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Religious Compatibility
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Religious Compatibility

Question answered by FreeZone in Scientology

Michael_Crichton asked this question on 9/16/2000:

Several of the newer pro-Church of Scientology experts here have said thast they really are interested in open and honest communications with critics of that Church. With that in mind, I am reposting some older questions. These are mainly intended for those pro-CoS experts, but of course anyone can answer.

Question 8: The Church of Scientology claims to be “Compatible” with all other religions, with the word “Compatible” being taken to mean that anyone could be a Scientologist and a member of any other religion at the same time, with no ‘conflict of interests’, so to speak. Logically, how can one simultaneously believe in reincarnation (like in Scientology) and “One life, one death, one Judgement” like in Christianity? What about the other seemingly incompatible doctrinal differences (Original sin, etc)?

FreeZone gave this response on 9/18/2000:

It is pretty clear that Hubbard himself was a thorough atheist. However, he expressed this clearly only in lectures and not, so far as I know, in writing (where he condemned atheism in his only explicit written mention of it I am aware of), so most Scientologists might legitimately not be aware of it. And they would point out, correctly, that even if LRH was an atheist, it doesn't follow that all Scientologists are required to agree with that.

Many early Christians seem to have had beliefs much closer to Eastern philosophies than traditional Christianity, and the Bible that exists today doesn't reflect these beliefs because their scriptures and gospels were removed from it, even though at least one is now believed to have been written earlier than any of the N.T. scriptures that were accepted. At least some Scientologists are vaguely aware of these points, and they fit nicely into the cospiracy viewpoint most are so fond of. Probably they blame the removal of reincarnation from the Bible on psychiatrists.

Michael_Crichton rated this answer:

:-) Along with the fall of the Roman Empire.

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