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Fast Facts on Scientology
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| Date founded: | 1954 |
| Place founded: | California, USA |
| Founder: | L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986), an American science-fiction author |
| Adherents: | 77,000 (adherents.com) or "millions" (official Scientology figures) |
| Main location: | Western United States |
| Texts: | Dianetics and Scientology by L. Ron Hubbard |
| Original language: | English |
| Spiritual leader: | auditor |
| Place of meeting: | church |
| Theism: | not specified |
| Ultimate reality: | The Eighth Dynamic or Infinity |
| Human nature: | consists of body, mind and thetan; capable of great things |
| Purpose of life: | gain spiritual freedom by ridding one's mind of engrams |
| Afterlife: | reincarnation |
| Symbols: | Double "S"; shining cross |
| Special days: | March 13 - Hubbard's birthday (in 1911) May 9 - publication of Dianetics (in 1950) 2nd Sunday in September - Auditor's Day October 7 - annual meeting of International Association of Scientologists |
| Eight Dynamics: | 1. Self (the urge to survive as an individual)
2. Creativity (the urge to survive through family). 3. Group survival (the urge to survive through a group such as a nation, team, community, race, etc.) 4. Species (the urge to survive through the survival of the human species) 5. Life forms (the urge for life itself) 6. Physical universe (the urge of the universe to survive) 7. Spiritual dynamic (the urge for the survival of the life source) 8. Infinity (the urge to exist as infinity or God) |
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