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A funny thing happened on Thursday. We reviewed Vance Woodward’s book, Addicted to Scientology, and noted that one of the more interesting things in it was Woodward’s contention that a close reading of Scientology’s foundational texts convinced him that L. Ron Hubbard thought of past-life therapy as a form of make-believe. Scientologists, however, take very seriously […] How does yet another self-published book revealing the “secrets” of Scientology stand out with so many others appearing in the last few years? Well, we guarantee you haven’t read one like this. Vance Woodward is a Bay Area lawyer who fell into Scientology at only 14, spent 22 years struggling through the church’s auditing, and handed […] For 24 years, they followed one man for the Church of Scientology. Then, for just over a single day, they came in from the cold. By Tony Ortega [Paul Marrick reunites with his old boss, Marty Rathbun] This week, we learned that a lawsuit filed against the Church of Scientology by two of its former private investigators was […] Professor Stephen Kent is one of our favorite voices on Scientology. The University of Alberta scholar has one of the deepest archives of material known to exist, he is unafraid to speak truth about such subjects as the Sea Org’s RPF prison program, and he has regularly testified in court cases about his research. He let […] Much is being made in the press that today, Kelly Preston will appear on television and for the first time acknowledge that her late son Jett Travolta was autistic. Jett died in 2009 after having a seizure in a bathtub while the family was in its Bahamian estate. At the time, a family spokesman confirmed that […] The lack of any new developments in the ongoing investigation of deaths at Scientology’s flagship Narconon drug rehab center in Oklahoma didn’t prevent the Fox affiliate in Oklahoma City from putting together this lengthy and hard-hitting two-part series, which aired last night. A lesson for other media: This is how you keep a story in the […] Lawrence Wright [Credit: Jana Birchum] Big news for Scientology watchers: Alfred A. Knopf announced today that it will be releasing Lawrence Wright’s highly anticipated book about Scientology on January 17, which is a couple of months earlier than we had heard it would appear. Jenna Miscavige Hill’s tell-all, meanwhile, appears to have been moved back […] Lay off the big fella, already Over at The Hairpin, on Monday “Stella Forstner” put up the second installment of her series on growing up in Scientology. This second chapter was about Scientology beliefs, and like the first, it’s very well written and smarter than your average church tell-all. Forstner helps an outsider understand the […] President Barack Obama was reelected yesterday here in the United States and, at nearly 2 in the morning, gave a rousing victory speech. “You voted for action, not politics as usual,” he said. Action? Hey, we have some ideas about the kind of action the US government could engage in during Obama’s second […] Hey, it’s Election Day here in the US, and we hope our American readers go out and vote. On this historic day, we have just a few thoughts about how this election intersects with our interests in Scientology watching at this […] |
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