Is Scientology a Religion?

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This paper discusses Scientology and takes a look at the many controversies that surround the religion that is now recognized in the United States, Australia and Spain. The author summarizes the beliefs and practices of Scientologists and discusses possible reasons why for some people and even countries, Scientology is seen as a cult out to make money.

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Scientology
Religion
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"Stephen A. Kent at the University of Alberta Department of Sociology, writes that Scientology's founder L. Ron Hubbard has intended to use religion to shield the organization from tax while it rakes revenues. Hubbard also purportedly claimed that having it recognized as a religion would cut the possibility that the government will go against it for things like medical practice without a license. Scientology also downplays its religious claims when entering a country that might have negative attitudes to religious proselytization. Kent concluded that Scientology is anything but religion. It is a business, a political and cultural enterprise, and one that offers pseudo-psychiatry and pseudo-medicine."

Sample of Sources Used:

• 2007 AOL Public Survey Results. Retrieved on 30 April 2008. <http://www.lermanet.com/LRonHubbard2.htm>
• About the Church of Scientology. ReligiousTolerance.Org. Retrieved on 30 April 2008. <http://www.religioustolerance.org/scientol1.htm>
• CALDWELL, Chritstopher. (2008). Confusion over Scientology :[USA 1ST EDITION].
• Financial Times,p. 7. Retrieved April 30, 2008, from ABI/INFORM Global database. (Document ID: 1415407301).
• Carroll, Robert T. (1996). The Sound of One Mouth Blathering. Retrieved on 30 April 2008. <http://skepdic.com/refuge/hubbard.html>

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