Scientology - Page 2

Stormieweather · 10-19-2007, 10:01 PM

FREAKS!! And I'm surrounded by them. They OWN my downtown. My neighbors, my landlord are all of this 'belief'. These people patrol past my house on their little bicycles at all hours of the day and night. The youths march up and down the sidewalks, carrying satchels and looking serious. They are getting involved in the community because it builds 'trust', and they need that in order to acquire more recruits.

It is frightening and obnoxious.

http://www.ami.com.au/~bradw/cos/Wakefield/us-01.html is a very long 'book', but a pretty good, in-depth look at their cult.

They are known for aggressively pursuing anyone who has something negative to say about them, including internet message board posters and hosts. Beware.

Stormie

Pie · 10-19-2007, 11:17 PM

Stormie, you're just being parano
[no carrier]

Stormieweather · 10-19-2007, 11:26 PM

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-27-2007, 04:42 AM

Not that L. Ron Hubbard ever wrote fiction worth reading. I give new strange books a two-page test read. None of L. Ron's work ever passed. (A lot of Piers Anthony doesn't, either, and he's a better writer.)

Couple that with reading two biographies of L. Ron Hubbard back to back, and I'm totally immunized. I also tell LaRouchies to stick it. I've read issues of The New Federalist, thank you.

Urbane Guerrilla · 10-27-2007, 04:55 AM

The kind of think (okay, I meant thing, but think works too) you'd find in the Lyndon LaRouche party organ, The New Federalist, may be seen here. This is about ten years old, which seems typical of Googled-up references to TNF. Well, if it's not around any more, we're saving trees to eat up carbon dioxide, I guess.

DanaC · 10-27-2007, 06:47 AM

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Not that L. Ron Hubbard ever wrote fiction worth reading. I give new strange books a two-page test read. None of L. Ron's work ever passed. (A lot of Piers Anthony doesn't, either, and he's a better writer.)

I actually think Hubbard is possibly the worst sci-fi writer ever published. Deeply trashy, formulaic space adventures or low rent fantasy worlds, all usually have something to offer. Hubbard's stuff was unreadable.

Sundae · 10-27-2007, 12:46 PM

I bought Battlefield Earth at a second hand bookshop in Luxor (Egypt) because it was the biggest book there and I had another week to get through and was already bookless. I made it 3/4 of the way through. And for me, on holiday, in a foreign country and with a book I had spent money on, is unheard of.

ZenGum · 10-27-2007, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

I bought Battlefield Earth at a second hand bookshop in Luxor (Egypt) because it was the biggest book there and I had another week to get through and was already bookless. I made it 3/4 of the way through. And for me, on holiday, in a foreign country and with a book I had spent money on, is unheard of.

I'll say it again ... watch the movie ... laugh at it, not with it.

TheMercenary · 10-27-2007, 02:12 PM

This is very good:

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...de_scientology

http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/CoS/index.html

http://lmtbenefit.tripod.com/LMT.html

They way they moved in and took over Clearwater is just amazing. They are in complete control of that city.

http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/CoS/timeline.html

http://www.lisamcpherson.org/gabe.htm

10-27-2007, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DanaC

I actually think Hubbard is possibly the worst sci-fi writer ever published. Deeply trashy, formulaic space adventures or low rent fantasy worlds, all usually have something to offer. Hubbard's stuff was unreadable.

He had a real envy problem with other writers like Asimov, Heinlein and others.

TheMercenary · 10-30-2007, 09:48 AM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

He had a real envy problem with other writers like Asimov, Heinlein and others.

South Park NAILED what scientology is all about.

Happy Monkey · 10-31-2007, 04:02 PM

Creepy, sad news.

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Some Christian congregations, particularly in lower income, urban areas, are turning to an unlikely source for help -- the Church of Scientology.
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Two pastors who spoke recently with CNN explained that when it comes to religion, they still preach the core beliefs of Christianity. But when it comes to practicing what they preach in a modern world, borrowing from Scientology helps.

Rexmons · 10-31-2007, 04:20 PM

doesn't all major religion teach the same "core" belief --> Don't be an asshole.

Happy Monkey · 10-31-2007, 04:51 PM

If so, then Scientology isn't major. It's "core" belief is that a fool and his money are joyfully accepted.

Clodfobble · 10-31-2007, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by the article

Driven by a need to address the rampant drug problem in his community, McLaughlin spent years searching for a solution before he discovered "Narconon," Scientology's nonprofit drug rehab center, in 2001.

Holy crap--Narconon is the Scientologists? I had no idea. (I thought it was "Narcanon," but google seems to say they're the same thing.)

10-19-2007, 10:01 PM	#16
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	FREAKS!! And I'm surrounded by them. They OWN my downtown. My neighbors, my landlord are all of this 'belief'. These people patrol past my house on their little bicycles at all hours of the day and night. The youths march up and down the sidewalks, carrying satchels and looking serious. They are getting involved in the community because it builds 'trust', and they need that in order to acquire more recruits. It is frightening and obnoxious. http://www.ami.com.au/~bradw/cos/Wakefield/us-01.html is a very long 'book', but a pretty good, in-depth look at their cult. They are known for aggressively pursuing anyone who has something negative to say about them, including internet message board posters and hosts. Beware. Stormie __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi Last edited by Stormieweather; 10-19-2007 at 10:07 PM. Reason: i wasn't done talking

10-19-2007, 11:17 PM	#17
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Stormie, you're just being parano [no carrier] __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

10-19-2007, 11:26 PM	#18
Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	__________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

10-27-2007, 04:42 AM	#19
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Not that L. Ron Hubbard ever wrote fiction worth reading. I give new strange books a two-page test read. None of L. Ron's work ever passed. (A lot of Piers Anthony doesn't, either, and he's a better writer.) Couple that with reading two biographies of L. Ron Hubbard back to back, and I'm totally immunized. I also tell LaRouchies to stick it. I've read issues of The New Federalist, thank you. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

10-27-2007, 04:55 AM	#20
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	The kind of think (okay, I meant thing, but think works too) you'd find in the Lyndon LaRouche party organ, The New Federalist, may be seen here. This is about ten years old, which seems typical of Googled-up references to TNF. Well, if it's not around any more, we're saving trees to eat up carbon dioxide, I guess. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course. Last edited by Urbane Guerrilla; 10-27-2007 at 04:57 AM. Reason: think, thank, thunk, hath thunken

10-27-2007, 12:46 PM	#22
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I bought Battlefield Earth at a second hand bookshop in Luxor (Egypt) because it was the biggest book there and I had another week to get through and was already bookless. I made it 3/4 of the way through. And for me, on holiday, in a foreign country and with a book I had spent money on, is unheard of. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-27-2007, 02:12 PM	#24
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	This is very good: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics...de_scientology http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/CoS/index.html http://lmtbenefit.tripod.com/LMT.html They way they moved in and took over Clearwater is just amazing. They are in complete control of that city. http://www.shipbrook.com/jeff/CoS/timeline.html http://www.lisamcpherson.org/gabe.htm __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

10-31-2007, 04:20 PM	#28
Rexmons - Kavkaz United - Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 613	doesn't all major religion teach the same "core" belief --> Don't be an asshole. __________________ "Life's a bitch but God forbid the bitch divorce me..."

10-31-2007, 04:51 PM	#29
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	If so, then Scientology isn't major. It's "core" belief is that a fool and his money are joyfully accepted. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

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