While Scientology shares much in common with other religions as regards basic religious concepts and a mandate to improve society, the most valuable asset Scientology offers is an actual technology for achieving greater spiritual awareness. Moreover, while many religions promise salvation in the hereafter, Scientology offers certainty of eternal salvation now. Then, too, Scientology makes it possible for any religion to attain its goals and is therefore a religion of religions. Read more
Not too far into the New Year to formulate some resolutions. One of mine—yet unspoken—is to cool it on politics. I’m actually quite interested in the subject, but also find it completely maddening…that some people…could…AAUUUGGGHHHH! OK, I’ll try that again. Sometimes it surprises me that politicians get away with saying certain things that are so obviously false and that the media reports things that are so obviously false, but no one ever seems to call people on it. And it... Read more
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — After its grand opening over the weekend, the Church of Scientology offered the media a closer look at its new Sacramento location on Monday after a transition that took eight years to complete. They took great care to preserve the exterior facade of the historic building on J and 6th streets. Inside it’s completely different, gutted and renovated from top to bottom. The building, formerly the Ramona Hotel, is six stories and 58,000 square feet. “It’s a... Read more
By Jennifer Garza jgarza@sacbee.com Published: Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 – 12:00 am | Page 2B It took two years and about $10 million, but the 12,000 local members of the Church of Scientology in Sacramento have a new house of worship. The new Church of Scientology of Sacramento is a seven-story building at the site of the Old Ramona Hotel on the corner of Sixth and J streets. Inside can be found a chapel, multiple seminar rooms, classrooms, dozens of rooms for auditing or spiritual... Read more
By Jennifer Garza jgarza@sacbee.com Visitors are invited to see the new 57,000-square-foot Church of Scientology of Sacramento at Sixth and J streets. Church officials held a grand opening Saturday. The facility is at the Old Ramona Hotel, which has been renovated. More than 2,400 people attended, including Mayor Kevin Johnson, who said the restored building will help revitalize downtown. The new church will serve 12,000 members locally. It has a chapel for congregational gatherings, Sunday services and religious ceremonies. There... Read more
| SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA • JANUARY 28, 2012 | California’s capital celebrated the grand opening of the new Church of Scientology of Sacramento on Saturday, January 28. The dedication ceremony was attended by more than 2,500 Scientologists, guests and city, state and national officials. The Church’s new home, located just blocks from the State Capitol, is one of the city’s most prominent architectural landmarks. Originally opened in 1930 as the Ramona Hotel and designed by California’s first state architect, the building is... Read more
| HAMBURG, GERMANY • JANUARY 21, 2012 | On January 21, 2012, the Church of Scientology of Hamburg newly opened its doors to the city in a dedication ceremony attended by 1,500 Scientologists, guests and dignitaries. The grand opening marked the culmination of a transformation of the seven-story Church into an Ideal Church of Scientology (Ideal Org) to better meet the needs of Hamburg’s growing Scientology congregation and the community at large. In her commemorative statement, Ms. Pia Michel, Executive Director of... Read more
Reprinted from http://www.goddiscussion.com/ According to the Church of Scientology, there is an unprecedented worldwide demand for the knowledge of Dianetics and Scientology. It is touting its state of the art Bridge Publications and New Era Publications printing operations, which it says are the world’s largest all-digital,print-on-demand facilities (see video above). To bring the works of L. Ron Hubbard to the world, the church operates Bridge Publications in Los Angeles, a facility that is 270,000 square feet and covers an entire city block.... Read more
Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy is the new culture he inspired, that has evolved over the 44 years since his death. In homage to the man, here is a video on the right to assembly–the right that was denied him and those who marched with him–the right with which he spearheaded one of the most important and significant movements of modern times. Read more
Bridge Publications is the world’s largest all-digital, print-on-demand publishing house. These new facilities can print 500,000 books and 925,000 compact discs a week. Since release of the Dianetics and Scientology Basic Books and Lectures in 2007, Scientologists have flooded into their churches in greater numbers than ever. Demand for the materials has grown exponentially and, as parishioners have progressed through those books and lectures, the numbers of new people coming in to find out about Scientology have likewise grown. Indeed,... Read more
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