May 2 2019
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A ship owned by the Church of Scientology that serves as a critical vessel for a religious retreat has been…
Apr 30 2018
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Superman can sleep soundly tonight. The FBI, which is apparently aware of his secret identity, has decided to keep…
Mar 12 2018
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The rise of widely accessible streaming video platforms has allowed niche organizations to spawn media companies…
Mar 30 2015
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Empire-building has been part of many a religious group’s strategy throughout history. But no one does it better…
Apr 14 2014
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Lee Konstantinou
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You probably knew that William S. Burroughs had experimented with some unusual ideas during his time — but did you…
Dec 12 2013
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Supreme court judges in the UK have ruled that Scientology is a "place of meeting for religious worship." Louisa Hodkin launched a suit after officials refused to register a Scientology chapel as a place for marriage. The judges said religions don't require a God — potentially paving the way for Jedi marriages.
Dec 3 2013
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The Church of Scientology has reportedly spent roughly half a billion dollars buying up buildings in U.S. cities…
Aug 30 2013
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Any day is a good when the government's most futuristic R&D lab starts cavorting around Twitter with Scientology…
May 13 2013
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The Church of Scientology held an event for the opening of a new facility in Portland over the weekend. The crowd…
Apr 19 2013
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World War II is often the go-to historical moment for alternate history novels. But in Jake Arnott's novel House of…
Jan 24 2013
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One of the weirdest historical confluences you can imagine took place in Pasadena, California, in the 1940s. There,…
Jan 14 2013
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You've seen the insane video of Tom Cruise blasting Scientologists with his truth beams. You've heard the rumors.…
Sep 19 2012
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In Paul Thomas Anderson's Scientology-inspired movie The Master, Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a self-help guru who's…
Jul 23 2012
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Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master promises to be one of the year's most intense movies, using the life of…
Jul 12 2012
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According to the Telegraph, the Church of Scientology is planning to launch a religious broadcasting center to…
Jun 19 2012
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The biggest question mark hanging over P.T. Anderson's The Master has always been: How close to a movie about…
May 29 2012
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Kate Bornstein
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Back when queer activist Kate Bornstein was a boy named Al, she was a leading member of the Church of Scientology.…
May 22 2012
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Joaquin Phoenix is amazingly deranged and sparky in the first trailer for The Master, Paul Thomas Anderson's troubl…
Mar 19 2012
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If you have kids, better watch out for free educative apps with ads in them. Apparently, they can be a backdoor for…
Mar 16 2012
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This is one of the greatest things I've seen this week. Back in 1969, Scientology's magazine Advance! put out an…