Cult of Scientology is coming to Detroit

[JBMcB]

From what I've gleaned from various documentaries:

For the church to maintain it's nonprofit status with the IRS [[and prevent a 10s to 100s of millions of dollars tax bill) they need to show they are spending money on "church operations" and not just funding really nice lifestyles for it's CEOs. So every few years they renovate some office space into a new "org" which is what they call a church. There's a big grand opening party, some people show up for it, then the office is left mostly empty as there aren't that many people in the church itself. At least they are pretty good at maintaining their properties.

[Meddle]

So every few years they renovate some office space into a new "org" which is what they call a church.

Perhaps they meant 'ork' or 'egg', or maybe 'org' is a morph of the two?

[canuck]

Perhaps they meant 'ork' or 'egg', or maybe 'org' is a morph of the two?

They spend a whole lot of time thinking about stuff like that. Remember that for them, it is crucial that people believe in a system that seems logical. They resort to the rational side of the brain and use every possible angle to lure potential members. In that view, they put forth believable elements like the fiction you evoke where the character Mork is dressed in a red jumpsuit and silver gloves and boots breaking out of a giant egg. It is hard for any reasonable human to resist this kind of strong visual content.