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THE ANSWER: SCIENTOLOGY!!!!!!!!!!
= ORIGIN = -Founded in 1954 in U.S.A. by L. Ron Hubbard -Based off of his works "Dianetics" -Actual Meaning: Knowing about Knowing

=** KE Y BELIEFS **= -Reincarnation -Separation of spirit (thetan) and body -Spirit is billions of years old and has lived in other bodies and on other planets -When someone dies, spirit picks up new body in hospital nursery -No Heaven or Hell -Supreme Being -Individual spirit is a sort of god when it is at full potential -Does not pronounce whether there is God or not -Power of spirit has almost no limit: Can even blow up planets -Spirit is basically a "good spirit" -MAIN GOAL: Remove Earth and Mind of bad spirits!

SACRED TEXTS
-All books written by founder, L. Ron Hubbard, which include: -// Dianetics: the Original Thesis // -// Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health // // -Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science // // -Science of Survival // // -Self Analysis // // -History of Man // // -Scientology: 88 // // -Scientology 8:80 // // -Scientology: 8-8008 // // -How to Live Though an Executive // -Scientology 55 // -The Creation of Human Ability // // -Scientology the Fundamentals of Thought // - // The Problems of Work // -// All About Radiation // -// Have You Lived Before This Life? // // -Scientology a New Slant on Life // -// Introduction to Scientology Ethics // // -The Phoenix Lectures // ** PRACTICES ** -Auditing- form of spiritual counseling between a Scientology minister and a parishioner -Bridge to Total Freedom- two complementary religious practices of auditing and training -E-Meters- used to measure the mental state or change of state of a person, helping the auditor and parishioner locate and handle areas of spiritual distress existing below the individual’s current awareness -Scientologists do believe in a Supreme Being, but do not worship one. Scientology believes that only through total spiritual enlightenment can one then truly discover and understand the Supreme Being. -The Church of Scientology is the first large organization to be banned from editing Wikipedia. -Germany is seeking to ban Scientology. -Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Lisa Cartwright (Simpsons) and Anne Archer are members of the Church of Scientology. -Scientology involves the practice of ‘auditing,’ which is a one-on-one session with a Scientology counselor or ‘auditor.’ -It involves an E-meter, that measures changes in electrical resistance through the body and supposedly helps locate areas of concern. -The Church of Scientology and all of it’s companies do not pay tax because they fall under the categories of religious practices. -Scientology holds a religious status only in the United States and Australia
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