What does “Scientology” mean?
January 25, 2007
As said on this website the word Scientology literally means “the study of truth.” It comes from the Latin word “scio” meaning “knowing in the fullest sense of the word” and the Greek word “logos” meaning “study of.”
So basically in Scientology you’re studying truths about life. Obvioiusly noone owns truth–truth is truth. When I first found out about Scientology and read some of L Ron Hubbard’s books, I realized that the datums he presents about life are universal truths that apply to all of us.
The cool thing about Scientology, is that if you read something that you don’t think is true, it doesn’t matter. L Ron Hubbard said that what’s true for you, is true for you. Meaning, this is not a dogma–something you have to believe or follow on faith. He presents datums about life and tools you can use to help your life and if you find they’re true, you can use them. If not, you simply disregard. This is the basic and fundamental premise of all of Scientology.
What’s cool about this too is that Scientology does not conflict with other religions since you don’t have to adopt a dogma or “have faith” in anything to be a Scientologist. You just apply the tools, observe that they work, and that’s it.
It’s a lot simpler than people make it out to be