According to villiagevoice.com “There are over ten million people who follow scientology.” It was created by a science fiction writer, and worships a galactic overlord. Celebrities such as Tom Cruise and John Travolta follow the religion. Not many people know about scientology, and it is widely misinterpreted. Scientology has a unique background, it also establishes practices, and has controversies surrounding it. According to www.Scientology.org “Scientology was created by L. Ron Hubbard.” Hubbard was considered highly educated. At young ages he was reading Shakespeare, and was taught by his mother who was also considered very educated. Hubbard traveled the world in his late teens, and befriended Indian tribes. On his adventure he realized that he wanted to improve the human condition of thinking. When world war two started, Hubbard joined in the navy as a lieutenant. When he saw the destruction of the war, he felt greatly about improving the human condition of thinking. Coming back from the war, Hubbard started his book Dianetics. Dianetics became the start of scientology.
Most people don’t understand the belief practices of scientology. The beliefs of the religion are highly misunderstood. The website www.Xenu.net explains that “Spirituality and thought is known as Theta energy, and everyone has Theta energy. People in Scientology refer to its followers as Thetans. Scientology also believes in a galactic overlord named Xenu. Xenu is believed to have lived millions of years ago. Scientologists believe he was a ruler of people on a distant planet. When his planet was dying, he moved his people to another planet. This new planet would be Earth. It is believed that people today are the reincarnations of Xenu’s people. Most people don’t know about that side of scientology. In order to learn about Xenu, and reincarnation a member must pay a substantial amount of money to learn new knowledge.
There are also controversies...