Scientology

Scientology is a set of beliefs and practices invented by American author L. Ron Hubbard. Various practices it maintains include , , the among .
Common beliefs that Scientology holds include reincarnationhttps://www.scientology.org/faq/scientology-beliefs/reincarnation.html and being caused by trauma.https://www.scientology.org/what-is-dianetics/basic-principles-of-scientology/engrams.html They claim that auditing can remove the "engrams".
Scientology is highly notorious for its controversies, some of which include involvement in illegal activitieshttps://casetext.com/case/united-states-v-hubbard-4, treatment of membershttps://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/is-scientology-a-dangerous-cult-1.917839 which ended in death for somehttps://www.tampabay.com/special-reports/2019/10/17/events-leading-to-the-death-of-scientologist-lisa-mcpherson/https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/JeremyPerkins/index.htmlhttps://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Fishman/time-behar.html, its "Attack the Attacker" policyhttps://www.suppressiveperson.org/1966/02/25/hcopl-attacks-on-scientology-3/, and their personality tests, one of which caused Kaja Ballo, the daughter of Olav Gunnar Ballo, a Norwegian member of parliament, to commit suicide in 2008.https://www.dagbladet.no/kultur/boka-om-datterens-selvmord-ble-bestselger/65209764
==History==
In 1938, Hubbard wrote an unpublished manuscript called Excalibur, containing ideas that were later incorporated into Scientology.https://culturacolectiva.com/en/art/books/excalibur-ron-hubbard-forbidden-book-madness/ He soon published Dianetics — The Modern Science of Mental Health in 1950. Several other books soon followed, as Scientology started to gain more adherents.
In 1963, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration raided the Original Founding Church of Scientology and seized approximately 100 of the Church's E-metershttps://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/scientology/, which were electronic devices that displays the electrodermal activity of a human, or simply auditing. They were regarded as illegal medical devices, and are now required to carry a disclaimer saying that they are a "purely religious artifact".
In 1965, several Australian states banned the Church of Scientology. The bans were based on the Anderson Report, which found that the auditing process involved "command" hypnosis, in which the hypnotist assumes "positive authoritative control" over the patient."https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Cowen/audit/ar18.html
On January 24, 1986, Hubbard died in his California home.https://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/29/obituaries/l-ron-hubbard-dies-of-stroke-founder-of-church-of-scientology.html
In June 1992, the Church of Scientology is found guilty on two counts of breach of the public trust in Ontario, Canada in R. v. Church of Scientology of Toronto.https://culteducation.com/group/1284-scientology/24617-scientology-history-in-toronto-part-10-.html
In 1995, Lisa McPherson, a Scientologist, after being placed under the care of the Church's Flag Service Organization (FSO) in Clearwater, Florida.https://www.tampabay.com/special-reports/2019/10/17/events-leading-to-the-death-of-scientologist-lisa-mcpherson
On January 14, 2008, a video created by the Church of Scientology was posted on YouTube featuring Tom Cruise talking about various Scientology topics including "Keeping Scientology Working".https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFBZ_uAbxS0 This is not the official video but a reupload YouTube later removed the Cruise video from their site under threat of litigation. As a result, The Church of Scientology issued a copyright violation claim against YouTube for hosting material from the Cruise video, resulting in the formation of by 711chan.org, 4chan, partyvan.info wiki, and several Internet Relay Chat channels, all part of a hacker group known as .
==Channel==
The channel was created on September 19, 2006, and the first video was uploaded on April 3, 2008.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUXR0XgmDNg The channel uploads videos of Scientologists, series related to Scientology, and educational videos on it.
==References==
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