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Scientologists celebrate specific holidays, such as the birthday of the founder, L. Ron Hubbard (March 13th), the day Dianetics (their spiritual book) was formed (May 9), the celebration of a spiritual Voyage, Auditor’s Day, in honor of all auditors (second Sunday in September), the anniversary of the founding of the International Association of Scientologists, which unites, supports and protects the Scientology religion and Scientologists throughout the world (October 7); and New Year’s Eve (December 31).These celebrations are the primary means by which the Church’s leadership informs the worldwide congregation of the progress of the Scientology religion into society and plans for the future.

Some people help practice in group prayer, while others help beginning Scientologists in counseling and training.

Scientologists pray in a similar manner to Catholics. They celebrate on sundays and carry out personal prayers that are directed to helping the outcomes in their lives. They also go to spiritual counseling and training. …show more content…

It is expressed as the Eighth Dynamic which is the urge toward existence as infinity. This is also identified as the Supreme Being. The Scientology concept of God rests at the very apex of universal survival. Hubbard once said “A man without an abiding faith is, by observation alone, more of a thing than a man.” Unlike religions with Judeo-Christian origins, the Church of Scientology has no set dogma concerning God that it imposes on its members. As with all its tenets, Scientology does not ask individuals to accept anything on faith alone. Rather, as one’s level of spiritual awareness increases through participation in training, one attains his own certainty of every dynamic. Accordingly, only when the Seventh Dynamic (spiritual) is reached in its entirety will one discover and come to a full understanding of the Eighth Dynamic (infinity) and one’s relationship to the Supreme

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