none of your business

Post #270,616 by boxley 10/17/06 9:59:54 PM Reply	none of your business no different than imams, hari hrishna's, lubavitchers, moonies, ngekri buhdists, psychologists, psychiatrists or shamans. STFU and you might learn something. For a price they can teach people how to think. That has merit on its own for some people. thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #270,619 by Andrew Grygus 10/17/06 10:29:13 PM Reply	Well, maybe sort of. Living here where they swarm I naturally come in contact with plenty of Scientologists, have done work for one of their business arms and have some as individual clients. They tend to be rather screwed up people, but perhaps no more screwed up than before they joined Scientology. Their word processor files are predominently letters to Scientology authorities complaining about each other. Unfortunately it is a religion lawyers find attractive so they have plenty of lawyers and tend to use them. That is the primary real danger of Scientology. [link\|http://www.aaxnet.com\|AAx]
Post #270,630 by inthane-chan 10/18/06 12:23:52 AM Reply	How much do you actually know about Scientology? How much do you know about L. Ron Hubbard? He lived a mile and a half from my grandfather's place when Mr. Hubbard was in his formative years. He had a, shall we say, less than stellar reputation, one that has continued well into the greedy sucking sound that is the CoS. If you truly believe that the CoS actually teaches you to think critically, I suggest you go sign up for some of their "personality tests". Organized religion may be like organized crime - but the CoS is one of the most voracious, destructive cults generated in the past century. Sure, they're not going out like the Davidians, but the number of destroyed lives and drained bank accounts they've left in their wake probably significantly outweighs anything Koresh managed to do... Odoru aho ni miru aho! Onaji aho nara odoranya son son!
Post #270,646 by a6l6e6x 10/18/06 8:43:31 AM Reply	The Davidians are gone? [link\|http://www.sevenseals.com/march2012ad-intro.html\|Not totally]. Alex When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis
Post #270,650 by boxley 10/18/06 9:26:25 AM Reply	lets see, I lived in clearwater florida for 3 years they suck the bank accounts of the followers dry, they present common sense ideas that an ordinary person should know any way they tell their people what to do and when to do it they demand blind obedience and are abused by their betters sounds like every other organised religion thanx, bill Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #270,668 by inthane-chan 10/18/06 11:58:29 AM Reply	Just want to nip it in the bud before it becomes entrenched. We've got enough thieves, why encourage the creation of more? In addition, they're one of the more virulent religions - whereas Catholicism might be a bad fever, Scientology is fucking ebola, man. Odoru aho ni miru aho! Onaji aho nara odoranya son son!
Post #270,633 by pwhysall 10/18/06 1:22:42 AM Reply	Teach people how to think? Heh. You're funny. s/how/what/ Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes! [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?pwhysall\|A better terminal emulator]
Post #270,647 by a6l6e6x 10/18/06 8:47:41 AM Reply	Well, Box didn't say "think rationally"! :) Alex When fascism comes to America, it'll be wrapped in a flag and carrying a cross. -- Sinclair Lewis

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