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Public Scientologists are those individuals who are not staff. They pay the Church of Scientology for training or auditing services, and live and work independent of the organization. [3]: 70 Collectively, non-staff Scientologists may be referred to as "members", the "public", or the "field". [4]: 128, 228
The organization has had a written program governing celebrity recruitment since at least 1955, when L. Ron Hubbard created "Project Celebrity", offering rewards to Scientologists who recruited targeted celebrities. [1] [2] [3]: 254 Early interested parties included former silent-screen star Gloria Swanson and jazz pianist Dave Brubeck.
According to People, Danny Masterson, 47, grew up in a family that practiced Scientology and began studying Hubbard’s book Dianetics at age 15. His long-established connection to the church ...
David Miscavige (/ m ɪ ˈ s k æ v ɪ dʒ /; born April 30, 1960) [1] is an American Scientologist who is serving as the second and current leader of the Church of Scientology.His official title within the organization is Chairman of the Board of the Religious Technology Center (COB RTC).
Recently, Alex Gibney, the filmmaker behind the documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, expressed shock that Tom Cruise, a famed Scientologist, has not been called out for ...
Despite a relatively small membership base, Scientology is one of the most widely discussed fringe religious groups in the world, thanks in part to its more famous adherents. And while some ...
In 2007 an official claimed 3.5 million members in the United States [3] but, according to a 2001 survey published by the City University of New York, 55,000 people in the United States would, if asked to identify their religion, have stated Scientology. [4] Tom Cruise is the most well known Scientologist in the United States as well as other ...
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