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- Anonymeep, on 04/30/2008, -0/+17If it looks like a business and sounds like a business and behaves like a business...
- picaflor999, on 04/30/2008, -0/+16That contract is ridiculous and would never hold up (and has never held up) in court. You can sign away your "right to sue" if, for example, you are going to do something known to be dangerous, where there is an expectation of danger, but you are going to do it anyway. Bungie-jumping, perhaps, or sky-diving. But such a waiver for joining a "religion" -- that's just silly. Excuse me, that's just retarded.
- anonymouschick2, on 04/30/2008, -0/+15Looks like the person writing this article is a heavy hitter!
Bonnie Goldstein is a former special investigator to the U.S. Senate and investigative producer for ABC News. - diggermcdigger, on 04/30/2008, -0/+15What kind of "religion" makes you sign a 6 page contract for participating in religious services?
Answer: None, because the Church of Scientology is a CULT. - MomAnon21008, on 04/30/2008, -0/+9Protip: Remember, kiddos, be sure to take a lawyer with you next time you check out a new religion, because you never know when someone might ask you to sign away every right you ever had!
I'm pretty sure the United States outlawed slavery in, um, the 19th century, sometime around 1865, seeing as we had a war about it. I think it was called, ah, (scratching head) the Civil War? And um, the abolitionist states won, so this contract has been illegal for almost 150 years.
Just sayin'... - crystalblue69, on 04/30/2008, -0/+9this contract would never hold up in court -- i guess that's why teh Co$ always attempts to intimidate former adherents/clients into dropping any claims for reimbursement.
- ArnieLerma, on 05/01/2008, -0/+8Like everything else in the global fraud of scientology this contract is a fraud, a charade, a theatrical, pretense, a bluff but to those hypnotized by scientology,they are real, just as real as xenu or the promise of becoming an ubermensch (called "OT" in Scientology) In 15 years as an activist, I do not know of one case where these documents have held up in a court of law. In my own case RTC vs Lerma they introduced a pile of them, and Judge Brinkema dismissed them all with a wave of her hand.. Scientology should be shut down.
- Anubis114, on 04/30/2008, -0/+8Notice the wording ... forever give up the right to sue ... that's important when you may have also signed a billion year contract with the sea org.
- FreddyO, on 05/01/2008, -0/+7This contract is filled with ridiculous conditions - I doubt it is legally binding.
MIKE RINDER BLEW, YOU CAN TOO! - anonlita, on 05/01/2008, -0/+6The only 'religion' that requires a contract and down payment!
- fivo7, on 05/01/2008, -0/+5go arnie , original crusader!
- concernedanon, on 05/01/2008, -0/+5This contract was writtem up by some real paranoid people, with a lot to hide - just read it - it's a laugh...
- mediaphile, on 05/01/2008, -0/+3They implemented the waiver after the death of Lisa McPherson, who died during an "Introspection Rundown", where "the church" can hold you against your will for as long as they deem necessary.
- grinningsadist, on 05/03/2008, -0/+2Fair Use extract of contract - Section 5, subsection d, paragraph ii:
"The abandonment, surrender, waiver, and relinquishment to which I refer in the immediately preceding subparagraph is unconditional and irrevocable and applies equally to anyone acting or purporting to be acting on my behalf or for my benefit, whether I am alive or dead, whether I am disabled or incapacitated, and under any and all circumstances foreseen or unforeseen, in perpetuity, without exception or limitation."
Hey kids, not only do you sign YOUR rights away for eternity, you have to waive EVERYONE ELSE'S rights for them too! What kind of church needs this kind of 'legal protection'? Aww, you guessed... NONE.
CULT CULT CULT CULT CULT. - mediaphile, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2It's not so much a cult as a business with cultish customers.
- svtspeed, on 05/01/2008, -0/+2I know how to cripple the Co$. Here me out. FTA 'The church enjoys tax-exempt status." Why not send a couple of thousand messages to the IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman pointing out to him that the C0$ is a for profit corporation and that they should be taxed accordingly? If by some miracle the Church lost its tax exempt status I think it would loose some of its public acceptance of being a religion on top of putting a pretty large dent in their profits. Hit 'em where it hurts the most - their wallets.
Just an idea...
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