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The Church of Scientology has capitalized on the religion's similarity to Buddhism to win followers in historically Buddhist-influenced countries like Taiwan. [6]Hubbard discussed Buddhism in an early 1952 lecture in London, speaking about Buddhist reincarnation stories, about the Christian God and other religious topics.
The Church of Scientology argues that Scientology is a genuine religious movement that has been misrepresented, maligned, and persecuted. [262] [395] The organization has pursued an extensive public relations campaign for the recognition of Scientology as a tax-exempt religion in the various countries in which it exists. [396] [397] [398]
Once MEST was created, Scientology teaches, the thetans began experimenting with human form, ultimately losing knowledge of their origins and becoming trapped in physical bodies. [5] Scientology also maintains that a series of "universal incidents" have undermined the thetans' ability to recall their origins. [5]
The plaintiffs' contention that Scientology was a bona fide religion was supported by the two booklets on Scientology's "creeds". Scientology and the Bible contended that "Scientology is a religion in the oldest sense of the word, a study of wisdom. Scientology is a study of man as a spirit, in his relationship to life and the physical universe.
The Church of Scientology is under fire now more than ever, but don’t count on hearing from longtime celebrity members such as Tom Cruise, Kirstie Alley or John Travolta anytime soon.
The women are also Scientology defectors and, in their first in-depth interview, claimed that the actor and the Church of Scientology stalked and intimidated them after they filed reports about ...
John Stamos. Amy Sussman/Getty Images for The Recording Academy John Stamos had a brush with the Church of Scientology in the 1980s, but he ultimately decided not to become a follower of the religion.
Melton deals with the history and development of Scientology, covering such matters as church's structure and organization, ethics, and nonprofit initiatives.He also deals with the church's views regarding religious freedom and human rights, as well as its members efforts to win their own religious freedom and human rights. [1]