Reality
Question answered by honorarykid in Scientology
Anonymous asked this question on 9/27/2000:
Did Hubbard really say that reality, including the phisical
universe is just an agreement? Do Scientologists believe this?
If so, how many people does it take to change reality?
Was the earth flat when the majority of people thought it was?
Is this how Scientologists accept the official doctrine on
Hubbard's life history and the statements about church
membership and expansion? Could a person who believes that
reality is just an agreement be a credible witness to any event?
honorarykid gave this response on 9/28/2000:
- Did Hubbard really say that reality,
Yes, Hubbard really said it.
- Do Scientologists believe this?
I don't know. But I believe that most of them, if pressed,
would say they believe it.
- if so, how many people does it take to change reality?
Hubbard never got specific on that point.
- Was the earth flat when the majority of people thought it was?
Since it formed, the Earth has always been an oblate
spheriod, no matter how many people believed in the
incorrect assumption that the Earth was flat. But, to be true
to history, only the uneducated masses actually believed in a
flat Earth. Most scholars and learned men since the height of
Egyptian civilization understood that the world was round
(although most of them still erroneously accepted that the
Earth was the center of the Universe, which is why Gallileo
was so reviled. He had the audacity to say that the Earth
revolved around the Sun).
- Is this how Scientologists accept the official doctrine on
Yes, I believe so. They don't rely on empirical evidence for
determining the truth of claims if they've already been told
what to believe about those claims by their superiors (called
"seniors") within the cult. In fact, they will refuse to even
examine evidence, in many cases, if they suspect that the
evidence will contradict what they've been told.
- Could a person who believes that reality is just an
Perhaps some could still be credible, had they been around
and been in agreement with intelligent, credible, non-deluded
people. But obviously they would be less
credible if they'd been around people who had a vested
interest in coercing their agreement, or with whom the
agreements were inane or bizarre fictions.
Anonymous rated this answer:
U-m-m... If, "the truth shall set you free"-then how
are these people ever going to get out their bodies?
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