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Posted on: May 18, 2021 at 15:28:21 CT

Scientology followers believe that a human is an immortal, spiritual being (Thetan) that is resident in a physical body. The Thetan has had innumerable past lives and it is observed in advanced (and – within the movement – secret) Scientology texts that lives preceding the Thetan's arrival on Earth were lived in extraterrestrial cultures. Scientology doctrine states that any Scientologist undergoing "auditing" will eventually come across and recount a common series of events.[22] Part of these events include reference to an extraterrestrial life-form called Xenu. The secret Scientology texts say this was a ruler of a confederation of planets 70 million years ago, who brought billions of alien beings to Earth and then killed them with thermonuclear weapons; this forms the central mythological framework of Scientology's ostensible soteriology – attainment of the state known as "clear".

1. Scientology's founder was a science-fiction writer.

Scientology was founded by L. Ron Hubbard, a science fiction writer who holds the Guinness World Record for Most Published Works By One Author. The foundational texts of Scientology and the church's creation story, involve aliens. The church denies that it believes in aliens, however.
2. The founder of Scientology once told his wife he murdered their child.

Hubbard is an extremely controversial figure, particularly for exhibiting paranoid and abusive tendencies, which the church seems to have adopted as well.

Apparently when his second wife threatened to leave him, he kidnaped their daughter. He then called his wife and claimed he'd butchered the girl, but later called back and admitted she was still alive.
3. Members are pressured to talk about their sex lives.

Scientologists have to go through a process known as auditing, in which the church asks them extremely personal questions about their lives.

This seems to be a form of blackmail, as the church keeps detailed records of the proceedings and the questions often pertain to people's sex lives. If members ever want to leave the church, it can threaten to reveal this information.
4. Scientologists believe mental illness doesn't exist.

Hubbard believed that psychiatrists were evil and even characterized them as terrorists. Scientologists do not believe in psychology and are vehemently against using psychiatric medication.
5. There was apparently a Scientology "prison camp."

Previous members of the church have described what seems to be a Scientology "prison camp," which disobedient members were sent to for "re-indoctrination." At the camp, known as the Rehabilitation Project Force, people were forced to eat meager meals and do hard labor.
6. Jerry Seinfeld, among other celebrities, dabbled in Scientology.

In order to increase its power and status, Scientology actively seeks out celebrity members. Some of the more famous ones are Tom Cruise and John Travolta, but many celebrities have also left the church for various reasons.
7. The FBI investigated Scientology for human trafficking.

The church has been accused of enslaving members, The Telegraph reports. Indeed, there have often been allegations that it's nearly impossible to leave the church once you join.

There have also been reports of violence from church officials, all of which prompted the FBI to investigate the ways in which members might be controlled and coerced into staying.
8. Scientology is constantly preparing for the apocalypse.

Scientology is hardly the first religion to reference the apocalypse, but not every faith is building secret bunkers in the woods in preparation for it. These bunkers include nuclear-proof shelters and massive vaults with footage of Hubbard.
9. The church tried to censor Wikipedia.

Wikipedia has banned any organization affiliated with Scientology from editing its articles. The church has been accused of repeatedly attempting to remove information critical of it.

This should come as no surprise considering Scientology has a very antagonistic and repressive relationship with the media and Internet.
10. The church spied on Nicole Kidman at Tom Cruise's request.

Nicole Kidman's father was a psychologist -- a profession the church isn't too fond of -- so they reportedly began spying on her. At one point, the church supposedly wire-taped Kidman's phone.

All of this ultimately helped lead to Cruise and Kidman's divorce.