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In the News (Sun 12 Oct 08)

  
  What is Scientology doing in Society
Scientologists help because as they grow spiritually as individuals, it is natural to expand their responsibility and turn outward to help others.
Scientologists abhor “treatments” which harm people and particularly dislike it when those responsible refuse to take responsibility for their acts or to institute reforms in their own field.
Scientologists are instinctively opposed to those who abuse their power or who harm the innocent and weak.
www.scientologie.tm.fr /question/ref_4.htm   (3653 words)

  
 The Front Page: For some Scientologists, pilgrimage has been fatal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Scientologists are not allowed to take psychiatric drugs or seek treatment from psychiatrists or psychologists.
Her husband, Ernst Winkelmann, and other Scientologists told police she had been receiving psychiatric treatment for years but had come to Clearwater seeking a Scientology prescribed cure that did not include drugs or psychiatry.
Andreas Ostertag, 38, was a longtime Scientologist and head of the church's mission in Stuttgart, Germany, when it was founded in the early 1970s.
www.whyaretheydead.net /others/ars1032.htm   (3742 words)

  
 Scientology and Psychiatry | Scientology Lies
Scientologists lobby heavily to eliminate government funding for psychiatric treatment and research, and works hard to defeat laws that would require insurance companies to pay for psychiatric treatment in the same way they pay for other medical treatments (often known as funding parity laws).
Scientologists also often testify at legislative hearings on proposed laws affecting mental health treatment, claiming there's no scientific basis for the medical treatment of psychiatric illnesses.
Lawmakers are rarely aware that Scientologists believe psychiatrists have been directly causing every problem known to humans for the past many millions of years.
www.scientology-lies.com /faq/society/psychiatry.html   (656 words)

  
 Scientology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Scientologists follow a sequence of courses that culminate in the esoteric advanced strata of Scientology's teachings.
Scientologists who are deemed to have achieved the State of Clear may continue onto what is termed the Upper or OT (Operating Thetan) Levels.
Scientologists have argued that the published accounts of the Xenu story and other colourful teachings are distortions of their practice, presented out of context for the purpose of ridiculing their religion.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Scientology   (9085 words)

  
 Rolling Stone : Inside Scientology
Scientologists later learn that many of these entities attached themselves to human beings, where they remain to this day, creating not just the root of all of our emotional and physical problems but the root of all problems of the modern world.
Scientologists on the OT levels often carry their materials in locked briefcases and are told to store them in special secure locations in their homes.
In auditing, Scientologists are frequently asked about their sexual thoughts or practices, particularly in the special auditing sessions called "security checks." This process requires a church member to write down any break with the ethical code.
www.rollingstone.com /politics/story/9363363/inside_scientology   (12246 words)

  
 Put Scientologists on the Stand
Until a number of Scientologists are forced to take the witness stand they will continue to hide behind acceptable truths and the protection of manipulative and dishonest lawyers.
Any Scientologist that claims it is a "money laundering scheme" must be made to testify in court as to what evidence they have to justify this and where they got it.
Put some Scientologists on the stand and ask them what is so "enturbulating" about the name of one of their own members, who died a horrible death while in their care.
www.holysmoke.org /kh/kh085.htm   (883 words)

  
 Scientologists - Uncyclopedia
Much like the Mossad, which the primary mission is to protect the Tsar of the United States and secondary mission is to hunt down and kill forgers of postage stamps.
For thousands of years, the Scientologists have held the secret to defending the Earth from destruction.
She was told by her dead father to bring a new order to Scientologists and to spread what would become her training and goals in life.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Scientologists   (1084 words)

  
 Tampabay: Scientology's town
Scientologists are members of 98 civic organizations and clubs, church representatives proudly point out.
The 1995 death of Scientologist Lisa McPherson, who in her last 17 days was cared for by church staffers, again put the church on the defensive.
Scientologists' median household income was found to be $58,000, 64 percent higher than the Clearwater area.
www.sptimes.com /2004/07/18/Tampabay/Scientology_s_town.shtml   (4507 words)

  
 RI-512i 'Scientologists HATE the Church's RTC, IAS, OSA and IJC'
Scientologists HATE the continuous lying and bungling incompetence of the "Office of Special Affairs", and its arrogant "OSA"-personnel.
Scientologists HATE the crimes which senior Church-staff enforce daily on Scientologists, on the family of Scientologists, on Scientology groups, and on the societies which Scientologists live in.
Scientologists love the subject of Scientology, and they love to use it, and they hate to be denied its use BY CHURCH MANAGEMENT.
www.insolitology.com /topten/koostrenite/ri-512i.htm   (523 words)

  
 Scientologists invade hospital after terrorist attack   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
MEMBERS of the Scientologists cult in Tel Aviv managed to get into the public information center set up at Ichilov Hospital immediately after the recent terrorist attack in Allenby Street, where they spoke to families of the injured and gave out propaganda material on their cult, reports Tel Aviv Hebrew weekly.
Shortly after the attack, around 10 Scientologists mingled with a group of social workers who were at the hospital to receive families of the injured.
Wearing shirts bearing the tag "spiritual adviser Scientologist volunteer," they talked to the anxious relatives who had arrived at the center, where entry was permitted only to the hospital medical staff and relatives of the injured.
www.cosvm.org /telavcr.htm   (534 words)

  
 Scientology associated deaths   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The overwhelming belief among Scientologists and Sea Org members was to get audited or continue on with auditing (if they were already receiving auditing) with the conviction that auditing would resolve the cancer.
The Scientologists had told me that reincarnation was real and, as I still believed a lot of their teachings, I thought it might be better to kill myself and come back in a new life with a clean sheet.
In December 1983, one of the main-suspects, the Scientologist Hannu Hyttinen was killed by a bomb in his apartment in Stockholm.
www.whyaretheydead.net   (9429 words)

  
 Testimonies of supporters and critics of Scientology and Dianetics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
She was a Scientologist when she started to post on a.r.s., but for some reason, OSA got pissed off by her remarks.
Her letter shows that Scientologists she met were solely interested in recruiting more Scientologists, even if they had to use illegal financial manipulations.
Scientologist OT8 Painter Michael Pattinson was held against his will on the "Freewinds" ship (passport was withheld) and also in Clearwater, in both cases to extort money from him.
home.snafu.de /tilman/mystory   (4302 words)

  
 Scientology Effective Solutions - Effective prevention programmes
Drug Prevention Activities: As a group, Scientologists are 100% drug-free and work tirelessly to help others discover the hope and promise of a drug-free life.
Scientologists in Greece sponsor a project called “Do a good deed against drugs” through which they hold “Say No to Drugs” events throughout the country, involving police and local, state and federal government officials.
Scientologists in Canada operate a national “Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life” campaign that has gained the support and participation of top government officials.
www.drugs-information.net /pg006.html   (839 words)

  
 I’ve heard that Scientologists are doing good things for society. What are some specific examples?
Scientologists also regularly hold drives for donations of toys, food and clothing to make life happier for those in need.
Scientologists can also be found in many communities contributing to the care of the elderly.
Scientologists have taken a leading role fighting drug abuse, actively educating community officials and groups on the dangers of drugs and solutions to the problems.
www.answerbag.com /q_view/1210   (795 words)

  
 Scientologists
If you are a Scientologist in Germany today, you will certainly be wondering what on earth is going on.
If you are not required to openly state or sign a form that you are not a Scientologist, you are certainly likely to be very wary in the course of your everyday life, certainly at your work, in saying that you belong to this particular religion.
Scientologists are in the limelight, but this discrimination is directed at almost all minority religions.
www.religiousfreedom.com /Conference/Germany/weightman.htm   (1271 words)

  
 Lies Debunked: Scientologists' Families   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In fact, relationships between a Scientologist and the rest of his family routinely improve after he begins practicing Scientology because he has acquired the means to increase communication and address and resolve any problems that might have existed.
Friends and family of Scientologists are always welcome to visit the Church, to meet other Scientologists and to have any questions they may have about Scientology answered.
Scientologists recognize their complete lack of credibility ot in the real world to the point that they are forced to create endless fake fronts
www.cosvm.org /family.htm   (1072 words)

  
 Scientologists finds no dirt on new 'Source'=The Hill.com=   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Editors are afraid of their gattling-like lawsuits and the white-shoe lawyers who are their running dogs or because they are afraid they’ll find the family toy poodle crammed in their mailbox.
Scientologists secretly chased after him, investigated his personal life, investigated his girlfriends and tried to smear and intimidate him.
What the Scientologists did to Cazares was proved later by the FBI through documents seized in a raid on Scientology offices.
www.thehill.com /shadow/012004.aspx   (1504 words)

  
 What Is The True Story Of Scientology?
Scientologists, however, do not confuse past lives with reincarnation, which is a Karmic concept in Eastern religions and has come to mean "to be born again in different life forms." That is a different concept from that of simply having lived before.
A Scientologist with a physical condition is always advised to seek and obtain needed examination and treatment by a qualified medical professional.
In fact, relationships between a Scientologist and the rest of his family routinely improve after his involvement in Scientology, because through Scientology one acquires the means to increase communication and resolve any problems that might have existed before.
www.scientologie.tm.fr /question/ref_1.htm   (6259 words)

  
 Low life expectancy of scientologists & Hubbard on violence
A possible reason for the lower life expectancy of Scientologists is that many of the beliefs embraced by the cult are not only false but injurious.
The ONLY concern for a Scientologist is to do every thing he or she can to help Scientology.
After hearing this, Scientologists are led in a standing ovation to a photo of Hubbard, and then ordered to see a salesman and/or recruiter.
www.holysmoke.org /lm/longevit.htm   (1624 words)

  
 Scientologists facing protest
Scientologists are adding some color of their own to this year’s protests – they’re painting the town orange.
The evidence turned over to Joan Wood, the examiner, casts doubt on her original opinion: that McPherson was severely dehydrated when she died while in the care of Scientology staffers, claim lawyers for the church.
Scientologists kept McPherson in the hotel room blocks from the hospital for another 13 days.
www.solitarytrees.net /pickets/cw99/n01.htm   (726 words)

  
 Scientology - Uncyclopedia
One of the most important elements of scientology is learning the scientologist concept of doublethink, or the simultaneous belief in two different support systems.
Scientologist Jenna Elfman was so effective at the "have you stopped raping babies?" defense that her TV sitcom Courting Alex (in which she played a lawyer) was renamed Raping Babies.
Scientologists are known to have no backbone, threatening to sue even the funniest Scientologist joke and only laugh if they win the lawsuit.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Scientology   (2586 words)

  
 PostScript: When scientologists aren't so clear   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
She particularly objected to a question about how much it costs Scientologists to advance to succeeding levels of the church, asking her own question along the lines of, "Would you ask a Catholic how much it costs to be a member of the Catholic Church?" Well, sure, if it was pertinent to the story.
Her biggest sticking point was the mention of the purportedly secret knowledge given to Scientologists who reach advanced levels.
In another matter, Akiyama also said Scientologists were not responsible for a lawsuit that led to the bankruptcy of the Cult Awareness Network in the mid-1990s.
www.post-gazette.com /pg/05212/546007.stm   (1295 words)

  
 CNN - U.S. report backs Scientologists in dispute with Germany - Jan. 30, 1997
Bavaria is screening applicants for the civil service to weed out Scientologists and has decreed that private companies awarded contracts in "sensitive" fields must vouch they do not follow the church's tenets.
The Church of Scientology Wednesday accused the CSU of "teutonic arrogance and insensitivity" toward criticism in the United States that church members were discriminated against in Germany.
Hollywood's role in the clash between Scientologists and Germany was spotlighted recently with the publication of a letter, signed by Cruise, Travolta and other Hollywood heavyweights.
www.cnn.com /US/9701/30/scientologists/index.html   (616 words)

  
 Horrible Truths for Scientologists: Body Thetans by Roland Rashleigh-Berry
Scientologists have heard about "Thetans", "theta" as well as "theta bodies" perhaps, but they won't have heard the term "Body Thetans", nor will they be able to find it in their Tech dictionaries.
Indeed, we are, in most cases, one of these same body Thetans - it is just that we are the one in charge or the "leader" body thetan or controller.
Scientologists are required to exorcise all these body Thetans if they are to make spiritual progress within their religion.
www.skeptictank.org /hs/htruebt.htm   (1921 words)

  
 Disturbing: For some Scientologists, pilgrimage has been fatal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Andreas Ostertag, 38 Andreas Ostertag, 38, was a longtime Scientologist and head of the church's mission in Stuttgart, Germany, when it was founded in the early 1970s.
His brother and sister also were prominent Scientologists.
Heribert Pfaff, 31 Heribert Pfaff, 31, became a Scientologist after a brother encountered a sidewalk solicitor who was recruiting students in Munich, Germany.
www.raids.org /pofdeath.htm   (4510 words)

  
 Dianetics
Sympathy For The Devil (Tory Bezazian was a veteran Scientologist who loved going after church critics.
All page references here are to this edition.) The book is treated as if it were a holy scripture by Scientologists and they treat it as if it were the cornerstone of their church, their religion, and what they consider to be their science.
Hubbard tells the reader that dianetics "...contains a therapeutic technique with which can be treated all inorganic mental ills and all organic psycho-somatic ills, with assurance of complete cure...." He claims that he has discovered the "single source of mental derangement" (Hubbard 6).
skepdic.com /dianetic.html   (2211 words)

  
 The Scientologists Freezone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
This site is operated by independent scientologists and is neither endorsed by, nor associated or affiliated with the Corporate company known as the Church of Spiritual Technology or it's companies and churches such as the Religious Technology Centre, Church of Scientology International™, or any other of its affiliates, corporations management organisations or groups.
The scientologists freezone group is a non-profit association dedicated to the promotion and expansion of the workable philosophy of Lafayette Ronald Hubbard.
It is independently operated by independent scientologists, not associated with the official church, and who are exercising their right to free religious expression and practice and is neither endorsed by nor affiliated with the Church of Scientology™, its affiliates, corporations management organisations, groups, CST or the RTC.
scientologistsfreezone.com   (355 words)

  
 Gays and Scientologists
We Scientologists read this at the beginning of every Sunday service in every Scientology organization across the world: "Nothing in Dianetics and Scientology is true for you unless you have observed it and it is true according to your observation.
This is in no small measure due to the fact that Scientology upper management has made huge efforts in recent years to standardize all organizations so that they are uniform in their application of polcicies and procedures, which means that we, in the gay community, can expect the increased compliance with policies that affect us.
Note how the critic refers to Scientologists as "clams", to L. Ron Hubbard as the "fat dead white guy", and to his writing as "hubspew".
www.bernie.cncfamily.com /sc/gays_and_scientologists.htm   (2882 words)

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