This whole scientology thing...what the heck is it?
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Dutchman
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Download, errr, I mean legally listen to the Faith no More song Land of Sunshine. All of those bizzarre questions they are hurling around in that song are off of the scientology assessment test. I've never heard anyone else mention that, but I happened to take that test as part of a project on Hubbard once, right around the time that song was out (christ I'm old) and noticed right away.
Anyway, like any religion, scientology strikes me as a set of rules to govern behaviour/better yourself designed for people too weak to do it themselves. The difference is that when the collection plate gets passed around in church you can pass it along, not so much in ye old Church O' Scientology.
Dutch
Anyway, like any religion, scientology strikes me as a set of rules to govern behaviour/better yourself designed for people too weak to do it themselves. The difference is that when the collection plate gets passed around in church you can pass it along, not so much in ye old Church O' Scientology.
Dutch
jmervyn
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You need to give the benefit of the doubt to any religion created from whole cloth by a 1950's pulp sci-fi writer.Isolde212 said:
I'm actually surprised whenever someone who uses the Internet doesn't know about Scientology. I'm not making fun; the furor over Scientology was one of the first big issues to ever involve the technology of the Internet directly. One of the people who forked over large volumes of cash realized just what he was doing, and reprinted some of these more, er, 'advanced' texts on the Internet. The 'Church' was furious, and proceeded with any number of deviant, hateful, and illegal actions against its critics - however, most of these actions involved large volumes of pricey lawyers beating the legal snot out of individuals in court. You can still probably find vestiges of the battles today, though they were largely conducted on usenet discussion groups. I've heard of this site: www.factnet.org as being one of those still fighting the good fight.
Well, a good Scientologist would probably snap back that Christianity sounds like a whole lot of BS. Where's Anaka? Maybe he's got some spare change...Isolde212 said:
DaviddeJong
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I don't quite understand where you stand on this topic, Jmervyn....
Scientology; I don't know, but I think I'm with Isolde on this one.....
I think that "club" is just set up to make ridiculous amounts of cash off of "lambs that were led astray".
Like Tom Cruise, the poor soul!
David.
Scientology; I don't know, but I think I'm with Isolde on this one.....
I think that "club" is just set up to make ridiculous amounts of cash off of "lambs that were led astray".
Like Tom Cruise, the poor soul!
David.
Ash Housewares
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omg he's one of them, they're spying on usjmervyn said:
DaviddeJong
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Ah, so you're in our "camp" then, that's nice for a change!jmervyn said:
David.
Ash Housewares
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my church doesn't have a steeple...jmervyn said:You have met the enemy, and we are you.
Ash Housewares
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watch out for them scientologists, those stunts will only arm them, they'll build a death machine out of bricks and guess what comes then?
no, try again
do I have to spell it out for you? you don't have infinite guesses
that's right
DEATH!!
no, try again
do I have to spell it out for you? you don't have infinite guesses
that's right
DEATH!!
Anakha1
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Ironically I was just thinking that when I read your post. I don't see any difference between a guy who started a religion in the 1950s and a guy who started a religion in the 0020s. Lots of people laughed at the latter at the time, too.jmervyn said:
I find it ironic and extremely telling that the people who gripe at me the most for not letting people live in their respective beliefs are the first ones to label this one belief BS.
Isolde212
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Anakha1 said:
As you are entitled to your opinion about Christianity I am also entitled to mine about this. You'd be the first one of us on a Christianity thread spouting against it. I would never try to shove my Christianity down peoples throats, you shovel your hatred for organized religion to anyone passing by. I am tolerent of everyone, you are tolerant of nothing but what you believe in my opinion. Let's not take our personal arguments into the forum shall we?
Ive devoted my life to hurting the feelings and anything else I can hurt of scientologists.
Hubbard tried to take over moracco once. What a ****ing idiot.
Watch Tom Cruise get squirted in the face with a microphone, hes such a tool. "youre a jerk... you---youre a jerk.... youre a jerk"
I would have followed up the squirting microphone with a squirting nose. His. Squirting after I punch the crap out of it.
Hubbard tried to take over moracco once. What a ****ing idiot.
Watch Tom Cruise get squirted in the face with a microphone, hes such a tool. "youre a jerk... you---youre a jerk.... youre a jerk"
I would have followed up the squirting microphone with a squirting nose. His. Squirting after I punch the crap out of it.
farting bob
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I like this quote from wikipedia:
Now, how can they justify this amount of money since they are officially a non-profit organisation?
Anyway, how people actually beleive and accept the teachings from this celebrithy endorsed cult is beyond me.
So, these aliens came to earth, lived in volcanoes, but they escaped and now live in humans. Oh, and thats $360,000 please.
Now, how can they justify this amount of money since they are officially a non-profit organisation?
Anyway, how people actually beleive and accept the teachings from this celebrithy endorsed cult is beyond me.
farting bob
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EDIT: double post. damn you squid!