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Church of Scientology's 'Operating Thetan' documents leaked

wikileaks.org — Wikinews has obtained Operating Thetan (OT) documents of the Church of Scientology which were leaked via Wikileaks. Although some portions of the manual have been leaked previously, this is believed to be the first time the full unedited version has become publicly available.

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  • elfs1der, on 04/14/2008, -73/+21Praise the lord
    • mentallyinhell, on 04/14/2008, -2/+50And pass the ammunition.
      • Frogee, on 04/14/2008, -21/+5Dugg for Serj Tankian
        • treed, on 04/14/2008, -1/+24The phrase well pre-exists Tankian.
        • chaosium, on 04/14/2008, -1/+14Oh children.
        • browwiw, on 04/14/2008, -4/+5Who's Serj Tankian?
          • sockpuppets, on 04/14/2008, -4/+3Level 70 kitten Ninja. Deadly when encountered, which is why I carry a pouch of tuna at all times.
      • absurdist, on 04/14/2008, -1/+15Wow. Ever read a history book? That was a popular song from WWI. as in World War ONE. 1914-1918.
        • TheVirus, on 04/14/2008, -3/+4History books cover songs? Interesting... I don't ever recall reading about various songs in any history books that I've gone through.
    • sockpuppets, on 04/14/2008, -1/+89Is that a thetan in your pants or are you just brainwashed to see me?
      • sovietninja, on 04/14/2008, -1/+4BTW, your literally an SP!
        • unicronband, on 04/14/2008, -1/+6His literally an SP what?

          ENTURBULATOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORS, MOUNT UP!!!
          • DragonFire1024, on 04/14/2008, -0/+6Digg this too while you are at it. Scientology has buried it as inaccurate:
            Authorities in Belgium raid Church of Scientology
            http://digg.com/world_news/Authorities_in_Belgium_ ...
          • Markpdotcom, on 04/14/2008, -3/+1@ DragonFire - A link from a reputable news source and I'd be more than happy to digg your story... While its on Wiki news its just something someone posted on the net, without backing evidence.
          • unicronband, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3@Markpdotcom Does this help?

            http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=BE9GhK22G7g
          • DragonFire1024, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2See the sources on the article. They are all there. Actually take time to read it before commenting. That youtube video is among the sources we used.
          • EwMo, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2@Dragonfire. If the sources are there, just link to the sources!
          • KirbyMeister, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2>>Markpdotcom: Please ignore the "buried as inaccurate" spam, the scilons like to bury articles.
    • ZoRob, on 04/14/2008, -2/+2are you an elf?
    • arrrapirate, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4lord Xenu, that is.
    • bdbthinker, on 04/14/2008, -2/+4Braise the Lard
    • CheeseburgerBro, on 04/14/2008, -3/+2Lord Vader?
  • markbrown, on 04/14/2008, -5/+305Sometimes I wonder how mindless you have to be to actually believe in this *****. Mass Effect has more of a realistic premise than Scientology -- and just about as much credibility to be considered a religion.
    • theaceoffire, on 04/14/2008, -3/+19"Church of One Winged Angel of Latter Day Summons"
      http://churchonewingedangel.deviantart.com/
      http://www.freewebs.com/churchofonewingedangel/
    • jgtg32a, on 04/14/2008, -2/+10@theaceoffire wasn't vgcats the first to do it?
      http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=200
    • liquidpele, on 04/14/2008, -0/+17It's like any other cult. It finds people that need something to believe in, and warps them so that they feel that if they stop believing that their life will be meaningless, and so even if they start having doubts they push them back and rationalize so that they stay on the same track. It takes a *very* rational mind to stay away from such things actually. Have you tried giving up alcohol completely? Or playing video games if that's your thing? It's very hard to give up something you know isn't in your best interest when it's such a big part of your life.
    • schizogony, on 04/14/2008, -1/+59Not mindless, but brainwashed. Scientology uses tried and true methods of brainwashing that Chinese imprisonment camps used in WWII. It's the 12-hour sessions of your "auditor" asking you hundreds incriminating questions that break down your psyche coupled with hours and hours of scolding you and starting over every time you hesitate on any question for more than a few seconds.

      Also, I've read that part of the brainwashing is telling you to do something that you can't do, then failing you for failing. One example is your auditor demanding that you talk to an ash tray and tell it to float. Hours and hours of this go by and the ash tray, of course, never floats. You get punished for this and have to do a week of 12-hour days repainting a freshly painted basement with other failures until you work your way up to where you were, all the while paying the fees.

      This, my friends, is brainwashing and conditioning. This is how Scientology removes one's self and takes it as their own.

      And the very first thing they instill in your subconscious is that whatever L.Ron Hubbard wrote.... is absolute fact.
      • schizogony, on 04/14/2008, -2/+29Whoever buried my comment has to be a Scientologist because this is the truth straight from people who used to be brainwashed by the cult.
        • liquidpele, on 04/14/2008, -3/+13I honestly have come to think digg just has lots of users than mod down every single thing. A new form of trolling I guess...
      • BeefBaron, on 04/14/2008, -7/+15"And the very first thing they instill in your subconscious is that whatever L.Ron Hubbard wrote.... is absolute fact."
        Sounds like the Bible, the Torah, the Koran...
        • schizogony, on 04/14/2008, -1/+13Well, with those books, it's your choice to believe it and through your own faith that you carry on that way. In Scientology, the brainwashing techniques strip you away of your feeling that you even have a right to choose.

          The brainwashing has addictive qualities in that some ex-cult members have said the E-meters themselves are meant to provide a very subtle yet pleasing and addictive shock through your hands that subconsciously makes a person need it. They NEED that E-meter but what comes with it just happens to be that brainwashing: the scolding, the questions, the discipline for doing nothing wrong, etc.

          Another thing I should've mentioned in my first post was also that I've read first-hand accounts of how the brainwashing itself just melts your mind in such a way (through the repetition and the odd disconnect of getting that pleasing shock by doing something wrong) and leaves you feeling euphoric. Right after a mult-hour audit session, the victim will feel high, out-of-body, otherworldly, so pleased that they kind of forget that insanity that just happened to them. Whatever the auditor tells them is fact during this time seems to solidify itself into their subconcious as fact, no matter what is said. And what is said is "L. Ron is Source" or something like that. Whatever he wrote (no matter how drunk and high on LSD he was at the time) is absolute fact. All who oppose are trying to suppress the truth and should be attacked. Before even being taught what L. Ron WROTE, you're taught that it is fact.

          So for Scientologists it becomes like an involuntary reaction, a instinctual act to attack someone who has anything bad to say about their company (I won't call it a religion) or L. Ron himself.


          As for Christianity, Judaism, etc, it's pretty much believe it or don't. Sure some preachers on TV get a little dramatic, are in it for just the money and all that (and, yeah, I'm sure there are some corrupt people posing as leaders of Christian churches who do use brainwashing in some form) but for your basic Christian church, it really is your choice to make. You're not stripped of your free will.

          You decide that God's word is fact. Scientology decides for you that L. Ron is "Source."
      • Sil369, on 04/14/2008, -0/+8Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
      • sparkleton, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4Just wait until they find a person who can levitate an ash tray. They'll be glad he's on their side.
    • powlol, on 04/14/2008, -0/+17Whatever. I don't know what you're talking about. The first thing I did was check out the Super Power Rundown section. I already went back in time and made myself an extra in Battlefield Earth, 27 min. in, you'll see me. Then I made 6 millionkazillion copies of it and put one, or two in every Digg users DVD cabinet. Go on... check, you'll see it. I also freed some theatans from their pathetic human form, and had tea with Tom Cruise... and Xenu... in space... cause i can I ***** fly!!!
      • unicronband, on 04/14/2008, -0/+6Oh man, Super Power Rundown is awesome.
        I really like this little bit, explaining the Tom Cruise Oprah couch stunt:
        "At some point during the running of this series of processes this person will reach a state wherein they are speechless. They will laugh with wild abandon. Their TA will be floating! They will probably also be exterior and will be unable to communicate in words what they are experiencing. This is the end result of the Super Power Rundown. It is rare for this to occur prior to the running of the last flow of this series of processes, but if it occurs then acknowledge the win."

        It has occurred. Acknowledge the win.
    • Derelict267, on 04/14/2008, -1/+6This one is deeply offended at your lack of faith and mockery of the Enkindlers. This one prays that the Enkindlers smite you non-believers.
    • robthom, on 04/14/2008, -2/+8"Sometimes I wonder how mindless you have to be to actually believe in this *****."
      Well, People do the darnedest things.
      american idol is a hit TV show. I dont put anything past the herd mind anymore.
      • liquidpele, on 04/14/2008, -2/+1American Idol is a waste of time to watch, but it's just a show with full-of-themselves teenagers (what teen isn't) that can sing at least a little and I think it gets grouped with dumb Americans far too often. Hell, even I'll watch it if I'm bored enough. I think the real point is that people that succumb to marketing/sales tricks used by shows like American Idol will probably also succumb to the tricks that cults use because both rely on taking advantage of our subconscious tendencies, among other things.
      • Extraneous, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1All hail the zerg overmind!! *drool*
    • testcase, on 04/14/2008, -16/+7Actually, these OT materials are not just silly - they are genuinely dangerous to anyone stupid enough to actually try them out without undergoing extensive preparation. I know this, because I have seen the disastrous consequences of people who have done them and failed to do them properly. I feel I have a duty of care to others to warn them that playing around with this ***** can actually do you a serious damage.

      Not many people know this, but the CO$ has special "places" where they send people who have mental breakdowns while doing these OT levels, particularly OT III. There is one of these "places" everywhere in the world where the OT levels are delivered, ie. near every "Advanced Org".

      People who attempt OT III without being properly "trained", or who just have undetected mental and emotional weaknesses which make them susceptable to mental breakdowns can come completely unhinged by doing these processes. People become totally fixated on hunting down these "body-thetans", and like a dog who goes crazy chasing his own tail, they spin in and literally lose their minds.

      This is no exaggeration. By completely unhinged, I mean COMPLETELY, that is, they gradually become raving lunatics, and finally, their minds snap, and they are no longer home. They become unable to do anything for themselves, including feeding themselves or getting themselves out of potentially life-threatening situations. If they are not "baby-sat" 24/7, and taken care of very very carefully, they can and do die. This is almost certainly what happened to Lisa M. It has definitely happened to many others.

      It can take about 6 months for people to come back to normal after one of these episodes, if they ever do. This is one of the best-kept secrets of Scientology, even though it's an open secret.

      Whatever people may be thinking when they publish these materials, you must realize that they are actually inherently dangerous. Dangerous in the same way that taking drugs is dangerous. Not everyone takes drugs, and not everyone who takes drugs will lose their minds, but enough do, and that's why we police drugs and keep them out of reach of children.

      If you think I'm kidding, or giving you some boogeyman stories to scare you, then think about this; the CO$ makes huge money from selling these materials and getting people through these levels. Contrary to popular opinion, they are extremely careful and selective about who they let do this - just because you have money doesn't mean you are allowed to do these OT levels. They spend months training people on how to audit them, and yet, in spite of all of these precautions and having expert supervision every step of the way, they STILL ***** up, and people STILL lose their minds and die from this *****.

      Do you think the CO$ *likes* it when people like Lisa M. die on them? ***** of course not! They don't need that *****. But in spite of taking every conceivable precaution, it still happens. So, what do you imagine would happen to some kid who reads this stuff off the Internet and starts to believe it just for perversity, and try it out just for kicks? Yup, you guessed it. They can end up worse off than Lisa, or in a mental institution if they're lucky.

      See, those of you fighting the CO$, you clearly have a lot more to learn about your enemy. You are certainly hurting them with these leaks, but who else are you hurting? If you really knew what you were doing, you would attach a warning label like this to every copy of these documents you sent out.
      • Professr, on 04/14/2008, -1/+8Wow. I almost feel for you...
      • liquidpele, on 04/14/2008, -2/+16testcase, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
        • blackula01, on 04/14/2008, -1/+6O'DOYLE RULES!!!
        • testcase, on 04/14/2008, -3/+2Actually, I just realized... you're a Church PR lurker aren't you? Probably OSA. Nice try at dead-agenting this, but it's true and you know it. It's only a matter of time before the the Church gets rolled up by the feds like a posse of polygamists. If I were you, I'd get as far away from them as I could.

          If you're not OSA, and you're just a dumb kid, then you won't know what I'm talking about, so just forget it and go back to sleep.
          • liquidpele, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2Don't get your panties in a twist. I was quoting the principal in Happy Gilmore for a laugh.

            OSA? Lets see... ah. http://www.anti-scientologie.ch/dictionary.htm#O
            Nope, not OSA. Not even affiliated with the cult in any sense of the word. I'm also not a kid, and I don't appreciate the implication that I am immature.

            My comedic jab at you was directed towards your warning that the text can take people in and drive them crazy. I would submit that the people were already unstable and the exercises would be the breaking point, but other things could be as well. Ever been to godhatesfags.com? Same deal. Unstable people getting absorbed by their self-serving beliefs.

          • testcase, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2liquidpele: There is a time and a place for comedy. I have a great sense of humor personally. But this LOLCAT ***** can go too far, especially when you're LOLling around and joking about things that are deadly serious. That's a sign of immaturity.

            It has become very obvious to me that you guys have no idea who or what you're ***** with when it comes to the Church of Scientology. I'm not a Scientologist. But having had some considerable experience with them in the past, I have a healthy respect for what they can do if they get really upset and manage to get a fang into you. Even wounded and dying, they are formidable.

            But you... you attempt to make witty jabs about things you know absolutely nothing about, and you guys prowl Digg with your bury squads to try and shut down anyone who doesn't congratulate you effusively in perfect 4chan. You have no idea actually how boring you guys really are.

            Everything you know comes from the Internet, and if you can't find it on the Internet, it doesn't exist. For example, you tried to look up "OSA" in a half-assed on-line French Scientologie dictionary, and because it didn't come up, you claim OSA doesn't exist.

            Are you truly stupid, or just lazy? For your information, "OSA" stands for "Office of Special Affairs", a very powerful and no-nonsense division of the CO$. They are the people who will ***** your ***** up if you get too annoying in your attacks against the Church.

            Because you don't know that, and because you don't know a whole world of other important stuff, anything you say on this topic is worthless. Worse than worthless actually - downright harmful.

            You're not smart, you're not clever, you're just trying to make snappy comments out of ignorance. I'm trying to help people by giving them a serious warning, based on real-world facts, and all you can do is quote from "Happy Gilmore"?

            My warning to people is a serious one, because I have observed first hand how people have been harmed by messing around with this stuff. It is not unlike what I have also observed first hand when people lose their minds with drugs. It doesn't happen every day, but it does happen.

            If you don't know about something for a fact, at least be smart enough not to ***** comment about it. And next time, be careful who you call an idiot, even in jest.
          • liquidpele, on 04/15/2008, -4/+0testcase,
            1) Never been to 4chan (don't even know where it is).
            2) I actually don't know what a lolcat is, although I've heard it mentioned a lot by very annoying posters. You say my joke was a sign of immaturity, but it had a point (which I explained) and I stand by it. Saying I'm immature is, again, just a weak point to try and weaken my argument and shows that you don't actually have any good rebuttal.
            3) Don't make assumptions about me or my intelligence, doing so is an unfounded attack and makes you look like an ass.
            4) The page I linked to defined OSA down the page, don't be such a prick.
            5) I get the feeling you're not as smart or "in the know" as you think you are, but I never called you an idiot, you read into that yourself. Perhaps you think you are an idiot subconsciously?

            In short, stop trying to be such a know it all, and stop making wild accusations about those who don't agree with you. Scientology is dangerous, we all get that. So is playing with guns or a million other things, so stop acting like Scientology is the beginning of the end. Perhaps you do have personal experience with them, but since you attacked me personally instead of backing up your claims with proof or at least a story about your experiences, I can only assume you're full of *****.
      • testcase, on 04/14/2008, -6/+3Listen, it doesn't matter how many of you and your anarchist pals get together, digg people down, and think happy thoughts about information wanting to be free, facts are facts, and reality is reality.

        You don't know what really goes on in Scientology, behind closed doors, you only think you do. It is actually worse than you imagine. Liquidpele, especially you, wishin' don't make it so, and calling someone an idiot is NOT an argument, unless you're 12 years old.

        You kids have simply got to grow up.
        • jooje, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2What you preach here testcase was the same they preached when they burned the Libraries of the Persian empire.
          Fear of text while only thing that is dangerous is ignorance.
          • testcase, on 04/14/2008, -3/+4No, jooje, I am not saying be afraid of the text. I am saying, "Don't do what the text says to do." BIG difference.

            There is no "magic" in those documents to be afraid of. I am simply saying that there are some people who will try to actually follow the instructions in those documents and attempt to do those "OT Levels". Some of those people may very well get badly hurt. In much the same way that some kids flip out and develop psychosis and neurosis from messing around with spiritualism and witchcraft - not because there is a devil, but because they are not mentally strong enough to not get carried away by it.
        • Extraneous, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2I'm not sure which is worse: that you admit to restricting information you claim is the truth or that you really believe it to begin with.
          • testcase, on 04/14/2008, -2/+1First of all, I didn't say I believed in Scientology. I just warned people not to try this stuff for themselves. It is dangerous if not done properly, and can be dangerous even if done properly, for reasons beyond anyone's ability to predict or control.

            Likewise, I also didn't say to restrict it - I have nothing to do with that. What I actually said was, it should be accompanied by a WARNING.
          • Extraneous, on 04/15/2008, -1/+2I'm not sure which is worse: that you actually believe this *****, or that you're still trying to save face.
      • computergod, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2For those wondering, I ran testcase through a digg checker, and he has no indications of having an agenda for a specific cause, posts a lot, and has been a member for quite some time.

        That said, I completely disagree with him in terms of the damage just reading something can do.
        • testcase, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2Thanks computergod. Just to set the record straight though, I did not say just *reading* stuff can do you damage, although of course that depends on what you're reading. I am talking about people who actually try to do things, not knowing that doing those things can cause you harm.

          Think of the kid who reads a story about bungeyjumping and tries to make a bungy cord from old innertubes and jump off his roof. Well, what do you think is going to happen? Likewise, people trying out these OT Levels, which promise "Super powers" can actually really ***** themselves up. Because even highly prepared and highly trained Scios ***** themselves up attempting this ***** under clinical conditions. I have observed this for myself. It IS dangerous stuff if you do not know what you are doing.
          • phronko, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2I don't think people are as fragile as you make them out to be.
            If there are people that get ***** up by trying a bunch of fictional garbage, they probably would have gotten ***** up by reading Harry Potter and trying to cast spells, or they would have found some other religion to ***** them up. There is nothing special about Scientology's brand of *****.
          • testcase, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2phronko: Normally, I would say you are right. But the nature of this Scio stuff is very different to some sort of book of witchcraft or something like that. I just used that as a common analogy.

            First of all, these Scio processes are designed for one purpose, and one purpose only - to alter your mind. Though it is dressed up as spirituality, it is really a highly focussed set of psychological routines which work very deeply on the mind. These processes exploit artifacts of the way the brain works and processes information which Hubbard discovered but did not fully understand. He just knew, like a lot of NLP researchers "just know" that if you do certain things, the mind will suddenly change, in a snap, and the person will suddenly think and feel completely differently than they ever have before.

            Now that can be great, if it works, but if it doesn't work, it creates a massive mess in that person's mind and psychie. When this happens in Scientology, the person is said to be "red tagged", which means basically that it's an emergency. They have to be fixed up, and very fast, before they get worse. In very serous cases, the person can actually have what is called a "psychotic break", and then they actually can't be fixed by auditing in Scientology, they have to be taken somewhere where they can (hopefully) "destimulate" over a period of days, weeks, even months. This is what I meant by taking people to certain "places".

            Now, when a kid or inexperienced person says to themselves, "Hey, I think I'll try and get these Super Powers... I'll just follow these instructions in these materials I just downloaded," that's when you have a problem. Because if they do it, and something goes wrong, and they end up "red tagged", there is no one there to help them who knows what has happened. All they have is this kid who is raving and running around naked, scratching his skin off. What are the authorities going to do? Use your imagination.

            I really want to stress that it is not because the person is mentally "fragile" that they come unglued like this, any more than a person who swallows a whole bunch of sleeping pills is "fragile" just because they fall into a coma. This Scientology stuff is SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED to alter your mind. How much clearer can I make it? That's what it's for. But it's meant to be used under careful supervision. If it is not used under careful supervision, people can and do get hurt.
          • phronko, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1But see, you're operating on assumptions that this crap actually has any psychological basis. It doesn't. It's just a bunch of made up words. I could blab about how muggles get transcombobulated and need to go to special rementification centres to get cured, but it doesn't actually mean anything. It doesn't matter if it was designed to alter your mind if it doesn't do so any more than the baseline of any fiction that people go crazy over.
    • BeefBaron, on 04/14/2008, -3/+6Hey, people still believe a floating monster SPOKE the world into existence and made our species out of muck. That's just as mindless as Scientology.
      • EmileVictor, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1You don't need to follow that particular belief to be part of that religion - anyone who says otherwise is ignorant.
        • Frost9999, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4True, you can pretty much make up any interpretation you want and still be part of christianity.
    • bleedtheworld, on 04/14/2008, -1/+4I agree with the Mass Effect comment, but really this "religion" I guess, works like any other. It gives people a way out, a way to believe in something other than what ever everybody else believes in. Also, BTW, L Ron Hubbard was a SCIENCE FICTION writer, if everyone can't see that this whole religion is based on some kind of science fiction story, you guys are tools, the people that believe in it now may be brain washed, but if you look at it this really seems like a big joke to me on Hubbard's part. I don't know be it's just me.
    • BlackDaniel, on 04/14/2008, -1/+4You have to give it to the CO$-fags though!
      They have managed to take a book with less actual inspirational value than a turd and scammed 1000s of people out of their life's savings... Not too many cults managed to reach that level of evil!
    • abacadabbra, on 04/14/2008, -2/+1scary
    • stupidStan, on 04/14/2008, -7/+10You can say the same thing about Islam or Christianity.
      First, you must realise that the whole WORLD is brainwashed to not think that their myths are 'normal'. Even as an atheist, I have been brainwashed to think that Christianity is 'normal' since I am surrounded by it night and day.
      Not flamebait, just trying to put things into perspective, it's so easy to point at something else and laugh when the same finger can just as easily be pointed right back at you.
      • Gozchev, on 04/14/2008, -5/+1Yea, but having to PAY to become *enlightened* not part of the religions you mentioned. Sure I might give money to my church to help it run, but in return, I get to hear, (this is true), interesting sermons on all aspects of life, I get to hang out and be with friends, and it is easier to find organizations that help people and donate my time to them. Though another problem is that people may not quite understand what is happening here...Many people go to church nowadays for the social connecting and not just fundamental beliefs, so although there may indeed be brainwashing within the cO$, it may not be the image of a room full of people in chairs listening to a loudspeaker but rather more subtle things mentioned before, like making it seem like what they are doing is right and that they need it to feel well....
    • siszam, on 04/14/2008, -20/+3About as mindless as those who believe a random "Big Bang" created everything. If you don't believe in God and that Jesus is Lord and Savior you're just worshiping yourself and your own foolishness. That's true for Scientology, Atheism or any of the egocentric cults.
      • Freezingmoose, on 04/14/2008, -3/+9*sigh* This is why people hate Christians. Why you gotta be like that, siszam? Why you gotta be trolling for unhappiness?
      • stupidStan, on 04/14/2008, -2/+7ROFL, thanks for that :)
        Christianity isn't egocentric at all.
      • Extraneous, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2Yeah, damn those cultist atheists and their scientifically verifiable view of the universe! DAMN THEM!!
    • pentupentropy, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4Germany has the right idea - http://www.nospintalk.com/content/view/56/2/ . Also, don't know if people know this, but they were responsible for the single largest government conspiracy/spying event in history that was not undertaken by a foreign government.
    • Azerael, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4You might think it's just a video game, but it's true; The Reapers ARE coming and they WILL kill us all.

      HOWEVER; if each of you send me TEN DOLLARS, I will offer you the opportunity to survive the Reaper attacks at least SIXTY seconds longer than everyone else, guaranteed; or your money back!
    • Vash63, on 04/14/2008, -2/+3Have you ever read the bible, Quran or any other major 'holy' book? Not to defend scientology, but it isn't like the other major religions aren't just as crazy.

      Hmm, alien populating our planet from other planets, or mythical, invisible and extremely concerned with not being detected invisible man creating the entire universe in 7 days? I wouldn't say it's any worse than any other major religion as far as the core beliefs. Now, the cult-like practices are a bit worse than most Western religions... but that's a different beast altogether.
    • senatorpjt, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2I'd be willing to bet that 99.9% of the people who join Scientology have no idea about this stuff (which is probably why people want it made public.) They show up in places with a "free stress test" and basically trick people into it. At least in the beginning, they're more practicing medicine without a license, as they more attempt to pass themselves off as some sort of therapy operation - although they're very careful not to do so (It's actually happened a few times - there's a disclaimer on the bottom of the E-meter - which of course people at the "free stress test" can't see - saying it's not a medical device).
    • jdbeast00, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Do you ever get the feeling that L.Ron is just laughing right now at all the idiots. from page 51: "Every student must supply himself with FOOLSCAP paper."
      Now take your idiotwood pencils and start writing on your foolscap paper, students.
  • ThinkBox, on 04/14/2008, -5/+428Too bad all the pro-scientologists diggers aren't OT 9, that means they could burry this story with THEIR MINDS!!!!
    • mnky9800n, on 04/14/2008, -0/+29There are pro-scientology diggers?
      • juicebag, on 04/14/2008, -0/+21No. People just accuse anyone who buries OMG ANON IS LEGION NEVAR FORGIVE type posts of being pro-scientology.
        • yohnstoppable, on 04/14/2008, -2/+16I bury some of those as well. Not because I'm pro Scientology, but because I"m anti-retard. I do digg stuff like this that is actually interesting news, though.
      • NSResponder, on 04/14/2008, -1/+9There are probably some members of the criminal nut-cult reading digg. They used to have a number of them watching alt.religion.scientology to try to drown out the critics with bogus cancels and huge volumes of spam.

        -jcr
    • Murdats, on 04/14/2008, -1/+3maybe he means pro-anti-scientology
    • justjoehere, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3bury even.
    • displacednomad, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3What? I couldn't understand you. I was busy laughing at this:
      "The PreOT asks the BT “Who are you?”, it cognites “I’m me” and blows."
    • izosity, on 04/14/2008, -1/+3lol makes me wanna play fallout 2
    • Mpwns, on 04/14/2008, -1/+4i think us non co$ people are ot9. why? we see right though this bs.
    • Jareth86, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2All three of them?
  • prompel, on 04/14/2008, -6/+157Smoke pot until you have a cognition. Repeat until Tom Cruise regains sanity.
    • GrammarNazi3000, on 04/14/2008, -1/+97Day 2,341: Smoked another bowl today, Tome Cruise still insane. Still unable to find MI3 entertaining, better try another bowl.

      Day 2,341.2: No more fruit snacks, better try another bowl.
      • stupidStan, on 04/14/2008, -11/+1Tom Cruise is a nutjob, but MI3 was awesome!
      • kocurejd, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1If that doesn't work, you might have try shrooms.
    • Resch17, on 04/14/2008, -3/+0Naw, I tried. It didn't work.
    • davidbond, on 04/14/2008, -0/+5It makes you wonder whether someone high up in Scientology has some (ahem) dirt on Tom's private life.
  • iceeblue, on 04/14/2008, -3/+128Holy Crap! People actually pay for this?

    The are not just a cult they are insane!
    • WazzaInc, on 04/14/2008, -3/+57Way to be late to the party
    • KloroFormd, on 04/14/2008, -6/+1Relevant to this comment: http://www.monochrom.at/cracked/comments/slowpoke- ...
    • NSResponder, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Read Keith Henson's explanations of how the criminal nut-cult manipulates its victims. They don't just cough up the half-million bucks on one lump at the beginning.

      -jcr
    • 4d669, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1If anon actually wanted to make some damage they should have printed millions of copies of all the leaked documents and handed them out everywhere. Sent some to the Pope, Evangelical millionaries, Israel, etc.
    • senatorpjt, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3No, they pass themselves off as a low-cost mental-health service at the beginning. (Auditing only seems expensive until you compare it to a psychiatrist). There's quite a bit of brainwashing that goes on before they ever spring this stuff on you (you have to reach Clear which basically means your brainwashing is finished). Until you're "clear", Scientology (Dianetics at that point) is more a mashup of what L. Ron Hubbard picked up after leafing through some introductory psychology textbooks.
  • FizzanoMatrix, on 04/14/2008, -13/+4Were these distributed through Redhat forums?
  • plimpton777, on 04/14/2008, -4/+199Now you've done it--Xenu evil galactic overlord not pleased. Will retaliate with Mission Impossible IV.
    • sfacets, on 04/14/2008, -41/+1Are you confused, or simply an idiot?
      • CAPITALLETTERS, on 04/14/2008, -0/+21I think you're the confused one.
      • DavidGuetta9, on 04/14/2008, -0/+10that's called a joke
      • insllvn, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4He is confused, because Xenu is the devil figure in L Ron's fairy tale world. Hail Xenu!
    • dsmx, on 04/14/2008, -0/+16Mission Impossible IV the quest for even more ego.
    • mecharabbit, on 04/14/2008, -1/+6Free Xenu!
    • Wesside, on 04/14/2008, -2/+4You win many internets for that comment. Pure gold!
    • omenmedia, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Thanks for the laugh, that was great.
  • youtellme8, on 04/14/2008, -7/+152Anonymous is pwning Scientology.
    • liquidpele, on 04/14/2008, -25/+5I think they already lost interest and started harassing people with epilepsy actually...
      • treed, on 04/14/2008, -2/+22Or maybe the Scientologists want you to think so.
        • liquidpele, on 04/14/2008, -4/+9Maybe. But I'm more inclined to believe that some parts of "Anonymous," which is a pretty un-cohesive group to begin with, is just as ***** up as they've always been. Over the years, their "raids" have consisted almost entirely of juvenile and sociopathic objectives (if you have evidence this is not so, I'd like to see it). The Scientology thing is recent, and I honestly don't think it will last long. Hell, I'd wager that most of the people still into it hadn't even heard of Anonymous until this started, and many probably don't really follow the Anonymous thing but are just voicing support.
          • youtellme8, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Interesting, but even if Anonymous themselves loose interest I feel as that they began a process that will, if not destroy Scientology, cripple it in the public eye. Even without any more major Anonymous actions we all still talk about them, and have all become more vocal about our loathing of Scientology.
      • TonyLocNE, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1pics or it didn't happen.
    • jtpjet, on 04/14/2008, -19/+1Anonymous kindly asks you not use their name, as 90% of them dislike this raid. They are not interested in supporting it anymore, and I would suggest that you get a new name before they do something worse then the epilepsy forum. Otherwise, you will lose all credibility in the eyes of the public.
      • funzo, on 04/14/2008, -2/+10fag
      • acis1, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4OSA is that you? how cute.
      • jtpjet, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Wow, I'm a fag because I offer advise. I didn't even ask to you stop your goddamn moralfag *****, but that you switch your name because you won't have any ***** credibility.
        • funzo, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1Can somebody call the ***** waaaaaaaambulance?
          • jtpjet, on 04/15/2008, -0/+2Wow, I just let myself get trolled through the digg comment system. Well played.
          • funzo, on 04/16/2008, -0/+1Thanks, I try.
    • unicronband, on 04/14/2008, -0/+14Last page. "The Actual Super Powers Process: Super Power Rundown Series 5" Anonymous couldn't ask for anything better.

      "One thing the auditor must not do is interrupt the person while in the middle of this major win or during the laughter. Otherwise it will invalidate the win. The auditor simply maintains his TRs and lets the person have his win. Do not end the session until the laughter stops as this will also tend to invalidate the person and his win.

      The laughter can go on for some time. Perhaps up to an hour. Be sure and just be there with the person during this win and not end the session until the laughter has subsided."

      I'm not even going to try and add something clever because this is just pure, concentrated win.
      • Wesside, on 04/14/2008, -0/+8That win could use some epic tossed in here and there, possible some major, and or a dash of uber.
      • Berkana, on 04/14/2008, -0/+5Perhaps that explains Tom Cruise's maniacal laughter. He was doing it for the wins and the lulz.
      • SpaceMonkeyZero, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1Pure insanity!
  • sfacets, on 04/14/2008, -5/+56Posting these everywhere I can now :)
  • willzyx, on 04/14/2008, -48/+18The whole Anonymous thing is pretty lame, but Scientology is still whack.

    " OT 7 - 48
    1. Find some plants, trees, etc., and communicate to them individually until you
    know they received your communication. "
    • digitalpencil, on 04/14/2008, -8/+21buried for use of the word 'whack'.. what are you, 9?
    • Bonobo, on 04/14/2008, -3/+5wow relax, just read what he has to say, i guess that one goofy word bothered you so much that you completely ignored what he had to say and make a reply.
  • insomniac8400, on 04/14/2008, -3/+75Sounds like the ramblings of a scorned nutcase who is upset society wouldn't let him rape little boys.
    • insllvn, on 04/14/2008, -1/+9If it sounds like a horse, chances are it ain't a zebra...
    • BlackDaniel, on 04/14/2008, -0/+7ANYONE that has seen the video collections on the life of Ron L will never become a scientologist!
      He really comes off, not even charismatic... just power hungry and insane..

      Read and watch how he finished his life... like a vegetable!! Afraid of sound and hairy like a panda!!
    • zizzy, on 04/14/2008, -0/+8Yeah, who puts a quote attributed to THEMSELVES on the second page of the book THEY wrote?
  • sfacets, on 04/14/2008, -3/+33http://www.scribd.com/doc/2532229/Scientology-Oper ...
  • callinthelaw69, on 04/14/2008, -2/+167***** The Church of Scientology.
    If you wanna believe that *****, fine.
    But as soon as you start hurting--and killing!--people over it, it becomes other peoples' business.
    • smartass007, on 04/14/2008, -3/+2well said. and let us add other more popular religions and compare body counts throughout human history.

      atheism ftw
  • Frogee, on 04/14/2008, -9/+2Well, *****.
  • senorcool, on 04/14/2008, -5/+58damn, scientology already sent wikileaks a legal demand.
    • ca1amity, on 04/14/2008, -2/+47were you under the impression that scientology was not, in fact, serious business?
    • goldenratiophi, on 04/14/2008, -1/+7g/l with that, Scientology - you can't stop the Internet!
    • Bing11, on 04/14/2008, -4/+2No *****! They're either posting copyrighted Scientology material (if it IS real) or slander against them. Even if it IS real, AND *****, how is this NOT illegal? Or do "the ends justify the means"?

      Oh wait! What's that sound I hear in the distance? That sounds like another bandwagon! Quick, jump on it, lackeys!
  • lilbugleboy09, on 04/14/2008, -3/+42Massive downloads before Co$ brings it down!
    • Mpwns, on 04/14/2008, -0/+6i download everything i can on co$ so if something goes missing i can be one of the millions willing to put it back online.
  • killbert24, on 04/14/2008, -54/+4Yes we all know the Church of Scientology has weird beliefs. That's why people actually become interested and join. Everyone that diggs this is digging because they know how weird it is to talk to plants and so forth, but at least they are more intrigued than they are with other religions. By the way I'm not a scientologist, but theres a reason people love talking about it.
    • BruceDude, on 04/14/2008, -0/+31Its the trendy thing to do.

      Heard of Lisa McPherson? She was killed by the church, on a church compound, in a very brutal and inhumane way.
      http://www.lisamcpherson.org/


      This is a very dangerous cult. NOT a religion. They operate on a for-profit basis like corporate enterprises, and unlike religions.
    • killbert24, on 04/14/2008, -17/+3Whats funny is there have been like a handful of recorded deaths linked to Scientology, but millions of deaths having to do with the cult started by Mr. Jesus H. Christ. Wars anyone? Hell, even Bush went to Iraq because God told him to.
      Oh wow so Christianity is free? NOT. deficit.
      • eadnams, on 04/14/2008, -1/+6at least Christians acknowledge that it was wrong, and have asked forgiveness.
        • eadnams, on 04/14/2008, -3/+4How would you feel if you made a mistake, accepted that you made a mistake, and tried to make it better, but no one would accept that?

          From a christian point of view, forgiveness does not give one a license to do wrong, and is greatly frowned upon... You'd know that if you'd put any time into being open minded about religions.

          But, there are jerks everywhere, and people who will use religion as a means of political gain (See: Crusades, Jihad, BushCo, etc). The religion is just as much a victim of these people as the citizens who listened.

          Blaming 'religion' for those things is ignorance at its best.
          • javip, on 04/14/2008, -2/+2"Blaming 'religion' for those things is ignorance at its best."

            actually.. that statement is pretty much the pinnacle and definition of ignorance. can u say.. irony?
      • hardcorenerd, on 04/14/2008, -12/+2this is such an ignorant post. show some respect for Jesus before you post such disrespect. regardless if you believe in Christianity or not, I am sure that you would find his teachings refreshing. there are idiots in all groups, not just Christianity. there are evil men in all religions, and in all groups, including atheists and agnostics. it's not just Christians who have supported war, and not just Christians who have done evil things. keep Jesus' name out of it, he has had nothing to do with it.
        • rhapsodisiac, on 04/14/2008, -1/+8I'll show respect for Jesus if you'll show respect for Hamlet, Robin Hood, and King Arthur.

          Legends don't require respect. Legendary people don't have feelings. They're things.
      • BruceDude, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2You have to look at the current per capita ratio. Current being the time frame Scientology was established as a 'religion'.

        That and the war in Iraq was for oil. You're not kidding anyone.
    • robthom, on 04/14/2008, -1/+3Talking to pot plants is stimulating.
    • murdocsvan, on 04/14/2008, -4/+0Yes but by giving it a bad name before people hear about it, they ll be discouraged to take it seriously or to look at in a good light after having been condemned so much.
      • BruceDude, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4That makes no sense.

        What OT level are you?
    • Anon3870, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2I love talking about it because it's weird? And to think I'd always thought the only reason I actually mentioned it to anyone was to tell them to stay the f*ck away....
    • mllawso, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1Crap, wrong link. bury me
  • nitesoulja, on 04/14/2008, -31/+6who ***** cares
  • footbag01, on 04/14/2008, -21/+6Wow... Hubbard was a genius!!! LOL!!!!
    • greenlight2001, on 04/14/2008, -2/+17No, not really... just a fat ***** who didn't care about other people, just money.
      • ZoRob, on 04/14/2008, -8/+0first things first, ***** L. Ron and Scientology but to say the asshole wasn't smart is deeming humanity completely ignorant to believe the ***** and I still have hope for humanity (very little) so I'd give him the genius ballot
        • greenlight2001, on 04/14/2008, -0/+5I didn't say he wasn't smart, I said he wasn't a genius.
    • shovelihave, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3My sarcasm radar went off...

      unbury
  • UtahApocalyse, on 04/14/2008, -4/+56Sincerely,
    Ava Paquette
    Moxon & Kobrin
    3055 Wilshire Boulevard
    Suite 900
    Los Angeles, California 90010
    Tel: (213) 487-4468
    Fax: (213) 487-5385

    Let him know its online now and will never be stopped.
    • lostngone, on 04/14/2008, -0/+6Ava Paquette is not a dude.
      • NSResponder, on 04/14/2008, -3/+3Are you sure? Some of the nut-cult chicks look like trannies to me.

        -jcr
    • mllawso, on 04/14/2008, -2/+3Who is this?
      • EwMo, on 04/14/2008, -0/+6Moxon and Kobrin is a law firm that's connected to Co$.
        • NSResponder, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3Helena Kobrin is the person who started the whole Scientology-versus-the-internet fracas when she sent out a bogus control message to try to delete the alt.religion.scientology newsgroup. This is what got Grady Ward and Keith Henson (and many others) involved in exposing the cult.

          -jcr
      • Berkana, on 04/14/2008, -0/+9Moxon, the CoS's in-house attorney, is a high ranking Scientologist who was implicated in Operation Snow White, the famous and massive infiltration of the US government involving some 5,000 Scientologist agents, break-ins at 135 government facilities and embassies, etc.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_snow_white
      • SpaceMonkeyZero, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2If you call and harass them, they'll probably trace your phone # and get your name and address and send you a bill for their time, and then take you to small claims court (in a court somewhere far away from where you live) when you don't pay. An army of Hollywood lawyers turned cultists using the system against dissenters is very evil. CoS ruins lives. They don't need to resort to murder that often to ruin lives of ordinary folks.

        In other words... use skype!
  • Nintendesert, on 04/14/2008, -6/+118Well that saved me a lot of money.
    • Chaoticfist, on 04/14/2008, -13/+3I couldn't decide on weather to bury you or digg u up... On one hand the point is to make it free, while on the other hand if you reading it even tho its free than you still nuts.
      • Aokitsune, on 04/14/2008, -1/+11That really could go either way. I'm going to read it out of curiosity for sure- and reading doesn't equal believing (very true for Atheists and the Bible)
        Sun Tzu's Art of War makes it clear that one has to know their enemy and themselves to achieve victory.
    • kungfuboi, on 04/14/2008, -7/+0buried for incorrect use of "than"
    • buddamus, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2I'm glad i know not to trust the 'squirrels' now to
  • garageboy101, on 04/14/2008, -2/+66Why does the first page with L Ron's quote say "the work was free, keep it so"?
    a bit ironic isn't it?
  • BruceDude, on 04/14/2008, -3/+56Now everyone can get to Tom Cruise Level OT-9!

    Cost: 13.22 Xenu Dollar.
    • noseeme, on 04/14/2008, -0/+16Not to nitpick, but Cruise is actually OT-7. I've never understood why, because there are hundreds of nobodies that are OT-8.
      • str1fe, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2I think he meant to put that "to" after Tom Cruise.
    • murdocsvan, on 04/14/2008, -0/+7I thought tom cruise had his own OT level.
    • dollar0dot02, on 04/14/2008, -8/+8Chuck Norris is OT-Infinity
      • stupidStan, on 04/14/2008, -0/+15Chuck Norris lost all coolness when he hung out with Mike Huckabee... shame on you.
    • Forsakenmantra, on 04/14/2008, -0/+6Tom has yet to figure out the whole telepathy thing. Give him some time :D

      Sigh.
      • EwMo, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3Oh but he can create realities.
        And help people on the side of the road.
    • Mpwns, on 04/14/2008, -0/+313.22 Xenu Dollar = everything you got in earth money, for those of you that don't feel like doing math.
  • exomni, on 04/14/2008, -4/+11Search on the Scribd version for "Xenu" returned 0 results.

    I'm disappointed.
    • sfacets, on 04/14/2008, -2/+1There are at least two copies on Scribd as of 5 hours ago.
    • directedition, on 04/14/2008, -1/+2Well, to be fair, most of the xenu story was handwritten. Of course, scientologists deny the Xenu story flatly. I guess someone just mastered copying L. Ron's handwriting and had lots of free time.
    • acis1, on 04/14/2008, -1/+3the xenu story is handwritten in the OTIII documents
  • sloppychris, on 04/14/2008, -6/+31"If the West cannot defend its cultural values of free speech and press freedoms against a money making cult like Scientology, it can hardly lecture China and other state abusers of these same values. Such states are quick to proclaim their censorship regime is no mere matter of protecting a cult's profits, but rather of national security."

    -Wikileaks
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/08/church_of_ ...

    I think that's a bit much. But still.
  • WazzaInc, on 04/14/2008, -3/+18countdown to scientology's denial starts now!
    • appleswitch, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1I very much doubt it. You can't sue someone for copy write infringement and still deny it's yours. :-)
  • gooter, on 04/14/2008, -11/+4tomlaugh.gif
    • sovietninja, on 04/14/2008, -6/+2Wait, what? /b/ is that way >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
      That's not even the proper formatting to display an image, dude.
  • Fmunkey, on 04/14/2008, -3/+33PDF Download
    http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Church_of_Scientology_co ...
    --------------------
  • zeodelta, on 04/14/2008, -3/+8I downloaded a copy from http://www.scribd.com/doc/2532229/Scientology-Oper ...

    I want to make a torrent, any diggers got an easy way?
    • Jenadae, on 04/14/2008, -0/+12www.thepiratebay.org
    • Sirlolalot, on 04/14/2008, -0/+11its already been done 4days ago, see http://www.fulldls.com/torrent-ebooks-962007.html :)
    • Berkana, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4Careful: It was reported on some forum by insiders that CoS has their own fake seeds of the torrent from their servers, by which they track IP addresses in an attempt to track people down RIAA style, for the purposes of Fair Gaming them.
      • NeedlerFanPudge, on 04/14/2008, -1/+0So? It's a bible, not a song... If they truly go through with the suing of someone that downloads it P2P, it will only mean the losing of any credibility they still have. Which is all good in my book.
        • Berkana, on 04/16/2008, -0/+2They do a hell of a lot more than just sue people, dude. They harass, and break in, and sometimes even murder.
  • BruceDude, on 04/14/2008, -3/+29Hubbard was nuttier than a squirrel turd.

    Proof: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYlgIoWiwoc (NOT that annoying RickRoll)

    You might need an aspirin after watching it.
    • 10GunSalute, on 04/14/2008, -0/+11I love how rickrolling has gotten to the point where people have to say "(NOT a rickroll)" every time they post a link
    • MilkManCons, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4Haha I don't know whats more disturbing, the insane ramblings or the high production values for the visual aids.
      Drink every time he says Boots!
      • BruceDude, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1The insane ramblings taken seriously.

        Gotta love brainwashed cult members.
    • julianrod, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1I kinda liked the music. Does that make me scientologists-friendly?
  • KodomoNoJikan, on 04/14/2008, -4/+23God, just reading the text gives me a headache. It is as if it incorporates some form of newspeak along with sci fi technobabble. I feel dumber after reading it.
    • rhapsodisiac, on 04/14/2008, -0/+5That's what keep's 'em hooked! "If it's unintelligible, I must be unintelligent."
  • helliottlaw, on 04/14/2008, -6/+21C.o.S. + leakage + the internets = lulercakes
  • laserblazer, on 04/14/2008, -5/+32The bigger the Ponzi scheme, the more satisfying to watch collapse.
  • diothar, on 04/14/2008, -4/+18With how much money the Church of Scientology makes, I wonder if taxing them could possibly bring relief to our national debt.
    • NSResponder, on 04/14/2008, -5/+2Not even close. The federal government is a far bigger scam.

      -jcr
      • javip, on 04/14/2008, -3/+5I don't care how much I agree with your comments, they're all getting dugg down because of your annoying and pointless -jcr *****.

        -not jcr
  • future15tbd, on 04/14/2008, -23/+3Really, does anyone care about this crap anymore. NEWSFLASH: Scientology is a scam based on science fiction. Oh my! Who knew?

    Can we please, please, please let this and every other scientology story end up where it belongs - on some daytime talk show along with the "I slept with the neighbor's dog" and "I was anal-probed by martians" stories?
    • Sidzilla, on 04/14/2008, -0/+11Don't make light of being anal probed. I was, and now they don't write, they don't call...
  • Jenadae, on 04/14/2008, -3/+10"One: Walk around and counts bodies until you have a cognition. Make a report saying how many you counted and your cognition. Two: Note several large and small female bodies until you have a cognition. Note it down. Three: Note several large and several small male bodies until you have a cognition. Note it down. Four: Final a tight packed crowd of people. Write it as a crowd and then as individuals until you have a cognition. Note it down. Do step over until you do."

    the odd repetition of easy words seem to have an eerie yet strong effect to them..
    • murdocsvan, on 04/14/2008, -0/+16Repetition is an effective form of brainwashing. It breaks down the minds defenses. At least that's how i understood it.
    • displacednomad, on 04/14/2008, -0/+15Repetition is an effective form of brainwashing. It breaks down the minds defenses. At least that's how i understood it.
    • allah6464, on 04/14/2008, -0/+13Repetition is an effective form of brainwashing. It breaks down the minds defenses. At least that's how i understood it.
    • Parkinsons, on 04/14/2008, -5/+5C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER
    • hpliferaft, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1It's a figure of speech called epistrophe.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistrophe
  • BruceDude, on 04/14/2008, -5/+8Hubbard & The Boots!!

    "These boots have a catch to them"
    "They weren't one man's boots.."
    "They were every man's boots."
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYlgIoWiwoc
  • absurdist, on 04/14/2008, -1/+17If you're an OT9, does that mean that you can finally grasp the impenetrable mystery that is Time Cube? ;)
    • atarijedi, on 04/14/2008, -0/+4Becoming an OT9 gives you the super ability to see through time, but only in one direction, and only into the past.
  • mecharabbit, on 04/14/2008, -5/+22For a professional writer, he sure did have bad grammar.
  • petethepanda, on 04/14/2008, -19/+4I thought the "take down Scientology" internet fad had gone away by now.
    • and303, on 04/14/2008, -8/+5No no no. It is clearly more important than the elections, ongoing war, or near-depression economy.
      • insllvn, on 04/14/2008, -0/+10...because we should only have one type of news at a time dammit!
  • charlie55, on 04/14/2008, -20/+3yunno the pope is visiting with bush soon, isnt that a much bigger deal? the head scientologist dude could never get near bush. cant you see how your priorities are screwy? scientology is a non-factor relative to the other big religions.

    cowards need easy targets.
    • tk0680, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2Scientology is notably more hilarious than Christianity or any other major religion.
      • charlie55, on 04/14/2008, -0/+1more crazy than the magical jewish carpernter that was hatched from the virgin, sent by the super-space master? more crazy than the idea of the holy trinity or transubstantiation? more crazy than the undead zombie who rises from the dead and floats up to heaven to sit at the right hand of his father, who made him on purpose to be killed to somehow forgive the sins of people? and these sins, many of them are ridiculous, like honoring false idols nd other crazy crap.

        and this god, who kinda got sick of the world so he flooded it and saved some dude with a boat and 2 of every animal? you are crazy, dude. all religions are equally nonsense. they all have aliens and freaky stuff from space. xenu sounds weirder than jesus, but it isnt.
  • DroogInPhoenix, on 04/14/2008, -1/+30615 pages. I will wait for the audio book or the movie.
    • directedition, on 04/14/2008, -0/+5Go ahead. Watch Battlefield Earth. I dare you.
  • krewl, on 04/14/2008, -7/+2I can't wait for these guys to get the last laugh!
  • KodomoNoJikan, on 04/14/2008, -16/+8Jesus Christ is the Tom Cruise of Christianity
  • BrendanSheehan, on 04/14/2008, -1/+5I am OAC - on a chair ;)
  • AngryIrishMan12, on 04/14/2008, -1/+6156. To build a Timelessingness machine
    Not to timeless yourself
    57. To build a Clearingness machine
    Not to clear yourself
    58. To build a drainingness machine
    Not to drain yourself

    - What the F, there's like 10 pages of crap like this...
    • theviceroy, on 04/14/2008, -0/+2MACHEN DASS!!
    • archivist, on 04/14/2008, -0/+559. to build an awesomeness machine
      not to awe yourself
    • shoblime, on 04/14/2008, -1/+3Apparently you've never read anything by Martin Heidegger... this would appear very familiar.
  • snoox, on 04/14/2008, -1/+17this is awesome, now I can get Clear and keep my thousands of dollars and objects. WIN!
    • BlackDaniel, on 04/14/2008, -0/+11Yeah, you CAN but the question is... wouldn't you rather read harry potter?
  • Ryan0617, on 04/14/2008, -2/+17***** CO$
  • nunu4u, on 04/14/2008, -1/+29Wikileaks! standing up for the internetz
  • and303, on 04/14/2008, -17/+25Honestly people, the COS should be about...oh...number 10,304 on your list of evils in the world that need abolishing.
    Scientology sure is lame, but how about leaking and publicizing the invoices that tell the world how much Haliburton is charging our military (US tax dollars) for a can of Coca Cola or a bag of laundry. I promise you the read will be more interesting than this sci-fi garbage.
    (prepares for digg down)
    • mooseofshadows, on 04/14/2008, -2/+14We deal with those problems too, but one at a time man. There's more to scientology than just lameness. Scientology charges you hundreds of thousands of dollars to basically make you insane, and then once they're done, they, in some cases, kill you. So please, don't derail this train when it's headed somewhere good.
      • and303, on 04/14/2008, -1/+4Scientology charges me nothing because I'm not stupid enough to give them any money.
        Haliburton charges me plenty and I'll go to jail if I refuse to pay them through the IRS.

        Finally, this train isn't headed anywhere. All your doing is giving them free publicity and encouraging people to read their religious documents. Want to destroy a cult? Ignore the ***** out of it.
        • stfucupcake, on 04/14/2008, -0/+3Stop bitching about inroads made in the last few months. Llaugh at the wobbling tower & join in the celebration when it crashes.

          And303: if Hali is higher up on your list then get going, dude. Trying to take down a dug in deep, politician approved, huge government contractor is going to take some doing.
          Good luck with that.
          • and303, on 04/15/2008, -1/+1What wobbling tower? Do you actually think Scientology is going to just give up because a couple hipsters are hanging out at its offices?
            The whole thing is completely contradictory to begin with. Trying to shut down a religion/cult/business/whatever and claiming free speech as your reason. That's like shooting a bunch of soldiers to "protest war and violence". I think you're a fool if you agree to be on either side of the table.
        • ayeroxor, on 04/15/2008, -0/+1"All your doing is giving them free publicity"

          'All your doing'? God damn, you're a retard.
    • g111y, on 04/14/2008, -1/+3how about LAMBDA people? why do people laugh at LAMBDA and get outraged at this? you've got it backwards...
      • BobScratchit, on 04/14/2008, -1/+3NERDS!!!!!!
        • AmyWhere, on 04/14/2008, -1/+1Do mean NAMBLA? Or Lambda Mu, the sorority from 'Revenge of the Nerds?"
    • Berkana, on 04/14/2008, -1/+6I agree, but here's my explanation as to why people have risen up to fight the CoS: the CoS lashes out viciously to silence reporting about their abuses. Halliburton simply doesn't give a damn. If Halliburton sent cease and desist notices to YouTube for every video that attacks and exposes Halliburton and Wikipedia and Wikileaks for every embarassing document exposed, you'd better believe that there would be a grass-roots internet immune reaction against them.

      It is not that Scientology is the greatest evil, it's just that their ridiculous sensitivity and litigious tactics, though somewhat effective at silencing dissent off-line, have the opposite effect on the net, where memes and free speech they're trying to suppress spread harder the more they try to stamp it out.
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