Scientology is dangerous in a far more sinister way, anyone who witnessed Tom Cruise's tv antics would surely question "what has happened to this man?" - Brainwashing is a phrase that might be applicable perhaps?

If you've actually read what Scientology claims to be based on, then the only reasonable and logical conclusion is they are all a bit bonkers - but each to their own, as long as they don't try and make me eat their bonkers BS then they can believe whatever they wish, and as they say " a foll and his money are easily parted".

A real crime would be NOT to take money from anyone bonkers enough to offer it to them? You can't blame them for it, they don't force people to join and hand over cash, the 'victims' are dumb enough to do it voluntarily - I would take the money too... :-)

"The INQUIRER - microprocessors, servers, memory, PCs, graphics, networking, storage"

Did I miss something? What does this article have to do with anything? Oh it mentions YouTube, is that it?

Stick to "reporting" on tech please.

Can I just confirm something with you:
If some kid was getting molested, but weren’t in obvious distress, would you still decry those who feel the need to intervene? What’s the difference?

Oh, and there are elements of scientology of which the focus is to bother people, especially the ex-members and sceptics.

Love the placard the gamer is holding up.

Doesn't Mr Cruise realise 'there is no cake!!!' ???
:-)

A religion started by a (bad) SciFi writer whos on record as saying 'if you want to make money, invent a religion'.
You just can't help some people...

Wall St issues are from a lack of short and long term credit arising from overestended banks with too many high risk customer's loans defaulting ... 

I don't think Zenu had much to do with that ... 

Nice conspiracy theory though ... good luck with that.


"Scientology is a cult formed for the express desire to make money.

The founder of the movement stated that as such before he died.

They want to take over the world and in the simplest terms are a terrorist organisation ... and should be treated as such." ...... posted by : Reynod, 25 October 2008 

Reynod,

That is an indictment highlighting Wall Street Woes.

Scientology never did me any wrong. If they start burning crosses on your lawn or people at the stake in the name of Scientology, then I say we protest and run in there with picket signs. But as long as they're not bothering anyone, they have the right to worship, just as any other religion (however strange it may be) and anyone who trespasses on that right should be made an example out of to the fullest extent of the law as well as the wrath of the public.
It's our duty to defend our rights.

""""
FBI raids on Scientology properties in 1977 not only turned up documentation of the group's illegal activities against the United States government, but also illegal activities carried out against other perceived enemies of Scientology. These included "Operation Freakout", a conspiracy to frame author Paulette Cooper on false bomb-threat charges, and conspiracies to frame Gabe Cazares, mayor of Clearwater, Florida, on false hit-and-run charges.[13][14] The papers also revealed that Sir John Foster (author of the official UK Government inquiry into Scientology) and Lord Balniel (who had requested the report) were targets, along with the National Association for Mental Health (NAMH) and World Federation for Mental Health.[15]

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Involved parties

Mary Sue Hubbard, Cindy Raymond, Gerald Bennett Wolfe, Henning Heldt, Duke Snider, Gregory Willardson, Richard Weigand, Mitchell Herman, Sharon Thomas, Jane Kember, and Mo Budlong, all high-ranking Scientologists, were convicted and sent to prison for five years. Kendrick Moxon was listed as an "unindicted co-conspirator" for providing false handwriting samples to the FBI.[2] As of 1999, Moxon is Scientology’s lead in-house attorney.[16] L. Ron Hubbard was named by federal prosecutors as an "unindicted co-conspirator."[10]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_snow_white

Same like "Jesus Christ, Scientist" or the phoney baloney quantum mechanical metaphysics of Deepak Chopra.
Anybody who cares to can read any book of Richard Dawkins, which you can rely on to summarily disprove all religion & cultism indiscriminately and without prejudice.

I lol'd.

"DC-8, Douglas jet aircraft resembling the Boeing 707, and used for
trans-Atlantic flights starting in the late 1950s. Hubbard said
they were used millions of years ago as spaceships to ferry people
about the galactic confederation. Perhaps someday Scientology will
apply for a patent, and sue Douglas for copying their design?"

What really gets me about Scientology (beyond the fact that they're fanatics, dangerous and don't even know they're being manipulated) is that the Sci-Fi behind the creation of this cult is so poorly conceived and cheesy that not even Ed Wood would've made a movie out of it, yet it becomes the core of the most powerful cult of modern time. Crappy Sci-Fi gone nuts.

I am glad to see that Gregg is “off the hook” here as he is certainly guilty of no crimes whatsoever. The whole idea of “disturbing an assembly of worship” when it comes to organized scientology is a joke at best. Organized scientology worships no one nor any thing whatsoever. Here is a link to one affidavit that goes into how organized scientology falsely cloaks itself in religion to gain unfair advantages and to stop others who are trying to expose their many abuses: 
http://evil.scientology.googlepages.com/crs.pdf

Organized scientology has written policy to ruin utterly all who attempt to expose their abuses or otherwise speak out against them. This includes actually manufacturing evidence to use against them if that is needed to silence them. I have seen this happen by this branch of organized scientology in Boston before and they have tried it again with Gregg. I was there twice when Gregg protested abuses by organized scientology and can attest that he did nothing wrong whatsoever, abiding by the law, supporting the local police who were present and at all times protested peacefully. I am glad to see here that organized scientology for once has not been allowed to once again use the law to harass others into silence. 

Never assume these people are just simple nutjobs ... they are not.

They prey on the weak who have money.

They are a blight on our society and need to be removed.

Scientology is not a religion.

Scientology is a cult formed for the express desire to make money.

The founder of the movement stated that as such before he died.

They want to take over the world and in the simplest terms are a terrorist organisation ... and should be treated as such.


"It seems, if Mohammed can’t come to the mountain… the mountain is not allowed to come to Mohammed either."

I lolled at that one

genuinely funny