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The Miscavige Legal Statements: a Study in Perjury, Lies and Misdirection
SPEAKING OUT ABOUT ORGANIZED SCIENTOLOGY ~ The Collected Works of L. H. Brennan ~ Volume 1 The Miscavige Legal Statements: A Study in Perjury, Lies and Misdirection Written by Larry Brennan [Edited & Compiled by Anonymous w/ <3] Originally posted on: Operation Clambake Message board WhyWeProtest.net Activism Forum The Ex-scientologist Forum 2006 - 2009 Page 1 of 76 Table of Contents Preface: The Real Power in Scientology - Miscavige's Lies ...................................................... 3 Introduction to Scientology COB Public Record Analysis....................................................... 12 David Miscavige’s Statement #1 .............................................................................................. 14 David Miscavige’s Statement #2 .............................................................................................. 16 David Miscavige’s Statement #3 .............................................................................................. 20 David Miscavige’s Statement #4 .............................................................................................. 21 David Miscavige’s Statement #5 .............................................................................................. 24 David Miscavige’s Statement #6 .............................................................................................. 27 David Miscavige’s Statement #7 .............................................................................................. 29 David Miscavige’s Statement #8 ............................................................................................. -
Church of Scientology
Church of Scientology By Kurt Van Gorden Founder: Lafayette Ronald Hubbard; a.k.a., L. Ron Hubbard (1911-1986) Current Leader: David Miscavige, Chairman of the Board for the Religious Technology Center. Founding Date: 1953 Official Publications: All of L. Ron Hubbard’s books, publications, and audio messages that were produced under the auspices of Dianetics and Scientology have been officially proclaimed as scripture in the Church of Scientology. Organization Structure: Scientology church members belong to the International Association of Scientologists. The Continental Liaison Offices oversee the local missions and churches, also referred to as Ideal Churches or Ideal Orgs (organizations). The supreme church corporation is the Church of Scientology International headquarters in Los Angeles, California. Scientology’s new spiritual headquarters is located in Clearwater, Florida. Known as the Flag Building, it also serves as a land base for the highest staff positions, the maritime Sea Org, whose members wear naval-style uniforms with officer ranks. Other Organizational Names: Scientology Celebrity Centers, Citizens Commission on Human Rights, Association for Better Living and Education—ABLE, Applied Scholastics, Bridge Publications, Criminon, Narconon, Foundation for Religious Tolerance, Sterling Management, Worldwide Institute of Scientology Enterprises—WISE, and The Way to Happiness Campaign. Unique Terms: Dianetics (through the mind or soul), Scientology (knowing how to know), Thetan, Engram, Auditing, Clear, E-Meter, and Operating Thetan (OT). HISTORY L. Ron Hubbard was a successful science fiction writer who published over 15,000,000 words between 1932 and 1950 under 20 pen names. Some critics believe that Hubbard may have predicted his forthcoming church. While speaking at a 1949 New Jersey science fiction convention, Hubbard reportedly stated, “Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. -
Utopia a Edukacja, Tom 4, Dysonanse, Kontrasty I Harmonie Wyobrażeń
UTOPIA A E D UKACJA TOM IV RED. RAFAŁ WŁODARCZYK WROCŁAW 2020 UTOPIA A EDUKACJA#4 UTOPIA A EDUKACJA tom IV DYSONANSE, KONTRASTY I HARMONIE wyobrażeń świata możliwego redakcja rafał włodarczyK Instytut PedagogIkI unIWersytetu WrocłaWskIego WrocłaW 2020 redakcja Rafał Włodarczyk recenzja prof. dr hab. agnieszka gromkowska-Melosik korekta Rafał Włodarczyk okładka Monika Humeniuk Hanna Włoch skład Hanna Włoch IsBn 978-83-62618-56-9 © Instytut Pedagogiki uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego Wrocław 2020 Instytut Pedagogiki uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego ul. dawida 1, 50-527 Wrocław tel. 71 367 32 12, [email protected] SpiS treści od redaktora 9 część I obrazy utopii a niepokoje kultury współczesnej Leszek koczanowicz Lęk jasnowidzenia. terminalne olśnienie i kres kultury 15 robert klementowski Polityka pamięci historycznej jako droga do utopii 39 dariusz Brzeziński utopijne powroty do przeszłości: młode pokolenie wobec zwrotu nostalgicznego 59 adam nobis nowy Jedwabny szlak jako utopia globalna 77 Witold Jakubowski Popkulturowe ilustracje utopii społecznych, czyli o edukacyjnym potencjale kultury popularnej 91 rafał Węgrzyn, karolina Woźny utopia – więzienie – resocjalizacja. Problem z burzycielami ładu społecznego 109 część II pedagogiczne implikacje myślenia utopijnego Maria czerepaniak-Walczak Iluzja upełnomocnienia jako środka emancypacji w edukacji i poprzez edukację 127 katarzyna szumlewicz utopia „perspektywy zdolności” Marthy nussbaum 143 andrzej sędek Między realizmem a utopizmem edwarda abramowskiego 165 Małgorzata Piasecka (geo)poetyka marzenia. utopia – heterotopia – trzecia przestrzeń 179 Marcin krassowski Laboratoria przyszłości. ekowioski jako projekty edukacyjno-utopijne 203 sergiusz anoszko Przyswajanie wiedzy w nowych ruchach religijnych: applied scholastics International ofertą edukacyjną kościoła scjentologicznego 223 część III obrazy utopii oraz ślady dystopii w praktyce edukacyjnej agnieszka dwojak-Matras, katarzyna kalinowska, agnieszka koterwas uczenie rzetelności naukowej jako dążenie do utopii. -
France Page 1 of 8
France Page 1 of 8 France International Religious Freedom Report 2006 Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor The constitution provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respected this right in practice; however, some religious groups remain concerned about legislation passed in 2001 and 2004, which provided for the dissolution of groups under certain circumstances and banned the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols by public school employees and students. A 1905 law on the separation of religion and state prohibits discrimination on the basis of faith. Government policy continued to contribute to the generally free practice of religion. A law prohibiting the wearing of conspicuous religious symbols in public schools by employees and students entered into force in September 2004. Despite significant efforts by the Government to combat anti-Semitism and an overall decline in the number of incidents, anti-Semitic attacks persisted. The Government has a stated policy of monitoring potentially "dangerous" cult activity through the Inter-ministerial Monitoring Mission against Sectarian Abuses (MIVILUDES). Some groups expressed concern that MIVILUDES publications contributed to public mistrust of minority religions, and that public statements from the new president indicated the organization would take a harder line against minority religions. The UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief issued a report indicating that the Government generally respected the right to freedom of religion or belief, but expressed concern about the application of the 1905 law, the treatment of cult groups and certain new religious movements, and the 2004 legislation regarding religious symbols in schools. The generally amicable relationship among religious groups in society contributed to freedom of religion. -
Benefits I Have Received from Scientology Auditing and Train
14 August 1997 Dear I have been asked to describe certain 'secular' benefits I have received from Scientology auditing and training that are not generally understood to be religious or spiritual in nature and how these have affected my community services activities. From my own schooldays I had a purpose to help other children gain a good education and to this end became a qualified teacher and pursued this profession until I married and had a family. I then came into contact with Scientology and through it gained greater self reliance and greater confidence in handling projects Also I was trained in the use of the study method developed by L Ron Hubbard and decided that I wanted to use it to help children to study better in school. With the help of a local West Indian businessman and other volunteers I started Riving supplementary teaching in the evening to disadvantaged children in Brixton , something which was especially wanted by West Indian parents in the drea. This project which we named B.E.S.T, ( the Basic Education and Supplementary Teaching .Association ) is now an authorised charity and continues to provide supplementary teaching and vacation projects in the Brixton area. More recently I have taken on another volunteer activity, that of bringing this study method to teachers in a country in Southern Africa. The education authorities in that country had become aware that the academic results being achieved in their schools were not sufficiently being translated into success in the professions and the workplace. L Ron Hubbard's Study Technology with its emphasis on fully understanding and being able to apply the data being studied was demonstrated in a pilot project and was shown to markedly increase student interest and comprehension and to greatly reduce truancy and its introduction was approved. -
Dear Matt, While I Understand Your Predicament, I Fully Understand The
Dear Matt, While I understand your predicament, I fully understand the situation you and your ASA colleagues find yourselves in. It is not often one has to deal with an organisation as deceptive as The Way To Happiness Foundation. To cut to the chase - while the ASA acknowledges the connection between The Way To Happiness Foundation and Scientology, the ASA believes that The Way To Happiness Foundation is a separate charity in its own right. I intend to present evidence establishing the following four points: 1) The Way To Happiness Foundation is under control of Scientology international management. 2) The Way To Happiness Foundation is run by Scientologists. 3) The Way To Happiness Foundation is being run for the purpose of Scientology. 4) A proportion of donations collected by The Way To Happiness Foundation go to Scientology. If the above four points are true, then the claim that The Way To Happiness Foundation is a separate charity in its own right must be rejected, and future advertisements on behalf of this group must clearly reflect this. 1. The IRS application and decision. I will begin by revisiting the IRS position. The 1023 IRS filing made in 1993 as part of The Way To Happiness Foundation’s application for tax-exemption is available from http://www.xenu-directory.net/documents/corporate/irs/1993-1023-twth.pdf . From page 10 that 1023 filing: Evidence piece 1 From page 9 of that same document: Evidence piece 2 Evidence piece 3 From the 1993 IRS closing agreement that gave The Way To Happiness Foundation and other Scientology entities their tax-exemption, Scientology-related entities qualifying for tax-exemption are defined thus (http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Cowen/essays/agreemnt.html#Scientology- related%20entity ): “4. -
A New Brochure Released by the Church of Scientology International in March 2013 Spotlights Applied Scholastics and Study Techno
CONTACT April 2, 2013 Karin Pouw (323) 960-3500 [email protected] Scientology: How We Help—Enabling Teachers and Students to Succeed A new brochure released by the Church of Scientology International in March 2013 spotlights Applied Scholastics and Study Technology, which have bettered the lives of countless teachers and students the world over for more than four decades. Nowhere are the benefits of Study Technology more tangible than in the competent and caring hands of Claudia Garcia Chaparro of Léon, Guanajuato, Mexico. An Applied Scholastics instructor for the past 17 years, Chaparro tutors children and trains teachers in the use of Study Technology, an educational breakthrough researched and developed by American author, humanitarian and Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard. Mr. Hubbard isolated the precise causes of success or failure in any activity of study and developed an actual technology of learning with which to master any subject. Applied Scholastics trains teachers, tutors and mentors, making Study Technology available to governments, schools and individuals internationally. Chaparro has delivered courses in Study Technology to 10,000 children and adults—more than 3,000 in the last year alone. She has also translated various Applied Scholastics educational materials in Spanish. What she finds most gratifying is the changes she can accomplish not only in the study skills of her students but in their lives. One child did not want to be in school at all. Chaparro says “He kept telling me ‘I can’t’ and ‘I’m not smart’ until Study Technology helped him enjoy learning and increased his self-esteem, confidence and pride.” Chaparro was asked to see if she could do anything for a child who was about to be medicated for “attention difficulties.” Learning that the boy was subsisting on candy and spending most of his time playing video games, she worked with his parents to improve his diet and involve him in extroverting activities. -
Freedom of Religion and the Church of Scientology in Germany and the United States
SHOULD GERMANY STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE OCTOPUS? FREEDOM OF RELIGION AND THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY IN GERMANY AND THE UNITED STATES Religion hides many mischiefs from suspicion.' I. INTRODUCTION Recently the City of Los Angeles dedicated one of its streets to the founder of the Church of Scientology, renaming it "L. Ron Hubbard Way." 2 Several months prior to the ceremony, the Superior Administrative Court of Miinster, Germany held that Federal Minister of Labor Norbert Bluim was legally permitted to continue to refer to Scientology as a "giant octopus" and a "contemptuous cartel of oppression." 3 These incidents indicate the disparity between the way that the Church of Scientology is treated in the United States and the treatment it receives in Germany.4 Notably, while Scientology has been recognized as a religion in the United States, 5 in Germany it has struggled for acceptance and, by its own account, equality under the law. 6 The issue of Germany's treatment of the Church of Scientology has reached the upper echelons of the United States 1. MARLOWE, THE JEW OF MALTA, Act 1, scene 2. 2. Formerly known as Berendo Street, the street links Sunset Boulevard with Fountain Avenue in the Hollywood area. At the ceremony, the city council president praised the "humanitarian works" Hubbard has instituted that are "helping to eradicate illiteracy, drug abuse and criminality" in the city. Los Angeles Street Named for Scientologist Founder, DEUTSCHE PRESSE-AGENTUR, Apr. 6, 1997, available in LEXIS, News Library, DPA File. 3. The quoted language is translated from the German "Riesenkrake" and "menschenverachtendes Kartell der Unterdruickung." Entscheidungen des Oberver- waltungsgerichts [OVG] [Administrative Court of Appeals] Minster, 5 B 993/95 (1996), (visited Oct. -
Surviving with Spirituality: an Analysis of Scientology in a Neo-Liberal Modern World Kevin D
St. Cloud State University theRepository at St. Cloud State Undergraduate Research in Sociology Department of Sociology 10-13-2011 Surviving with Spirituality: An Analysis of Scientology in a Neo-Liberal Modern World Kevin D. Revier St. Cloud State University, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/soc_ug_research Part of the Sociology of Culture Commons Recommended Citation Revier, Kevin D., "Surviving with Spirituality: An Analysis of Scientology in a Neo-Liberal Modern World" (2011). Undergraduate Research in Sociology. 1. https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/soc_ug_research/1 This Conference Proceeding is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Sociology at theRepository at St. Cloud State. It has been accepted for inclusion in Undergraduate Research in Sociology by an authorized administrator of theRepository at St. Cloud State. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Surviving with Spirituality: An Analysis of Scientology in a Neoliberal World Abstract The neoliberal system has expanded fertile ground for markets to produce and distribute spiritual commodities. This paper examines how the Church of Scientology profits by selling spiritual goods to the modern neoliberal consumer. To accumulate data, I conducted interviews and participated in various rituals at the Church of Scientology in St. Paul, Minnesota. I outline and examine the data in four sections: the initiation process of the latent member, their consumption patterns in the Church, social interactions between members, and how these interactions bridge the Church into the public arena. I conclude that the Church is a market institution that promotes neoliberal ideology. Introduction “God is dead!” Friedrich Nietzsche declared in a narrative about a madman preaching in an 18 th century marketplace (1954: 95). -
The Criminon Program Evaluation: Phase I
RESEARCH REPORT JANUARY, 2006 URBAN INSTITUTE Justice Policy Center Nancy G. La Vigne, Ph.D. Rebecca L. Naser, Ph.D. Colleen Owens The Criminon Program Evaluation: Phase I research for safer communities URBAN INSTITUTE Justice Policy Center 2100 M Street NW Washington, DC 20037 http://www.urban.org © 2006 Urban Institute The opinions contained herein are those of the authors(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of the Urban Institute, its trustees, or its funders. i TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................... 1 OVERVIEW OF CRIMINON ON-SITE COURSE MODULES .................................................................. 2 Communications Course ............................................................................................................................ 2 Overview ................................................................................................................................................ 2 Content ................................................................................................................................................... 3 Delivery Mode........................................................................................................................................ 5 Program Purpose .................................................................................................................................... 5 Expected Outcomes ................................................................................................................................6 -
A Broader Look at the Organization
Sci-organization (Converted)-1 3/6/98 3:01 PM Page 1 C M Y CM MY CY CMY K SIGNS AND SYMBOLS: This signs adorns the Church of Scientology at 448 Beacon St. L. Ron Hubbard A broader (1911-1986) Created Church of look at the Scientology, 1953; wrote bestseller organization “Dianetics,” 1950. Applied Scholastics Sacred scriptures Groups selling Hubbard’s Study Technology in 156 schools in 31 countries; actress Anne Archer is spokeswoman Church of Spiritual Technology (preserves David Miscavige Hubbard archives in earthquake-proof vaults) Ability schools Hubbard’s heir; joined as a teenager L. Ron Hubbard Library (owns copyrights) Apple schools Religious Technology Center Author Services Inc. (literary agency) Bear Hill School Inc. in Pittsfield, N.H. Has supreme control over entire Bridge Publications (sells U.S. books, E-Meters) organization; enforces purity of the religion Association Boston Academy School in Somerville Golden Era Productions (sells films; produces through trademark and copyright lawsuits for Better Community Service Guild (tutors inner-city children) TV ads) — and its Inspector General Network; Living and Delphi Academy in Milton and six other U.S. locations; New Era Publications (worldwide book sales) Miscavige is RTC chairman of board. Education headquarters in Oregon International Association for Effective Education (teaches (oversees the schoolteachers) church’s anti- Spinoff groups of Scientologists Training and recruitment World Literacy Crusade in Brighton and 25 other U.S. cities promoting and selling Hubbard’s drug and network education (sells Study Technology; Isaac Hayes is spokesman) Purification Rundown Guillaume Lesevre, international director groups) Foundation for Advancements in Science and Church of Scientology International Groups selling or promoting Hubbard’s Education in Los Angeles (does Purification The Mother Church; located in Los Purification Rundown detox method Rundown research and makes children’s PBS- Angeles; Lesevre is director, Rev. -
December 10, 2016 Dr. Christine Johnson and Dr. Neal Ishihara 801 Mclean Drive Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 Over the Past Year, There
CITY OF SEDRO-WOOLLEY Sedro-Woolley Municipal Building 325 Metcalf Street Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 Phone (360) 855-9922 Fax (360) 855-9923 V .• 1. Mayor December 10, 2016 Dr. Christine Johnson and Dr. Neal Ishihara 801 McLean Drive Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284 Over the past year, there has been a great deal of disagreement between us over my proposal to collaboratively partner with the Central Skagit Library District. During that time, I have consistently encouraged all parties to stick to the issues as we discuss the merits or shortcomings of the City's proposal and any subsequent agreements arising from it. I am sorry to say, that has not always happened. Letters to the Editor and comments, both public and private, have turned from discussions on policy to personal and sometimes vicious attacks; some direct and some implied. I greatly value my relationship with our wonderful schools. Your open opposition has done much to wound me in that respect. Teachers and staff whisper their support in the hallways but they add, "It's very uncomfortable now." "Why?" I wonder. When you wrote to the Skagit Valley Herald, "Do not be deceived by the Mayor's proposal...", you painted me as a "deceptive" person. In your email of April 22, to City Council, you criticized my proposal as "likely to weaken services...especially for children..." citing your analysis of "the situation in the Sedro-Woolley School District." Christine has crossed the line between elected official and private citizen. As Mayor of our City, I am Mayor wherever I go, and whatever I say is heard in that context.