Write a science fiction story where: Aliens are included somehow

2. Write a science fiction story where: Aliens are included somehow The minds of people are part of the central idea A religion is formed Thousands of dollars are at stake There is a particular human as the main character of the story A conspiracy theory is involved Weird rituals play an important role …oh! And the machine on the image is utterly important!

4. Scientology is a body of beliefs and related practices created by L. Ron Hubbard (1911–1986), starting in 1952, as a successor to his earlier self-help system, Dianetics. Hubbard characterized Scientology as a religion, and in 1953 incorporated the Church of Scientology in Camden, New Jersey. Scientology teaches that people are immortal beings who have forgotten their true nature. Its method of spiritual rehabilitation is a type of counseling known as auditing, in which practitioners aim to consciously re-experience painful or traumatic events in their past in order to free themselves of their limiting effects. Study materials and auditing courses are made available to members in return for specified donations.  Scientology is legally recognized as a tax-exempt religion in the United States and some other countries, and the Church of Scientology emphasizes this as proof that it is a bona fide religion. In other countries, notably France, Germany and the United Kingdom, Scientology does not have comparable religious status.

5. A large number of organizations overseeing the application of Scientology have been established, the most notable of these being the Church of Scientology. Scientology sponsors a variety of social service programs. These include the Narconon anti-drug program, the Criminon prison rehabilitation program, the Study Tech education methodology, a volunteer organization, a business management method, and a set of moral guidelines expressed in a booklet called The Way to Happiness. The Church of Scientology is one of the most controversial new religious movements to have arisen in the 20th century. It has often been described as a cult that financially defrauds and abuses its members, charging exorbitant fees for its spiritual services. The Church of Scientology has consistently used litigation against such critics, and its aggressiveness in pursuing its foes has been condemned as harassment.  Further controversy has focused on Scientology's belief that souls ("thetans") reincarnate and have lived on other planets before living on Earth. Former members say that some of Hubbard's writings on this remote extraterrestrial past, included in confidential Upper Levels, are not revealed to practitioners until they have paid thousands of dollars to the Church of Scientology. Another controversial belief held by Scientologists is that the practice of psychiatry is destructive and abusive and must be abolished.

6. Are you sometimes completely unable to enter the spirit of things? Do you usually criticize a film or show that you see or a book that you read? If you saw an article in a shop obviously mistakenly marked lower than its correct price, would you try to get it at that price? Can you see the other fellow’s point when you wish to? Are you prejudiced in favor of your own school, college, club or team, etc.? Does the youth of today have more opportunity than that of a generation ago? Can you get quite enthusiastic over “some simple little thing? Are you perturbed at the idea of loss of dignity? Do you openly and sincerely admire beauty in other people? Would you use corporal punishment on a child aged ten if it refused to obey you?

8. The Church of Scientology restricts the use of the E-meter to trained professionals, treating it as "a religious artifact used to measure the state of electrical characteristics of the 'static field' surrounding the body". The meter is believed to reflect or indicate whether or not a person has been relieved from spiritual impediment of past experiences.It can only be used by Scientology ministers or ministers-in-training and does not diagnose or cure anything.

9. First Nicolas Cage, now John Travolta: Is this a photo of the Grease star in 1860? (Scientologists do believe in reincarnation) He is a member of the Church of Scientology, which believes in reincarnation and asks some members to sign one billion year contracts of service. And one photograph collector in Ontario, Canada, claims he has found a picture of John Travolta from a previous incarnation in 1860. The 150-year-old photo of a man who looks remarkably like Travolta has been put up for sale on eBay. 'I've had this interesting photograph for years and I've been unable to part with it,' the seller said on the auction site. 'When you look at it and into the eyes of the sitter you will see what I mean!

10. 'I believe this is the photograph of a very young John Travolta taken around 1860... This is a ruby glass ambrotype photograph and it is one of a kind. 'It hasn't been changed, tampered with or altered in anyway. It is clear and is as nice as the day it was taken roughly 151 years ago. The photo is listed at $50,000 or nearest offer, and while it has a large price tag comes with free shipping and gift wrapping. The listings comes after another antique dealer joked that he has a photo that is proof Nicolas Cage is more than just an a-list actor - he’s also a vampire who lived during the American Civil War. The eBay seller claims to have a 4” by 2.5” carte de visite photo from around 1870 of a man who looks exactly like the 47-year-old star of Con Air, Ghost Rider and The Rock. The seller, who has put the starting price at $1million, says the photo is 100 per cent genuine and was taken of a man who lived in Bristol, Tennessee, around the time of the Civil War. 

11. The man who put the photo on eBay is Jack Mörd, of Seattle, Washington, whose Facebook page says he is originally from Los Angeles, California, and owns ‘The Thanatos Archive’. 'My theory is that he allows himself to age to a certain point, maybe 70, 80 or so, then the actor “Nicolas Cage” will “die”,’ MrMörd joked. ‘But in reality, the undead vampire “Nicolas Cage” will have rejuvenated himself and appeared in some other part of the world, young again, and ready to start all over.’ The picture was found in the back of an album that contained many unusual death portraits from the Civil War era - but the Nicolas Cage lookalike was not identified by name, MrMörd said. He has a 100 per cent positive feedback rating on eBay and his profile says he is interested in collecting and selling Victorian Era post-mortem photography, as well as other vintage pictures.

12. The eBay product description for ‘Nicolas Cage is a Vampire / Photo from 1870 / Tennessee’ says: ‘Original c.1870 carte de visit showing a man who looks exactly like Nick Cage.  ‘This is not a trick photo of any kind and has not been manipulated in Photoshop or any other graphics program. 'It's an original photo of a man who lived in Bristol, TN, sometime around the Civil War.‘ It is believed the photo was taken by a confederate Civil War prisoner of war photographer called Professor G.B. Smith. MrMörd joked that Nicolas Cage could be a walking undead man who reinvents himself once every 75 years - and might be looking at going into politics or talk show hosting next. By JOHN STEVENS and MARK DUELL

13. Jett Travolta, the 16-year-old son of actor John Travolta and his wife Kelly Preston, has died. According to Reuters, the teenager passed away at Rand Memorial Hospital in the Bahamas while on vacation with his family for the holidays. Michael Ossi, an attorney for the family, says Jett suffered a seizure at his family’s vacation home at the Old Bahama Bay Hotel on Grand Bahama Island. Attempts to revive him were unsuccessful. Jett, who had a history of seizures, was the only son for Travolta and Preston, a former model. The couple also has a daughter, Ella Blue, age 8.