Scientology’s Tax Exemption

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 […]

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Club COS

In 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 […]

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The Conflict that is Scientology Dogma

“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 […]

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Enough Is Enough!

When 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 […]

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Religious Confusion

“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 […]

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Letter to Inspector General Eric Thorson

Mailed 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 […]

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