"There will be no billion dollar tax bill which we can't pay."
I enjoyed this video, and it touches on some things that I have observed for many years. I remember the broken Christian cross, and staff members wearing a Priest's collar, and shirt. I remember the big necklace with a cross that they'd wear. It was all a lie, a costume that did not reflect their beliefs, but to lure others into a comfort that would increase the chances of the cult to extract money from people who didn't see the various levels of fraud.
Another thing I noticed was that if you took a class, you're simply taking a class, but they'd call you a scientologist. That's not correct. If I had believed that yawning meant without a doubt that you had just read a word that you didn't understand, then I would be. It seemed to me, the entire game was a matter of indoctrination and personality alteration.
The foundation of scientology is money and slave labor. Today, it is focused on money and a huge real estate portfolio. The palatial buildings are bought with high-pressure donations, and then taken by the head of the cult. It has nothing at all to do with spirituality, or religion.
There are many reasons it is not a church, in reality. One reason is Private Inurement. That is when a church takes money, does not use it for social betterment, but uses it for personal expenditures.
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/what-is-private-inurement.html
Could scientology survive in any way, should they lose their non-profit status? I believe the answer is no. Property taxes, payroll, and lawsuits would kill it off completely in a year. This indicates that it's a scam, and not cherished and upheld willingly by society.
When they say that people of any religion are welcome, it's another level of fraud, just like wearing a Catholic Priest's collar. It is only there to get you to pay for books and classes. It's a disgrace. When the leader of the cult said: "There will be no billion dollar tax bill which we can't pay.", well, now he can. And I hope he loses that billion dollars to taxes, worker compensation, and lawsuits.