Location |
1007 6th Street, Sacramento, CA |
Hours |
Monday through Friday from 9:00am to 10:00pm |
Saturday through Sunday from 9:00am to 6:00pm |
Phone |
(916) 448-5891 Downtown/Midtown, (916) 925-2545 Ethan Way |
Website |
http://www.scientology-sacramento.org |
Established |
1954 |
Scientology is an applied religious philosophy founded by L. Ron Hubbard.
It is referred to as an applied religious philosophy as no one is asked to accept anything on belief or faith. Rather one studies the writings and works out how they can apply the philosophy to their life and observe the results for themselves.
Scientology is an applied religious philosophy in the oldest traditions of religion in its recognition of the human spirit. It holds certain fundamental truths that man is an immortal spiritual being with experiences that extend well beyond one lifetime, and its goal is the attainment of one’s own understanding that he is himself a spirit.
There are presently more than 7,700 Churches, Missions, and groups in 164 countries worldwide.
In 1993 the Internal Revenue Service granted full religious exemption to the church after an extensive and thorough examination of its records confirming the Church’s religious nature, at least as far as the IRS is concerned.
The founder, L. Ron Hubbard, is a widely published author as evidenced by his recent inclusion into the Guinness Book of World Records with two awards as the most published and most translated author of all time. There are also hate groups that are critical of Scientology as well, like http://www.freedommag.org/freedom-news/another-anonymous-scientology-hate-group-member-sentenced-in-new-york.html
Protests
On February 10th, 2008, there were protests both silent and visible against the Church of Scientology in Davis and throughout the world.
- Details here at; http://www.freedommag.org/freedom-news/another-anonymous-scientology-hate-group-member-sentenced-in-new-york.html
There are a couple of places that people protested: Sac and SF.
- Scientology.org — Official church site.
- http://www.religiousfreedomwatch.org/media-newsroom/anonymous-hate-group-member-sentenced-new-york/
- Scientology — Wikipedia entry.