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Wikipedia has a list which includes:
Anne Archer, actress
Cathy Lee Crosby, actress
Jenna Elfman, actress, raised Catholic
Chaka Khan, singer
Jason Lee, actor and professional skateboarder
Juliette Lewis, actress
Corin Nemec, actor
Bernadette Peters, actress and singer
Mimi Rogers, actress
Patrick Swayze, actor
Greta Van Susteren
There are also a number of famous ex-Scientologists, too, including:
J. J. Abrams, Writer
Emilio Estevez, actor (renounced it and won’t discuss it)
Charles Manson, serial killer
Ricky Martin, singer (says he dabbled in it)
Van Morrison, singer, songwriter
Jerry Seinfeld, comedian
Oliver Stone, director (said involvement was finished after 4 months)
Sharon Stone, actress........
Also, If atheism is the absence of belief in gods, then many Buddhists are, indeed, atheists.
Buddhism is not about either believing or not believing in God or
gods. Rather, the historical Buddha taught that believing in gods was
not useful for those seeking to realize enlightenment. In other words,
God is unnecessary in Buddhism. For this reason, Buddhism is more
accurately called nontheistic than atheistic.
DOES SCIENTOLOGY HAVE A CONCEPT OF GOD?
Most definitely. In Scientology, the concept of God is expressed as the Eighth Dynamic—the urge toward existence as infinity. This is also identified as the Supreme Being
His wife wrote the epilog and said that he should develop this idea into a real religion.
He did so.
Atheism is a disbelief or what have you of religion.
I don't know why such a question would be asked being that this is an opinion poll and a simple google search answers the question. For those who don't know how to do a google search - here are the links that will answer your questions:
http://sneakingunder.com/athe...
http://www.scientology.org/
to alter any of his work is known as squirreling the tech and it's something you get hell for because they wan to keep it pure. to bad current management keeps changing it saying this is the real deal by hubbard himself, the editor messed up and didn't print the right version of his writings. ask former scientologist larry anderson. there is audio of him complaining about that. he talks about it started at 5:20
* because if you try to leave the fold they hound you mercilessly
* because if you say anything not complimentary about their "belief system", they file a lawsuit against you
* because they cultivate Hollywood personalities as their in-front-of-the-camera spokespeople
* because they are intensely secretive
As noted by another Soda Head below, here is what is said: "In Scientology, the concept of God is expressed as the Eighth Dynamic—the urge toward existence as infinity. This is also identified as the Supreme Being." I've been a Scientologist for over 30 years, and I can tell you without hesitation that Scientologists do believe in God.
I will tell you that God might not be central in a Scientologist's life - as God is central, for example, in the life of a Christian. Again, it is up to the individual Scientologist. But t...
As noted by another Soda Head below, here is what is said: "In Scientology, the concept of God is expressed as the Eighth Dynamic—the urge toward existence as infinity. This is also identified as the Supreme Being." I've been a Scientologist for over 30 years, and I can tell you without hesitation that Scientologists do believe in God.
I will tell you that God might not be central in a Scientologist's life - as God is central, for example, in the life of a Christian. Again, it is up to the individual Scientologist. But to say "most do not believe" isn't true.
You asked a question in this poll - whether Scientology is the same as Atheism. The answer is obviously "no" because of the belief in God, spirituality, and also the belief that we've lived before and will again.