From gothamist.com
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Photograph from a protest last year by istolethetv on Flickr Last weekend, NY Times reporter Ariel Kaminer wrote about her experience taking the Church of Scientology's personality test and almost managing to go a little deeper into the mysterious group. This weekend, the Post tries to up the ante by speaking with a former member: "MANDY MULLEN, 20, a shop assistant from Old Bridge, NJ, joined Scientology last year when the religion...
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Scientology seems to do a lot better with the Internal Revenue Code than with the Copyright Act:
A Colorado nonprofit group has won a critical round in a legal fight against the Church of Scientology, raising questions about whether Scientology has a legal right to keep hundreds of documents offline and out of the public eye.The [...]
From likelihoodofconfusion.com
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- Feeble French Justice Lets Scientology Off the Hook: Die Welt, Germany (themoderatevoice.com)
- Scientology Redux (commonwealthtimes.com)
A Red Orchid Theatre proudly continues its 2009-10 Season with the return of A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant written by Kyle Jarrow from a concept by Alex Timbers and directed by Steve Wilson. The production will run November 12 - January 3, 2010 at A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 North Wells St.
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From broadwayworld.com
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Photograph by maevro on Flickr Well, NY Times reporter Ariel Kaminer was encouraged to join until someone at the Church of Scientology Googled her name and realized that she was a reporter for the NY Times. But she still got enough material for a piece titled, "In Scientology’s Door, but Not Much Farther." Kaminer went to the group's Times Square building and took the "personality test with 200 sometimes puzzling questions":
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From gothamist.com
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- French Scientology Convicted of Fraud; Church Blusters (z.about.com)
- Scientology's festive gift catalogue revealed (guardian.co.uk)
- Scientology's star power begins to dim (thestar.com)
For some reason (and tell me if this sounds crazy) I think we should either shoot all the Scientologists into the Sun, or in the back of the head. They're both fairly harsh, but I've got a prejudice against them that makes it feel justified.
Also, it makes me immensely happy to learn that "Scientologists" isn't recognized as a word by my computer. Thank you either Microsoft or Firefox. senatormayer
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From defamer.com
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John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston made their first red carpet appearance since the tragic death of their 16-year-old son Jett, escorting their daughter Ella Bleu, 9, to last night’s Hollywood premiere of the film Old Dogs.
In his first interview since his son’s death last January, the Get Shorty star - a devoted Scientologist [...]
From blogs.parentcenter.babycenter.com
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- Crash Director Paul Haggis Quits Scientology Over Gay Bashing (towleroad.com)
- Inside Scientology's Big Defection (cdn.thedailybeast.com)
- Defections, Court Fights Test Scientology (feedburner.com)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- On Saturday, October 31, the Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, DC, opened its new premises six blocks from the White House and minutes from Capitol Mall. Attended by nearly 3,000 Scientologists and guests, the Church was dedicated by Mr. David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center and ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion.
From rss.prnewswire.com
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- Church of Scientology Grand Opening in Washington, DC (businesswire.com)
- Saturday, - Church of Scientology Grand Opening in Washington, DC (ad-hoc-news.de)
- Scientology fraud (nypost.com)
Linked from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_beliefs_and_practices
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In November 12, 1952, Hubbard explained in lecture "Precision Knowledge: Necessity to know terminology and law” the need to have precise terminology that can't be confused with other words or definitions. He gave emphasis on avoidance of words that have many definitions and compared the language of Scientology with the language of Math and other precise doctrines.
Scientology and Dianetics place a heavy emphasis on understanding word definitions. Hubbard wrote a book entitled How to Use a Dictionary, in which he defined the methods of correcting "misunderstoods" (a Scientology term referring to a "misunderstood word or symbol"). It is believed in Scientology that complete understanding of a subject matter requires first complete understanding of the words of that subject matter. Hubbard also assembled the Technical Dictionary, a lexicon of hundreds of words, terms, and definitions that are used by Scientologists. Hubbard created his own definitions for many existing English words, such as "clear" and "static." He also coined many terms that are variants on standard English words, such as "enturbulate" and "havingness."
Critics of Scientology have accused Hubbard of "loading the language" and using Scientology terms to keep Scientologists from interacting with information sources outside of Scientology (see cult for additional information).
Common Scientology terms include:
* theta --life force; spirit
* thetan -- you, as distinct from your mind or your body; a spiritual being similar to the immortal soul in Christianity or Jiva in Hinduism
* enturbulate--to upset
* entheta--enturbulated theta
* static--a Thetan in its natural state, prior to having immersed itself in a universe by assuming a point of view; cf. the Hindu concept of Atman in contrast to the dynamics. Compare also to the physics terms of a static (point of rest) and Dynamic (element in action or motion or change)
* SP (Suppressive Person)-- A person whose means of advance is through the opposition or suppression of others. The definition is asserted to include anyone who actively opposes Scientology.
* PTS (Potential Trouble Source)--a person who is under the influence of an SP and so may become a source of trouble to those around them. E.g. "Wanda is PTS to Jim" means that because she is in contact with Jim (a bad influence), Wanda is having trouble in her life that may spill over to threaten others.
* reality--The common reality around us, also the group agreement of what is true. As seen in the sentence "My sense of reality is that birds fly and fish swim"
* (reactive) bank-- the sum of experiences (such as engrams, etc) whose main common component is pain and unconsciousness that influence a Thetan's thinking and behavior
* Clear (noun) --(after the clear key on adding machines) a person whose reactive bank does not insert erroneous data into one's analytical thinking. Usually refers a person who is clear with regard to survival for Self.
* clear (verb) -- To clarify one's understanding with regard to a particular concept or term or symbol, leading to conceptual understanding of the same. This permits the person to rephrase the term or concept in words other than the original, without loss of the clarity when communicating with someone not educated in the subject.
* Fair Game -- A status assigned to those whom the Church of Scientology has officially declared to be SP. One who had been declared "fair game" "may be deprived of property or injured by any means ... May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed." The issue has been canceled in 1968, but in fact the policy letter that "cancelled" it specified that no policies on handling critics were changing, only the practice of using the term as "it causes bad public relations". As late as 1985 Church attorneys were arguing in court that retributive action against "enemies of Scientology", often termed "fair game" by critics, was actually a Constitutionally-protected "core practice" of Scientology.
* psychiatrist -- the Scientology definition of a "psychiatrist" was officially declared by Hubbard to be "an anti-social enemy of the people".
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In November 12, 1952, Hubbard explained in lecture "Precision Knowledge: Necessity to know terminology and law” the need to have precise terminology that can't be confused with other words or definitions. He gave emphasis on avoidance of words that have many definitions and compared the language of Scientology with the language of Math and other precise doctrines.
Scientology and Dianetics place a heavy emphasis on understanding word definitions. Hubbard wrote a book entitled How to Use a Dictionary, in which he defined the methods of correcting "misunderstoods" (a Scientology term referring to a "misunderstood word or symbol"). It is believed in Scientology that complete understanding of a subject matter requires first complete understanding of the words of that subject matter. Hubbard also assembled the Technical Dictionary, a lexicon of hundreds of words, terms, and definitions that are used by Scientologists. Hubbard created his own definitions for many existing English words, such as "clear" and "static." He also coined many terms that are variants on standard English words, such as "enturbulate" and "havingness."
Critics of Scientology have accused Hubbard of "loading the language" and using Scientology terms to keep Scientologists from interacting with information sources outside of Scientology (see cult for additional information).
Common Scientology terms include:
* theta --life force; spirit
* thetan -- you, as distinct from your mind or your body; a spiritual being similar to the immortal soul in Christianity or Jiva in Hinduism
* enturbulate--to upset
* entheta--enturbulated theta
* static--a Thetan in its natural state, prior to having immersed itself in a universe by assuming a point of view; cf. the Hindu concept of Atman in contrast to the dynamics. Compare also to the physics terms of a static (point of rest) and Dynamic (element in action or motion or change)
* SP (Suppressive Person)-- A person whose means of advance is through the opposition or suppression of others. The definition is asserted to include anyone who actively opposes Scientology.
* PTS (Potential Trouble Source)--a person who is under the influence of an SP and so may become a source of trouble to those around them. E.g. "Wanda is PTS to Jim" means that because she is in contact with Jim (a bad influence), Wanda is having trouble in her life that may spill over to threaten others.
* reality--The common reality around us, also the group agreement of what is true. As seen in the sentence "My sense of reality is that birds fly and fish swim"
* (reactive) bank-- the sum of experiences (such as engrams, etc) whose main common component is pain and unconsciousness that influence a Thetan's thinking and behavior
* Clear (noun) --(after the clear key on adding machines) a person whose reactive bank does not insert erroneous data into one's analytical thinking. Usually refers a person who is clear with regard to survival for Self.
* clear (verb) -- To clarify one's understanding with regard to a particular concept or term or symbol, leading to conceptual understanding of the same. This permits the person to rephrase the term or concept in words other than the original, without loss of the clarity when communicating with someone not educated in the subject.
* Fair Game -- A status assigned to those whom the Church of Scientology has officially declared to be SP. One who had been declared "fair game" "may be deprived of property or injured by any means ... May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed." The issue has been canceled in 1968, but in fact the policy letter that "cancelled" it specified that no policies on handling critics were changing, only the practice of using the term as "it causes bad public relations". As late as 1985 Church attorneys were arguing in court that retributive action against "enemies of Scientology", often termed "fair game" by critics, was actually a Constitutionally-protected "core practice" of Scientology.
* psychiatrist -- the Scientology definition of a "psychiatrist" was officially declared by Hubbard to be "an anti-social enemy of the people".
