Les, I don't really know enough about Scientology to evaluate it. My general impression of it is not too positive, but that's mainly due to general impressions of it that I've gotten from a lot of other people (gossip and rumour, that is)....so again, I don't know enough about it to comment.

Is it a minor religion? I guess it is to some people. Maybe to others it's a major religion. (shrug) To me it's a minor cult or religion or philosophy that I'm not very knowledgable about.

What you should maybe do is get in touch with Tom Cruise and ask him about it. ;-)

Blandiver - Self-actualization is a given, both in religion and outside of it. As a matter of fact, I'd say that self-actualization is the very crux OF religion, if you bother going into it to any degree of depth. If you're totally shallow about it, though, maybe not. The totally shallow aren't very good at self-actualization. (not implying that YOU are shallow...I'm just saying, in general terms)