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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 []

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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 []

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

[Scientology’s Nashville Celebrity Centre]

Now that we’re plunging into our tenth year together, dear readers, we appreciate more than ever what our longtime regulars bring to the []

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

[Jasper has company!]

We started seeing new ads for Scientology’s Sea Org a few weeks ago, and now it’s coming in a []

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

 It’s Labor Day here in the United States, when we celebrate the struggle by brave workers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to bring us such things as the weekend. []

Hot new progress reports from Scientology’s massive world takeover!

 Our Scientology oversharer is back, and you tell us — has Grade 4 left her a lot less effusive, or is it just []

More Scientology euphoria: What it looks like to finish Grade 3!

 How do you top your Grade 2 success story when you finish Grade []

A Scientology escape saga, which includes serving L. Ron Hubbard a bad meal

 I read this website every day. For a while I even commented (nobs and nobs2). But I’m not particularly good at social interactions and may even have a bit of envy for the camaraderie, so I stopped. Now I’d like to tell a few []