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11 Jun 2009, 2:02 am

What do guys think of the Church of Scientology and its practices?



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11 Jun 2009, 2:08 am

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11 Jun 2009, 2:18 am

Scientology is a cult, the only difference is they haven't passed out the kool-aid yet, but just wait and see, it'll happen.



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11 Jun 2009, 2:37 am

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11 Jun 2009, 3:00 am

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11 Jun 2009, 3:23 am

scientology was founded by a sci-fi author... so yeah.... :D


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11 Jun 2009, 3:37 am

scorpileo wrote:
scientology was founded by a sci-fi author... so yeah.... :D


Not only that, but their "sacred text" is a sci-fi book that he wrote as A WORK OF FICTION

Luckilly, they're gonna reach a point where they can't make any more money and they'll pass out the kool-aid and we'll never have to hear about it again.



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11 Jun 2009, 3:42 am

That picture doesn't even fit on my monitor, and i have a resolution of 2560x1600 :?

But honestly, i don't see any difference between scientology and any other religion.



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11 Jun 2009, 6:43 am

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That picture doesn't even fit on my monitor, and i have a resolution of 2560x1600 :?

But honestly, i don't see any difference between scientology and any other religion.


The big difference between scientology and other religion is that it is based on the thoughts of ONE person... others have core views and pricibles founded by many people as and when (X) God spoke to people... as was mentio the sacred book was meant as a work of fiction... which is simply ***ed up.


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11 Jun 2009, 6:46 am

Why are you so mean to Scientologists? Scientology cannot be proved or disproved either way so Scientology makes as much sense as Atheism.


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11 Jun 2009, 7:17 am

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Why are you so mean to Scientologists? Scientology cannot be proved or disproved either way so Scientology makes as much sense as Atheism.


Normally i would agree with this but there religion is basicly a science fiction novel writen by a guy whole has been said to look at religeon as a money making scheme multiple times.

Sam Moskowitz, a 74-year-old science fiction editor in Newark, claimed that Hubbard made comments to 23 members of the Eastern Science Fiction Association in 1948 about starting a religion to make money.[79] Lloyd Esbach recalls Hubbard making such a statement in 1948, made to a group of science fiction authors.[47] According to The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Hubbard made statements to the effect that developing a religion or psychiatric method was an effective way to make money.[80] Harlan Ellison says that Hubbard told John W. Campbell that he was going to devise a religion that would make him wealthy.[81] After spending some time with Hubbard in 1951, Del Close claimed that Hubbard frequently complained about the American Medical Association and IRS, expressing interest in starting a religion.[82]

^from the wikipedia

if you honestly think this makes as much sense as other religions i don't you looked into Scientology that hard.



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11 Jun 2009, 7:31 am

ikorack wrote:
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Why are you so mean to Scientologists? Scientology cannot be proved or disproved either way so Scientology makes as much sense as Atheism.


Normally i would agree with this but there religion is basicly a science fiction novel writen by a guy whole has been said to look at religeon as a money making scheme multiple times.

Sam Moskowitz, a 74-year-old science fiction editor in Newark, claimed that Hubbard made comments to 23 members of the Eastern Science Fiction Association in 1948 about starting a religion to make money.[79] Lloyd Esbach recalls Hubbard making such a statement in 1948, made to a group of science fiction authors.[47] According to The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, Hubbard made statements to the effect that developing a religion or psychiatric method was an effective way to make money.[80] Harlan Ellison says that Hubbard told John W. Campbell that he was going to devise a religion that would make him wealthy.[81] After spending some time with Hubbard in 1951, Del Close claimed that Hubbard frequently complained about the American Medical Association and IRS, expressing interest in starting a religion.[82]

^from the wikipedia

if you honestly think this makes as much sense as other religions i don't you looked into Scientology that hard.

If my sarcasm was cheese, I could open a cheese shop... ;)

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Why?


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11 Jun 2009, 7:50 am

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If my sarcasm was cheese, I could open a cheese shop... ;)



MOUSEBENDER: I want to buy some cheese.
WENSLEYDALE: Oh, I thought you were complaining about the bouzouki player.
MOUSEBENDER:Oh, heaven forbid. I am one who delights in all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse.
MOUSEBENDER: Most certainly. Now then, some cheese please, my good man.
WENSLEYDALE: Certainly, sir. What would you like?
MOUSEBENDER: Well, eh, how about a little Red Leicester?
WENSLEYDALE: I'm afraid we're fresh out of Red Leicester, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: Oh never mind, how are you on Tilsit?
WENSLEYDALE: I'm afraid we never have that at the end of the week, sir. We get it fresh on Monday.
MOUSEBENDER: Tish tish. No matter. Well, stout yeoman, four ounces of Caerphilly, if you please.
WENSLEYDALE: Ah. It's been on order, sir, for two weeks. I was expecting it this morning.
MOUSEBENDER: It's not my lucky day, is it? Er, Bel Paese?
WENSLEYDALE: Sorry, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: Red Windsor?
WENSLEYDALE: Normally, sir, yes. Today the van broke down.
MOUSEBENDER: Ah. Stilton?
WENSLEYDALE: Sorry.
MOUSEBENDER: Emmental? Gruyère?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Any Norwegian Jarlsberger, per chance?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Liptauer?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Lancashire?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: White Stilton?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Danish Blue?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Double Gloucester?
WENSLEYDALE: ..... No.
MOUSEBENDER: Cheshire?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Dorset Blue Vinney?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Brie, Roquefort, Pont-l'Évêque, Port Salut, Savoyard, Saint-Paulin, Carre-de-L'Est, Bresse-Bleu, Boursin?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Camembert, perhaps?
WENSLEYDALE: Ah! We have Camembert, yes sir.
MOUSEBENDER: You do! Excellent.
WENSLEYDALE: Yes, sir. It's, ah ..... it's a bit runny.
MOUSEBENDER: Oh, I like it runny.
WENSLEYDALE: Well, it's very runny, actually, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: No matter. Fetch hither le fromage de la Belle France! M-mmm!
WENSLEYDALE: I think it's a bit runnier than you'll like it, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: I don't care how runny it is. Hand it over with all speed.
WENSLEYDALE: Oh .....
MOUSEBENDER: What now?
WENSLEYDALE: The cat's eaten it.
MOUSEBENDER: Has he?
WENSLEYDALE: She, sir.

(pause)

MOUSEBENDER: Gouda?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Edam?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Caithness?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Smoked Austrian?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Japanese Sage Darby?
WENSLEYDALE: No, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: You do have some cheese, do you?
WENSLEYDALE: Of course, sir. It's a cheese shop, sir. We've got .....
MOUSEBENDER: No, no, don't tell me. I'm keen to guess.
WENSLEYDALE: Fair enough.
MOUSEBENDER: Er, Wensleydale?
WENSLEYDALE: Yes?
MOUSEBENDER: Ah, well, I'll have some of that.
WENSLEYDALE: Oh, I thought you were talking to me, sir. Mr Wensleydale, that's my name.

(pause)

MOUSEBENDER: Greek Feta?
WENSLEYDALE: Ah, not as such.
MOUSEBENDER: Er, Gorgonzola?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Parmesan?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Mozzarella?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Pippo Crème?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Danish Fimboe?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Czech sheep's milk?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: Venezuelan Beaver Cheese?

MOUSEBENDER: Ah, how about Cheddar?
WENSLEYDALE: Well, we don't get much call for it around here, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: Not much ca- It's the single most popular cheese in the world!
WENSLEYDALE: Not round here, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: And what is the most popular cheese round here?
WENSLEYDALE: Ilchester, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: Is it?
WENSLEYDALE: Oh yes, sir. It's staggeringly popular in this manor, squire.
MOUSEBENDER: Is it.
WENSLEYDALE: It's our number-one best seller, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: I see. Ah, Ilchester, eh?
WENSLEYDALE: Right, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: All right. Okay. Have you got any, he asked expecting the answer no?
WENSLEYDALE: I'll have a look, sir ..... nnnnnnooooooooo.
MOUSEBENDER: It's not much of a cheese shop, is it?
WENSLEYDALE: Finest in the district, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: Explain the logic underlying that conclusion, please.
WENSLEYDALE: Well, it's so clean, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: It's certainly uncontaminated by cheese.
WENSLEYDALE: You haven't asked me about Limberger, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: Is it worth it?
WENSLEYDALE: Could be.
MOUSEBENDER: Have you got any Limburger?
WENSLEYDALE: No.
MOUSEBENDER: That figures. Predictable really, I suppose. It was an act of purest optimism to have posed the question in the first place. Tell me:
WENSLEYDALE: Yes, sir?
MOUSEBENDER: Have you in fact got any cheese here at all?
WENSLEYDALE: Yes, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: Really?

(pause)
WENSLEYDALE: No. Not really, sir.
MOUSEBENDER: You haven't.
WENSLEYDALE: No, sir, not a scrap. I was deliberately wasting your time, sir.



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11 Jun 2009, 8:24 am

Henriksson wrote:
Why?


Because it can't be proved or disproved.



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11 Jun 2009, 8:28 am

ikorack wrote:
Henriksson wrote:
Why?


Because it can't be proved or disproved.

But neither can Scientology...


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