8 interesting facts about Scientology
- The Church of Scientology is the first large organization to be banned from editing Wikipedia.
- 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.
- Scientology holds a religious status only in the United States and Australia
- They believe they are full of the souls of space aliens murdered 75 million years ago and to achieve spiritual benefits they must pay to have them removed. The processing at this level costs $400 per hour.
- According to several recent reports, Tom Cruise is now one of the most powerful religious figures in the group.
- Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Lisa Cartwright (Simpsons) and Anne Archer are members of the Church of Scientology
- Germany is seeking to ban 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
