Scientology - Religion Or Scam?

The word "Scientology" means "the study of knowledge or truth." I never even hear the term Scientology until all these celebrities started practicing it. 

Basically Scientology consists of believing in the following 8 components: 

1st Dynamic SELF — the individual, including his body, mind and immediate possessions.
2nd Dynamic FAMILY and children and all other creativity.
3rd Dynamic GROUP SURVIVAL whether friends, a club, company, nation or race.
4th Dynamic MANKIND as a species.
5th Dynamic LIFE FORMS including all plant and animal life.
6th Dynamic PHYSICAL UNIVERSE with its four components of matter, energy, space and time.
7th Dynamic SPIRITUAL dynamic — anything spiritual with or without identity, life source.
8th Dynamic INFINITY, also commonly called God, the Supreme Being or Creator.
(This is all represented in the “Eight Pointed Cross logo)

Scientologists also use a numeric scale to determine how to communicate with other individuals. It’s kind of odd to me, but here it is: 

40.0(Serenity of Beingness) through 2.0(Antagonism) to 0.01(Dying) and 0.0(Body Death).

Scientology also teaches beliefs in space aliens, that anti-depressents are evil and that Man is an immortal, spiritual being with unlimited capabilities. It teaches that an individual is a spirit: not a body, not a brain, not a fortuitous random conglomeration of genes and chemicals.

MY OPINION: 

I am Catholic and I believe in God. I don’t feel right telling others they are wrong about their beliefs. I have my own beliefs and I am no preacher. But the more I read about this the more odd it seemed. Some of the stuff is down right crazy.