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Scientology's Soul Man

Title: Scientology's Soul Man
Date: Monday, 11 August 2008
Publisher: Washington Post
Author: David Waters
Main source: newsweek.washingtonpost.com

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Thank goodness Isaac Hayes wrote "Soul Man" before he became a Scientologist. Whatever would have become of Sam and Dave or the Blues Brothers if they had belted out a song called "Thetan Man"? According to beliefs promoted by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, the immortal soul – or "thetan" – passes from one body to the next through reincarnations over trillions of years. When a person dies, Hubbard said, the thetan goes to a landing station on Venus where it ... [Read the rest at newsweek.washingtonpost.com]