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Scientology survived to this day.
December 5, 2017 at 12:39 pm
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“”This universe has long been looking for new ways to make slaves. Well, we've got some new ways to make slaves here.
—L. Ron Hubbard (from PDC tape lecture #20 "Formative State of Scientology, Definition of Logic", given on 6 December, 1952)
"Hubbard's experiment was well enough formed that his "religion" actually survives to this day, to the embarrassment of the human race. It is also known to be the biggest money-making scam in history. Sadly, believers in Scientology do not survive as well as the belief system: far too many have died through Scientology related abuse; see Why are They Dead?".
Christians say it's a scam.
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RE: Scientology survived to this day.
December 5, 2017 at 7:40 pm
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The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
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RE: Scientology survived to this day.
December 6, 2017 at 2:30 am
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There are not that many members left worldwide though. You'd be hard pressed to fill a football stadium with them. They only still exist because they have amassed a fortune.
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RE: Scientology survived to this day.
December 6, 2017 at 9:46 am
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If the Org in Clearwater got all the self identifying scientologists in the US to meet up at Ray Jay...they'd make less than half the average attendance at a Bucs home game. Growing up in The Bay, the smallness of scientology was too visible for anyone to take their membership claims (or the notion that they were a major religion) seriously. You could stuff them all into the Harrison and burn it down...and no one would ever know that such a thing existed. Not that I would ever do such a thing.
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(If they interest you, PP, I can't recommend the St. Pete Times highly enough. They;ve been brutalizing the church in award winning editorials for decades. It's a hometown hobby for them, pretty much turned them into a lulz pinata.)
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RE: Scientology survived to this day.
December 6, 2017 at 9:57 am
(December 6, 2017 at 2:30 am)Alex K Wrote: There are not that many members left worldwide though. You'd be hard pressed to fill a football stadium with them. They only still exist because they have amassed a fortune.
Sounds like the perfect time to take away their tax exempt status.
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December 6, 2017 at 10:05 am
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Taxing wealthy businesses? The hell you say. Taxes are meant to oppress the poor! 
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: Scientology survived to this day.
December 6, 2017 at 10:08 am
(December 6, 2017 at 10:05 am)Khemikal Wrote: Taxing wealthy businesses? The hell you say. Taxes are meant to oppress the poor!
Consider it christian charity.
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December 6, 2017 at 11:54 am
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RE: Scientology survived to this day.
December 6, 2017 at 12:24 pm
(December 6, 2017 at 2:30 am)Alex K Wrote: There are not that many members left worldwide though. You'd be hard pressed to fill a football stadium with them. They only still exist because they have amassed a fortune.
Well, American football stadiums can barely fill themselves with their own fans, at any rate. While a good estimate of the true size of Scientology is hard to come by (partly because at some points, they consider everyone who comes to see a Tom Cruise movie to be a Scientologist), it seems to be about 25,000 (at least in America, and I don't think Scientology has the "Big in Japan" factor).
By comparison, Soldier Field has a capacity of about 61,500. And I'm going to go out on a limb and say that most of the most famous association football stadiums in Germany can hold more than 25,000.
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December 6, 2017 at 12:55 pm
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(December 6, 2017 at 9:57 am)mh.brewer Wrote: (December 6, 2017 at 2:30 am)Alex K Wrote: There are not that many members left worldwide though. You'd be hard pressed to fill a football stadium with them. They only still exist because they have amassed a fortune.
Sounds like the perfect time to take away their tax exempt status.
Would they miss it? Don't bet your engrams on it.
The Church of Scientology has opened its opulent Birmingham HQ.
Quote:The centre will eventually employ close to 180 people.
Wouldn't a money counter be easier, the banks use them.
Quote:It was also marked by a heavy security presence guarding the property from reporters, protestors, and observers.
Business as usual then.
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.
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