Scientology Media Information - Church of Scientology International

The Scientology Media Information - Church of Scientology International
Has an interesting story today on the Martin Luther King Jr. event in Los Angeles.

"A panel of government and community activists, moderated by Ms. Leisa Goodman, Human Rights Director of the Church of Scientology International, agreed that volunteerism is the key to improving our communities. They emphasized that community service is urgent to fight against racially-incited violence such as the recent shootings of three teenage girls, one of whom was slain, in Harbor Gateway, a neighborhood in the southern Los Angeles."

I couldn't say it better myself.

This posting by Jetteroheller says it all....

SCIENTOLOGY OPENS PROMINENT NEW CHURCH IN BERLIN
The Church of Scientology of Berlin opened its new home today in
Charlottenburg to over 5000 church members (including Academy Award
nominated actress Anne Archer and Jazz legend Chick Corea), government
officials and community leaders, with an invitation to all Berliners to
find out for themselves the answer to the inevitable question, “What is
Scientology?”

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The above is from the ScientologyToday.org announcement of the new Berlin Church, which seems to have everyone talking. Nasty politicians in Germany are pointing fingers at one another (especially the ones with their vested interests to protect) and the general public has just been pouring in to the building to find out what Scientology is all about. It has been at the top of Google.de news for the past 48 hours.

Now, that is where things get interesting — especially from a technical standpoint. There’s a curious problem that you get into when you’re trying to explain to someone what your religion is all about. You’re either very well versed in language, and can easily explain it in ways that someone can understand, and do this one-on-one, or you figure out a way to explain it much faster to more people.

Just try doing this for something like Shinto. What is it all about? You need to read a lot, and probably talk to some Shintos before you really grok it. Scientology is similar, in that you either have to talk to a Scientologist who’s in the know for some time, or just go in to this new Berlin organization.

Inside the organization are some of the niftiest displays and films that have been devised specifically to solve this problem. Explained at a Scientology event by Mr. David Miscavige — Chairman of the Board of Religious Technology Center, which is the holder of the Scientology & Dianetics trademarks — this organization includes panels that literally let anyone walk in, touch a screen, and then by themselves — with no input from others or person trying to explain anything — get a full explanation of the various facets and practices of Scientology.

You can see some of this here:

A gallery of photos from the grand opening of the Church of Scientology of Berlin is available at the Scientology Berlin website.

The screens there just let you walk up, and visually get an explanation of the various principles of Scientology - such as the A-R-C triangle, which the average person got introduced to during Tom Cruise’s wedding.

Mr. David Miscavige

Mr. David Miscavige is truly a humanitarian and leader who accomplishes effective actions towards world peace and freedom for man. He forwards the aims of the Scientology religion. Here is an article about an interview of Mr. Miscavige done by the St. Petersburg Times. www.sptimes.com/TampaBay/102598/scientologypart1.html

Firemen

I really respect firemen.

They put their lives at risk to save us and our property on a daily basis.

Even when not at risk they sure put themselves through hell.

About 16 years ago there were riots in LA and I remember how awful it was just having to be here with all the smoke and soot in the air. But these guys live through that ALL THE TIME!

So I have GREAT respect for anyone who is dedicated enough to make fire fighting their life's work.

Should We Permit It?

I saw something this holiday season I never noticed before in LA.

Friends told me they'd seen it over the past couple of years, and that it was imported from the East Coast.

Road Blocks on LA streets to check if people were drinking. Not just people who looked like they were drinking, but everyone!

In one way I think this is a pathetic violation of privacy.

On the other hand, if it saves lives, isn't it worth it?

What do you think?

New Description of Scientology

There's an excellent new description of Scientology on the Scientology web site -- a new section of the site about An Introduction to Scientology -- an interview with L. Ron Hubbard filmed for Rhodesian television in 1966.