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Related: About this forumScientology headquarters in Detroit opens in secretive ceremony
Hundreds of Scientologists from across the country flowed into downtown Detroit on Sunday morning to celebrate the new church in a freshly-renovated building at the corner of Griswold and West Jefferson.
Although famous member Tom Cruise didn't appear in the crowd, some attendees hailed from as far as New Jersey and Georgia, clad in suits, leather jackets and scarfs to fight off the October cold.
Security and lips were tight. Members sported wristbands to show they had been invited. Large signs reading "DETROIT" blocked off the street view of an ornate stage, complete with a towering cross, while security guards patrolled the grounds of 1 Woodward to block entry from that side.
More than 10 attendees declined to speak to the Free Press, but others offered a few insights into the day's fanfare. Alan Kellman, who works as a lawyer in the Penobscot building and has been a Scientologist since the 1970s, said that the new building could help Scientology reach millennials and other Detroiters who are joining in on downtown's revitalization.
The 88-year-old building itself, Kellman said, is also worthy of Scientology.
"The teachings of Scientology are way up here," Kellman said, gesturing to the sky. "Now the building is coming up to par so that we can attract the whole spectrum of people out there to see us."
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/10/14/scientology-church-detroit-opens/1641323002/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Although famous member Tom Cruise didn't appear in the crowd, some attendees hailed from as far as New Jersey and Georgia, clad in suits, leather jackets and scarfs to fight off the October cold.
Security and lips were tight. Members sported wristbands to show they had been invited. Large signs reading "DETROIT" blocked off the street view of an ornate stage, complete with a towering cross, while security guards patrolled the grounds of 1 Woodward to block entry from that side.
More than 10 attendees declined to speak to the Free Press, but others offered a few insights into the day's fanfare. Alan Kellman, who works as a lawyer in the Penobscot building and has been a Scientologist since the 1970s, said that the new building could help Scientology reach millennials and other Detroiters who are joining in on downtown's revitalization.
The 88-year-old building itself, Kellman said, is also worthy of Scientology.
"The teachings of Scientology are way up here," Kellman said, gesturing to the sky. "Now the building is coming up to par so that we can attract the whole spectrum of people out there to see us."
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/10/14/scientology-church-detroit-opens/1641323002/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
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Scientology headquarters in Detroit opens in secretive ceremony (Original Post)
demmiblue
Oct 2018
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defacto7
(13,485 posts)1. Strange. Something similar on a smaller scale
happened in Salt Lake City about a year ago. A newly renovated building near downtown opened as the new Scientology center. The difference is there was a lot of hoopla, media production crews.. they made a big deal of it. But no nons allowed and no local advertising that I know of. Now it just sits there practically motionless. I never see anything happening there.
Funtatlaguy
(10,877 posts)2. Crazy liars that abuse people. Should be shut down.
FakeNoose
(32,639 posts)3. Scientology is not a religion - they don't deserve taxfree status
I hope this gets challenged soon because they are getting away with way too much fraud.
Haggis for Breakfast
(6,831 posts)4. Scientology is A CULT.
Pure and simple.
It sickens me that they get tax-exempt status.
All the more reason to fight to keep the separation of "church" and state intact.