 | L. Ron Hubbard |
There
is a holiday unique to the Scientology religion, celebrated in
Scientology churches and missions around the world every year: March 13th — L. Ron Hubbard's Birthday.
Mr. Hubbard left behind a legacy of technology
that anyone can learn and use to accomplish greater happiness, ability
and spiritual freedom. It is because of this body of knowledge that The Aims of Scientology
can be accomplished: "A civilization without insanity, without
criminals and without war, where the able can prosper and honest beings
can have rights, and where man is free to rise to greater heights."
Scientology churches and missions are
dedicated to accomplishing these aims and when they gather to honor
Ron, part of the celebration is a tradition that dates back to the
1970's called the LRH Birthday Game. Churches and missions around the
world compete with one another, and those with greatest expansion and
progress toward these aims are awarded as the year's "Birthday Game
winners."
This event is held each year in
Clearwater, Florida, the Scientology "Mecca" — the spiritual
headquarters of the religion. And this year is no exception.
On March 17th this year, at
Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida, thousands of Scientologists
will gather to honor the founder of their religion, get brought
up-to-date on news from around the world and cheer the churches and
missions announced as the winners of this year's game.
But they will certainly not be the only
ones to hear all the great news. In fact Golden Era Productions, a
division of Church of Scientology International, will film and edit the
event and get it to Los Angeles where it will be watched the following
evening by thousands of Scientologists and their friends at the Shrine
Auditorium.
Meanwhile, church staff in translations
units around the world will undertake the enormous job of making the
entire event available in 18 languages in time to get it shipped to
every church and mission the world over. They, in turn, will show it at
their own events, most of which are scheduled for the following weekend
on the 24th or 25th of March.
But this is certainly not all they will
see. There are surprises planned that promise to eclipse any
International Scientology event of the past. And you can read all about
it here after the event has taken place!
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