Since its inception in 1954, the Church of Scientology has been involved in a number of controversies, including its stance on psychiatry, Scientology's legitimacy as a religion, the Church's aggressi
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Official German warning leaflets (PDF:) on threats to democracy, including Islamic extremism, Scientology and organized crime
Tom Cruise is one of several Scientologist artists who have been subject to boycott calls in Germany. Pastor Thomas Gandow, a prominent spokesperson for the German Lutheran Church, has described Cruise as the "Goebbels of Scientology".
Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard routinely referred to "space opera" in his teachings, drawing from science-fiction and weaving it into his origins of human history. In his writings, wherein thetans
Scientology controversies
…Gerry Armstrong have argued the Church unfairly and illegally uses the legal system to suppress "fair" uses, including suppressing any mention of the space opera aspects of the religion, including the story of Xenu.:371-383 One example critics cited is a 1995 lawsuit against the Washington Post. The Religious Technology Center (RTC…
L. Ron Hubbard in 1950, around when he developed Scientology
A Scientology e-meter, a device for displaying and/or recording the electrodermal activity (EDA) of a human being. The device is used frequently for auditing in Scientology.
Cover of Imagination August 1956 depicting a space opera story
Mike Rinder, a former spokesman of the Church of Scientology, stated that extraterrestrial auditing is merely "a small percent" of Scientology's teachings.