What Scientology Showed Me About the Gospel
April 18, 2008 by John
Last night, my wife and I watched an interview with L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology. It is supposedly the only filmed interview with Hubbard. I don’t know much about Scientology, and so I won’t knock it, or set up straw men that I can easily knock over. But some things L. Ron Hubbard said about Scientology really struck me, because they reminded me of certain aspects of our faith and the Gospel of Christ.
When asked about Scientology and what it does, Hubbard said that Scientology helps the able and makes the able more able. Hubbard said that man was put on earth to make his way out of it.
“He was put here to work out his own salvation“, says Hubbard.
These words reminded me of the offense of the Gospel and its stark contrast to most other faiths. Christ came for those who were not able and do not have ability to become more able. The Gospel is for those who admit and see that they cannot work out their own salvation, and know they have no hope of doing so. Someone else must do it for them.
Let this offend and comfort you at the same time, for if you’re faith is in Christ, the work has been done for you. You have been saved by the work of Another.
Why don’t you give us a link to this supposed interview, John? Hubbard had a lot of choice words for Jesus, and I think you know what they are. You’re trying to deceive us John, you’re a Co$ mole. Hubbard was a charlatan, and a follower of the British occultist Aleister Crowley. Hubbard practiced Satan worship, and took part in sex rituals.
Here is a link to an MP3 audio file of Hubbard praising Aleister Crowley:
http://www.xenu.net/archive/media_vault/Crowley.mp3
L Ron In His Own Words: Watch and listen to these before $cientology censors them.
No Christ:
http://www.xenu.net/archive/media_vault/Nochrist.mp3
http://www.xenu.net/archive/media_vault/god_exte.wav
Subject to censorship by Co$:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LPjsn2soN6w
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sk03n7rMJ1o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26H3yMA_pNg&NR
I don’t know what interview you’re talking about but this is only REAL interview that Hubbard ever did:
Part1: http://youtube.com/watch?v=QG1Rhv18rOI
part2: http://youtube.com/watch?v=2urYrNKPLxk
Michael,
I don’t think I was clear enough in my post, so I’ve gone back and reworded it. What I am trying to say is that some things Hubbard said are in such contrast to fundamental Christian belief, that they actual shed light on fundamental Christian belief. They do this not because they are the same, but because they are so different.
Being able to save yourself
CANNOT =
Being saved by grace because you can’t save yourself
I actually don’t know anything about what Hubbard said about Jesus, or his practices in Satan worship. This is why I wrote, “I don’t know much about Scientology, and so I won’t knock it, or set up straw men that I can easily knock over.”
My point in writing the post was not to set up an apologetic against Hubbard or Scientology as a whole, but merely to examine the few words from the interview that I wrote about. What Hubbard said is in such contrast to what a Christian believes about himself and about salvation, that Scientology and Christianity could never go together. I obviously should have made this clearer. I’m not sure what a Co$ mole is.
Here is the information on the interview. I mis-wrote when I originally said it was the only interview. The pamphlet in the DVD cover said it was his “only filmed interview”, not the only interview. It was filmed in 1966. It was a DVD rented from the library.
A Filmed Interview with L. Ron Hubbard
An Introduction to Scientology
Produced by Golden Era Productions
6331 Hollywood Boulevard, Suite 1305
Los Angeles, California 90028
Copyright 2006 L. Ron Hubbard Library