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Apr 15, 1990
Critics, government call Scientology business masquerading as religion — San Diego Union-TribuneMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Mike McIntyre Source:
San Diego Union-Tribune The Church of Scientology's genesis was the 1950 best seller by L. Ron Hubbard, "Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health." Church officials claim there are 7 million Scientologists worldwide, but former members allege there may be fewer than 100,000. The church promotes Scientology as a religion — one not based on the worship of a god but on the belief in "scientific" principles applied to the mind. Hubbard argued in "Dianetics" that inner turmoil springs from subconscious mental images, or ...
Apr 30, 1987
The 'extended sting operation' of Scientology — The Listener
Type: Press
Author(s):
John Penycate Source:
The Listener Panorama 's investigation into the Scientologists revealed an organisation which uses its founder's 'mixture of half-practical, half-gobbledegook psychological techniques' to draw large sums of money from its adherents, with threatening consequences if they opt out. Religious cults are a problem. They enslave the minds and empty the pockets of gullible young people, causing heartfelt grief to their families. The Moonies, the Children of God and the other cults have a poor public image, but they almost always operate within the law. The ...
Sep 21, 1986
Sect members mount campaign against author — The Sunday Times (UK)More: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Stephen Castle Source:
The Sunday Times (UK) SUPPORTERS of the Church of Scientology have unleashed a campaign of harassment and intimidation against the author and publishers of a book which is highly critical of the cult. The author, Stewart Lamont, has been inundated with threatening letters and telephone calls from members of the sect, both before and since the publication of his book "Religion Inc" this summer. On one occasion Mr Lamont's neighbours were questioned about his private life by callers posing as future employers. Although it was ...
Jan 1, 1986
Religion Inc. (book) — Harrap (London)
May 22, 1972
Scientology fights back — The NationMore: link
Type: Press
Author(s):
Clay Steinman Source:
The Nation Mr. Steinman is a free-lance writer living in New York. Like all true believers, the members of the young Church of Scientology (or Dianetics as it is sometimes known) believe they have found the answers. A visit to their New York headquarters in the Hotel Martinique shows that Scientology has at least put smiles on a few faces and seems to have solved many of the existential problems of the members who work and study there. According to the recent U. ...
Mar 4, 1971
Growth of irrational cults — Daily World (New York)
Jan 1, 1971
The Scandal of Scientology - 14 Scientology -- Business or Religion? — Tower Publications, Inc.
Dec 17, 1970
Scientology: The Now Religion! — Village Voice
Type: Press
Author(s):
Donald M. Kaplan Source:
Village Voice The true measures of the false prophet are an unrelenting certainty and a staggering income. The immediate impression of L. Ron Hubbard, the prophet of Scientology, which emerges from George Malko's "Scientology: The Now Religion," is of a windbag hustler. There is not a single question Hubbard cannot answer easily and definitively. This and the fact that Hubbard personally has been making something around $140,000 a week from Scientology (that is, as Malko tells is, week in and week out) I ...
Oct 1, 1970
Scientology church files $6 million suit (exact date unknown) More: link
Type: Press
A $6 million libel and damage suit was filed in Federal court here yesterday by The Church of Scientology of California against Dell Publishing Company, Inc. The suit claims a recent Dell book, "Scientology, the Now Religion," was libelous and defamatory in calling Scientology a "con game" and "evil cloud" which "settles on a person." The suit by the church and its chief executive officer the Rev. Robert H. Thomas, asks $2 million general damages and $4 million punitive damages.
Jul 16, 1970
Books of The Times: Scientology debunked — New York TimesMore: select.nytimes.com
Jan 1, 1970
Scientology: the Now Religion - Chapter 1: The Now religion — Delacorte Press
Jan 1, 1970
Scientology: the Now Religion - Chapter 4: Scientology — Delacorte Press
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