Scientology

I found today's discussion on scientology really interessting. We recently just discussed what makes a religion a religion. What are the founding elements? I think that in order for a religion to be a religion it needs to have reason and a leader. I think this is funny because a lot of people make fun of scientology and say that it is not real or it is, excuse my language, bull shit. But why? It seems to have a legitimate reason to have been started. L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of scientology (see the following link for more information: http://www.aboutlronhubbard.org/) He describes scientology as describes itself as the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, others, and all of life. The interesting thing about scientology is that it is basically a science. So, here is my question : are science and religion seperate? A lot of people argue that religion is not a science, however, i argue that science offers us some proof based on prior knowledge. All knowledge however is relative, and open to different interpretations, therefore, nothing is neccessarily set in stone, and because of this, science is basically a system of theories. So yes, why scientology is considered a "science" it can also be considered a religion.