Media & Ethics
May 19, 2018
The Boogeyman Factory
War is sold by a handful of madmen on the basis that every citizen of the enemy country spends every waking minute slobbering...
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Religious Literacy
May 15, 2018
Indonesia Takes a Step Forward For Religious Freedom
I’ll end with my hope that the people of Indonesia will find an inclusive and fair way to treat all of its rich religious...
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Scientology Religion
May 15, 2018
The Real Story of Scientology
Imagine living in a world where you have something in your life that you find incredibly helpful and rewarding, something...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
May 15, 2018
Weeds—A Parable
And sometimes a whole culture realizes belatedly that it has weeds–bad, bad weeds—and endeavors to pull them out, through...
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Religious Freedom
May 15, 2018
Why is Religion Under Attack?
Religion has been attacked and even its symbols are being aggressively removed from our society. School prayer, the Ten Commandments,...
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Religious Literacy
May 14, 2018
Scientologists and Individual Purpose
The composition of a society is rooted in the purposes of its individuals. Intertwined, those purposes fuel the dynamic evolution...
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Scientology Religion
May 2, 2018
The Best Thing In The World
Life is the essential raw material of artists—be they sculptors, performers, painters, writers, directors, or whichever—they...
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Religious Literacy
May 2, 2018
Religion or Science
And the war between universes—the spiritual and the physical—continues. So many people are looking for the answer. Well,...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
May 1, 2018
Confessions of a Bigot
On the final approach to New York’s La Guardia airport at 8:40 a.m. we flew over the World Trade Center. I was marveling...
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Religious Literacy
May 1, 2018
Isn’t there more to life than this, a Scientologist Asks?
“Life is short—live it up.” This seems to be the mantra I hear more and more every day. Now, I’m all about fun. I...
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Scientology Religion
April 27, 2018
Why I Love Being a Scientologist
If you enter a Scientology Organization you will find diversity there second to none. Every race, creed, ethnicity, nationality,...
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Media & Ethics
April 27, 2018
Is Mainstream Media Guilty of Stirring Bigotry and Discrimination Against the Innocent?
Mainstream media is paid quite handsomely to manipulate public opinion. I’d like to tell you about a dirty little trick...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
April 26, 2018
Don’t Take It Personally Or, What I Learned From My Cat
My point is she didn’t take it personally. She actually didn’t take it at all. She stayed calm and reasoned and level-headed.
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Media & Ethics
April 26, 2018
Facebook—Corporate Versus Personal Responsibility
I’ve been following with interest the story of how Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg are responding to the recent public and...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
April 23, 2018
In Their Own Image: Psychiatry's Attack on Religion
A decade ago, the Royal Society of Medicine posited that psychiatry had become “the new religion,” replacing priests with...
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Religious Literacy
April 22, 2018
Rock Me, Holy Spirit
I say: bring on more of these spiritual/religious messages. If it is difficult to get young people to come into church then...
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Media & Ethics
April 21, 2018
They Didn’t Add the “R”
I realized that I could not always believe what I read, just because it appeared in a “respected” media source, by a “respected”...
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Religious Freedom
April 19, 2018
A Scientologist Asks, Is Religion Necessary for a Society to Thrive?
Just as scientists don’t rely on the blessings of priests to practice their disciplines, priests do not need the approval...
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Religious Literacy
April 18, 2018
Living With the Dead
The dead were also removed from view, literally, when Reformation iconoclasts whitewashed hundreds of colorful religious murals...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
April 18, 2018
Is religion being hacked? Ask the Muslims
A religion is bad because of the horrible things done in its name. Right? That’s like saying that the institution of marriage...
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Religious Literacy
April 16, 2018
The Maryland Peace Cross and Establishment of Religion
A U.S. Appeals Court has recently ruled that a 40-foot high cross located at a busy intersection in Bladensburg, Maryland...
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Media & Ethics
April 15, 2018
Information Cancer
Incorrect news and information starts in one location and then metastasizes like cancer, spreading out and lodging in secondary...
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Religious Literacy
April 14, 2018
Does the Decline of Religion Foretell a rise in Mental Illness?
Falling away from church, moral codes and belonging has created depression and anxiety. It has created a sense that one is...
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Scientology Religion
April 13, 2018
The Self-Evident Truth of Scientology
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as...
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Scientology Religion
April 12, 2018
The Brilliance of Scientology
For most of us, our cell phone is a thing of wonder and mystery. We don’t know how it works, we only know it does. Well,...
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Religious Literacy
April 1, 2018
Are We Losing Religion?
The loss of faith, of religion, of church membership - and this goes for all faiths, all religions, all churches - is a loss...
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Religious Freedom
April 1, 2018
The Ultimate Act of Defiance
Too often, man has seen rebellion as simply the opportunity to “do unto others as you believe they have done unto you.”...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 28, 2018
Bring It On
Scientology was the only thing I found that gave me practical, concrete answers to any and every question I could ask, from...
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Religious Literacy
March 20, 2018
Scientology Secrets
L. Ron Hubbard wrote “Look. See what you see, not what someone tells you that you see.”
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 20, 2018
Tear Down That Wall!
I had a very interesting thing happen to me recently. My church was sponsoring a Human Rights Symposium and I got a true look...
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Scientology Religion
March 16, 2018
Pot Head vs. Clear Mind
Then, one day, my world changed. I mean CHANGED. I suddenly found myself in present time, in touch with everything and everyone...
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Religious Literacy
March 15, 2018
Sacrifice
We are all human. That was not a choice. We all have human rights. That is not a choice either.
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Scientology Religion
March 14, 2018
A Scientology Tool Called “Admiration”
So many relationships fall into an “I am right—you are wrong” argument-and-struggle level of communication.
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Religious Literacy
March 14, 2018
Is Man Just Another Animal? (A Scientologist’s Perspective)
I grew up in the 1950s and ‘60s with the science versus religion debate in full swing. It was and is, the major philosophical...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 13, 2018
A Truly Unoriginal Vanity Fair Con Job a/k/a Running Away from the Truth
A Truly Unoriginal Vanity Fair Con Job a/k/a Running Away from the Truth. Investigation Discovery is tabloid television at...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 12, 2018
Scientologists and Freedom of Speech
The person who would forbid you from free expression is the person who hopes to, at some point, have you in chains. As Scientologists,...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 8, 2018
John Trudell Rising Above Violence, He Stood for Freedom
John Trudell was a friend of humanity. At great personal cost, he stood against discrimination and injustice in all forms,...
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Media & Ethics
March 3, 2018
Scientologist Exposes Hollywood Bigotry in View of “The View”.
How an English teacher-turned-comedian, became and expert on “mental illness” is something left out of Joy Behar’s bio...
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Religious Literacy
March 2, 2018
If I Disagree with Someone’s Religion, Why Should I Study It?
Every religion I know of celebrates the good and kind in ourselves and our neighbors. Religions celebrate who we really...
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Scientology Religion
March 2, 2018
What Do Scientologists Believe?
If you’re curious about the subject and want to know more, talk to a Scientologist, but don’t ask them what they believe....
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Scientology Religion
March 1, 2018
A STAND Against Today’s False Prophets: Psychiatrists
“Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 1, 2018
Remini: Taking Bigotry on the Road
According to recent Hollywood reports, with her show’s viewership numbers doing a nose dive into a parity with “Joanie...
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Media & Ethics
February 27, 2018
If It Bleeds, It Leads. No Matter Whose Blood It Is.
In early 1898, William Randolph Hearst needed more readership for his newspaper, the New York Morning Journal . He figured...
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Religious Literacy
February 22, 2018
Predictions on Religion
That religions together and in unison will bring a new enlightened age where spirituality and Godliness will once again rise...
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Scientology Religion
February 21, 2018
Scientology: What’s in a Name?
Ron was discussing methods of determining sanity. He described sanity in a number of ways but the simplest was noting the...
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Religious Literacy
February 20, 2018
Do Aliens Believe in Scientologists?
The most popular attraction is always the chimp enclosure, where people get to sit and laugh at the antics of the resident...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
February 17, 2018
Don’t be an “ic” or an “ist”
I met a very nice Persian man who was Jewish. His family was driven out of Iran because they were Jewish. Then in America...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
February 16, 2018
Scientology Empowerment Versus Psychiatric Destruction
I can see it now—Indonesian and American physicists in a catfight over which direction an apple takes when it falls from...
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Scientology Religion
February 16, 2018
Observe The Truth For Yourself!
I was born in 1943, too young to experience World War II. I am Jewish and as I grew older I learned about the Holocaust and...
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Religious Literacy
February 15, 2018
Want to Find Out What Scientology Is? Talk to a Scientologist.
I come from a large, affectionate family that includes grandparents, parents, sisters, aunts, uncles and cousins. Looking...
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Scientology Religion
February 13, 2018
Gender Schmender
I’m no student of world religions, but the ministry seems to be a male-dominated field. In centuries past, women have, for...
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Religious Freedom
February 12, 2018
Martin Luther and Religious Freedom
I’m grateful to the contribution Luther made to religious freedom, which helped make it possible for Scientology to be practiced...
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Religious Freedom
February 12, 2018
When Sports and Religion Collide
Religion in sports is sometimes a touchy subject. Sometimes after a big win, in a postgame interview, an athlete may thank...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
February 10, 2018
Why Scientologists Do the Right Thing—And Those Who Don’t Don’t Like Us
Some of the nicest people you know might be Scientologists, but people who weren’t very nice and were kicked out have made...
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Religious Literacy
February 8, 2018
Scientologists and Freedom of Choice
Responsible freedom of choice lies at the heart of the Scientology religion. It’s a theme which runs throughout our sacred...
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Scientology Religion
February 6, 2018
Me, Before and After Scientology
Scientology has given me the key to embracing life as an exciting adventure, not something to endure or hide from. Priceless.
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Religious Literacy
February 5, 2018
A Scientologist Wants to Leave a Great Legacy—How About You?
A legacy I want to be known for is that I helped others believe in the basic goodness of man, and that I helped others to...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
February 3, 2018
How Fake News Got Its Start: The Circulation War of 1898
The demise of the newspaper is forcing many to have to figure out how to set up shop themselves; whether through online outlets,...
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Religious Literacy
February 3, 2018
We Can Have Our Cake And Eat It, Too
Religion was on my mind as I recently worked with a music producer in Nashville who is a devout Christian.
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Religious Literacy
January 27, 2018
Church and State: Not Separate At All
The line in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been nearly beaten meaningless by repetition: “Congress shall...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
January 27, 2018
The Lie that Pits “Us Against Them”
There is a lie that runs throughout the cultures and countries of Earth that pits “us against them.” This is not a recent...
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Scientology Religion
January 23, 2018
My Daughter’s Words Summed Up My Whole Purpose as a Scientology Parent
I spend a lot of time outdoors with my kids. Some might say too much. But while there are a lot of lessons one can learn about...
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Scientology Religion
January 22, 2018
How to Make New Year’s Resolutions That Work
A gorgeous cathedral, a footprint on the moon, a powerful electric automobile, a pocket device with tremendous computing power,...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
January 18, 2018
An Open Letter to Dwayne Johnson
You are an actor with some serious clout. You can open a movie, your co-stars cannot. You can force a re-write, a script revision,...
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Religious Literacy
January 11, 2018
Beliefs About Believing
You won’t find anyone whose pupils contract that doesn’t believe something. From the time we are born, we “believe”...
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Religious Literacy
January 10, 2018
It’s Time to Shed the Stigma of “Organized Religion”
I’ve heard people speak of organized religion rather distastefully. Organized government takeover or organized guerrilla...
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Religious Freedom
January 2, 2018
The Insidious Government Suppression of Religion
This situation has gotten so bad that there are now law firms that specialize in defending churches’ rights against suppressive...
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Scientology Religion
January 2, 2018
The Truth—and Lies—About Scientology
When I was eighteen, I was working the cash register of the family grocery store when a gentleman walked in holding a brown...
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Scientology Religion
January 2, 2018
What I Tell My Friends When Scientology Is Libeled
In 1633, Galileo was tried and found guilty of heresy and confined to house arrest for the remainder of his life for correctly...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 31, 2017
Breaking News: Scientologists Eat Salad!
How well I remember that morning in 1985 when I awoke to see a piece produced by a local Portland, Oregon TV news show marveling...
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Scientology Religion
December 30, 2017
What It’s Like Being a Scientology Dad
I have the most awesome kid in the world. I know every parent thinks that, but in my case I have empirical evidence to support...
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Religious Freedom
December 29, 2017
The Little Boy Who Survived the Sutherland Springs Shooting
He was shot five times—twice in the stomach, twice in the leg and once in the elbow. He wasn’t a Marine and he wasn’t...
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Scientology Religion
December 29, 2017
What We Scientologists Wish You Knew About Us
I am a Scientologist of over 35 years, and my friends and I are here to tell you that we are no different from you.
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Religious Freedom
December 27, 2017
A Jewish Scientologist’s Reflections on Hanukkah and Religious Freedom
This year, on the last night of the holiday, as the candles in our menorah flickered out with puffs of smoke, I thought of...
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Religious Literacy
December 25, 2017
A Christmas Poem
For surely all of us should know acceptance is the way to go, that people differ, east to west, and one man’s faith is not...
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Scientology Religion
December 19, 2017
Scientologists DO Have An Agenda!
I’ve been in Scientology since 1975. For 32 of those years I worked in a Church of Scientology as a staff member. For 19...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 19, 2017
About Saving the World and Those Who Discourage It
By the time I was 13 years old, if someone asked me what I wanted to be or do when I grew up, I would’ve told them: “I...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 18, 2017
Was Jewish “Blood Libel” the First Fake News?
Libel means false accusation. For centuries, a particularly vicious libel has been leveled at Jews: that they sacrificed Christian...
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Scientology Religion
December 17, 2017
STAND’s Annual Year-End Reception: A Meeting of Minds
Once I began to study Scientology, one of the things that kept me coming back was the people I’ve been privileged to associate...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
December 13, 2017
The Single Source of Conflict
Who doesn't love a good fight? I still remember junior-high cries of "Fight! Fight!" as kids rushed to circle two combatants....
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Media & Ethics
December 13, 2017
The Trouble With the Media’s Frantic Pace
Tom Petty died. Except it wasn’t when we were told he was dead. You see, some news agencies with more of a desire to “get...
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Religious Freedom
December 13, 2017
The Worsening Attacks on International Religious Freedom
Whatever your religious beliefs may be, it is likely that others who share them are being attacked in some corner of the world....
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