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> Russia's security service has raided over a dozen locations linked to the Church of Scientology in the latest step of a long-running battle between authorities and the US-based organisation.
> The Federal Security Service said officers "Conducted simultaneous searches" at 14 addresses in Moscow and St Petersburg as part of an apparent investigation into alleged illegal business dealings by the Church of Scientology in Russia's second city.
> "Objects and documents were found and seized that proved the version of the investigators about the marketing functions for goods and services of the Church of Scientology of Saint Petersburg in violation of the law," a statement carried by Russian news agencies said.
> Last November a Russian court banned the activities of the Moscow branch of the Church of Scientology after authorities argued in part that since it had registered its name as a US trademark, it cannot call itself a religious organisation.
> The Scientology church was founded in the United States in 1954 by science-fiction writer L Ron Hubbard and was accorded the status of religion there in 1993.
> The European Court of Human Rights has several times ruled in favour of the church, saying that Russia violated its rights by refusing to register its churches in various regions.
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... keep reading on reddit ➡I'm just curious. I don't have a company, I was just curious because I recently found out that apparently scientologists bought Neopets.
I dislike the actions of the organization itself and was curious if this would fall under the category of discrimination on the basis of religion in the United States given their status as a religion there that is not the case in other countries(off the top of my head, Germany).
please note this is not in regards to selling to a member of the church, just the church itself.
this is a very dumb brain-addled question. I am rather sleep-deprived.
And truly multicultural! If you cared about them and really wanted them to have that experience, this is obvious.
But you won’t do that because your thirst for relevancy is too strong. It’s actually remarkable how egotistic these people are.
I've always been a bit confused about Scientology and it's core principles. Since Scientology isn't a mainstream religion it's not always the easiest to learn about Scientology.
Are there any former Scientologists here? Or anyone knowledgeable in Scientology?
Please share your knowledge.
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https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/john-travoltas-latest-movie-the-fanatic-makes-a-mere-3153
Crossing my fingers, yes! I'd actually written the show and said it helped break my shelf and I hoped they could do a show on Mormonism. Has anyone heard anything through the grapevine?
This is for my class about new religious movements. How long after you joined the organization did they start asking you for money? Did they use devious tactics to get you to pay more? Were there other ways of moving up in the ranks besides paying money? Did you have a hard time leaving the organization? I appreciate any info you have to give. Hearing from people with personal experience with Scientology would be extremely beneficial to my research.
If you watch the leaked orientation videos from Scientology it is obviously a real estate time-sharing marketing pitch. They show you all the amazing places you can go, even a cruise ship, if you only donate enough money to the "church".
