In the late 1940s, pulp writer L. Ron Hubbard declared:
"Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion"
-Reader's Digest reprint, May 1980, p.1...
He later created the Church of Scientology...
10. We believe in the literal gathering of
Israel? and in the restoration? of the Ten
Tribes; that Zion? (the New Jerusalem)
will be built upon this the American continent; that Christ will reign
personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its
paradisiacal glory
The Vietnamese government plans to build a war memorial on the site of Tam Toa
church.
According to the Catholic News Agency, the authorities in Dong Hoi are openly
trying to create a “no Catholic zone” in the city. Hundreds of Catholic families
have now fled due to growing anti-Catholic sentiment.