Church of Scientology of San Diego now In Temporary Location

Church of Scientology of San Diego now In Temporary Location while new building is being built.

From Mike Rinder's Thursday Funnies.

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Church of Scientology of San Diego now In Temporary Location

Scientology Saints

If Scientology had saints, who would they be? And what would they be the patron saints of?

In this "fun" thread, you're welcome to name prominent Scientologists and ex-Scientologists, such as [former] executives, and canonize them, along with their titles.

Helena

Scientology Saints

Lawrence Wright’s Scientology epic ‘Going Clear’ finally getting U.K. release

Breaking news from Tony Ortega.

EXCLUSIVE: Lawrence Wright’s Scientology epic ‘Going Clear’ finally getting U.K. release

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Three years after it was first published in the U.S., Lawrence Wright’s monumental book, Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief, will be published in the U.K. for the first time on March 17 by Silvertail Books.

Wright’s book grew out of a February 2011 article in The New Yorker, where he’s a staff writer, and the book was the basis for Alex Gibney’s Emmy-winning 2015 documentary, also titled Going Clear. But until now, Wright had been unable to find a publisher in England willing to put out his controversial book about the notoriously litigious church.

Humfrey Hunter’s small imprint, Silvertail, is releasing Going Clear as a paperback and ebook, and will be testing Scientology’s resolve in a country where it’s easier to sue a publisher and win.

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Lawrence Wright’s Scientology epic ‘Going Clear’ finally getting U.K. release

Scientology avoids 21% UK corporation tax by registering college in Australia

Scientology avoids 21% UK corporation tax by registering college in Australia.

The Advertiser: UK-based Church of Scientology Religious Education College Inc registered as charity in Adelaide

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BRITISH Scientologists collecting tens of millions of dollars are using an Adelaide address as the base for a registered Australian charity, although it spends its money in the United Kingdom.

The UK-based Church of Scientology Religious Education College Inc is based in Pulteney St.

Religious charities are eligible for a range of exemptions, but crucially being based in SA allows the COSRECI to try to avoid a 21 per cent corporation tax in the UK.

It is not clear how successful the college, which has been in SA since 1977, has been in avoiding tax.

According to financial statements lodged with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission, it made £10,805,637 (about AUD $21 million) in 2014 and £12,535,163 (about $24 million) in 2013.

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Scientology avoids 21% UK corporation tax by registering college in Australia

Report: Bill Maher cut interview with Going Clear author Lawrence Wright from podcast

Report: Bill Maher cut interview with Lawrence Wright, author of Scientology expose Going Clear, from podcast.

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Report: Bill Maher cut interview with Going Clear author Lawrence Wright from podcast

Dandar wins appeal!

Mighty welcome news after the recent court disappointments.

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Dandar wins appeal!

Islam and Scientology

(This took place a little over a year before his untimely passing.)

Watching and listening to Christopher Hitchens deconstruction of Islam, I was struck by how often I found myself mentally checking the box marked 'Scientology' again and again.

Was it just me?

Islam and Scientology