INTRODUCTION 

• Frequently Asked Questions
  Please read these Frequently Asked Questions if you have any questions regarding this site or its author. Also includes some debates with Scientologists.
• What Is Scientology?
• Scientology Illustrated
• Answers for Scientology kids
• What can you do to help?
• Baloney Detection Kit
• Some Copyright Considerations

WHAT IS GOING ON NOW? 

• A.r.s. Week In Review UPDATED WEEKLY!
  Summarizes the most significant postings from the usenet group alt.religion.scientology for the preceding week.
• Lisa McPherson Trust Literati Contest
  Read the winner essays of the 2000 LMT Literati Contest and the first annual Cartesian Award.
• Operation Clambake Keepsakes
  Get a t-shirt, mug or mouse pad with the www.xenu.net address on. All profit goes to help Scientology victims.
• The XENU Leaflet
  Consider using this leaflet against CoS. Available in several languages.
• PROJECT: The Disk Light Version
  A project to produce a light version of Operation Clambake to be distributed on one floppy disk.

L RON HUBBARD 

• Bare-Faced Messiah
  The true story of L. Ron Hubbard.
• The Hubbard is Bare
  Jeff Jacobsen's excellent essay. Where did Hubbard get his ideas from? Was he really the originator, or just a simple plagiarist?
• The H Files
  Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act we now have access to over 600 files the FBI has on L. Ron Hubbard.
• Hubbard And Clearwater
  Secret telexes from Hubbard to FSO in Clearwater. "The top tech org on the planet" was actually a mess per Hubbard's telexes.
• Ron The "War Hero"
  Inside the cult L. Ron Hubbard is attributed with a fantastic past and incredible insight, though most of it can be traced back to, and only verified by, L. Ron Hubbard himself. This is a closer look at his claims about being a war hero.
• Ron The Nut
  The biography of L. Ron Hubbard shows a man who was incapable of telling the truth: a pathological liar who hated and despised humanity; a sociopath caught between the conflicting desires to earn the admiration of humanity, and his desire to inflict great pain and misery upon those who ignored him and refused him his self-perceived due measure of honor and reverie.
• Documents of a Lifetime
  The uncensored L. Ron Hubbard papers.

THE TECH 

• A World Without... Welcome to the 21st Century! Join the author of this essay for a rocket ride around the world to see if Scientology is achieving its aim of a "world without war, crime and insanity," and what it would be like if it did. Welcome aboard and fasten your seatbelts!
• The Secret Library
  View the inner most secret scriptures of the Church of Scientology.
• Things To Keep In Mind
  Important quotes from actual policy letters you should keep in mind. You might be thinking "Why does a church need to have such strict policies for, it's not a military organization?" But then again, this is not your typical church.
• Scientology Grade Chart
  This is the official way "up the bridge". Would you buy a bridge from these people?
• The Techniques in Scientology
  Jon Atack explaining the basic techniques used in Scientology.
• Dianetic Therapy
  This paper is the only formal scientific study of Dianetic therapy in existence. Made by Harvey Jay Fischer in 1953.
• The Cost Of Scientology
  What does Scientology training and membership actually cost?
• The Personality Test
  The very debated test which often is the first meeting with Scientology. Includes the "correct" answers.
• The Scientology Comparative Theology Page
  A web site to promote the scholarly study of the religious beliefs of Scientology.
• Scientology Acronym/Terminology FAQ
  You will soon find out that Hubbard used a strange language, this FAQ is to help you understand it better.

THE ORG 

• The Sea Organization
  Documenting the history of the para-military "elite" Scientology organization.
• Scientology & Totalitarianism
  A very well argued and documented senior thesis looking at Scientology in terms of the totalitarian ideological model.
• Scientology vs. Orwell's 1984
  A former Scientologist compares the disturbing parallels between the book "1984" by George Orwell and Scientology.
• Scientology Audited
  An archive of critical research into Scientology. A must read.
• Scientology's Secret Service
  Uniquely for a "religion", the Church of Scientology has since 1955 organised systematic intelligence activities, including on occasions bugging, burglary, forgery, framing, infilitration and intimidation.
• ScienoSitter
  Read how cult members must accept extensive censoring for them to get "the freedom to access internet"!
• How many Scientologists are there?
  Some comments to the claim from CoS that they have 8 million members. Critics suspect they are about 50,000 worldwide.
• Scientology Photo Album
  Put some faces on the names inside CoS, see where the money goes and where it came from.
• Occupied Clearwater
  Since 1975, downtown Clearwater (Florida) has been under occupation by the Cult of Scientology. For more than two decades, the cult has waged a covert war against the government, citizens, and institutions of the city in an attempt to seize economic and political control of the region, and establish the first "Scientology city"
• Made for Propaganda
  CoS compares Germany today with how the 3rd Reich treated Jews. Let us see how Scientology compares to Nazism.
• Just like Hitler and Stalin
  An example of how CoS tries to edit history.
• The Scientology Homepage
  Take a look at how COS presents itself. Read both sides, form your own opinion, then ask why Scientologists don't dare linking to this page.

MAKING ENEMIES

• Enemy Names
  Who are the enemies of Scientology, how are they identified and what does the Church of Scientology plan to do with them? Here are the secret policy letters telling everything!
• Piercing the Corporate Veil
  How Scientology defrauded the IRS through an elaborate corporate shell game.
• Operation Foot Bullet
  Despite the "fantastic" technology developed by Hubbard, Scientologists somehow end up messing everything up.
• Dead Agenting on the Net
  "Scientology Parishioners Committee" (SPC) have put up a web site with Dead Agent packs on Scientology critics. See how Scientology responds to criticism.
• Scientology vs. Germany
  CoS claims "human rights abuses against Scientologists in Germany". Take a look at reality according to the Germans.
• Greece Uncovers Scientology
  Scientology has been thrown out of Greece! Some of the secret communication inside the cult was discovered when the greek police raided their offices.

COS AND THE LAW 

• Woods vs. Scientology
  Ex-Scientologist Bonnie Woods finally got justice after six years. She was being libelled by Scientology and in June 1999 Scientology totally capitulated in court!
• Is Scientology breaking the law?
  This page provides links to reports alleging that Scientology is breaking the law.
• Scientology Court Files
  A collection of court papers to help everybody involved in lawsuits against or from Scientology.
• What Judges Say About Scientology Quotes from judges and others about Scientology.

PERSONAL ACCOUNTS 

• Deaths at Flag
  Why are these people dead, Scientology?
• Tory's Story NEW!
  30 years on the front lines for Scientology, now out and here is her story!.
• Kathryn's Story
  A personal story on how CoS can mess you up.
• The Cheryl S Story
  This is a true story from inside the cult from 1977 to 1991.
• A Second Opinion
  Since this site was conceived Scientologists have been invited to add their opinions. A symbol links to such comments - when they exist.
• The Tech Runs its Course
  A commentary on the Lisa McPherson case.
• Dear Amanda...
  Amanda is a bright, engaging girl of 15. She, her older brother, and her mother are members of CoS. This web page is a cry from her dad.
• Comments from Scientologists
  Scientologists have several times been offered to add their comments to this site so that you could have easy access to both sides. Sadly few Scientologists are able to send me anything but undocumented allegation that this site distort the truth.
• More affidavits and personal stories

MEDIA ARCHIVE 

• Scientology Inside Out
  Any journalist who wants to investigate Scientology should read Robert Vaughn Young's Quill article. Young handled public relations and the media for L. Ron Hubbard and his Scientology empire for 20 years.
• The Fabulous Fifties
  Media coverage in the early, early years of Dianetics and Scientology
• The Radio & TV Vault
  A multimedia archive of the best TV and radio programs on Scientology.
• The Cult Of Greed
  The Time Magazine article from 1991 that really kicked things off.
• Scientology vs the Internet
  Free speech & copyright infringement on the information superhighway by Jim Lippard and Jeff Jacobsen.

BOOK SHELF 

• A Piece of Blue Sky
  The book that the cult tried to remove from amazon.com, now available on the net!
• The Scandal of Scientology
  Paulette Cooper's book; she was victim of the worst Dead Agenting attacks by the Church of Scientology ever. At least the worst we are aware of today...
• The Road to Xenu
  A narrative account of life in Scientology.
• My Nine Lives in Scientology
  Personal account from the inside of the cult.
• The Total Freedom Trap
  A highly-recommended book by Jon Atack.
• Scientology Booklist
  Lists most known books in English about Dianetics or Scientology.

WHERE TO GO FROM HERE 

• Resource Center for Freedom of Mind
  Get help from the famous cult expert, counselor and author Steven Hassan. Learn how you can help loved ones in cults by interacting. A good start is to order his book "Releasing The Bonds"
• Cult Information Centre
  CIC is concerned about the use of deceptive and manipulative methods used by cults to recruit and indoctrinate unsuspecting members of society.
• AFF Cult Group Information
  Information about cults, cultic groups and psychological manipulation.
• The Lisa McPherson Trust
  The Lisa McPherson Trust has been charged by the memory and suffering of Lisa McPherson and her family to be like the Surgeon General's report on cigarette packages and we will stick to the side of scientology as a WARNING to consumers that "scientology and all other destructive mind contol cults are dangerous to your health, your emotional well-being, your bank account and your very life."
• Dialog Center International
  A Christian organization with the famous cult expert dr. Johannes Aagaard as president. Regarded as a big enemy by CoS.
• FreeZone America
  Freezone is a loose affiliation of people who still believe in some of the ideas of Scientology auditing procedures, but who have left the formal structure of the cult in a type of Scientology reformation.
• ARS Web Page Summary
  The most extensive list of links regarding Scientology and Dianetics on the Internet.

ALWAYS REMEMBER TO LAUGH 

• The Clam FAQ - why we talk about clams and clambake
• National Lampoon - Diarrhetics (1989)
• The Scientology Cartoon Page
• Fun with scientologists and their critics
• Parody of Scientology web graphics
• The Orientation Film 2 and now 3 - two parody sequels of the Scientology film Orientation that the cult often show to newcomers