved, according to Scientology? 24. What are the three interdependent features of the ARC Triangle? 1. 2. 3. 25. Read ‘The Bridge of Total Freedom.’ What does “The Bridge to Total Freedom” (BTTF) provide? Religion 120 26. What is ‘Clear?’ Why is it important? 27. What is the ‘OT?’ 28. What does Scientology seek to do to the planet? 29. Read ‘Religious Practices and Rituals.’ Can you believe in other religious doctrines? 30. Read ‘Auditing.’ What is auditing? 31. What is used during auditing? 32. Read ‘Training.’ What is training? 33. How is this training ‘vocational?’ Page5 Religion 120 Page6 34. What does Scientology aim to do to the individual, and then to society as a whole? 35. Read ‘Other Rituals and Ceremonies.’ Name two other ceremonies that Scientology provides? 36. What are the two most important celebrations in Scientology? (304 bottom left) 37. Read ‘Ecclesiastic Organizations and Community.’ Do all the different Scientology organizations conform to same basic pattern and processes? What religion(s) does this remind you of? 38. Strangely enough, what have some secular organizations adopted from Scientology? (top left side 305) 39. Read ‘Social Service Programs.’ Does scientology have social programs for drug addiction, illiteracy, learning disabilities, and criminal behavior? 40. Read ‘Clergy, Recruitment, and Membership.’ How do the highest members of Scientology prove their commitment? (What do they symbolically sign?) (right side middle of page 306) Religion 120 Page7 41. Who are the scientologists? (What economic group do most of them come from? What is the average age?) 42. Are there more women than men in Scientology? 43. Read ‘New Religions and Religious Pluralism.’ Name three groups which oppose Scientology. 44. Briefly explain why people dislike Scientology.
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