The Factors in Scientology are the fundamental actors, elements or ingredients that make up the universe of our experience. There are thirty of them, numbered and thus appearing sequential.

Let’s take up the first and the second:

1. Before the beginning was a Cause and the entire purpose of the cause was the creation of effect.

2. In the beginning and forever is the decision and the decision is TO BE.

From this we can see that the first effect that was created, was the beginning. We also see that a Cause existed to effect this beginning. The second factor provides a non sequitur. ‘TO BE’ means to exist but existence was already in existence at the time of the creation of the first effect. Furthermore it was a decision, which implies that the decision might have turned out NOT TO BE.

If there is a decision, a decision maker must exist. This anonymous decision maker, theoretically could have decided NOT TO BE as the creation of an effect according to Factor 1. This would have to be the case in order for it to then change its mind and decide TO BE.  The problem with this explanation is however that the decision TO BE is forever.

Exercise for scientologists: Find the author’s misunderstood!

From a lofty viewpoint what really motivates us can be described as follows:

If we compare life to a game of chess, we might have the following scenario. There is a static board which is the spacetime Cartesian grid and there are invisible static rules. Then there are players usually two and sixteen white pieces and sixteen black pieces. The two players are clusters of invisible thetans or souls. There is a cluster called white and one called black. These thetans are mathematical functions*, which is to say they have thought energy of a limitless potential. Each of the thetans operates one of the pieces, coordinated by the thetan in charge of the respective cluster. Part of that mathematical thought energy, in the lower frequencies, they share and that makes the board and the pieces solid. The pieces are the energy particles and configurations they play with.

The purpose of the game is for all participants to reach gnosis and to continue to play until every aspect and combinations in and of the game have been completely understood, which is the apotheosis. They learn to become God, by overcoming Satan, in the form of the opponent’s king, every time, in each iteration of the game, eventually being able to re-program the game itself.

*There is no difference between mathematics and thinking. Mathematics is merely another term for precise thinking.”  ARC and the Tone scale, 4 November 1950

The state of OT:
Knowing and willing cause over thought, life, matter, energy, space and time, subjective and objective. If this is not monotheism it will be the everlasting war of OTs to establish who is the supreme Cause.

It is not well advertised in scientology, but according to Hubbard the operating thetan can also create other thetans. The latter ability is the exact equivalent of the Abrahamic God. The one who created all Christian, Jewish and muslim souls.

See also the book “Critique of Pure Scientology” available from Amazon.