Another recalled the Eastern view that all religions, despite diverse beliefs and practices, are merely different paths leading to the same ultimate reality. Citing an ancient Japanese poem, he noted that “there are many paths at the foot of the mountain, but the view of the moon is the same at the peak.”

Scientology fulfills the goal of religion by addressing the spiritual nature of man and his role in eternity.

The subject matter of Scientology is wholly religious. Yet, to the degree that science and religion are concerned with truth, with knowledge and with what is, the Scientology religion has bridged the gap between the two. It addresses the most fundamental questions of life which no man can avoid, no matter how fascinated he may become with his presumed knowledge of the material world. The universe may have started with the astronomer’s “big bang,” but that hardly answers why. Nor does it tell us where the universe is proceeding, or if our lives fulfill some grander purpose.

Today, Scientology fulfills the goal of religion by addressing the spiritual nature of man and his role in eternity. Yet it approaches the traditional questions of religion from a standpoint of reason, an approach that science can hardly argue with.