L Ron Hubbard

The following parody, based on news accounts of semi-secret Scientology teachings, is offered as a cautionary tale as the LAUSD board ponders a proposal to create a 100-student charter school with instruction based on L. Ron Hubbard's teaching methods in the Sunland-Tujunga area: * "Good morning, class!" "GOOD MORNING, MISS DIANETIC! WE'RE ALL IN OUR PLACES WITH BRIGHT SHINY FACES!" "You certainly are! Why, I don't even need Mr. E-Meter's help to measure your galvanic skin response!

The controversial church that claims Tom Cruise, John Travolta and Priscilla Presley as members now can lay claim to a public street as well, with Tuesday's vote by the Los Angeles City Council to rename a one-block stretch of Berendo Street in Hollywood after L. Ron Hubbard.

Some neighbors of the Church of Scientology headquarters in Hollywood are opposing efforts to rename a one-block stretch of Tamarind Avenue between Franklin Avenue and Yucca Street in honor of L. Ron Hubbard, the church's late founder. City officials say they received a petition, dated May 26, to rename a portion of Tamarind "to honor author, educator and humanitarian L.

A 600-photo exhibition on the life of L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, is open to the public through Aug. 31 at the Church of Scientology in Hollywood. Tours of the "Images of a Lifetime" exhibition are offered from noon to 11:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 p.m. on weekends. For reservations, (213) 960-3100. The exhibition is sponsored by the Church of Scientology Celebrity Center International. It is at Franklin and Bronson avenues.

I finally realized what the basic thing wrong with your articles on Scientology is. You have taken the rare exception and portrayed it as the norm. Doing this causes an enormous distortion of the real situation. It is very unfair. The truth is that Scientologists, because of Scientology, are definitely generally brighter, cleaner, happier and more aware than the average person. They tend to be very strong individuals, capable of handling much larger areas of responsibility than most people.

Among its many adversaries, the Church of Scientology's longest-running feud has been with the Internal Revenue Service. So far, neither combatant has blinked. Over the past three decades, the IRS has revoked the tax-exempt status of various Scientology organizations, accusing them of operating in a commercial manner and of financially benefiting private individuals.

"Never treat a war like a skirmish. Treat all skirmishes like wars." --L. Ron Hubbard The Church of Scientology does not turn the other cheek. Ministers mingle with private detectives. "Sacred scriptures" counsel the virtues of combativeness. Parishioners double as paralegals for litigious church attorneys. Consider the passage that a prominent Scientology minister selected from the religion's scriptures, authored by the late L.