WITNESSING TO SCIENTOLOGY Ashleigh Farley and Nigel Wigfall Haskell Heights First Baptist Church Evangelism Conference 2015 Pastor: Glenn D. Wigfall
WITNESSING TOSCIENTOLOGY
Ashleigh Farley and Nigel Wigfall
Haskell Heights First Baptist Church
Evangelism Conference 2015
Pastor: Glenn D. Wigfall
Definition
Scientology: Scio (Latin)"knowing, in the fullest sense of the word," logos (Greek) "study of."
So…Scientology means the study of "knowing how to know.”
Founder
• Scientology Founder: L. Ron Hubbard (1911 - 1986) born in Tilden, Nebraska.
• Dropped out of college in 2nd year
• Became a Freelance Science Fiction Author
• “The Source” - 5,000 writings & 3,000 recorded lectures
• Controversial Figure
“Dianetics”
• Published in 1950
• Dianetics : “The study of the relationship between the mind and the body”
• Engrams : The cause of illness
• One’s painful past experiences affects their subconscious mind
• Audit Process
• The State of Clear
“Dianetics”
Popular 80’s commercial:
• How to improve your life
• How to improve your marriage
• How to increase your mind’s potential
Church of Scientology - Today
10 Million FollowersCurrent Leader – David Miscavige
Famous Members
ISAAC HAYES
JOHN TRAVOLTA
TOM CRUISE
DOUG E. FRESH
BELIEFS
ViewsSCIENTOLOGY
• GOD = “8TH DYNAMIC”
• JESUS – Simply “A Good
Teacher”
• HOLY SPIRIT – Not mentioned
CHRISTIANITY
• Genesis 1:1 - In the beginning God created the Heavens and the earth
• John 14:6 - Jesus told him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.”
• John 16:13 - “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.
State of Mankind
SCIENTOLOGY
• Believe that man was originally good
• EXPERIENCES TAINT US
CHRISTIANITY
ROMANS 3:10 – “ as it is written: "There is none righteous, no not one”
PSALMS 51: 5 – “ Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.”
Death & After LifeSCIENTOLOGY
• Man –Immortal
• Xenu / Thetan
• Reincarnation – “Past Lives”
CHRISTIANITY
• Hebrews 9:27 – “And just as each person is destined to die once and after that comes judgment.”
• Ecclesiastes 3:2 – “A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot what was planted”
• 1 Cor. 15:22 – “For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive…”
SalvationSCIENTOLOGY
• Saved From – Engrams
• “Salvation is attained through increasing one’s spiritual awareness.”
• Want Knowledge? - $$$
“Bridge to Total Freedom”
SalvationCHRISTIANITY
• We are SAVED from the penalty for our sin
• Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
• To learn more…
• Matthew 7:7 – “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”
WITNESS
The Christian Witness
• What is a witness?
• What did we witness?
• What is our goal? (Why?)
• What is our strategy?
A Witness to Scientology
• Believe they must pay $$$ to find Salvation.
• Believe that man is invincible.
• Believe they are reincarnated into multiple lives.
QUESTIONS ?