Auditing helped me. Doesn't that prove it works?
Feeling better is real and matters. But relief is not the same as truth, and it is not the same as being forgiven by God.
Many people say they felt lighter or calmer after auditing, and we do not doubt their experience. Talking through painful memories with focused attention can bring relief in many settings. The question is whether Scientology's explanation of why is true, and whether relief is what you most need.
The Bible says our deepest need is to be reconciled to God, and that this is a gift through Jesus, not the result of a process.
12There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
Proverbs 14:12 (WEB) · context
1Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
Romans 5:1 (WEB) · context
17Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new. 18But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Jesus Christ, and gave to us the ministry of reconciliation; 19namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not reckoning to them their trespasses, and having committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. 21For him who knew no sin he made to be sin on our behalf, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:17-21 (WEB) · context