The Church of Scientology

Movement·Founded 1954 CE·Sharply disputed. The church has claimed membership in the millions. National census counts and independent surveys return figures two to three orders of magnitude lower, and the church does not publish auditable numbers.

The Church of Scientology

Church of Scientology InternationalThe recordThe Anderson Report (1965) — full text of the Victorian Board of InquiryThe recordScientology and the IRS — the litigation and closing-agreement documents

Branch
Overview Belief 3How to Live 1Practice 1Stories & Scripture 1Community 1 You × The Church of Scientology Discussion

Figures

who it looks to — gods, spirits, ancestors; some rooms are empty on principle Part of Belief →
L L. Ron Hubbard — the Founder. Pulp writer, naval officer, and author of the whole technical corpus. He withdrew from public life in 1980 and died in 1986; no one may alter what he wrote. Domain Dianetics, the technology, the whole corpusStanding Not divine and not worshipped — the source of the technology, whose word settles disputes about it Meet them — context →

Numbers count Panfaith activity only — never real-world adherence.

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