Church of Scientology
Overview
The Church of Scientology is overwhelmingly the primary promoter of the philosophy of Scientology. It was founded by speculative fiction author L. Ron Hubbard, who also created Scientology.
There have been repeated and increasing allegations by many, including former CoS members as well as those not affiliated with the church, that CoS uses highly unethical attack strategies against those who criticize it. The CoS's Fair Game policy confirms that this is indeed their strategy for dealing with those they deem to be in a "Condition of Enemy": "ENEMY — SP Order. Fair game. May be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed." (see Wikipedia for source) The CoS claims that this policy was revoked, but it is not at all clear that this is the case, and their continuing actions seem to belie their words.
In 2008, there were worldwide protests against the CoS.
Related
- Keith Henson [W] is an outspoken critic of Scientology; the Church has repeatedly declared that Henson is a criminal and a terrorist, and successfully sued him for copyright infringement due to his publishing two pages of a Church manual in an internet newsgroup.
Links
Reference
- Wikipedia
Conservapedia: no equivalent page (as of 2008-03-02)
dKosopedia: no equivalent page (as of 2008-03-02)- SourceWatch
Filed Links
- redirect template:links/smw
Other News
Projects
- Operation Clambake: "Undressing the Church of Scientology"
- Judicial statements regarding the Nature of Scientology (from context, it seems pretty clear that most or all of the statements are actually about the CoS and not the philosophy of Scientology itself)
- Keith Henson news: the ongoing legal battle between Keith Henson and Scientology
Video
- 2008-01-22 ANONYMOUS / SCIENTOLOGY : PROJECT CHANOLOGY: why Tom Cruise wants psychiatry outlawed
- 2008-01-21 Message to Scientology (alt): a group calling itself "Anonymous" declares war on Scientology