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HUBBARD COMMUNICATIONS OFFICE
Saint Hill Manor, East Grinstead, Sussex
HCO POLICY LETTER OF 6 MARCH 1969
Remimeo
BPI
SCIENTOLOGY IS A RELIGION
"Scientology is a religion in the oldest sense of the word, a study of
wisdom.
Scientology is a study of man as a spirit, in his relationship to life and
the physical
universe.
It is non-denominational. By that is meant that Scientology is open to
people of
all religions and beliefs and in no way tries to persuade a person from his
religion, but
assists him to better understand that he is a spiritual being... ."
Mary Sue Hubbard
From Supplement to "Communication"
September 1964
The following definitions are from Webster's New Twentieth Century
Dictionary
(2nd Edition-The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York-1959).
A. RELIGION (noun)
Derivation: from Latin religio (-onis) (religion), (piety),
(conscientiousness),
(scrupulousness), from religare (to bind back), re-, and ligare, (to
bind), (to bind
together).
(a) Any specific system of belief, worship, conduct, etc., often
involving a code of
ethics and a philosophy; as the Christian (religion), the Buddhist
(religion), etc. (b)
loosely, any system of beliefs, practices, ethical values, etc.
resembling, suggestive of,
or likened to such a system, as, humanism is his (religion).
B. RELIGIOUS (adjective)
Derivation: from Latin religiosus (religious). Of, concerned with,
appropriate to,
teaching, or relating to religion; as, a (religious) place; (religious)
subjects.
Also
Careful; scrupulous; conscientiously exact; such as religion requires;
as, a (religious)
observance of vows or promises.
C. PHILOSOPHY (noun)
Derivation: from Latin philosophia; Greek philosophia, from Greek
philosophos,
from philos (loving), and Sophos (wise).
Originally, love of wisdom and knowledge.
A study of the process governing thought and conduct; theory or
investigation of the
principles or laws that regulate the physical universe and underlie all
knowledge and
reality; included in the study are aesthetics, ethics, logic, metaphysics,
etc.
The general principles or laws of a field of knowledge, activity, etc; as
the (philosophy)
of economics.
(a) A particular system of principles for the conduct of life;
(b) A treatise covering such a system.
A study of human morals, character and behaviour.
The mental balance believed to result from this; calmness; composure.
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