Posted on 03/13/2018 10:48:32 AM PDT by rktman
The new network premiered on Monday evening with four original programs and an hourlong launch special introduced by Church leader David Miscavige.
Scientology TV, a network dedicated to the religion, officially launched Monday evening at 5 p.m. PT with a message from Church leader David Miscavige, making a rare on-camera appearance.
"We're not here to preach to you, to convince you or to convert you," he said. "No, we simply want to show you, because after all, the first principle of Scientology is that it's only true if it is true to you. So, take a look and then decide for yourself."
(Excerpt) Read more at hollywoodreporter.com ...
Not just “people” big time movie stars!!
That’s good, ‘cause I ain’t listening...
Tom Cruise and Will Smith and the Scientology krewe showed up at the Baton Rouge River Center, when it served as a Hurricane Katrina shelter, and my temporary home to ‘minister’ to our ‘needs’.
I smelled ‘scam’ within the first five minutes. I still do.
Xenu approves.
I’ve been following their battles with the IRS since the early 1970’s. Must say I never expected anyone to pull their underhanded dirty tactics. They basically won by harassing the personal family of IRS officials.
Last year I presented at a conference in a joint presentation together with Hubbard’s personal nurse that lived with him for 14 years in France, the apartment in NYC and on his yacht. It was an eye opener. No details here except to say that Scientology collects information on its members under the guises of therapy and then blackmails them with the information collected.
Scientology’s Billion-Dollar Battle For Religious Tax Exemption
https://www.newsy.com/stories/scientology-s-battle-for-religious-tax-exemption/
Scientology wasn’t always a religion. It started as a purported science, what founder L. Ron Hubbard, a former sci-fi writer, called a “science of the mind.” That was the idea behind his 1950 best-seller, “Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.”
Here are some key dates in Scientology’s history. 1954: The Church of Scientology was founded in Los Angeles. 1957: The church is granted federal tax-exempt status.
1960: The release of the E-Meter, which supposedly measures an electrical current running through the body during questioning, exposing some inner dimensions during a process Scientologist call “auditing.” The medical and scientific community dismissed its legitimacy.
1967: The IRS ruled that the church’s activities were “commercial,” and it lost its tax-exempt status. Hubbard refused to pay those taxes. Years of litigation followed and lawsuits flooded the IRS. During that time, 1973-1977, something was happening under the surface to fight back.
It was called “Operation Snow White.” Lawrence Wright said in his 2013 book “Going Clear”: “Nothing in American history can compare with the scale of the domestic espionage of Operation Snow White.” The stated mission: use Freedom of Information requests to remove information from government files that Hubbard thought discredited him and his organization.
What actually happened: Scientology agents broke into the IRS and bugged a conference room. The moles got jobs in government agencies, including the IRS, and stole documents. The FBI discovered Operation Snow White in 1977.
Two years later, 11 Scientology officials, including Hubbard’s own wife, Mary Sue, were convicted of burglary, obstruction of justice and theft of government property. They got jail time. Hubbard was named an unindicted co-conspirator.
In 1986: Hubbard died. But the fiscal fight continued. 1993: Scientology regained its status as a tax-exempt religion in a controversial IRS ruling. David Miscavige, now at the helm, offered to drop 2,500 lawsuits filed against the agency, according to The Los Angeles Times. A 25-year-old billion-dollar tax bill was settled for $12.5 million.
Scientology claims that millions of people sign up for its services every year, but most estimates put membership lower — much lower — in the tens- or hundreds-of-thousands range.
Most of its money is locked up in real estate holdings, which often escape tax bills. Fortune estimates that if Scientology ever lost its tax status again, it could get an annual tax bill of more than $20 million.
"We're here to lie to you."
L. Ron died in 1986 and the funds went to his brother N. Ron who started an energy company that went under in 2003.
Read ‘em and weep.
when i was a tyke that show used to care the beejeez out of me!!!
“One has to ask just why Scientology was given IRS approval to be a tax exempt organization under the Clinton administration.”
that’s all explained in an HBO special about Scientology ... essentially the Bush the Elder administration caved due to total lack of backbone ... pretty much what ALL Bushes always do about everything: cave ...
https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/going-clear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_status_of_Scientology_in_the_United_States
it’s only true if it is true to you
Remember Homer Simpson’s words of wisdon ...
“It take two people to tell a lie.
One person to lie, and the other to listen.”
Operating Thetans, activate your thingers.
“Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!”
[ptoing!!]
“Hiya, Kids! Hiya! Hiya!”
Only if you count Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise as people.
No details here except to say that Scientology collects information on its members under the guises of therapy and then blackmails them with the information collected.
All this talk about Scientology and no mention of The Fairtax scam?
If it was in the 50’s, I sort of remember it. Buster Brown shoes was the sponsor, right?
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