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Sunday Funnies: Scientology Finds a Better Use for ‘Dianetics’!

Once again, our tipsters have come through and we have a fun collection of Scientology wackiness for you this Sunday morning.

We’re kicking things off with some news from Taiwan, where David Miscavige’s church has been making a major push in recent months.

We’ve seen the boasting about a new Chinese-language translation of Scientology’s essential texts (“the []

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Scientology Drug Rehab Program’s Newest Victim: A New York 15-Year-Old

From the Rainbow Canyon website

Scientology’s drug rehab facilities have been much in the news lately for several lawsuits that have questioned the way these “Narconon” programs treat adults who go to them seeking treatment for their addictions. Now, a Narconon center in Nevada is being sued by a family over the experiences of []

John Sweeney’s Trailer for His New Book, The Church of Fear

How’s this for a bonus Friday afternoon post — John Sweeney and Marc Headley driving to Scientology’s Trementina Base in New Mexico, footage that Sweeney has put together as a trailer for his book, The Church of Fear: Inside the Weird World of []

Blogging Dianetics, Part 1: Vance Woodward Helps Us Parse L. Ron Hubbard’s Masterpiece

In 1950, L. Ron Hubbard published the book that changed his life, transforming him from a well known writer of pulp fiction into an even more well known leader of a worldwide organization that came to be known as the Church of Scientology.

That book was Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, and for some []

Scientology Brings Hope to Africa!

A tip of the hat to Jane White, who spotted this disturbing photo at the Facebook page for Clear Ghana, which describes itself as a “group of Scientologists working…to bring this technology to as many people of Africa as possible.”

That apparently includes presenting the standard Sea Org contract to a couple of youngsters who []

Scientology Giving this “Internet” Thing a Whirl

Scientology is a very small, if wealthy, organization of probably no more than about 40,000 people around the world. But one of the reasons it garners so much attention, particularly online, is the way it repeatedly has taken on the Internet as one of its chief foes.

In the 1990s, Scientology tried to keep its secret []

Another Indie Goes All the Way: Simi Valley Ditches Scientology For Good

Simi Valley sent us a remarkable e-mail a couple of weeks ago. She wanted us to know that she’s no longer an “independent Scientologist” — she’s out all the way.

“It was a year ago that Debbie Cook sent out her e-mail and I finally woke up. But now a year later I’ve really woken up []

You Might Be in a Cult If…

…this is how you send a message to Dear Leader out in front of the Scientology building in Los Angeles.

Comedy writer Seth Madej snapped this photo on Monday afternoon and posted it to his Twitter feed with this []

John Sweeney and Marc Headley Visit Scientology’s Odd New Mexico Vault

On January 7, BBC reporter John Sweeney’s book about Scientology, The Church of Fear, hits bookstores, and he thought of a great way to promote it.

About a month ago, he flew to the US and joined former church member and Blown for Good author Marc Headley for a trip to the Trementina vault in New []

Final Sunday Funnies of 2012: Scientology Targets the Rose Parade!

With our year in review finally over, we’re left with one last Sunday in 2012, and what would a Sunday be without Funnies?

Our tipsters have been terrific this year, and we’re still getting great stuff from them every day. So let’s send 2012 out in style by looking at the latest fundraising mailers that Scientology []