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Scientology Tries To Block German Documentary
eldavojohn writes "The Guardian is reporting on the strained relationship that Scientology is having with the German government and the airing of a pesky documentary on Southwest Broadcasting. Until Nothing Remains, a $2.3 million documentary, is slotted to air on German television at the end of this month. It recounts the true story of Heiner von Rönn and his family's suffering when he tried to leave the Church of Scientology. A Scientology spokesperson called the film false and intolerant and also said they are investigating legal means to stop the film from being aired. More details on the film can be gleaned here."
In Germany it is seen as a totalitarian anti-democratic organization
If only somebody in Germany had the guts to say the same thing about Catholicism, or for that matter Islam.
Negative moral value of force outweighs the positive value of good intentions.
Your post is contradictory, you say you would not blame the Germans of this generation for the Holocaust, yet you would blame the Christians of today for their past misgivings?
Also, can you truly blame an entire country or organization? Do you blame the Peasants for the Kings war, or do you blame the King?
Your post is contradictory, you say you would not blame the Germans of this generation for the Holocaust, yet you would blame the Christians of today for their past misgivings?
It's not contradictory at all. If he had said he wouldn't blame nazis of this generation you would be on to something.
ATHEIST
I think we should send Scientologist to work camps. They can produce crappy movies day and night until they are cured of their stupid religious ideas or die in the process. Safer than letting them roam the streets preaching alien conquest or whatever it is. Let's pack the Raelians in too as they're probably dangerous too.
At what price learning? At what cost wisdom? The price is a man's peace of mind, and the cost is his life.
I think it's the duty of every government to encourage people to not be religious, because a government is suppose to represent rationality and push the advancement of the people, and to achieve such they should do things like encourage education and encourage people to think for themselves. Unfortunately such governments do not exists so far, and as far as I know there are no movements towards achieving such a state of affairs, and it makes me pretty sad, to think millions of people are being led (or should I say supposedly led?) by people who believe in imaginary superbeings and such things, it is really astounding and depressing.
Nah, nah, nah, you are doing it all wrong!
It's not wrong for people to think scientologists are loonies. They are fucking loonies.
My point was that christians, and every other religious person is JUST AS MUCH of a TOTAL NUT as the scientologists.
We should point and laugh at their crazy ideas, it's only natural reaction to this kind of crazy.
But I'm against DISCRIMINATION. So, I don't discriminate among religions. I laugh at them all equally.
WTF am I doing replying to an AC at 5 A.M on a Friday night?