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The Scientologists tried failed to stop World in Actions broadcasts about them through the courts and in 1980, members of the programme's staff and senior executives at Granada TV announced that they would be prepared to go to prison rather than submit to a House of Lords ruling that the programme reveal the identity of an informant who had supplied WIA with 250 pages of secret documents from the then state-owned steel company British Steel.
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Non-Scientologists Joel Sappell and Robert Welkos claimed in a 1990 article in the LA Times that Scientologists believe that when a person dies — or, in Scientology terms, when a thetan abandons its physical body — they go to a " landing station " on the planet Venus, where the thetan is re-implanted and told lies about its past life and its next life.
She made them promise to pay a visit to Honduras, so that they could raise awareness among Scientologists about the poor conditions in which many Hondurans live.
In a New York Times review, Janet Maslin wrote "... Mr. Morton has found a number of former Scientologists who are willing to speak freely, and in some cases vengefully, about the group ’ s purported inner workings.
Scientologists also distributed leaflets entitled " The Truth about Jon Atack ", implying that he was a drug dealer who only criticised Scientology for money.
The purpose of the commission was to " hear about and examine cases where it is said that Scientology has in New Zealand led to the estrangement of families, affected the control of persons under 21, or put unreasonable pressure upon former Scientologists who have left it, or other persons.
The Xenu myth was released to Scientologists in the late 1960s, after teachings about thetans and their relationship to the physical body had been disseminated ; its release provided the cause and origin of many of the group's teachings.
Free Zone Scientologists, however, are sometimes more open about space opera.
He notes, however, that some Scientologists do not believe that there are space opera myths in the group's teachings, and that others have left the group after learning about the higher-level doctrines.
By learning these teachings, Scientologists are able to follow Hubbard's path ; Rothstein states that the group's teachings about " salvation " may simply be a means to encourage reverence of Hubbard.
Scientologists and them
These became what are known as body thetans, which are said to be still clinging to and adversely affecting everyone except Scientologists who have performed the necessary steps to remove them.
It was also common for Scientologists to send short letters to the suppressive person, to warn them that they were disconnected.
When Koppel questioned Miscavige further on this, Miscavige said that individuals had contacted Behar after an earlier article, and Behar had told them to " kidnap Scientologists out ".
They refuse to speak of them, casting them as esoteric teachings that can only be correctly understood by experienced Scientologists.
Scientologists maintain that the true meaning of these texts is only accessible to those who have progressed through their courses, and that those who read them prematurely risk damage to their spiritual and physical conditions.
Many went to public libraries, but, according to Miller, numerous library copies of the book went missing or had inserts pasted into them by Scientologists.
Scientologists and courts
Scientologists say that the church's main goal is to be recognized as a religion, which on occasion has met resistance from opponents ( including national governments ), and this has forced it to have recourse to the courts.
Scientologists and 1980
Wilson's Government took strong action against the controversial, self-styled " Church " of Scientology in 1967, banning foreign Scientologists from entering the UK, a prohibition which remained in force until 1980.
In November 1980, the two remaining Scientologists, Jane Kember and Mo Budlong, were finally convicted on nine counts of aiding and abetting burglary in connection with break-ins at government offices, and were sentenced to six years.
Scientologists and members
The Church of Scientology has been criticized for their practice of " disconnection " in which Scientologists are directed to sever all contact with family members or friends who criticize the faith.
By making its members entirely dependent upon a social network entirely within the organization, critics assert that Scientologists are kept from exposure to critical perspectives on the church and are put in a situation that makes it extremely difficult for members to leave the church, since apostates will be shunned by the Church and have already been cut off from family and friends.
Following its rise to prominence, a growing number of former Scientologists have made public allegations that the church encourages its members to complete very expensive courses and expect wonderful results ; when the improvements fail to be realized, further courses are then promoted to facilitate the anticipated changes.
The homes, property, places and abodes of persons who have been active in attempting to: suppress Scientology or Scientologists are all beyond any protection of Scientology Ethics, unless absolved by later Ethics or an amnesty ... this Policy Letter extends to suppressive non-Scientology wives and husbands and parents, or other family members or hostile groups or even close friends.
These are people who are publicly documented as having been Scientologists at one time and are no longer members or associated.
Former Scientologists and members of the anti-cult movement often discuss Scientology's space opera teachings.
Scientologists and staff
Labaqui also reports that staff of Author Services Inc. is entirely made up of Scientologists.
He also became involved in the Church of Scientology, becoming a member of the Church's staff and one of the first Scientologists to achieve the status of clear.
Scientologists and executives
In 1997, he was one of a number of Hollywood stars and executives to sign an open letter to then-German Chancellor Helmut Kohl protesting the treatment of Scientologists in Germany, which was published as a newspaper advertisement in the International Herald Tribune.
A large number of booksellers, publishing executives, and former Scientologists state that, as with other Hubbard books, the Church of Scientology engaged in a massive book-buying campaign, similar to the campaign to promote Battlefield Earth, so as to deliberately inflate sales of the series in order to promote it as a best-selling work of literature.
Plans to make an episode focusing on Scientology were believed to have been rejected by Showtime executives to avoid provoking legal action by the Church of Scientology, though Penn later revealed on his radio show that this was not true, commenting that he has slight interest in dealing with Scientologists despite being critical of their practices.
Scientologists and at
During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he spent much of his time at sea on his personal fleet of ships as " Commodore " of the Sea Organization, an elite inner group of Scientologists.
Melton has also stated that the Church of Scientology welcomes both genders equally at all levels from leadership positions to auditing and so on since Scientologists view people as spiritual beings.
Scientologists believe that ineffective communication is a chief cause of human survival problems, and this is reflected by efforts at all levels within the movement to ensure clear communication, the presence of unabridged standard dictionaries for example being an established feature of Scientology centers.
Since the Church of Scientology's inception in 1954, numerous Scientologists have been involved in scandals, at times serving prison sentences for crimes, such as those committed in Operation Snow White.
Sweeney alleged that, " While making our BBC Panorama film Scientology and Me I have been shouted at, spied on, had my hotel invaded at midnight, denounced as a " bigot " by star Scientologists, brain-washed – that is how it felt to me – in a mock up of a Nazi-style torture chamber and chased round the streets of Los Angeles by sinister strangers.
In 1978, a number of Scientologists including L. Ron Hubbard's wife Mary Sue Hubbard ( who was second in command in the organization at the time ) were convicted of perpetrating the largest incident of domestic espionage in the history of the United States called " Operation Snow White ".
Although the bill is not legally enforceable, these Scientologists may not receive services at any Scientology organization until they pay the bill and perform an ethics course.
She has been described as " of the church's best friends currently serving in Congress ," and was " honored at a 2004 Celebrity Centre gala " with famous Scientologists such as John Travolta and Kelly Preston.
The International Association of Scientologists ( IAS ) is an English non-profit organization, which was formed in October 1984 by a group of Scientologists, who assembled at Saint Hill Manor in East Grinstead, Sussex, England.
The E-meters used by the Church of Scientology are manufactured by Scientologists at their Gold Base facility.
Scientologists of the Free Zone have developed their own E-meter models which are available at much lower prices.
In 1994, Lisa McPherson, who became a Scientology adherent at age 18, moved from Dallas, Texas, to Clearwater, Florida, with her employer, AMC Publishing, which was at that time owned by Bennetta Slaughter and operated and staffed primarily by Scientologists.
Following intervention by fellow Scientologists, McPherson refused psychiatric observation or admission at the hospital and checked herself out after a short evaluation.
Scientologists called McPherson ’ s family to say that she had died of meningitis or a blood clot on December 5, 1995 while at Fort Murray for “ rest and relaxation ”.
Scientology officials vowed never to pay, and the phrase " not one thin dime for Wollersheim ," was chanted by Scientologists at court hearings.
At this time the Church was represented in Melbourne by the Hubbard Association of Scientologists International ( HASI ), which had premises at 157-159 Spring Street.
This page contains Wikipedians who have identified themselves ( at least on Wikipedia ) as being Scientologists, including both those who practice within the Church of Scientology and those who practice outside it ( see Free Zone ( Scientology )).
It provides both accommodations and " course & auditing " rooms, for Scientologists studying at high levels of Scientology.
He joined the Hubbard Association of Scientologists International ( the overseas arm of the Church of Scientology ) in 1954 at the age of 19.
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