Answers to Common Questions on Scientology

In these set of pages you will find answers to questions you may have had. Click on any one of the following questions to go to the answer, or browser through all of them using the menu.

Page 1

• What is Scientology?
• What are the basic tenets?
• What does the word Scientology mean?
• Who was L. Ron Hubbard?

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• Why is Scientology called a religion?
• What is the difference between Scientology and Dianetics?

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• Does Scientology believe in God?

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• What kind of people are Scientologists?
• What is ‘silent birth’?
• How does this actually work?

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• What is the attitude to the use of drugs during child-birth?
• What is the total of Scientology churches/centres in Australia and worldwide?
• What is the expansion rate of the Church of Scientology?

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• How much do Scientologists donate the Church and what is done with the money?

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• What is Scientology’s basic objection to the field of psychiatry?

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• Who is David Miscavige – Ecclesiastical Leader of the Scientology Religion?

The Scientology symbol is an S imposed over two triangles. The S stands for Scientology. The two triangles represent important concepts in the Scientology religion. The lower triangle is made up of affinity, reality and communication, which together equate to understanding. The top triangle consists of another set of closely interrelated factors – knowledge, responsibility and control.

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