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A year ago, we hoped that our U.S. readers were marking the Thanksgiving holiday by not gathering with their friends and family. Continue reading As Thanksgiving begins to get back to normal, it’s time to pass the Source again!
Monday we told you about Scientology’s newest million-dollar donors, Shawn and Colleen May, who had given at least $1 million toward leader David Miscavige’s “Ideal Org” program. Continue reading Check out the US government’s new whales: Feshbachs go Diamond Meritorious for the IRS!
[The grand opening crowd at the Chatswood AO]Two big takeaways this morning from the news in Australia that a schizophrenic 16-year-old was found not responsible for his 2019 killing of a security guard at Scientology’s new “Advanced Org” in a Sydney suburb: Continue reading Court finds schizophrenic teen not responsible for killing at Aussie Scientology HQ
We wanted to help Scientology get the word out about its newest “New Civilization Builders,” which is church jargon for donors who have given at least $1 million toward Scientology’s “Ideal Org” building projects. As you see below, Shawn and Colleen May reached that exalted position at a recent “Alliance USA” fundraising event as Scientology attempts to open several of the new “Ideal” churches around the country. Continue reading Scientology gets another $1 million donor to make entire United States ‘ideal’ for takeover
[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 cure. Continue reading Scientology founder’s breathless promotion of his ability to ‘endow another body with life!’
Jon Atack and Chris Shelton teamed up for a new video this week. Jon’s helper Spike Robinson describes what’s in it… Continue reading Jon Atack and Chris Shelton answer the question: Are cult members stupid?
Oldtimers tell us that it’s not unusual since the death of L. Ron Hubbard in 1986 for claimants to show up saying they’re the reincarnation of the Scientology founder. But a couple of years ago, one very unlikely figure generated a surprising amount of buzz and attention when he asserted that he was “LRH 2.0” and would be offering a new, improved version of Scientology. Continue reading L. Ron Hubbard 2.0 surprises us yet again with his latest venture: Sitting in a Tennessee jail
[Peter Mansell]One of the most shocking revelations about Scientology abuses, and one of the best documented, was Tom Tobin’s masterful reporting in 2010 about the church’s decades-long policy of forcing women in the Sea Org to undergo unwanted abortions. Continue reading Evidence that Scientology is still taking Sea Org women to clinics for forced abortions
[Just some of the many memoirs published in recent years]Chris Shelton continues his look at the state of ‘religious studies’ attitudes about Scientology by working through a new issue of the journal Implicit Religion. Go here for his first, second, third, and fourth installments.
Continue reading Even apologist professors can’t ignore the recent tidal wave of ex-Scientologist memoirs
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