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The name of my conspiracy theory is Scientology/ L. Ron Hubbard. Scientology was developed by L. Ron Hubbard and was known as a religion that offers a precise path leading to a complete and certain understanding of one's true spiritual nature along with one's relationship to self, family, groups, mankind and all life forms, material universe, spiritual universe and the Supreme being.

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Official Church of Scientology: What is Scientology?

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Developed by L. Ron Hubbard , Scientology is a religion that offers a precise path leading to a complete and certain understanding of one's true spiritual nature and one's relationship toself, family, groups, Mankind, all life forms, the material universe, the spiritual universe and the Supreme Being.

Scientology addresses the spirit-not thebody or mind-and believes that Man is far more than a product of his environment, or his genes.

Scientology comprises a body of knowledge which extends from certain fundamental truths. Prime among these are:
Man is an immortal spiritual being. His experience extends well beyond a single lifetime. His capabilities are unlimited, even if not presently realized.
Scientology further holds Man to be basically good, and that his spiritual salvation depends upon himself,his fellows and his attainment of brotherhood with the universe.

Scientology is not a dogmatic religion in which one is asked to accept anything on faith alone. On the contrary, one discovers for oneself that the principles of Scientology are true by applying its principles and observing or experiencing the results.

The ultimate goal of Scientology is true spiritual enlightenment and freedom for all.

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Scientology Beliefs & Practices: What is Scientology?

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Watch video on Scientology beliefs and learn more about the Scientology religion, developed by L. Ron Hubbard, which provides a path to understanding the spirit, life, relationships and the universe. Learn how the practice of this world religion has changed lives with personal success stories about seeking happiness and helping others during crisis.

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Scientology was founded in 1954 in Southern California and as it became more popular, made its way throughout the united states In June of 1951, Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation was established in Elizabeth, New Jersey and in May of 1952, The Wichita Kan., Dianetics training center is moved to Phoenix and Hubbard announces the formal establishment of the philosophy of Scientology and the formation of the Hubbard Association of Scientologists International. On February 18 1954, Incorporation papers were filed in Los Angeles for the Church of Scientology in California, the first scientologist organization. In 1966, Narconon (also known as Narconon Anonymous) was founded and a year later, the Sea Organization was officially established and later that year, scientology was offered to the public and established the Royal Scotman, the flagship of the Sea Organization. In 1970, the Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre was founded in Los Angeles. 16 years later, Hubbard died and Scientology continues to build and evolve. In 2005 Tom Cruise drew attention to his Scientology beliefs in a combative interview about drugs and psychiatry and stated he didn't believe in the use of drugs or psychology which is a belief Scientologists also publicly support.

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May 9, 1950: " Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health" by L. Ron Hubbard is published.

June 7, 1951: Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation established in Elizabeth, N.J.

May 1952: The Wichita, Kan., Dianetics training center is moved to Phoenix. Hubbard publicly announces the formal establishment of the philosophy of Scientology and the formation of the Hubbard Association of Scientologists International.

July 1952: "Scientology: A History of Man" published.

February 1954: Church of Scientology founded in Los Angeles.

1956: The church is granted U.S. federal tax-exempt status.

1959: Hubbard moved to England and bought Saint Hill Mansion in Sussex, from which he would direct international operations and expansion until 1967.

1960: Release of the Hubbard Mark II E-Meter, soon followed by the Hubbard Mark III E-Meter.

February 1966: Narconon founded

1967: The IRS strips Scientology of its tax-exempt status.

Aug. 12, 1967: The Sea Organization (or Sea Org) officially established.

Dec. 27, 1967: The first Advanced Organization, offering the advanced levels of Scientology to the public, was established aboard the Royal Scotman, the flagship of the Sea Organization. (This ship was later renamed the Apollo.)

Feb. 22, 1970: Church of Scientology Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles founded.

Jan. 24, 1986: Hubbard dies after suffering a stroke at his ranch near San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Oct. 17, 1992: Presentation of IAS Freedom Medal to Scientologists John Travolta, Debbie Mace and Jerry Boswell at the annual IAS convention aboard the Freewinds.

October 1993: The IRS settles its 40-year battle with Scientology, recognizing it as a tax-exempt church.

June 24, 2005: Tom Cruise drew attention to his Scientology beliefs in a combative interview about antidepressant drugs and psychiatry with "Today" host Matt Lauer. "Psychiatry is a pseudoscience," he told host Matt Lauer, later saying: "You don't know the history of psychiatry. I do." As a Scientologist, Cruise doesn't believe in the use of drugs or therapy. Scientologists publicly oppose the study and application of psychology.
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Scientology Timeline: Important dates for Scientology

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May 9, 1950: " Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health" by L. Ron Hubbard is published. June 7, 1951: Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation established in Elizabeth, N.J. May 1952: The Wichita, Kan., Dianetics training center is moved to Phoenix.

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Many people including some celebrities are involved in scientology but L. Ron Hubbard developed scientology. Some celebrities who were scientologists include Elizabeth Moss, Jenna Elfman, Laura Prepon, Lisa Marie Presley, Michael Pena and Jeff Conaway.

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Scientologists learn all the principles of Scientology and apply all the things they learn into society. One practice of Scientology involves the application of the principles to create better conditions in their society. Followers of Scientology believed in improving society through instilling a moral and ethical compass into people along with getting them to do something positive to help others in society as an expression of their beliefs religiously. The Church of Scientology also support many humanitarian programs in order to improve the conditions around them, these programs include: the largest non-governmental anti-drug campaign, sponsorship of an international drug rehabilitation and training center, a Scientology Volunteer Ministers program and the largest non-governmental Human Rights public information campaign ON EARTH. Scientologists have brought light to issues such as enforced drugging of school children, the dangers of psychiatric brutalities such as electric shock therapy and lobotomy as well as the chemical and biological warfare experiments.

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Official Church of Scientology: What is Scientology?

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Scientologists learn the principles of Scientology in Scientology churches and through Scientology books and materials and apply those principles out in society. The practice of Scientology involves the application of those principles to create better conditions in society. It is a maxim of Scientology that one is as valuable as one is able to help others. All Scientology services are aimed at improving the ability to help. Thus Scientology not only seeks to improve society through instilling a moral and ethical compass into people, but also by getting them to do something positive to help others in society as a practical expression of their religious beliefs.

Scientologists come from all walks of life. They are concerned about social problems and support numerous social betterment programs, which provide successful drug-abuse rehabilitation, improve educational standards and help reduce crime and moral decay.

Scientologists know what it means to take responsibility for improving conditions around them. The humanitarian programs supported by the Church of Scientology and its parishioners are expanding at an unprecedented rate. Those programs include:

The Church continues to be a relentless voice in the fields of social reform and justice. Scientologists have brought to light such issues as the enforced drugging of school children, the dangers of psychiatric brutalities such as electric shock treatment and lobotomy, and the chemical and biological warfare experiments secretly undertaken against unwitting American citizens in the 1960s and 1970s. The Church also has championed the principle of open government and pioneered the use of the Freedom of Information Act and other access laws around the world to protect the public interest and eradicate government waste and human rights abuses.

The goal of the Church of Scientology is to improve society through our programs and activities and the active role we are taking in the world today.

The aims of the Scientology religion, as stated by Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard are:
"A civilization without insanity, without criminals and without war, where the able can prosper and honest beings can have rights, and where Man is free to rise to greater heights."
The Church welcomes inquiries from people who want to know about Scientology. Church officials have always sought to provide accurate information about Scientology to the media and the general public. Contact us if you have any additional questions.

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Social Improvement Programs & Activities: Official Church of Scientology Video

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Watch video about the Creed and goals of Scientology and learn about the social improvement programs supported by Scientologists. These activities include drug rehab & prevention programs, human rights information campaigns, literacy and study technology, disaster relief & volunteering, and the foundation to restore morality and human values

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Why is the Event or Events Considered to be a Part of Conspiracy?

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Why is the Event or Events Considered to be a Part of Conspiracy?

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There are many factors that play into conspiracy theories involving Scientology,  Operation Snow White is one conspiracy theory involving Scientology. In the 1970s, Scientology was being investigated by the FBI and its tax exempt status was being questioned by the IRS. In response to this, Scientologists around the world took government jobs to whitewash information on Scientology, which leads people to believe the fact that Scientology owns the IRS. Something I talked about previously was Narconon which is supposedly set up to get addicts off drugs but instead, participants pay lots of money to read L.Ron Hubbard books and would be given high doses of niacin and some participants would be converted to Scientology. There are also several conspiracy theories involving scientology and Clearwater involving Lisa McPherson who was in a car accident and acred erratically and was told she needed psychiatric help but was then picked up by Scientology officials who don't believe in psychiatry. Many churches were bought by Scientology and just given different names so people would join. There are now many scientology owned businesses in the town of Clearlake.

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There are some bizarre Scientology conspiracy theories floating around. Scientology's influence is rumored to have led John Travolta to make one of the worst movies known to mankind. Scientology may have destroyed Tom Cruise's marriage, if Katie Holmes truly left him to protect Suri from Scientology disciples. Do you think Scientology is weird or scary? These wild Scientology theories might get you there.

What are the worst things Scientology has done? This self-described, IRS-approved religion allegedly has some very dirty deeds in its closet. Read on to learn about 13 of the scariest Scientology conspiracies and conspiracy theories out there.

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The 13 Scariest (Believable) Scientology Conspiracy Theories

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There are some bizarre Scientology conspiracy theories floating around. Scientology's influence is rumored to have led John Travolta to make one of the worst movies known to mankind. Scientology may have destroyed Tom Cruise's marriage, if Katie Holmes truly left him to protect Suri from...

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There are many churches where Scientology is taught, including in Portland. But, there are Scientology centers or churches located all over the world and in virtually every city. But, the Church of Scientology International Flag Building is located in Clearwater, Florida which was opened to the public in 2013 and serves as the spiritual headquarters of Scientology.

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Official Church of Scientology: What is Scientology?

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The full body of knowledge that comprises the Scientology religion is contained in more than forty million spoken and written words on the subject-all by L. Ron Hubbard, the source and founder of Scientology.

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Stephen Kent who is a professor of Sociology at the University of Alberta, has studied and tracked Scientology since the 1980s. He has collected stories of confinement, sexual assault and coercion that was not known at the time throughout the churches. He states, "historically, most new religions die, it's fairly clear now that Scientology is on a downward path."

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Once thriving Church of Scientology faces extinction, says cult tracker

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Stephen Kent knew he'd become a threat when the Church of Scientology sent no fewer than 16 letters to University of Alberta administrators demanding he stop disparaging the church.

"They wrote letter after letter to different levels of administration-from the president on down-to curtail my activities, to silence me, to get me somehow sanctioned," said the sociologist and cult expert.

It's not surprising when you consider Kent has been tracking the tactics of the church since the early 1980s. As a post-doctoral fellow at McMaster University, he began collecting stories of confinement, sexual assault and coercion not widely known at the time.

Since then he's amassed one of the world's biggest collections of testimonials and documents on Scientology, and last year co-edited a book with former student Susan Raine, now a professor at MacEwan University, called Scientology in Popular Culture .

Kent has also become a top go-to expert for media commentary. Just last month he was quoted in the Irish Times when the newspaper discovered the church had sent thousands of pamphlets to Irish schools under the guise of a human rights organization-just one recent attempt in a concerted campaign to infiltrate Irish society and promote the doctrine of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.

But in Kent's view, the strategy may be just a desperate ploy to stay alive. There has been significant opposition to Scientology in Ireland, he said. The last census revealed its membership at just 87, reflecting a more global public relations crisis that has been plaguing the church for years.

"Historically, most new religions die, and it's fairly clear now that Scientology is on a downward path," said Kent.

The seeds of Scientology

The Church of Scientology was created by Hubbard in 1954, developed from ideas he presented a few years earlier in Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health . A form of self-help psychology, the book was a populist challenge to questionable psychiatric practices of the time, such as lobotomies and electroshock therapy.

Although the principles of Hubbard's therapeutic process have never been accepted by science, said Kent, they initially held considerable appeal as "the poor person's psychoanalysis."

Hubbard claimed people could free themselves of the trauma and neurosis associated with painful events of the past-what he calls engrams-by answering a series of questions in "auditing" sessions, the content tested by a lie detector, or e-meter. After enough of these sessions, so the theory goes, the debilitating engrams are erased, and the person reaches a state of being "clear," capable of fulfilling their full potential.

To avoid charges of practising medicine without a licence, Hubbard rebranded his pseudo-therapy as a religion-calling it Scientology-and proved adept at exploiting celebrity culture to promote it.

"Movie stars in Hollywood had significant status, and Hubbard realized these people influenced popular consumer trends," said Kent. "He figured out early on that getting media endorsements from key celebrities would be beneficial for his organization."

''70s, Scientology's membership exploded with the countercultural movement, emphasizing self-knowledge, spiritual fulfilment, a distrust of established medical science and aspirations towards world peace.

Celebrity backlash, secrets revealed

"Scientology had its heyday in the late '70s and early '80s," said Kent, "but then the controversy started," as stories started to leak about abuse within the movement and the exorbitant donations required of its members to reach higher levels of spiritual purity.

Much of Scientology's recent decline, however, can be attributed to a number of high-profile celebrity defections over the past decade, including by Canadian director Paul Haggis, singer Lisa Marie Presley and actors Leah Remini and Jason Beghe.

Remini especially has been a tenacious and vocal critic. First recruited at the age of nine, she left the church in 2013 and has since published a revealing memoir and hosted a documentary series called Scientology and the Aftermath, exposing many of the organizations failings.

But the main cause of Scientology's downfall, said Kent, is the growing influence of the Internet. "Critics started posting material-including some of the church's own confidential documents-and former members started telling their stories."

Some countries, such as Germany and France, have taken a firm stand against Scientology. The German government views it as an abusive sect masquerading as a religion, and France has classified it as a dangerous cult.

"With so much criticism of Scientology and so many of its secret documents available either in whole or in part, the impetus for continued membership is greatly diminished," said Kent.

The curious irony in all of this, he added, is that the trends Hubbard exploited so successfully when he created Scientology in the 1950s-emerging communications technology and the power of popular culture, especially celebrity recruitment-are the very forces conspiring against it now.

"Celebrities helped boost Scientology's image in its early days, and now they're helping to diminish its appeal internationally."

But beyond its image problem-documented in the 2015 HBO documentary Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief -the most destructive seeds of Scientology's demise were sown in its inception, said Kent. Based as it is on "fixed revelation," or the unalterable word of L. Ron Hubbard, Scientology is unable to change with the times and is therefore doomed.

One case in point is the inescapable homophobia that lies at the heart of the church, said Kent. Hubbard classified homosexuality as a sexual perversion, writing in that "the sexual pervert is actually quite ill physically.... He is very far from culpable for his condition, but he is also far from normal and extremely dangerous to society."

Since then, Scientology has tried to "backpedal and respin its position on homosexuality," said Kent, adding that nonetheless, "Hubbard's statements on it are fairly clear.

"Any group that has a fixed revelation has great difficulty adjusting to change," Kent explained. "What you see with the books is greatly upgraded glamorization of the covers and the marketing. But the content is still rooted in Hubbard in the '50s."

His doctrine is so fixed, in fact, that the Church of Scientology began transcribing his texts onto stainless steel plates in the 1980s, placing them in titanium capsules in underground vaults. Located in a remote desert location, the vaults are accessible only through a secured tunnel.

"Compare that with the Mormons, for example, who have a doctrine of ongoing revelation," said Kent. In 1890, for example, Latter-Day Saints president Wilford Woodruff received a revelation to ban polygamy, resulting in a policy change that partly made possible Utah's acceptance as a state in 1896. And in the 1970s, the Mormons abandoned their position that black people are branded with the mark of Cain.

"It's been able to adjust to the times," said Kent.

The Church of Scientology still has significant wealth, including lavish properties around the world, "but from what I can see, nobody is in them," said Kent. "And there are some that have closed down because they just don't have the staff."

In the end, the U of A never did cave to legal pressure from the church, said Kent.

"In all instances, university officials responded professionally and appropriately, and in no way interfered with my activities," he said.

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Once thriving Church of Scientology faces extinction, says cult tracker

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Stephen Kent knew he'd become a threat when the Church of Scientology sent no fewer than 16 letters to University of Alberta administrators demanding he stop disparaging the church. "They wrote letter after letter to different levels of administration-from the president on down-to curtail my activities, to silence me, to get me somehow sanctioned," said the sociologist and cult expert.

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