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Newsjock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 07:36 PM Original message |
Celebrities lead charge against Scientology; Hollywood figures quit 'rip-off' church |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. It's a criminal racket. period. and yes, it's worse than mainstream churches. |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. They're all criminal rackets n/t |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:06 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. no, actually, they're not all criminal rackets. |
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BoneDaddy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
62. No they are not |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:51 PM Response to Reply #7 |
66. +10000000 |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. All organized religions are criminal rackets. |
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MUAD_DIB (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:47 PM Response to Reply #9 |
24. Q: What is the difference between Scientology and Mormonism? |
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Ignis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:42 PM Response to Reply #24 |
73. ... |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 08:11 AM Response to Reply #9 |
46. Ditto n/t |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #9 |
55. It's like the difference between a bank robber and Bernie Madoff. |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
70. How are they criminal rackets? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. How is the church of Scientology worse than the Roman Catholic Church? nt |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:22 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. How much has the Church of Scientology done... |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. The Church of Scientology helps a lot people in "disaster areas" around the world. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. They run many free bullshit clinics. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. "they're doing it for the publicity, not because they care about helping anyone" |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:40 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. No, because Scientologists are looking fist and foremost to get good press and PR. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. The RCC is just as nefarious. They one of the largest hate groups in the world. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:48 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. You ARE aware that Scientology supported Prop 8 in California? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I have been claiming the churches are equally bad. |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 04:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
41. they get your deepest secrets in their stupid auditing sessions and |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 08:52 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Other religions call that 'confession' but the reasons for it |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #48 |
57. Only real clergy are not allowed to repeat what they hear in confession |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
32. The same can be said for the RCC. |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 03:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
36. Xenu.net |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #13 |
56. They help by offering "counseling" |
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snake in the grass (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 07:31 AM Response to Reply #12 |
44. By the same token, |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:16 AM Response to Reply #44 |
59. No stakes, but they've boiled a few. |
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Naturyl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 08:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
47. Don't expect much in those areas. |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #12 |
52. For that matter, the Mormon church is usually on the front lines of disaster assistance |
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LuvNewcastle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. So that's how Tom Cruise |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 08:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. The premise of Scientology is somthing I can not imagine |
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paulsby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 05:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
42. i'm amazed that beck of all people |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 05:52 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. sorry dude, im afraid you need to go back on light duties if you think that of beck :) |
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Kievan Rus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. I was just standing here...Tom Cruise locked himself in the closet! |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. Scientology isn't a church - it's a dangerous brainwashing cult. |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #5 |
68. I thought you said it wasn't a church |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
6. It took Paul Haggis 30 YEARS to figure out Scientology is criminal? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. The church of Scientology is no worse than |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:36 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. No, it's much worse than either. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. How much harm has been caused by the RCC's stance on abortion, |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:43 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. And yet the Catholic Church is still responsible for more charitable work than any other. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. This debate is not about me. nt |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. It would explain why you're defending $cientology. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:54 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I am not defending Scientology. nt |
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ldf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. are you a catholic? |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Not a Catholic. I'm agnostic. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 10:06 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I am not arguing "the Catholic Church does less good than Scientology." nt |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 11:12 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Except the Catholic chuch has said if D.C. makes same sex marriage legal |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 03:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
38. you don't need church to do charitable work |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. I hate religion - that's all you needed to say |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 09:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I don't hate religion. nt |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:17 AM Response to Reply #11 |
60. So? |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:39 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. "Should we do nothing if we can't do everything?" |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. In 2099 AD, war was beginning |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #63 |
64. From the link, whyweprotest.net, |
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sudopod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Uh, ok. |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #69 |
71. I mentioned the RCC was just as bad as Scientology, people commented, such as your link, |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-21-09 10:51 PM Response to Original message |
34. Hubbard's lackluster SciFi efforts were being rolled by the Bradbury', Lem', Azimov'... |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 03:14 AM Response to Original message |
37. www.xenu.net |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 03:18 AM Response to Original message |
39. Annnnnnnnnd another thread becomes a strained tangential indictment |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 08:59 AM Response to Reply #39 |
49. +100 |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
51. Not Christianity, the RCC and the Mormon church. |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 11:40 PM Response to Reply #39 |
54. This place really fails the Turing test on some issues, doesn't it? (nt) |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 12:12 AM Response to Reply #54 |
58. That's a good way to put it! |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:32 PM Response to Reply #54 |
65. Ad Hominem attacks are logical fallacies and logical fallacies are opposed |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
40. GOD IT'S ABOUT TIME!! |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
45. 'Religions founded because of a bet |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
50. Beghe and Haggis? |
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Kaleva (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-22-09 11:08 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. How about the star of "My name is Earl"? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 02:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
72. Some of my favorite TV characters are scientologists--Jason Lee, Leah Remini, the guy |
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L0oniX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-23-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
67. Scientology advertises on SYFY channel ...ironic isn't it. |
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