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- goyney, on 01/24/2008, -17/+126I heard Tom Cruise had sex with a 5 1/4 floppy and the resulting embarrassment was the MacBook Air. Can anyone confirm?
- stoanhart, on 01/24/2008, -4/+60[That comment is no longer funny, due to overuse on all Scientology stories]
- ubergeek09, on 01/24/2008, -1/+50Yeah that was confirmed.
- ubergeek09, on 01/24/2008, -5/+49Scientology doesn't get much sympathy, hopefully anon will expose Scientology's many disgusting crimes.. See if it can get sympathy then.
- 22pages, on 01/24/2008, -6/+46Want to seriously disrupt scientology? Nothing works like a good old boycott.
Someone should compile a big list of actors, musicians, companies etc. that are friendly to scientology. They should identify all the movies, bands, products and the like they put out. If you hate scientology, stop buying those products.
Let's face it, if ties to scientology kill your career, fewer people will join and celebrity recruiting will become a lot harder. - zerosuit, on 01/24/2008, -9/+43Collect them all!
http://digg.com/search?s=scientology&submit=Search ... - Malevolant, on 01/24/2008, -0/+33The OP's comment might apply to other "religions" but there is no proof of Scientology getting any sympathy from anyone other than their cult members.
I dated a scientologist for 2 years and so I know a lot and I will never have sympathy for them. Everything out there about it is true.
She tried to convert me over at every opportunity.
She said I should go multiple times a week which equated to over $1000's a month.
She was 100% sure she, and they, had all of the answers and no one else has a clue.
She was suicidal before she became one of them so she credits them for her being alive.
She tried to use her methods to control me and she failed miserably, hence our breakup.
Honestly, I hate to admit it, but I only put up with it because she was smoking hot, no joke. After a while the hottest women in the world couldn't get you to hook up with her, while constantly spouting the scientologist crap.
IMO scientology is a cult and preys on the week minded. She had past issues, was suicidal, and found them. Her life is now dedicated to them. What's really sad is they pay her a ridiculously low amount of money to do "sessions" for them, yet the people at the top of this pyramid scheme make bank.
Cults like this should not have tax free status and they should be done away with.
A little extra info on how ridiculous it is -
I gave her the chance to prove it worked to me, one time. She tried to "audit" me. They have this b.s. contraption they call a meter and it's extremely low tech and not based on anything, scientifically speaking. It has two cans(red bull cans with the labels buffed off), that you hold in each hand. They are connected to a meter that is supposed to measure your "charge" as they put it which means stress, etc. Then all they do is ask you questions until they see a jump on the needle. This means you have charge so they ask you the same thing over and over and over until the needle "floats". That, to them, means you have overcome the charge. It's pretty much a pile of B.S., but plenty eat it up. - Nionignite, on 01/24/2008, -11/+43needs moar xenu
- hydrex7, on 01/24/2008, -6/+34Scientology isn't just another religion, it is a cult that fleeces innocent people. This is not about freedom of speech or religion. It's about taking down a criminal enterprise. When you were a kid, did you ever dream of being a crime fighter with a secret identity? Here's your chance.
- rpayne656, on 01/24/2008, -0/+26It's not really the ethical thing to do, no, but I don't believe they'll gain sympathy. This isn't a government coming down on them and restricting their freedoms. This is the people rising up against exploitation of their fellow man. Now, if only we'd do this for other BETTER causes as well...
- donsnyc, on 01/24/2008, -7/+30laughing.
- inactive, on 01/24/2008, -1/+21please dont cal it "war on" call it "war against"
WAR ON means war that is never supposed to end, it makes our buddies too much money.
please see, war on drugs, war on terror, war on poverty etc. - MacEnvy, on 01/24/2008, -1/+21No need, many others have. Start here:
http://www.xenu.net/ - inactive, on 01/24/2008, -1/+206pm tonight. I hope they have their DC8's ready.
- SemiSarcastic, on 01/24/2008, -1/+17That's how we roll in America.
- drmobutu, on 01/24/2008, -7/+22Bemused Spectator.
- inactive, on 01/24/2008, -9/+22http://partyvan.info/index.php/Project_Chanology
- Ramble, on 01/24/2008, -29/+42No, because it is a bad idea. Oppress a religion/cult and it gets sympathy, disseminate information peacefully and it gets none. What you are doing is making Scientology stronger.
- 1053r, on 01/24/2008, -6/+18So I just got a call from a "Quality Resources". It was a telemarketing scam (according to several websites) operating out of Clearwater, FL. Looking online, I found a comment that said that calls had been received from these people well after midnight. This says to me that they might be employing "staff labor" from the CoS. Their phone number is 727-669-2242. The head honcho over there is a woman by the name of Cheryl Mercuris, married to Kostas B. Mercuris, according to several websites. Kostas's grandmother recently died. Perhaps this information, plus anything else that can be found can make its way to Anon?
- Parlay, on 01/24/2008, -9/+21United as one
Divided by zero
in b4 barrel roll ***** or GTFO - inactive, on 01/24/2008, -1/+12And let Anon believe what Anon wants.
- gcnaddict, on 01/24/2008, -2/+13Any organization demanding mandatory payment to be a part of the religion is not a religion. All religious persecution is now no longer religious persecution but simply persecution. In addition, the only targets are the people running the scheme, not the people who are victims of ot.
- stronglikedan, on 01/24/2008, -2/+12They can believe what they want until the cross the lines of the law. It's a well documented fact that they do so on a grand scale, and the consequences ruin many lives. The first amendment does not afford you, any church, any cult, or any one else that right.
You fail. - noself, on 01/24/2008, -3/+13Scientology is an oppressive cult, and a fledgling one at that. To all those who are turning a blind eye; this battle is but the first. We the collective must flex our infant strength if we are to stand up to the globalist super states to come. Scientology is an archetype of parasitism that must be cleansed from our brotherhood.
- jkgm, on 01/24/2008, -1/+10It isn't about worshipping anything. It's about taking people's livelihoods and dangling an ever-further carrot of immortality* and power.
* well, 6 bajillion years is close enough to immortal for me. - williamdyer, on 01/24/2008, -0/+9Why not both? Scientology is a cancer on humankind. Do whatever it takes.
- Bulletbillx, on 01/24/2008, -0/+9A list has been done. check out these wikipedia articles.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Scientologist ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_celeb ... - arbulus, on 01/24/2008, -16/+25I'll be happy to see Scientology fall. But what I really want to see is Christianity fall. Now there's a war I will be on the front lines of.
- trademork, on 01/24/2008, -3/+11On Tuesday, the founder of Operation Clambake, a non-profit organization and website critical of Scientology based in Stavanger, Norway, released a statement about the attacks by "Anonymous". Andreas Heldal-Lund was critical of the "Anonymous" groups actions, stating: "The author of Operation Clambake does not condone such activity. Attacking Scientology like that will just make them play the religious persecution card. They will use it to defend their own counter actions when they try to shatter criticism and crush critics without mercy." Heldal-Lund went on to emphasize the right of all people and organizations to freedom of speech - including the Church of Scientology: "Freedom of speech means we need to allow all to speak - including those we strongly disagree with. I am of the opinion that the Church of Scientology is a criminal organisation and a cult which is designed by its delusional founder to abuse people. I am still committed to fight for their right to speak their opinion."
- heypetray, on 01/24/2008, -1/+9"We have not enough Xenu!"
"More Xenu is required!" - williamdyer, on 01/24/2008, -2/+10What would Jesus do? He would not, and did not, start a church.
- Pamphleteer, on 01/24/2008, -3/+11Obviously.
- SemiSarcastic, on 01/24/2008, -3/+11it's the way Jesus would of wanted it.
- brainbox, on 01/25/2008, -0/+8Not really, because "real" polygraphs don't "detect lies" either. They detect some physiological signs of stress, which are equated by their operators as being signs of lying. Or, in the case of a Scientology auditor, as being signs of having the ghost of a dead alien stuck to you.
I'm fairly sure the e-meter is just an ohm-meter, measuring the effective resistance of your skin/body between your two hands. The dials and controls just fiddle with the range/gain so they can perceive some movement in the needle. - LilJimmyNordin, on 01/24/2008, -1/+9I love a guy that posts "care to list these crimes?" like it's our responsibility to educate him in the comments section of a Digg article, not his responsibility to seek education (which, in this case, is abundant and easy to find). Snotty indifference is part of the problem here, and the soil in which nonsense like Scientology flourishes.
- enosp, on 01/24/2008, -3/+11correction
XENU-phobic - anonymous1986, on 01/24/2008, -0/+8How about we punch tom cruise in the face everytime we see him?
- rotundo, on 01/25/2008, -0/+7As an atheist who has done a lot of research on this -- please stop wanting Christianity to fall. Firstly, because that is what mobilizes them. Throughout history whenever they were attacked they came back stronger. Secondly, it's hypocritical: the only real problem with Christians and their ideas are that some Christians _try_to_push_ their views _on_others_. Which is exactly what you're doing.
Instead, let them do what they want with their lives and organizations. And you do what you want with yours. Educate people about personal liberty and the principle of live-and-let-live. - Fordi, on 01/24/2008, -0/+7"I won't lower myself by joining a religion-based persecution."
Well, it's a good thing that we're attempting to dismantle a con-game masking itself as a religion, then, isn't it? I'm sure the followers are sincere, and they're fine. The leaders of scientology, however, know exactly what's going on - make it go on - and need stopped. - Suricou, on 01/24/2008, -0/+7Some more than others. Most churches, for example, ask followers to give what they can afford. Scientology asks people to give everything they have - they to go into debt so they can give more.
- JombieZesus, on 01/24/2008, -3/+10The "reading all this ***** and laughing" part.
- buckrogers1965, on 01/24/2008, -0/+7Help, help, I'm being oppressed!
- inactive, on 01/24/2008, -2/+9I don't either, but do it for teh lulz.
- Teh_Shiz, on 01/24/2008, -0/+6How can one help?
I've got free processesssss - williamdyer, on 01/24/2008, -1/+7Think of this as a beta test. Then we can do it to the drug warriors, neocons, and the telco execs that sold us out to the NSA.
- heypetray, on 01/24/2008, -0/+6It's not a war on the ridiculous belief. It's a war on fraud, extortion, etc
- init100, on 01/24/2008, -0/+6Unfortunately, there will be no world peace until either Scientology is history, due to the aggressiveness of the Church of Scientology.
- williamdyer, on 01/24/2008, -0/+6The neocons are next. Any other questions?
- Fordi, on 01/24/2008, -1/+7A bunch of 'children' that wield a lot of power in the form of knowledge. No one's released so many of their ridiculous 'scriptures' since Operation Clambake, no one's gotten this kind of publicity without having been 'fair gamed', and no one's been able to take so many Scientology-shilling websites since the creation of the internet.
- EdwardsNH, on 01/25/2008, -1/+7Pretty sure that "meter" is a crude lie detector... seriously
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