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The organization was founded in 1975 when a Scientology-founded group called "Southern Land Development and Leasing Corp" purchased the Fort Harrison Hotel for $2.3 million. Because the reported tenant was the "United Churches of Florida" the citizens and City Council of Clearwater did not realize that the building's owners were actually the ...
Feb 8, 2011 · In September 2010, Wright, his editor, the New Yorker fact-checking team and the magazine's editor-in-chief, David Remnick, met for eight hours with the spokesman for the Church of Scientology ...
- What Is Scientology?
- Scientology's Technology and Xenu, The Intergalactic Warlord
- The Early Days Under L. Ron Hubbard
- Scientology Battles The IRS
- L. Ron Hubbard Is Dead, Long Live David Miscavige
- Miscavige Attracts Vips
- The Disappearance of Shelly Miscavige
- Leah Remini on A Quest For Answers
- Clearwater and Scientology's Sea ORG
- Sea ORG and Freewinds
Scientology conveniently posits that its tenets are rooted in "all great religions," boasting "a religious heritage as old and as varied as Man himself." The church posits that man is "basically good, and that his spiritual salvation depends upon himself, his fellows and his attainment of brotherhood with the universe." Modern science, according to...
So how did Scientology's pseudo-scientific practices come to be? It all started with one American science-fiction writer. Hubbard’s overarching thesis was released in 1950. Dianetics: The Modern Science Of Mental Healthintroduced the author’s pseudo-therapeutic "auditing" technique. At the core of the man's self-designed religion was the idea that ...
According to Richard Behar's "The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power" published in Time, Hubbard's sought to establish a movement that would "clear" people of unhappiness. Part con-man, part pulp author, Hubbard was born in Nebraska in 1911 and served in the Navy during World War II. After making claims to the Veterans Administration that his "suicid...
In 1967, the International Revenue Service decreed the Church of Scientology no longer warranted a tax-exempt status as a religious organization. A federal court ruled in 1971 that L. Ron Hubbard's e-meter claims were scientifically unsound, and that Scientology's medical aspects were nonsense (though it did rulethat the e-meter could be used "only...
During the government investigation, L. Ron Hubbard's health deteriorated. He gained weight, developed a growth on his forehead, and in 1973 suffered a motorcycle accident. Two years later he had a heart attack, and the following year he fell into a coma. He spent his last two years in hiding on a ranch in California. In January 1986, he suffered a...
Celebrities played a key role in Scientology's proselytizing strategy from the church's early days. Hubbard did an impressive job of forming his new religion into a tax-exempt, celebrity-alluring organization. In 1969, he establishedScientology's Celebrity Centre International, a hub for "artists, politicians, leaders of industry, sports figures an...
Michele "Shelly" Miscavige, the First Lady of Scientology, stood by her husband's side for decades. In every trip, meeting, and photo opportunity, the two displayed the perfect picture of loyal married life. But when they weren't in front of cameras or at an official church function, their relationship showed obvious signs of strain. "I never, ever...
When former Scientologist Leah Remini inquired about Shelly's inexplicable vanishing, she was told a variety of stories. Asking high-ranking Scientologists where her friend had gone also led to harsher auditing sessions, interrogations, and the clear feeling that she should stop investigating. "You’re a cocksucker," Miscavige would tell people when...
The Church of Scientology doesn't only take over people's lives — it takes over entire cities. While Scientology's "Gold Base" is comprised of a 520-acre compound about 100 miles outside Los Angeles, the church has also virtually taken over the city of Clearwater, Florida, on the state's western coast. In a 1977 raid of Scientology's headquarters, ...
In order for Scientologists to achieve Operating Thetan Level Eight (OT VIII) – the highest level of Scientology — they must board the Freewinds, a cruise ship built in Finland in 1968, for a period of intense, distraction-free study. Scientology's obsession with marine vessels started in the 1960s, when Hubbard was kicked out of England and needed...
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May 8, 2017 · In 1950, L. Ron Hubbard—the founder of Scientology—published his bestselling book “Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.” ... According to the official Church of Scientology ...
The Church of Scientology was founded in 1954. Hubbard’s early life and beliefs Hubbard attended George Washington University, Washington, D.C. (1930–32), but left to pursue other interests without completing his degree.
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Welcome to the Church of Scientology of Cincinnati. Since 1976, we have served a growing congregation of parishioners from Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. It is with great pride today we may now extend our help still farther from our home in Florence. Our Church realizes Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard’s vision that all Churches of Scientology ...
