Scientology

[drunkle]

bjensen:

i thought this was a bash religion thread…

not much of a thick skin if my joking offends you. funny too that you’re offended by “everything” i said. not so offended by the comments about scientology though, eh?

nevermind all that, you’re a mormon. one who should know what it’s like to be ridiculed. so i’m sure you’re empathetic. oh wait, scientology is a “cult”… not like mormonism, no, not at all. btw, how are the three wives? and what’s the story on mormon temple rituals… i heard about some temple that was built up, outsiders invited in for a tour, and then totally redone after the tourists left…

say, i didn’t disparage yhwh’s witnesses… faith healings and whatnot? no wonder their numbers are so low…

little lady:

still bitter about santee sucking?

[pencilneck]

There may not currently be “stages” whereby you’ve proven yourself to be entrusted with more information, but until about 500 years ago there certainly were such stages. The church sort of really resisted us commoners nosing in on their monopoly on the holy word of god for about a thousand years before that.

[pencilneck]

There may not currently be “stages” whereby you’ve proven yourself to be entrusted with more information, but until about 500 years ago there certainly were such stages. The church sort of really resisted us commoners nosing in on their monopoly on the holy word of god for about a thousand years before that.

[pencilneck]

There may not currently be “stages” whereby you’ve proven yourself to be entrusted with more information, but until about 500 years ago there certainly were such stages. The church sort of really resisted us commoners nosing in on their monopoly on the holy word of god for about a thousand years before that.

[pencilneck]

There may not currently be “stages” whereby you’ve proven yourself to be entrusted with more information, but until about 500 years ago there certainly were such stages. The church sort of really resisted us commoners nosing in on their monopoly on the holy word of god for about a thousand years before that.

[pencilneck]

There may not currently be “stages” whereby you’ve proven yourself to be entrusted with more information, but until about 500 years ago there certainly were such stages. The church sort of really resisted us commoners nosing in on their monopoly on the holy word of god for about a thousand years before that.

[svelte]

I don’t know if they are still at it, but Scientology had a history of suing the living crap out of ppl who said derogatory things about them in the 1990s. There was one newsgroup in that era where a group of ppl took to bashing Scientology (exposing it in their minds), and they found themselves in court in short order.

From my recollection, the ppl in that newsgroup claimed Scientologists had some sort of means of getting you to admit problems from your past (I think it was those tin can things CMcG spoke of?), recording those and then using them as leverage to keep you in the fold. I have no idea if that’s true or not.

[svelte]

I don’t know if they are still at it, but Scientology had a history of suing the living crap out of ppl who said derogatory things about them in the 1990s. There was one newsgroup in that era where a group of ppl took to bashing Scientology (exposing it in their minds), and they found themselves in court in short order.

From my recollection, the ppl in that newsgroup claimed Scientologists had some sort of means of getting you to admit problems from your past (I think it was those tin can things CMcG spoke of?), recording those and then using them as leverage to keep you in the fold. I have no idea if that’s true or not.

[svelte]

I don’t know if they are still at it, but Scientology had a history of suing the living crap out of ppl who said derogatory things about them in the 1990s. There was one newsgroup in that era where a group of ppl took to bashing Scientology (exposing it in their minds), and they found themselves in court in short order.

From my recollection, the ppl in that newsgroup claimed Scientologists had some sort of means of getting you to admit problems from your past (I think it was those tin can things CMcG spoke of?), recording those and then using them as leverage to keep you in the fold. I have no idea if that’s true or not.

[svelte]

I don’t know if they are still at it, but Scientology had a history of suing the living crap out of ppl who said derogatory things about them in the 1990s. There was one newsgroup in that era where a group of ppl took to bashing Scientology (exposing it in their minds), and they found themselves in court in short order.

From my recollection, the ppl in that newsgroup claimed Scientologists had some sort of means of getting you to admit problems from your past (I think it was those tin can things CMcG spoke of?), recording those and then using them as leverage to keep you in the fold. I have no idea if that’s true or not.

[svelte]

I don’t know if they are still at it, but Scientology had a history of suing the living crap out of ppl who said derogatory things about them in the 1990s. There was one newsgroup in that era where a group of ppl took to bashing Scientology (exposing it in their minds), and they found themselves in court in short order.

From my recollection, the ppl in that newsgroup claimed Scientologists had some sort of means of getting you to admit problems from your past (I think it was those tin can things CMcG spoke of?), recording those and then using them as leverage to keep you in the fold. I have no idea if that’s true or not.

[Ex-SD]

My wife and I are atheists but we truly don’t care if other people want to believe in some sort of religion: Hell, it’s their business and if it makes them feel better about themselves or life in general, more power to them. But………..I am always amazed how otherwise, rational, intelligent people are suckered into giving away their money to religious organizations, preachers and hucksters involved with religion. We sold our home in San Diego in 2005 and moved to South Carolina which is in the buckle of the bible belt. You can’t go anywhere without someone asking you what church you attend or inviting you to attend their church. My wife was standing in line at the grocery store last week and carrying on a conversation with the man behind her when he asked her where she went to church. She told him that she was an atheist and he moved to another line. I guess he thought she was going to drag him to hell or something. We find it all quite amusing.

Germany is about an inch away from outlawing Scientology.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/12/07/scientology-germany.html

[Ex-SD]

My wife and I are atheists but we truly don’t care if other people want to believe in some sort of religion: Hell, it’s their business and if it makes them feel better about themselves or life in general, more power to them. But………..I am always amazed how otherwise, rational, intelligent people are suckered into giving away their money to religious organizations, preachers and hucksters involved with religion. We sold our home in San Diego in 2005 and moved to South Carolina which is in the buckle of the bible belt. You can’t go anywhere without someone asking you what church you attend or inviting you to attend their church. My wife was standing in line at the grocery store last week and carrying on a conversation with the man behind her when he asked her where she went to church. She told him that she was an atheist and he moved to another line. I guess he thought she was going to drag him to hell or something. We find it all quite amusing.

Germany is about an inch away from outlawing Scientology.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/12/07/scientology-germany.html

[Ex-SD]

My wife and I are atheists but we truly don’t care if other people want to believe in some sort of religion: Hell, it’s their business and if it makes them feel better about themselves or life in general, more power to them. But………..I am always amazed how otherwise, rational, intelligent people are suckered into giving away their money to religious organizations, preachers and hucksters involved with religion. We sold our home in San Diego in 2005 and moved to South Carolina which is in the buckle of the bible belt. You can’t go anywhere without someone asking you what church you attend or inviting you to attend their church. My wife was standing in line at the grocery store last week and carrying on a conversation with the man behind her when he asked her where she went to church. She told him that she was an atheist and he moved to another line. I guess he thought she was going to drag him to hell or something. We find it all quite amusing.

Germany is about an inch away from outlawing Scientology.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/12/07/scientology-germany.html

[Ex-SD]

My wife and I are atheists but we truly don’t care if other people want to believe in some sort of religion: Hell, it’s their business and if it makes them feel better about themselves or life in general, more power to them. But………..I am always amazed how otherwise, rational, intelligent people are suckered into giving away their money to religious organizations, preachers and hucksters involved with religion. We sold our home in San Diego in 2005 and moved to South Carolina which is in the buckle of the bible belt. You can’t go anywhere without someone asking you what church you attend or inviting you to attend their church. My wife was standing in line at the grocery store last week and carrying on a conversation with the man behind her when he asked her where she went to church. She told him that she was an atheist and he moved to another line. I guess he thought she was going to drag him to hell or something. We find it all quite amusing.

Germany is about an inch away from outlawing Scientology.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/12/07/scientology-germany.html

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