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First Post 2022: The Scientology Sea Org Application Form

As we documented in 2015, Scientology argued that the Sea Org does not exist. In our 2015 article we cited former Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson — who was then one of twe…

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Flag Land Base Book Value Curiously Increases $107 Million from 2018 to 2019

In her incredibly well-researched and documented 2019 series Clear Takeover, Tampa Bay Times reporter Tracey McManus showed how murky Scient

"...Scientologist-controlled LLC’s covertly purchased $103 million in real estate in Downtown Clearwater. Many of these properties were purchased at prices well above market prices. Many of these real estate purchases were paid for in cash using wire transfers..."

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Body Thetans and Covid: Why All Surfaces in the Physical Universe are Terrifying to Scientology

Preface: We discuss Scientology’s concept of body thetans in this article using a few modern terms and analogies we devised. We do this beca

"L. Ron Hubbard taught his upper level adherents that body thetans attach themselves to the human and telepathically transmit their tormented psychic content and various identities — all of which they have accumulated over countless lifetimes since time began four quadrillion years ago — into the mind of their host..."