Scientology’s founder: ‘WE are going UP while the world is coming down!’

[Hubbard in 1973, hiding out in Queens, NY. (Photo by Jim Dincalci)]

In a time of crisis, Scientologists are naturally turning to the words of the founder, L. Ron Hubbard, looking for some way to make sense of things.

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Scientology’s bizarre response to the pandemic: Handing out sketchy cleaning products

Didn’t Scientology learn its lesson with its balloon debacle?

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The million-dollar donors keeping Scientology flush, New Year’s 2020 edition

As we promised on Monday, we have for you today the greater whales who were celebrated at a special New Year’s “Patron’s Ball” in Beverly Hills, another opportunity for Scientology to celebrate its biggest donors.

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Scientology leader David Miscavige calls the pandemic ‘planetary bullbait’ in epic briefing

[He’s not happy]

Over the last two weeks, Scientologists have been called in for a special briefing about the coronavirus pandemic and David Miscavige’s response to it. Scientology has been very careful not to allow this briefing to leak out to the public, telling Scientologists that they must come down to see it in person.

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The wealthy donors keeping Scientology in business, New Year’s 2020 edition

Over the last few days we’ve been looking at Scientology’s schizophrenic approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, and our comments section has been doing a great job keeping up on all of the coronavirus news, including late-breaking stuff like the yellow-jacketed Volunteer Minister idiots in Kansas City endangering the public while pretending to be helping out.

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Scientology tries to rah-rah its way through the pandemic while endangering its members

[Dianetics happiness, posted Friday by Scientology]

Scientology continues to deal with the Coronavirus outbreak this week. The Black Scientologists Convention has been rescheduled and it’s safe to assume all events on the Freewinds have been suspended.

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Scientology and the coronavirus: Keeping the orgs open as ‘essential services’

[L. Ron Hubbard and COVID-19: Illustration by Observer]

On Monday, we told you that Scientology’s holiest event on the calendar, L. Ron Hubbard’s birthday gala in Florida, was canceled over coronavirus fears.

Then on Wednesday, we reported that Scientologists were being called in to be given a new “briefing” which was actually platitudes from a lecture on atomic radiation given by founder L. Ron Hubbard in 1957.

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Brian Statler’s daughter joins lawsuit over his police shooting death at Scientology church

[Brian Statler]

An amended complaint has been filed in the federal civil rights and excessive force lawsuit over the March 27, 2019 police shooting death of Brian Statler at the Inglewood Church of Scientology, and it contains a bombshell.

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David Miscavige deposition in sex abuse lawsuit canceled after Scientology pushes back

[David Miscavige and the attorney who won’t be questioning him next week, Ricardo Martinez-Cid]

In recent weeks, attorneys for Jane Doe, a Florida woman suing Scientology for what she alleges was years of sexual abuse that she endured as a child employee for the church, boldly filed notices in court that they intended to subject three top Scientology officials to sworn video depositions, including church leader David Miscavige.

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Scientology in the time of plague: Turning to Hubbard’s words on radiation for guidance

[L. Ron Hubbard in 1957, when his book on radiation came out]

[In case you missed last night’s big news: Mark Bunker wins!]

We told you yesterday that Scientology, against all advice from public health officials, is encouraging its members to come on down to their local org for more classes.

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