Scientology And The Scientology: The Creed Of Scientology

“The Creed of Scientology:
We The Church of Scientology believe, that all men, of whatever race, color, or creed, were created with equal rights. That all men have inalienable rights to their own religious practices and their performance, that all men have inalienable rights to their own lives, that all men have inalienable rights to their sanity¹, that all men have inalienable rights to their own defense, that all men have inalienable conceive, choose, assist, or support their own organizations, churches, and governments², that all men have inalienable rights to think freely, to talk freely their own opinions, and to counter, or utter, or write upon the opinions of others, that all men have inalienable rights to the creation of their own kind,

Since its creation, Scientology has been frequently accused of being much darker and secretive than it pretends to be. This being said, there have been many accusations- which if true- would be completely at odds with what the creed claims to be the most important moral principles of Scientology. These controversies are discussed at greater length in the section title “Controversies”.
In sum, the creed provides a terrific roadmap to what Hubbard thought Scientology should be. In theory it, like so many other things, is pristine. It is when this idea is put into practice that it becomes jaded, and falls victim to misuse. Another important component of moral guidelines for any Scientologist, is “The Code of a Scientologist. This is a list of twenty rules, which are to be carried out in the everyday lives of a member. The twenty rules cover a wide range of topics from humanitarian awareness to (surprise!) mental health. Nonetheless, all twenty steps fit with relative ease into one of four categories: “Scientology and the World”, “Scientology and Me”, “Activism”, and “Mental Health”. These four categories are very similar to the main themes discussed on pages 13-15, dealing with The Creed of Scientology. Likewise, they have similar ideas expressed through

This is also the most hippocritical area of the Code from the perspective of the general population, as ironically, Scientology is thought to be one of the most private widespread organizations in the world. One of the “rules” in this category states “...to keep Scientologists, the public, and the press accurately informed concerning Scientology, the world of mental health and society”(scientology.org). The key word in this statement is likely “accurately”, because while Scientology does give occasional updates, they are often proved by multiple outside parties to be untrue. This has occurred recently in the population reports given out by Scientology. The Church claims that it has a population of several million people throughout the world. Other sources, however, show that the population of Scientologist is only a few hundred thousand. A truly accurate population of the church is very difficult to acquire due to the fact that many countries no longer include religion in their censuses- or in some cases cease to take one at all. Another possible point of discontinuity between the regulations outlined in the code, and the practices that actually occur, can be seen in rule____, which states, “______________”. This statement is not necessarily consistent with the tales many current and former members have told; many of them