Scientology, Cult of Doom.

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
There is absolutely no indication that anyone tried to poison Hayes. He's an old man, strokes are not terribly uncommon for people his age.

True, but there's no reason to not think that The Church took advantage of his stroke to quit for him.

[chequita guevara]

Oh, the later is most likely true.

[Proteus_MST]

Originally posted by Tattila the Hun
Scientology:

Scientologists:



Or should I feel sorry for them...

The most sensible thing to do would be to convert them to a life outside of scientology

[Az]

Catherine Bell - Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Just cuz the Chinese government is against it, doesn't make it harmless.

Correct. If one sits down and makes a list of the characteristics of doomsday cults, Falun Gong is a very good fit.

These characteristics are:

- the leader claims to be a god (or some other powerful supernatural being)
- the followers worship the leader as a god
- The leader/cult predicts an end of the world
- The cult thinks of all sorts of ways to squeeze money from the followers
- The leader lives in luxury (some calls it decadence)
- The followers are demanded absolute obediance and act like sheep
- The followers are isolated from the society physically/mentally (or both)

[Lawrence of Arabia]

sounds like communism.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


- the leader claims to be a god (or some other powerful supernatural being)
- the followers worship the leader as a god
- The leader/cult predicts an end of the world
- The cult thinks of all sorts of ways to squeeze money from the followers
- The leader lives in luxury (some call it decadence)
- The followers are demanded absolute obedience and act like sheep
- The followers are isolated from the society physically/mentally (or both)

Chairman Mao, come on down, your Cultural Revolution is ready !!!....


" I had a dissident and I squashed her like this..."

[BlackCat]

Originally posted by Lorizael


That's quite a misspelling.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112864/

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by molly bloom
Chairman Mao, come on down, your Cultural Revolution is ready !!!...

Whatever you could use to describe Chairman Mao, "decadence" is not one of it.

[molly bloom]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


Whatever you could use to describe Chairman Mao, "decadence" is not one of it.

Yah right. He slept with those female revolutionary comrades out of doctrinal purity.


Still, even if indulging his sex drive weren't decadent, that's still only one point down.


Care to defend the Great Helmsman any further ?

[Spiffor]

This is why scientology is closely monitored in France, and falls into the laws regarding cults.

This is something the Yanks criticize us for, btw.

[Proteus_MST]

Originally posted by Spiffor
This is why scientology is closely monitored in France, and falls into the laws regarding cults.

This is something the Yanks criticize us for, btw.

Same as in germany

[Jon Miller]

We beleive you can join any cult you like, as long as they don't murder/child abuse/other crumes.

A cult isn't bad because one persons religion is another persons cult. And visa versa.

JM

[Lonestar]

Originally posted by Spiffor
This is why scientology is closely monitored in France, and falls into the laws regarding cults.

This is something the Yanks criticize us for, btw.

I have never, ever, criticized France and Germany for treating Scientology as a cult.

[Elok]

Originally posted by Lonestar
I have never, ever, criticized France and Germany for treating Scientology as a cult.

Neither have I. I positively swelled with pride when I heard that the Greek Orthodox Church helped kick their sorry butts out of the Balkans. By all means, continue cracking down on them.

And JM...the CoS is an intrinsically criminal organization. Blackmail and extortion are among their recognized and officially condoned procedures for dealing with critics, though their PR tries to hide it. And that's the mild stuff. Look up "Operation Snow White," "Operation Freakout," or "Special Auditing Procedure R2-45" sometime. Especially R2-45, I just learned about that recently. Would the founder of a normal religion invent a pretentious codename for shooting someone in the forehead with a .45 pistol?