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"Anonymous" Takes Scientology Protest to the Streets
This past Sunday members of the group "Anonymous" that has been running an attack on the church of Scientology took their battle from the tubes of the internet to the pavement of real life, staging a protest outside the central Phoenix Church of Scientology. "The protesters said they gathered Sunday in lieu of the birthday of Lisa McPherson, a Scientologist once cared for by church staffers. Her 1995 death sparked media attention and a civil wrongful death suit against a branch of the Church of Scientology. A wrongful death suit by her family was a public-relations nightmare for the church for years until it was settled in 2004. The Church of Scientology declined to comment on the Phoenix protests. It did provide a news release calling members of Anonymous cyber-terrorists."
that's a cool thing isn't it? or is it bad? Bad as in Xenu bad?
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Uhh.. there is no legal right to "protest".
You have a legal right to assemble to petition your government for grievance.
They weren't doing that.
How we know is more important than what we know.
Shows "Anonymous" terrorizing kids on MySpace and inserting swastikas into online children games.
I've been in Scientology for 12 years and my IQ has increased -- a great benefit to me professionally. I am also much happier than I used to be.
Scientology is all about taking the unhappiness of a lifetime and converting it into happiness, persistence, integrity, honor and ability.
I had a nice office with a window seat overlooking downtown Hollywood, and I wore a uniform that looked sharp and military, with epaulets on my shoulder!/
Be afraid. Be angry.
To be frank, its hard to be afraid of something that sounds so incredibly gay. But I'm happy for you for getting out. And despite the trauma, I hope that you can smile a little about being able to get out. You probably have some fascinating stories. And I am happy that you are using your experience to help those who might not be as strong.
It's hard to explain how frustrating it was, to be surrounded by people who are apparently "getting it" and not being able to be one of them, despite having a tested genius IQ, and being able to read just about anything *ELSE* just one time and get it immediately. I thought there was something wrong with ME. I often cried before going to sleep at night.
It's interesting how this happens outside CoS too. People "get it" and can't believe that others don't. Or People don't get it and can't understand why they do not. In either case, there is tremendous pressure to "get it" (or "shun it") just to fit in. Politics for instance. It's almost like self-imposed peer-pressure.
And yes I'm a conservative, right-wing, radical christian.
I guess that explains why you don't know anything about science.
I never have frustrations, the reason is, to wit:
If at first I don't succeed, I quit!
Why I did not see protests like this?
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According to: The Religion of Peace, since 9/11 more then 10541 deadly attacks were carried out by ISLAMIC terrorists.
How many people were killed by Church of Scientology?
Just want to know which one is more deadly...