Today’s Scientology Fair Game podcast features law student Taylor Holley who wrote an exceptional paper discussing Scientology’s 501 c tax exemption. During the show, Holley was asked about whether any of her instructors had answers as to why Scientology was granted the exemption in spite of the Supreme Court’s denial. Unsurprisingly, no one could could […]
Read More Scientology’s Tax ExemptionApril 10, 1953. L. Ron Hubbard, seeking a better way to scam the public in order to increase his income, writes a letter to Scientology executive Helen O’Brian. “…We don’t want a clinic. We want one in operation but not in name. Perhaps we could call it a Spiritual Guidance Center. Think up its name, […]
Read More Scientology- The Truth Behind The ExemptionIn 2016, a year after Going Clear debuted, Scientology Spokesman Mike Ferriss participated in an interview with New Zealand’s RNZ. Journalist Mava Moayyed, like most Never Ins, had no idea she was being used to allow COS a platform to spin their benign “we’re just like everyone else” façade. Overall this article is typical Scientology […]
Read More Club COSMailed out Friday, January 8, 2021 to the Inspector General of the U.S. Treasury in Washington, D.C. January 8, 2020 J. Russell George Inspector General U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Inspector General 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Room 4436, Washington, DC 20220 Dear Mr. George: My name is Stefani Hutchison. I am a writer, […]
Read More Letter To Inspector General J. Russell GeorgeJanuary 6, 2021 BRIAN CALLANAN General Counsel U.S. Department of The Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220 Dear Mr. Callanan, My name is Stefani Hutchison. I am a writer, blogger and activist concerned with the abuses and fraud perpetrated by the Church of Scientology. I am writing to you today respectfully requesting the […]
Read More Another Attempt To Have Scientology’s Exemption RevokedTracey McManus, writing for The Tampa Bay Times covers newly elected City Councilman Mark Bunker’s first attempt to address Scientology’s creeping spread across Clearwater. Ignoring the continuing dishonesty, manipulations and outright bully tactics, the majority of the Council seem intent upon including COS in Clearwater’s future wellbeing. Instead of linking arms in a show of […]
Read More Clearwater City Council is Missing the Point“Scientology has no dogma. It does not demand of you that you be or believe anything at all.” —John Logothetis, https://www.standleague.org/blog/how-does-it-feel-to-be-a-scientologist.html “Certain characteristics are generally attributed to churches. These attributes of a church have been developed by the IRS and by court decisions. They include: Distinct legal existence Recognized creed and form of worship Definite […]
Read More The Conflict that is Scientology DogmaWhen is enough…enough? Scientology has become accustomed to simply bullying its way through anything and anyone who dares to bar its way. From the very beginning anger has been used as a cudgel. L. Ron Hubbard himself was an unstable, angry, violent man. He used his temper and his fists on his wives, he drove […]
Read More Enough Is Enough!“Although there is no policy or Scriptural mandate expressly requiring Scientologists to renounce other religious beliefs or membership in other churches, as a practical matter Scientologists are expected to and do become fully devoted to Scientology to the exclusion of other faiths. As Scientologists, they are required to look only to Scientology Scriptures for the […]
Read More Religious ConfusionMailed out May 18th, 2019 Eric M Thorson Inspector General Department of the Treasury 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220 Inspector General Thorson: The IRS guidelines for the retention of a Religious Tax Exemption state that the organization “must not devote a substantial part of their activities to attempting to influence legislation”. The Scientology […]
Read More Letter to Inspector General Eric Thorson
