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Matriarch Surrenders
August 18, 1978, Ron Shaffer, Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1978/08/18/matriarch-surrenders/00c276ce-a8f5-4131-898b-9204ca723517/

At 1:45 p.m. yesterday, Mary Sue Hubbard, wife of Church of Scientology
founder L. Ron Hubbard and a person seldom recognized in public,
slipped into U.S. District courtroom, flanked by two lawyers, and took
a seat with eight other Church members who had come to surrender to the
court.

With her arrival, the audience of Scientologists, reporters and lawyers
drew noticeably quiet. None of the Church members, which includes top
officials, claimed to have ever seen her before or know whether she
would appear.

She stepped demurely to the bench, a slender woman dressed in black,
with long brown hair and a Scientology medal around her neck, and
listened as her rights were explained.

Tags: 1950, Academic, Burglary, Cindy Raymond, Duke Snider, England, Freedom
of Information Act, Gerald Bennett Wolfe, Germany, Gregory Willardson,
Guardian's Office, Henning Heldt, Holocaust, IRS, Jane Kember, Los Angeles,
LSD, Mary Sue Hubbard, Mo Budlong, Nazi labelling, Passport, Quicky, Raymond
Banoun, Richard Weigand, Sharon Thomas, US Department of Justice

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Scientology complaints resurface
August 18, 1989, Curtis Krueger, St. Petersburg Times
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/sptimes/access/50530736.html?dids=50530736:50530736&FMT=FT

CLEARWATER - Complaints about the Church of Scientology unexpectedly
surfaced again before the City Commission on Thursday, and some
commissioners think they"ve heard enough.

The commissioners two weeks ago presided over a stormy session in which
a group of people spoke against the Scientologists, claiming the
organization is a cult. Scientologists denied those claims, and said
they were offended by what they called attacks on their religion.

Tags: Clearwater, Dianetics, Don Winner, Jamie Gourgon, Lee Lawrence, Mental
Health, Paul Johnson, Rita Garvey, Tampa

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The Way To More Questions
August 18, 2005, Carl Kozlowski, Pasadena Weekly
http://www.pasadenaweekly.com/cms/story/detail/the_way_to_more_questions/8297/

Officials with the group, which over the past two decades has
distributed booklets of the same name to millions of school children
across the country, all with the help of a variety of public officials
and corporate sponsors, say they have worked with hundreds of
organizations throughout Southern California and around the country in
efforts to promote clean living as a virtue worthy of emulating.

But according to LAPD Cmdr. Mike Downing, the Church of Scientology
forged his endorsement on The Way To Happiness Web site, prompting the
LAPD to disavow any endorsement of Scientology and The Way To Happiness.

Tags: ACLU, Barbara Ayash, Charles Palmer, Concerned Businessmen's
Association of America, Connie de la Garza, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, Geoff Garratt, Glendale, Harlingen, Hollywood, Inglewood, Juan
Villareal, L. Ron Hubbard Life Exhibition, Lance Miller, LAPD, Marylen Ayash-
Borgen, Mike Downing, Nevada, Peter Eliasberg, Roosevelt Dorn, Set A Good
Example, The Way to Happiness, Tory Christman, William Bratton

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Scientology: an election issue?
August 18, 2006, Robert Farley, St. Petersburg Times
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/08/19/Tampabay/Scientology__an_elect.shtml

"Key leaders in the controversial Church of Scientology make up the
advisory board of this group which also helps directly fund Ms.
Berfield's campaign. Ms. Berfield has a history of visiting and
participating in church events and fundraisers, often praising their
efforts, so expect them to return her many favors. They are counting on
her as a key ally in their current ambitious expansion plans across
Tampa Bay."

Ed Armstrong, a Berfield supporter who also is an attorney for the
church, said Farkas "obviously thinks it will put Kim in a negative
light and I think he's desperate. ? I don't think it will be effective."

Tags: 1975, 2002, 2008, Akshay Desai, Ben Shaw, Boys & Girls Clubs,
Clearwater, Ed Armstrong, Ed Hooper, FBI, Florida, Florida Citizens for
Social Reform, Fort Harrison, Frank Farkas, Frank Hibbard, Freedom magazine,
Jeb Bush, Joanie Sigal, Kim Berfield, Mary Repper, Nancy Riley, Nancy
Watkins, St. Petersburg, Tampa, University of South Florida, Washington,
Winter Wonderland

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After Stanley Kubrick
August 18, 2010, Jon Ronson, The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/aug/18/stanley-kubrick-christiane

It all began, she says, while Stanley was editing Eyes Wide Shut, which
starred Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Stanley asked Vivian to compose
the score, but at the last moment she said she wouldn't. Instead, she
disappeared into San Francisco and Los Angeles. "They had a huge fight.
He was very unhappy. He wrote her a 40-page letter trying to win her
back. He begged her endlessly to come home from California. I'm glad he
didn't live to see what happened."

On the day of Stanley's funeral, Christiane says, Vivian arrived with a
woman nobody recognised. "She just sat in Vivian's room. Never said
hello to us. Just sat. We were all spooked. Who was this person? Turns
out she was a Scientology something-or-other, don't know what."

"Did Vivian give a reason why she joined the Scientologists?" I ask.

Tags: 1999, 2001, 2007, 2009, California, Christian, London, Los Angeles,
Movie, Nicole Kidman, Passport, San Francisco, Stanley Kubrick, Tom Cruise,
Vivian Kubrick

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Russian scientologist faces extremism charges after forcing his staff to
embrace the faith
August 18, 2010, Tom Washington, Moscow News
http://themoscownews.com/society/20100818/187990753.html?referfrommn

Prosecutors in Samara Region are taking a high-flying businessman to
task for forcing his employees to go on scientology courses. The
director of electronics company RosKabelSvyaz Lev Syrolev was
threatening to sack faithless workers, but now faces charges for using
extremist material.

"These practices are illegal and violate laws on combating extremist
activity, labour laws, as well as the constitution of Russia,"
Prosecutors said in a press release. The Surgut city court considers
the ideas of L Ron Hubbard, Scientology's founder, to "justify
violence, and in particular ways to combat critics of scientology."

Tags: Hypnotherapy, Lev Syrolev, Russia

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Truth is a Pathless Land
August 18, 2010, Jefferson Hawkins, Leaving Scientology
https://leavingscientology.wordpress.com/2010/08/18/truth-is-a-pathless-land/

A while ago, a friend sent me an interesting speech by Krishnamurti. I
found it fascinating. Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895 ?1986) was an Indian
writer and speaker on philosophical and spiritual issues. As a young
man, he attracted a following, and an organization called the Order of
the Star grew up around him. In 1929, he decided to dissolve the
organization and gave a speech giving his reasons. The speech is titled
"Truth is a Pathless Land."

I decided to post a few excerpts as food for thought. It applies to the
current discussion about Scientology and whether or not one needs an
organization, or a leader, to follow a spiritual path.

"You may remember the story of how the devil and a friend of his were
walking down the street, when they saw ahead of them a man stoop down
and pick up something from the ground, look at it, and put it away in
his pocket. The friend said to the devil, 'What did that man pick up?'
'He picked up a piece of Truth,' said the devil. 'That is a very bad
business for you, then,' said his friend. 'Oh, not at all,' the devil
replied, 'I am going to let him organize it.'

Tags: 1986, Quicky

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Fear
August 18, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/fear/

Fear not your enemies, for they can only kill you.

Fear not your friends, for they can only betray you.

Fear only the indifferent, who permit the killers and betrayers to walk
safely on this earth.

Tags: Quicky

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Knowledge Report: Attorney Denis deVlaming
August 18, 2011, Mark Bunker, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_eY4vF8ZSE

Clearwater attorney Denis deVlaming talks about how Scientology tried
to hire him to sue Mayor Gabe Cazares after the group sneaked into town
under a phony name. Denis would go on to defend critics of Scientology
including Bob Minton, Jesse Prince and Mark Bunker.

Tags: Clearwater, Denis deVlaming, Gabe Cazares, Jesse Prince, Knowledge
Report, Quicky, Robert Minton

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Knowledge Report: Larry Brennan on Scientology's Religious Cloaking
August 18, 2011, Mark Bunker, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bn90lUh8g4

Larry Brennan talks about how Scientology adopted the trappings of a
religion when it's leaders went to prison for espionage against the U.S.
government.

Tags: Denise Brennan, Knowledge Report, Ministers Course, Religious cloaking

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Why the Obsession?
August 18, 2011, Marty Rathbun, Moving On Up a Little Higher
https://markrathbun.wordpress.com/2011/08/18/why-the-obsession/

Some have pondered lately why the Miscavige obsession with Casablanca.
I have some ideas to share on that score.

First please review a portion of an essay I posted on 26 September
2009, Independent Scientologists community:

I am fairly certain that if a decent percentage of independent
Scientologists stand up, identify themselves, and freely associate with
like-minded friends in the light of day at least three things will
happen:

Tags: 2009, Cockroach, David Miscavige, Ethics, Independent, Independent
Scientologists, Potential Trouble Source, Quicky, Suppressive Person

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Former President of Narconon Oklahoma Now Calls It "Watered-Down Version of
Introductory Scientology"
August 18, 2012, Tony Ortega, Runnin' Scared, Village Voice
http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/08/scientology_lucas_catton_narconon.php

Catton became president of the facility in 2002. And he says he became
aware that Gary Smith, the center's executive director, and other
officials were very worried: in the time since Narconon had received
the 1992 exemption, the law had changed, and if the state took a hard
look at its certification, the place might not stay open, Catton says.
He explains that when the state accepted the CARF approval, the state
did so only to certify the initial part of Narconon's four-part program
of treatment.

"They were worried that they had to get their entire program certified
by the state, or get the law changed, or they would not be allowed to
operate at all," he told me.

Tags: 1968, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, ABLE, Anonymous,
Arrowhead Lodge, Ashtrays, BBC, CARF, David Miscavige, Disconnection, Freedom
magazine, Gary Smith, Int Base, Los Angeles, Lucas Catton, Mental Health,
Narconon, Narconon Arrowhead, Narconon Chilocco, Oklahoma, Rena Weinberg,
Suppressive Person, The Hole, The Way to Happiness

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Letter recounts death at Narconon Arrowhead
August 18, 2012, Jarrel Wade, Tulsa World
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/crimewatch/letter-recounts-death-at-narconon-arrowhead/article_92d5f6af-3c6f-55ee-a7de-6e33143dfc1f.html

"It should be noted that while I was there the use and distribution of
drugs by 'students' ... and staff was rampant," the complainant wrote
to Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
officials.

"I was asked on numerous occasions if I wanted any drugs, but since I
do not do drugs, I declined. I was offered many different types of
drugs, ones I had never even heard of. By observation, no one was
concerned about the drug use at this time."

Department of Mental Health spokesman Jeffrey Dismukes said he could
not confirm any action the department took as a result of the complaint
because he could not discuss an ongoing investigation.

Tags: Death, Dewayne Moore, Fred Oesterreicher, Gabriel Graves, Gary Smith,
Hillary Holten, Jean Lafitte, Jeffrey Dismukes, Kaysie Werninck, Narconon,
Narconon Arrowhead, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, Pittsburg County, Richard
Hull, Sharon Nederlander, Stacy Murphy, Tom Ivester

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Begging for an "Ideal" PAC
August 18, 2013, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/begging-for-an-ideal-pac/

The latest insanity comes courtesy of the Uniform IC PAC - Val Page
(daughter of Homer Schomer who was at ASI, queried certain financial
practices, was abused, kicked out and declared and his daughter has not
spoken to him in 30 years!).

But that is not the point here. In case any further proof was needed,
the vulture culture has permeated every corner of the RCS. All the way
down to the "Uniform IC" - a post that has NO CONTACT WHATSOEVER with
the public - sending out begging emails to get money for a "PAC Events
Center" to "usher public up the Bridge:"

Dear Friend,

Tags: AOLA, ASHO, Author Services Inc, David Miscavige, Dianetics, Golden Age
of Tech, Hollywood, Hollywood Test Center, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Angeles,
Miami, OT, PAC Base, Quicky, Tent

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Sunday Funnies: A Scientology Advertising Bonanza!
August 18, 2013, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2013/08/18/sunday-funnies-a-scientology-advertising-bonanza/

On Sundays, we love to reveal to you the Scientology mailers and fliers
that our tipsters have forwarded us during the week. And this time, we
have a huge selection of fun stuff to share with you.

As Scientology nears its apocalypse, er, rather, its ginormous
celebration of flowing theta when it opens the Super Power Building on
October 6, it seems that it is pulling out all the stops to get its
members to give, give, give!

It's almost like they know some sort of point of no return is coming,
or something.

Tags: Chicago, Criminon, Freewinds, L. Ron Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard Way,
Miami, Quicky, Sunday Funnies, Super Power Building, WhyWeProtest

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Hear Ye Hear Ye, "Good News" From Flag
August 18, 2014, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/hear-ye-hear-ye-good-news-from-flag/

This week's "good news." (Well, it's a bit old, preempted by other more
important news).

Thing are not getting any better at Flag. Their completions are in the
same range for months on end. By now one would have expected to see
some evidence of the masses "pouring up the Bridge" - it has been 9
months since the release of GAG II and opening of Miscavige's Folly.

But they pump out the "good news," telling the world they are going
nowhere.

Tags: Clear, David Miscavige, OT VII, Purif, Quicky, Student Hat, Super Power

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Homeowner: I was duped out of $90k by a phony contractor
August 18, 2014, Chris Ramirez, KOB
http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s3536099.shtml

Marji Prefontane bought the house on Cedarbrook NE in an auction. Her
plan was to rehabilitate the home and sell for it a profit. It was her
way of investing her money and helping secure her retirement.

"We hired a guy who we thought was a licensed general contractor who
actually presented himself as a licensed general contractor,"
Prefontane said.

Prefontane admits she's new at house flipping, but placed trust in whom
she thought was a licensed professional, David Childers.

Tags: Albuquerque, Dave Childers

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Mark Fisher on David Miscavige's Rise to Power in Scientology Inc. Part 2
August 18, 2014, SurvivingScientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6ip9X2XwVc

Lots of previously undisclosed stories, Tom Cruise Stories.
Hierarchy insider stories and always...
continuing purges.
Just another coup.
Just another Purge.
Just another bloodbath in the mentality of power and paranoid cosmic
psycho-politics in the "Church" of Scientology
Good history from Mark Fisher.

Tags: 1982, Author Services Inc, David Miscavige, L. Ron Hubbard, Mark
Fisher, Religious Technology Center, Tom Cruise, Video

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Mark Fisher on David Miscavige's Rise to Power Part 1
August 18, 2014, SurvivingScientology, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cWZSE4LgMk

Former Sea Org member Mark Fisher served as "Corporate Liason" a
fictitious post or job to pretend separation of the the for-profit
Author Services and the m...

Tags: Author Services Inc, David Miscavige, Facebook, Google, Mark Fisher,
Private investigator, Sea Org, Twitter

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Scientology graduation videos from Copenhagen? Yes, please!
August 18, 2014, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2014/08/18/scientology-graduation-videos-from-copenhagen-yes-please/

Solid evidence presented here and at the blog of Scientology's former
spokesman, Mike Rinder, leave no doubt that Scientology is shrinking,
and fast. Even loyal, longtime church members are becoming more
reluctant to take part in David Miscavige's desperate scheme to open
new empty churches to give the impression that Scientology is expanding.

But you have to wonder, who's left? Who's still hanging in there as the
collapse seems inexorably to be drawing near?

Well, a tipster let us know that recently Scientology's "Advanced Org"
in Copenhagen posted a set of new graduation videos. They're short, but
you get a pretty good sense of these enthusiastic folks being
celebrated for getting suckered into paying big bucks achieving huge
success.

Tags: 1977, 1980, 1981, Advanced Org, Copenhagen, David Miscavige, FBI,
Ferguson, Guardian's Office, Jeffrey Augustine, Key to Life, L. Ron Hubbard,
Lisbon, Mark Fisher, Mary Sue Hubbard, Michael Brown, Mike Rinder, Missouri,
Mohammad, Murder, Nation of Islam, OT, Portugal, Quicky, Reader's Digest, Sea
Org, Set A Good Example, St. Louis, Tel Aviv, The Way to Happiness, Twitter

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The Church of Scientology's Great Big Lie About the Death of Founder L. Ron
Hubbard
August 18, 2014, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
http://scientologymoneyproject.com/2014/08/18/the-church-of-scientologys-great-big-lie-about-the-death-of-founder-l-ron-hubbard/

Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard died at approximately 8:00 PM local
time on January 24, 1986 at his ranch in Creston, California. Hubbard
was 74 years of age when he died alone inside of the luxury Bluebird
motor home in which he had been living.

Three days after Hubbard's death on January 27, 1986 Church of
Scientology officials, led by David Miscavige, announced that the
Founder had "discarded his body" to Scientologists gathered at the
Palladium in Hollywood.

The great big big lie these Church of Scientology officials told
Scientologists was that L. Ron Hubbard's body was still strong and in
perfect health and that Hubbard had simply laid down on his bed and
"causitively dropped his body."

Tags: 1986, Bluebird, California, Clear, Creston, David Miscavige, Gene Denk,
Hollywood, Nevada, New York Times, Pat Broeker, Quicky, Reno, Robert Vaughn
Young, San Luis Obispo, Vistaril

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GAG Me
August 18, 2015, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/gag-me/

I have assumed since the release of GAT II in November 2013 that it
meant that all previous auditor training was no longer valid.

Though of course, at the outset, this was never stated. Might have the
natives to get restless.

Those natives are pretty docile, fed on a constant diet of lies and
half-truths to turn them into sheeple. The trick is to keep them
thinking that the next big thing has just been given to them and that
this "breakthrough" will cure all the previous failures to deliver what
was promised.

Tags: 2013, Bangladesh, Chairman of the Board, Class IV, Golden Age of Tech,
Inspector General Network, Nepal, Pakistan, Purif, Quicky, South Africa, UK

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Google helps Scientology huckster Per Wickstrom bury a rehab patient death
August 18, 2015, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2015/08/18/google-helps-scientology-huckster-per-wickstrom-bury-a-rehab-patient-death/

Once again, Google has gone to bat for someone we've written about here
at the Underground Bunker, and once again, it's for very sneaky reasons.

We told you previously about how billionaire Scientologist Bob Duggan
used a complaint to Google about images he didn't own in order to
torpedo a not very flattering story we'd written about him. Thanks to
your help, our story about that attempt to censor us quickly became one
of the top Google results under Bob Duggan's name. Whoops - Duggan
probably didn't see that coming.

Now, another huckster by the name of Per Wickstrom has convinced Google
to bury a story we wrote about him involving a young woman who died at
one of his Scientology-style rehab clinics in Michigan. And the reason
this time is even more fatuous.

Tags: 1989, 2012, 2013, Amber Bullins, Battle Creek, Best Drug
Rehabilitation, Bob Duggan, Cathy Rigby, Chad Essley, Detox, Facebook,
Google, Manistee, Michigan, Narconon, NarcononReviews.net, Per Wickstrom,
Portland, Quicky, Ripoff Report, Tranquility Detox, YouTube

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Moscow-based Church of Scientology allegedly spied on visitors - report
August 18, 2015, RT News
https://www.rt.com/news/312721-scientology-church-moscow-spying/

Police sources say a raid on the Moscow headquarters of the Church of
Scientology earlier this year revealed spy equipment installed in
reconciliation rooms. A leak claims the recordings could allegedly be
used to blackmail parishioners of the church.

Illegal audio and video recording equipment was planted in the
headquarters of a religious organization situated on Taganskaya Street
in downtown Moscow, says Russia's Investigative Committee
representative Yulia Ivanova.

"As part of criminal action a search was made in the premises occupied
by the religious association. The search revealed special technical
devices, used for surreptitious obtaining of information, being
installed in the personal interview rooms," Ivanova said, adding that
investigation on the issue continues in order to determine who, if
anybody, was at fault.

Tags: Blackmail, Moscow, Raid, Russia, Yulia Ivanova

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Why no one should ever join Scientology's 'Sea Org'
August 18, 2015, Jeffrey Augustine, Scientology Money Project
http://scientologymoneyproject.com/2015/08/18/why-no-one-should-ever-join-scientologys-sea-org/

(Authored by Jeffrey Augustine, this essay was originally published by
Tony Ortega at the Underground Bunker and is reprinted here for
archival purposes)

Why no one should ever join Scientology's 'Sea Org'

Frequent contributor Jeffrey Augustine told us he was surprised to see
how some of the language in Scientology's latest court filing - in the
Laura DeCrescenzo lawsuit - dovetailed in such interesting ways with
the recent explorations he's been making into the church's legal
underpinnings. We told him to let that take him where it would, and
here's the result?

Tags: 1968, 1989, AFF, APA, Apollo, Bert Deixler, David Miscavige, First
Amendment, IRS, L. Ron Hubbard, Lamont Jefferson, Laura DeCrescenzo, Monique
Rathbun, OT, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project Force, Religious Technology
Center, Sea Org, Sec Check, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker

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Deconstructing Scientology: Chapter 3
August 18, 2016, Chris Shelton, Critical Thinker at Large
http://mncriticalthinking.com/2016/08/18/video-deconstructing-scientology-chapter-3/

Hey everybody, we are going to continue in this video to go through the
book Scientology, edited by James R. Lewis which has chapters written
by various religious scholars, psychologists and sociologists all
talking about Scientology. Thanks for carrying on with me in this.

As I've said before, if you haven't watched my first couple videos in
this series, you should do so and the link to the first episode is in
the notes section below. I also want to reiterate just in case you
didn't see those earlier videos that I am not making any claims to be
unbiased or objective in my views on Scientology.

Alright, so this week we are taking up Chapter 3 by Douglas Cowan,
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and Social Development Studies
at Renison College at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
Now the good news about this chapter is that it's the least biased of
any I've read so far and talks frankly about the difficulties in
studying Scientology as an academic scholar. Cowan has testified on
behalf of Scientology insofar as he has apparently stated on record
that Scientologists believe that they are part of a religious group but
based on what I could find of his work, he's not someone that has ever
crossed a line into overt pro-Scientology bias. In fact, in this
chapter he helps clarify what position an academic should and shouldn't
take about new religious movements and I appreciated a lot of what
Cowan had to say. I also found some points I think he totally misses
on, so let's go through this in some detail.

Tags: 1950, 2002, 2004, 2009, Apologetic, Aum Shinrikyo, BBC, Benjamin Beit-
Hallahmi, Big Blue, Canada, Christian, Cult, David Bromley, David Miscavige,
Dianetics, Douglas Cowan, Gordon Melton, Heaven's Gate, IRS, James Lewis,
Jesus, Jesus Christ, Jim Jones, Keep Scientology Working, L. Ron Hubbard, L.
Ron Hubbard Life Exhibition, Matt Lauer, Mormon, New York Times, Ontario,
Oxford Capacity Analysis, Panorama, Quicky, Rehabilitation Project Force, Sea
Org, Stephen Kent, Study Technology, Tom Cruise, University of Waterloo, War
of the Worlds, White House

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New Scientology financial disclosures reflect the dire state of its chief
drug rehab
August 18, 2016, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2016/08/18/ew-scientology-financial-disclosures-reflect-the-dire-state-of-its-chief-drug-rehab/

(David Miscavige visiting Narconon Arrowhead in the mid-2000s)

Contributor Jeffrey Augustine keeps a close eye on Scientology's
financial documents. And he has some new information today that backs
up what we've been told anecdotally by our other sources - that
Scientology's flagship drug rehab center in Oklahoma, Narconon
Arrowhead, is in serious trouble. Take it away, Jeffrey...

Here in the US, religious groups do not have to file tax returns. The
only exception is if they have "unrelated business income." If they do,
thanks to a 2006 law change, religious groups must file an IRS form
"990-T." And even then, we don't have much interest in the "unrelated"
income that they report. The Church of Scientology, for example, owns a
nine hole golf course at Gold Base that it rents out to local civic
groups. The Flag Land Base in Clearwater and Celebrity Centre
International in Hollywood each have ballrooms that they rent out.
These tend to be trivial amounts and don't tell us much about the real
money they're taking in for courses and donations.

Tags: 2000, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, ABLE, Alex Gibney,
Canada, Celebrity Centre, Chris Shelton, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Detox,
Disconnection, Flag Land Base, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the
Prison of Belief, Hollywood, Int Base, International Academy of
Detoxification Specialists, IRS, Jeffrey Augustine, Narconon, Narconon
Arrowhead, Narconon Freedom Center, Narconon Fresh Start, Narconon Georgia,
Narconon International, Oklahoma, Quicky, Scientology organization, Social
Betterment Properties International

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Thursday Funnies
August 18, 2016, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/thursday-funnies-97/

It's a Blockbuster OTC Meeting

Revel in the good news: Only $6.4 million to go.

More Blockbuster News

Tags: 1951, 1982, AOLA, Bruce Wiseman, Central Files, Cincinnati, Command
Intention, Dallas, Dave Troph, David Miscavige, Deadline, Denver, Donald
Trump, Freewinds, Hawaii, Humanitarian, Ideal Org, International Association
of Scientologists, John Sexsmith, L. Ron Hubbard, Los Feliz, Mace-Kingsley
Family Center, Merchants of Chaos, Miami, Michael Chan, Michael Roberts,
Mission, OTC, Pasadena, Quicky, Russia, Scientology Media Productions, Sea
Org, Student Hat, Syria, Ted Bragin, Thursday Funnies, Tim Holcomb, UK, Vicki
Shantz

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As he predicted, Pastor Willy Rice gets the Scientology 'Fair Game' treatment
August 18, 2017, Tony Ortega, Underground Bunker
http://tonyortega.org/2017/08/18/as-he-predicted-pastor-willy-rice-gets-the-scientology-fair-game-treatment/

Last month, when Clearwater, Florida's Pastor Willy Rice notified his
congregation at Calvary Church that Leah Remini was planning on filming
an episode of A&E's Scientology and the Aftermath at his church, he
warned his flock that the Church of Scientology had a history of
attacking its critics.

That event was canceled, but Pastor Rice later stood by his message
with more strong words about Scientology and its practices.

And now, just as the pastor predicted, the Church of Scientology has
launched an attack on him at the website it uses to take swipes at Leah
Remini and the people who appear on her show as part of its "Fair Game"
tactics against people it considers enemies.

Tags: 2012, A&E, Calvary Church, Clearwater, David Miscavige, Derek Bloch,
Fair Game, Florida, IRS, Jeffrey Augustine, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Keith
Relkin, KKK, Leah Remini, Nora Crest, Scientology and the Aftermath, The Way
to Happiness, Willy Rice

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Regraded Being
August 18, 2017, Mike Rinder, Something Can Be Done About It
http://www.mikerindersblog.org/friday-regraded-being-110/

Bonus item from a reader.

Tags: Leah Remini, Quicky, Regraded Being

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