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Scientology 101 // Definitions and facts about Scientology

Title: Scientology 101 // Definitions and facts about Scientology
Date: Wednesday, 23 August 2006
Publisher: ABC News
Main source: abcnews.go.com

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A definition of Scientology is hard to pin down. Basically, it's a system of beliefs, teachings and rituals originally established as a secular philosophy by L. Ron Hubbard. His 1950 book Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, provided the core principles of what would later become Scientology. Scientologists regard the publication of the book as a seminal event, and celebrate its publication date — May 9, 1950 — as a religious holiday. A central belief of Scientology is that a ... [Read the rest at abcnews.go.com]