Category Archives: Scientology

Cult TV

Wow, it appears the ‘Church’ of Scientology has its own TV channel premiering in the next 24 hours.

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Petition vs. CoS

Sign the Change petition to revoke Scientology’s tax-exempt status.

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CoS Cult Leader Spied on His Dad

The LA Times reports that David Miscavige, leader of the CoS cult, hired two full time, round the clock, private dicks to follow his own father, after the latter left the cult: For 18 months private detectives tracked every move … Continue reading

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Lawrence Wright on Scientology’s “Broken Community”

From a Salon interview with reporter Lawrence Wright, whose book Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief has been made into a soon-to-be-released HBO documentary: SALON: Miscavige strikes me as a little bit more like Stalin than like the … Continue reading

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Nicole Kidman’s Phone was Tapped by CoS

Making the news cycle is this bit from the highly-anticipated documentary coming out about CoS: A former top official of the Church of Scientology says he ordered Nicole Kidman’s phones to be tapped at the suggestion of Tom Cruise and … Continue reading

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HBO To Make Film Of Scientology Book, Hires 160 Lawyers

For those enthralled with the inner workings of CoS, this is really good news: (CNN) — HBO is backing a documentary based on “Going Clear,” a book about Scientology and Hollywood — and isn’t taking any chances with the legal … Continue reading

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CoS: Disconnection

This story is only interesting in that it demonstrates the byzantine ways Scientology’s policy of ‘disconnection’ operates, and the even more byzantine ways its cult members rationalize to themselves their practices of disconnection.

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CoS: Camilla Andersson

Just another day in the annals of Scientology.

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Scientology: The Nth Degree of Harassment

The degree to which CoS will go out of their way to harass ex-members knows no bounds. Marty Rathbun is one of the highest level CoS defectors of the past 20 years: Scientology members allegedly set up high-tech surveillance cameras … Continue reading

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Edge of Tomorrow

Tom Cruise has yet another sci-fi-film-cum-Scientology-Analogue in the upcoming (and blandly named) film Edge of Tomorrow: Ever wonder what Hollywood might cook up it it ever crossed Groundhog Day with Predator? In Edge of Tomorrow, director Doug Limon (Mr. & … Continue reading

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