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Scientologists In Row With BBC
CmdrGravy writes "The Church Of Scientology is currently engaged in a row with the BBC, a result of an investigation by reporter John Sweeney. Sweeney is investigating the Church Of Scientology, trying to judge changes in the organization over the last few years; He's trying to discover if they've moved away from the questionable practices and secrecy they have employed in the past. The conflict centers around a YouTube video posted by the scientologists. It shows Mr. Sweeney losing his temper with a scientology spokesman. Mr. Sweeney's outburst came at the end of a tour of a scientology exhibition which attempts to portray psychiatrists as evil nazi type torturers entitled 'Psychiatry: Industry of Death' which is both gruesome and utterly unconvincing. The BBC appears willing to stand behind its reporter, in spite of the pressure brought to bear by the scientologist organization."
SCO is in Utah. The Mormons own them.
I still have more fans than freaks. WTF is wrong with you people?
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It's pretty simple. The Scientologists want to rule the world with their wacky ideas and the BBC want to rule the world with their dialect of the English language. With both of them in a hissy fit with each other, they can do neither. So you can relax, throw popcorn and laugh at them.
There's plenty of solid scientific evidence behind Scientology; just listen to the compelling testimony from this "scientician"
(apologies to Simpsons)
I heard an interview on BBC's world service about this incident yesterday with a scientology spokesman. The spokesman denied well known quotes from L Ron Hubbard and also stated that that Sweeny was making up allegations that he was being harassed by the "Church" for his documentary.
Then the spokesman boarded a space craft and flew back to Oz. Not really...I made that last part up.
FAQs are evil.
Yes, Scientology is nutty, but that's about normal for a religion. Could be worse. They don't have a big pedophile problem, suicide bombers, or televangelists, like some of their competitors.
Nutty? So, Scientology is in fact a mental illness, which doesn't acknowledge mental illnesses.
What a cosmic irony.
I suppose in this case you're right, we gotta be more PC to Scientologists and their "special condition".
Sam: Dude, we're tainted by the souls of aliens blown with nukes by alien space invador from a galaxy far far away!
Jim: Man, you're a f***ing idiot or something? STFU!
Sam: No, I'm a scientologist...
Jim: OH! Oh... oh buddy, sorry I had no idea. I really had no idea.. but you'll be fine, yea.. you'll be just fine.
but but tom cruise......i mean c'mon top gun people top gun
When I was just out of high school, there was a Scientology office in my town. They always had a sign out front offering a 'Free Personality Test'. On a lark, a pal and me went in and had our personalities 'tested' just to see what they were hawking. When I was done, they compared the multiple choice questionare to their chart, and drew some lines through it. They explained to me that I was doing fine, and that I was already highly Dyanetic, or whatever they called it. They then thanked me for coming in, and told me to have a nice day.
I have never been quite sure how to take that. Maybe I should have sang them the leader song...Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Leader! Leader! Batman!
Ok, I'll call you the winner since you have the most plausible explanation. I didn't prepare a prize or anything, so don't get too excited.
Slashdot - where whining about luck is the new way to make the world you want.
photo of L Ron Hubbard "auditing" a tomato.j pg
http://www.clambake.org/archive/books/bfm/tomato.
I'd say it still has a few thetans to go before it makes clear.
If I have seen further it is by stealing the Intellectual Property of giants.
Say, that's a nice defrag utility on your Windows box there. Is it by any chance Diskkeeper?
Are they something like intergalactic pubic lice?
I'm with you except for one thing, I read that most of the cast of My Name Is Earl are scientologists and that show is soooo sweet. I'd really miss that.
I want a list of atrocities done in your name - Recoil
>well, you best remove teh windows degraf
Friend, you seem unable to get your letters in the right order. We at the CoS can help and would very much like you to come over one day for a FREE personality test. We can then help you unravel those chaotic thoughts, purify your mind and assist in the distribution of your dollars. Call 800-I-AM-A-MUG.
I want a list of atrocities done in your name - Recoil
The real problem with Tom Cruise movies is that they all seem to have Tom Cruise in them.
You all disgust me. None of you ever met or know anything about Ron Hubbard.
No one ever has achieved as much as Ron in the whole history of human existence. Astronaut, brain surgeon, Nobel Prizewinning biodynamicist, philosopher, painter, statesman, travelling salesman, charlatan, truck driver, leopardskin accessories - you name it and he did it better than any man had ever done before him.
"Light peace and universal karma to you all. L. Ron has passed into the clouds of unknowing where the Self is Unself and the mind is as unmind and all that sort of thing. L. Ron may have melted from the earth like snow, but, one thing lives on. His money. Please send cheque to address below."
The marharishi Veririshi, The Cayman Islands
"Light, peace and all the same sort of thing as from the other one with the beard. You've got to hand it to L. Ron - when it comes to pulling the wool over the eyes he was in a class of his own. I only wish I had a piece of his action.'
The Bhagwash Rujrish
Somewhere in India
(Address withheld on request)
"Life is both river and mountain, forest and sea. To know life is to be part of life. Give me your cheque immediately."
-" These words written by the greatest genius who ever lived. L. Ron Neasden, totally encapsulate the whole message that L. Ron was trying to put across to mankind.
And being attacked for criticizing Scientology is something that could have happened to you. For, let's say, talking bad about those Sons-of-a-Bitch here on Slashdot.
We take offense to that and will fight that accusation. There was clearly more than one bitch involved in the making of our members.
See you in court.
Sincerely,
Scientology
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You added an extra "m" in "Mormons".
> Its a profit oriented company disguised as religion.
Is that like a "government law enforcement employee disguised as a policeman", or maybe like a "professional crop grower disguised as a farmer"?
This amuses me. You're welcome.
"Tu fui, ego eris" - Virgil
But do they also claim that it is really the fault of those damn pirates?
Rather ironic coming from an Anonymous Coward don't you think? How about you take responsibility for your actions and post with your real name.
Some of what I say is fact, some is conjecture, the rest I'm just blowing out my ass...you guess.
So the six nations rugby tournamnet should be renamed the 3 1/2 nations tournament? I would say you're pedantic, but you'd probably argue over the definition of that too.
Only three things are certain; death, taxes, and apocryphal quotations - Ben Franklin.
I don't mind Liz. She's a good sort, and not at all stuck up... Bruce.
Only three things are certain; death, taxes, and apocryphal quotations - Ben Franklin.
Morale-boosting what nows? you've got it all wrong mate, they're simply there to bring in american and japanese tourists. they bring in more stupid tourists every year than a disneyland.
Scientology does serve one positive purpose. It's a perfect way to single out the stupidest people in Hollywood. That's quite an accomplishment in a town notorious for a population with an average IQ just slightly north of "moderately retarded."
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Did they turn down your script or something?
I want a list of atrocities done in your name - Recoil
In some ways, the BBC in the UK operates like scientology.
You have to pay them money for pretty much the rest of your life, and it's almost impossible to leave.
I guess at a stretch you could say the CoS picked a fight with an organised religion 1000 times stronger than it.
Some websites are not good sources. The KKK is one of them, as is the one you cited.
As for the Banu Qurayza, the Jewish tribe I'm assuming you're referring to, they broke the treaty with the Medinan people and literally tried to open the city gates to the enemy. According to the story, which is contested as to whether or not it actually happened (it was in an account written a century later), they surrendered with the agreement their case would go to arbitration. The judge, Sa'd bin Mu'adh was an ally of their tribe, and ruled that according to Torah law (not Islamic law), the penalty for treason was death.
The prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, did not "rave about Jews right up to his deathbed." They tried to assassinate him more than once, despite his granting them rights and protections. He criticized them for certain of their practices that conflicted with Jewish and Islamic monotheism, but he never gave any orders to wipe them out or anything. In an Islamic state, the government gives money to build and maintain churches and synagogues, as they are also citizens.
Muslims think that Muhammad, peace be upon him, is as peaceful as Jesus, peace be upon him, which is why it upsets them so much when he is denigrated.