Resources

TOPIC INDEX

WHITE PAPERS DISPELLING MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT SCIENTOLOGY

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“Disconnection” in the Scientology Religion: What Is It?

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Scientologists’ Donations and Church of Scientology Financial Practices

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The Truth about Scientology and “Fair Game”

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Debunking the Myth of Religious “Brainwashing”

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The Sea Organization: Religious Order of the Scientology Religion

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Scientology Beliefs about the “Creation of the Universe”

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The Unreliability of Stories and Rumors by Apostates

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The Church of Scientology Rehabilitation Project Force (RPF): Truth and Misconceptions

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Scientology Confidential Scripture

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The Truth about L. Ron Hubbard and the “Make a Million Dollars” Myth

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The “Snow White” Program and the Church of Scientology: The True Story

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Religious Discrimination Against the Church of Scientology and Its Parishioners in Germany

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The Price of Bigotry

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT SCIENTOLOGY

What does the word Scientology mean?

What is Scientology?

How did Scientology start?

Is it all based on one man’s work?

What are some of the core tenets of Scientology?

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS: BY CATEGORY

Background and Basic Principles Scientology Beliefs Religiosity, General Scientology Founder What Scientology Does For the Individual

Scientology and Dianetics Books Scientology and Dianetics Auditing Scientology and Dianetics Training Services Clear Operating Thetan

Scientology Ministers Inside a Church of Scientology Scientology Attitudes and Practices Scientology and Other Practices The Organization of Scientology

Church Management Religious Technology Center What Is Church of Spiritual Technology Church Funding Scientology in Society

David Miscavige seated in a Church of Scientology Chapel with the Scientology cross behind him

ECCLESIASTICAL LEADER

David Miscavige

David Miscavige has championed religious freedom for more than three decades as ecclesiastical leader of the Scientology religion.

THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY & HUMAN RIGHTS

Church of Scientology Champion of Human Rights Since 1954

The Church of Scientology is deeply committed to human rights for all. Its human rights education programs and human rights activities throughout the world stand second to none. In the words of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard, “Human rights must be made a fact, not an idealistic dream.”

LANDMARK DECISIONS

Church of Scientology IRS Tax Exemption

Church of Scientology International (CSI)—the Mother Church of the Scientology religion—and more than 150 affiliated Churches, missions and social-reform organizations in the United States were recognized as fully tax-exempt religious organizations by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), America’s federal tax agency, in October 1993.

SEE THE DECISION

EXPERT STUDIES ON THE SCIENTOLOGY RELIGION

EXPERT STUDY

Apostates and New Religious Movements

By Bryan R. Wilson, Ph.D., Emeritus Fellow, University of Oxford, England

EXPERT STUDY

The Sea Organization and Its Role within the Church of Scientology

By Frank K. Flinn, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor in Religious Studies

EXPERT STUDY

Brief Analyses of the Religious Nature of Scientology

By J. Gordon Melton, Ph.D.; Samuel S. Hill, Ph.D.; Gary D. Bouma, Ph.D.; Irving Hexham, Ph.D.

RESOURCES

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

RESOURCES

Glossary of Terms

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