Super Dude….so true! Scotty drinks….. but he never buys a round!

Note: Just taking their money (KSW) is NOT HELPING THEM!

So then…Could or would he IRS “reverse it’s decision” and revoke 501(c)3 status…….hmmm….OR…..Will HELL have to freeze over first??

You are right Robert.

The IRS recognized scientology and its affiliated organizations as 501(c)3 religious charitable organizations (there are different categories).

The IRS does not per se make a pronouncement that an organization is a religion — they make a determination that it fulfills the criteria they have for exempt status under the category of a religious organization. It is a subtle distinction.

What is so strange is that there is a US Supreme Court decision (Hernandez v Commissioner) that ruled donations to scientology were not deductible as they were a quid pro quo transaction. The IRS reversed this determination and determined they WERE deductible, because if the “donations” were quid pro quo they could not grant charitable status.

Bingo Cindy. What else can it be.

Even after you get “out” of Scientology, the family destruction indoctrination (disconnect or hit anyone who disagrees with you the “Scientologist in good standing”) lingers on and on for years until you have a real “come to Jesus meeting” with yourself to realize that LRH is and was the source of family destruction and not DM or the ethics officer, etc..they are the foot soldiers.

I agree, Mark Fulton. They have plenty of money to fight. So it could be that they go out with a whimper and not a bang. In other words, continuous shrinkage concurrent with continuous, preposterous lying about how well they’re doing, until, well, I suppose, until, in one org after another, no one is left. We’ll have to wait and see.

I believe the IRS did not recognize them as a “Church”. They only gave them 501c charity status, but tax wise, I think it is about the same as a church. I might be wrong about that, but that’s what I recall. Where would they be without the IRS? A better question is, where would David Miscabbage be if the IRS had not caved??. Answer: selling used cars in San Diego.

I wonder what the reason was.

He did?? Really? Did Mike squash him like a bug? Can one read that link?