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The Free Zone is various groups and individuals who practice Scientology beliefs and techniques free from the control of the official Church of Scientology. Such practitioners range from those who closely adhere to the original teachings of Hubbard to those who have changed their practices to be almost unrecognisable as Scientology. A Scientology Center on Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. ...
This article examines the beliefs and practices of Scientology as taught by the Church of Scientology. ...
Official Scientology Cross Symbol The Church of Scientology is a new religious movement founded by the late author L. Ron Hubbard. ...
In spite of the controversy surrounding the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard, the Free Zone believes the auditing process and other techniques used in Dianetics and Scientology offer genuine benefits. An official Church of Scientology portrait of L. Ron Hubbard, circa 1970 Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986), better known as L. Ron Hubbard, was a prolific American author and the controversial founder of Dianetics and Scientology. ...
// Beliefs Core beliefs and central tenets of Scientology The core beliefs of Scientology involve The spiritual nature of men and mankind. ...
Dianetics is put forward as a therapy to alleviate unwanted sensations and emotions, irrational fears and psychosomatic illnesses. ...
The Usenet newsgroup alt.clearing.technology is one of many discussion groups used by members to discuss their practices. There are also several Yahoo! groups used by individuals who consider themselves Free Zone. Usenet is a distributed Internet discussion system that evolved from a general purpose UUCP network of the same name. ...
A newsgroup is a repository usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from many users at different locations. ...
Free Zone was originally used only by the organization founded by "Captain" Bill Robertson in 1982 (now known as Freie Zone e.V or the Free Zone Association), but is now commonly applied to all non-CoS Scientologists, although many dispute the application of the term to themselves. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Church of Scientology and the Free Zone The Church views "rogue" Scientologists with even more disdain than those who dismiss Hubbard's teachings outright. It lumps all practitioners and believers of unsanctioned Scientology as "squirrels" — a term Hubbard coined to describe those who alter Scientology "technology" or practice it in a nonstandard fashion. This word is comparable in meaning to heretic. In practice, orthodox Scientologists use it to describe all Scientologists who practice outside the Church regardless of their adherence to the technology. This usage is at odds to Hubbard's original meaning of the word. A lot of "squirrels" are former Church members who left the Church for various reasons -- the Church frequently states they were dismissed for "unethical activities", but many observers say that because of the different meaning ethics has in Scientology, this merely translates to a general accusation they did something the Church viewed as bad for Scientology. Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the ‘catholic’ or orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. ...
This article examines the beliefs and practices of Scientology as taught by the Church of Scientology. ...
The Church has taken steps to suppress Free Zone and shut it down when possible. It has used copyright and trademark laws to attack various Free Zone factions. Because of this, the Free Zone avoids the use of officially trademarked Scientology words, including Scientology itself.
Many Free Zone advocates claim everyone has the right to freely practice the teachings of L. Ron Hubbard, whether sanctioned by the Church or not. In support of their thinking, they cite Hubbard himself:
- "Dianetics is not in any way covered by legislation anywhere, for no law can prevent one man sitting down and telling another man his troubles, and if anyone wants a monopoly on dianetics, be assured that he wants it for reasons which have to do not with dianetics but with profit."
—L. Ron Hubbard, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health ( 1950) Others invoke a human right to freely follow one's chosen religion. 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Some Scientologists who are former or inactive members of the Church consider it to be a "squirrel group" because, in their opinion, the Church does not strictly apply the writings of L. Ron Hubbard.
Controversy over the origins of the word Scientology has given Free Zone a way to contest Scientology's trademarks. They note a German book published in 1934 entitled Scientologie by Dr. Anastasius Nordenholz (as opposed to Hubbard's Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought, published in 1953), which they use as the basis of their challenge to Scientology's trademark claims. Because Scientologie was not written by Hubbard, they argue, the Church is exerting unfair control over its practice, and attempting to enforce a monopoly. So far, legal efforts to challenge Scientology have failed; some believe this is due to the fearsome tactics used by Scientology's lawyers (see Scientology and the legal system for more details). The following are trademarks, service marks, and/or collective membership marks that the Church of Scientology and affiliated organizations claim to own, some of which are registered in some nations. ...
1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Scientologie is a philosophy presented by German Dr. Anastasius Nordenholz, in his book Scientology: Science of the Constitution and Usefulness of Knowledge in 1934. ...
1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ...
In economics, a monopoly (from the Greek monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a kind of product or service. ...
The Church of Scientology has made extensive use of the legal system to defend itself and attack its perceived enemies, including both critics and those who apply the teachings of Scientology outside of the Church (such as the Free Zone). ...
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International Organizations (alphabetical)
Regional Organizations
Other links
Criticism of the Free Zone - "The Truth About Tommy Thompson" - Founder of ICAUSE (a Freezone Group)
- "Freezone Survivors Association"
- "Psychiatry in the Free Zone", an online book alleging connections between the Free Zone and psychiatry. English and Russian versions.
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