Holidays and Scientology: What gives?

You might wonder, what exactly do Scientologists celebrate? Do they believe in God? Do they Celebrate Christmas? Having spent 30 years in Scientology, here is a bit of how the Holidays were for me.

First off, I was raised a Catholic, so under all of the "OT" "Cause over life" stuff, was my own personal belief in God. Now of course Scientology says they believe in "The Supreme Being, whatever you believe that to be".however what does that mean?

Well, having spent 30 years in Scientology, I never knew what that meant really. I know they do not really worship God, and Hubbard said Jesus was part of what he called "and Implant" (something inflicted on us, which we didn't want really).

One rarely hears a Scientologist speak of God, and if they do, it's usually for PR reasons..to help create the image of they being a "real" religion. In Clearwater, as I've posted, we created "Sunday Service" in 1980 totally for PR reasons, so we LOOKED like a real church. Now in all fairness to them, they feel their auditing IS Spiritual, so they say they go to church daily.

However, the truth is they HAVE to buy that auditing, so it's a lot different than any church you or I know of, where one can go and get spiritual help for free.

So Christmas and Easter are both quite empty in Scientology, as far as what each Holiday is actually about..... although we always celebrated them with fullness, as I did as a child, minus the church.

As far as Thanksgiving, that's usually celebrated as in any other home here in America. However there is one thing different: In Scientology they know on Holidays their stats will often crash, as people don't want to go study on a holiday. So in Scientology they will often offer delicious food, or extra perks of one kind or another IF you will come in on a holiday.

Often for OT 7 Flag was the most Crowded at Christmas, or right after.

Sure, Scientology is building their Christmas display. They know how to make something look right more than most. They even have a choir now that goes around singing Christmas Carols. This is all nice, but just a little odd when you realize they really do not believe most of what they are singing about.

Whatever you believe.may your Holidays be filled with friendship, yummy food, and happiness. May each of us create an abundance of peace throughout the world. We need it!

My love to all :)

Tory/Magoo~dancing in the light~
In for 30 years
Out for 2 years and 4 months
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Free at last!!!

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In article <ko_D9.23269$vM1.1674980@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>, "Magoo" <magoo44@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>Holidays and Scientology: What gives?
>
>You might wonder, what exactly do Scientologists celebrate? Do they believe
>in God? Do they Celebrate Christmas? Having spent 30 years in Scientology,
>here is a bit of how the Holidays were for me.

[snip]

I remember standing in line for staff pay at Celebrity Centre one Christmas, back in the day when you got room (crowded with others) and board (whole lotta rice and beans) and $17 a week spending money, to cover all your clothes and anything else -- no uniforms back then (but I think you have to buy them, anyway).

So someone's taking up a collection to buy Elround Fatass a Christmas present. You know, the blubbermouth who says Jesus was a pedophile, if he wasn't letting you believe he's Jesus/Buddha reincarnated?

I stupidly put in a couple of bucks. John Dries, who was the head of the Qualification Divsion, didn't put in anything.

"Aren't you going to donate?" I asked.

"Why should I give him any money?" Dries replied. "He's a millionaire."

Some people could see the cracks even then.

Of course, I'm the guy who went around Celebrity Centre one Christmas asking people in the public for donations to buy Yvonne a new coat (I collected enough to get her a rabbit one that she liked) and some of the public got pretty hot about being asked for that on top of all the money they were paying for the "Bridge to Total Freedom."

Guess it includes freedom from holidays, which mean at their root "holy days." Nothing is holy in the Lurch of $cientology except the money coming in.

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