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Scientology founder’s breathless promotion of his ability to ‘endow another body with life!’

[Hubbard in Arizona in 1954]

Several days ago we dipped into the Scientology publications archive and brought you a rather bombastic boast by founder L. Ron Hubbard that he had, for the first time in history, sussed out how arthritis actually works, and said that with his Dianetic processes it was a cinch to […]

Jon Atack and Chris Shelton answer the question: Are cult members stupid?

Jon Atack and Chris Shelton teamed up for a new video this week. Jon’s helper Spike Robinson describes what’s in […]

Lest we forget: Scientology started out as quack cure-all, selling electronic snake oil

On occasion, we like to remind readers that Scientology’s troubles did not begin with current leader David Miscavige. […]

Finally, a (mostly) full and accurate transcript from one of Scientology’s darkest days

We hope you have some time for a trip into the past. Because it’s going to take a while to get through everything we’ve posted here this […]

Israel’s Ministry of Justice threatens to ‘dismantle’ Scientology’s Tel Aviv Ideal Org

[The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Ideal Org at its 2012 opening]

We just became aware of some interesting reporting in September by Israeli journalist Nir Ben-Zvi which revealed that Israel’s Ministry of Justice has threatened to “dismantle” the Ideal Org in Tel […]

What’s happening right now in Scientology’s independent ‘Freezone’

Yesterday, Chris Shelton gave us another interesting look at what “new religious movement” academics are up to in regards to Scientology. And this time, he looked at a professor who, according to his own bio, has made a bit of a name for himself examining the […]

13,046 DAYS: David Miscavige goes ahead of L. Ron Hubbard as leader of Scientology

[Illustration by Observer]

On May 9, 1950, L. Ron Hubbard began what would become the Scientology movement by publishing his bestseller, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. For the next three and a half decades he oversaw Scientology’s growth.

Then, on January 24, 1986, Hubbard died in seclusion on a ranch near Creston, California. In the […]

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Scientology founder’s breathless promotion of his ability to ‘endow another body with life!’

Jon Atack and Chris Shelton answer the question: Are cult members stupid?

Lest we forget: Scientology started out as quack cure-all, selling electronic snake oil

Finally, a (mostly) full and accurate transcript from one of Scientology’s darkest days

Israel’s Ministry of Justice threatens to ‘dismantle’ Scientology’s Tel Aviv Ideal Org

What’s happening right now in Scientology’s independent ‘Freezone’

13,046 DAYS: David Miscavige goes ahead of L. Ron Hubbard as leader of Scientology

Is this a list of all of Scientology’s active subsidiary corporations that a tipster fed us?

Scientology’s new campaign to get you to sign its billion-year contract is here!

On this Labor Day, some insane stories of labor in Scientology’s ‘Sea Org’

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