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'Anonymous' takes anti-Scientology to the streets

by LA Times Blogs

Thanks to Janus for the link.

'Anonymous' takes anti-Scientology to the streets

"Anonymous" now has a bunch of faces to go without its name. The loosely bound group of net activists who've got a beef with the Church of Scientology showed up Sunday at the church's largest Los Angeles' locations. The protests were part of a global day of demonstrations against Scientology. Hordes of masked, costumed (and mostly young) picketers showed up in Boston, New York, Toronto, the U.K., Australia and a dozen other locations (thanks wikinews).

Many of the Los Angeles picketers wore the Guy Fawkes masks made popular in the movie "V for Vendetta," and it seemed like every other person was recording the event with a digital camera, camcorder or cellphone.

The protests were peaceful and colorful, with music and chanting (often: "Religion is free -- No Pay Per View" -- a reference to an alleged tiered system whereby the religion's adherents must pay money to gain spiritual clarity). A near constant stream of horn honks provided the background noise as cars passed the Scientology center on Sunset Boulevard and continued as the mob moved to the so-called Celebrity Center on Hollywood Boulevard. At least one ambulance and several fire department vehicles honked as they passed.
Security personnel, some wielding video cameras, were stationed at every entrance to the Sunset Boulevard center. Most wore impassive expressions and, when spoken to (or in some cases, danced with) by rollicking protesters, would betray no more than the wryest of grins.

Protesters were quick to hand leaflets to any cars that slowed or stopped for red lights -- and many drivers freely accepted them.

"Ask a Christian about the Bible; you will be answered," read one leaflet. "Ask a Scientologist about their text: You will be answered -- after your check clears."

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A Fawkes-masked spokesman for Anonymous, who wouldn't give his name but whom several protesters identified as the organizer of the L.A. event, explained one of the group's concrete goals.Img_0121

"We want set off a government investigation into how they got tax-exempt status," said the man, who said he was in his early 20s.

Scientology was granted the tax-exempt status in 1993 after a protracted battle with the IRS, which for 25 years had maintained that Scientology was a business and not a religion.

When contacted for a comment on the protests, a Scientology spokesperson issued a statement that read, in part: "'Anonymous' is a group of cyber-terrorists who hide their identities behind masks and computer anonymity" and it "is perpetrating religious hate crimes against Churches of Scientology and individual Scientologists for no reason other than religious bigotry." The statement did not mention the Sunday protests.

The protesters Sunday looked mostly young, white and computer-oriented -- few had anything like a serious tan -- but among the group were other more established anti-Scientogy elements, such as investigative journalist Mark Ebner, Mark Bunker from Xenu TV, and several people who identified themselves as former Scientologists.

Asked to explain the sudden groundswell of opposition to Scientology, Lynn Fountain Campbell, who said she'd been part of the church for 40 years, said, "It's just reached a critical mass. People just aren't scared anymore."

"They try to make people shut up," Campbell added, "and I'm not the shutting up type."

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1. Comment #144512 by Johnny O on March 16, 2008 at 9:12 am

They should have all worn Tom Cruise masks, that would have been hilarious.

Must say I agree with the IRS's original opinion...

Scientology was a business and not a religion

Hail Xenu

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2. Comment #144514 by Geoff on March 16, 2008 at 9:18 am

My son went on the Manchester one yesterday: had a great time!

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3. Comment #144517 by Janus on March 16, 2008 at 9:20 am

A few more links for those who are interested:

About the March 15 worldwide protests against Scientology:
http://march15.org/

The Ex-Scientology Kids website, which provides information about the inside workings of the Church of Scientology, as well as encouragement to people who might want to leave the Church:
http://www.exscientologykids.com/index.html

To give one small example:

http://www.exscientologykids.com/fairgame.html
If you've spent any time at all reading anti-Scientology articles or message boards, or if you've ever seen a Scientology protest, you may have heard the term "Fair Game".

"Fair Game" is a policy letter issued by L. Ron Hubbard in 1967 (ref: HCO Policy Letter of 18 October 1967, Issue IV) called "Penalties for Lower Conditions" which states that if someone is found to be an enemy of the CoS, they should be handled like this:

"SP Order. Fair game. May be deprived of property or injured by any means by any Scientologist without any discipline of the Scientologist. May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed."

Typical Scientology rebuttal: But that policy letter was cancelled AGES ago, in 1968. Fair Game isn't in use anymore.

Our response: True, the policy letter was indeed cancelled in 1968. In fact, we've got the text of the cancellation right here (ref: HCO Policy Letter of 21 October 1968). Read closely, 'cause this one is interesting:

"The practice of declaring people FAIR GAME will cease.

"FAIR GAME may not appear on any Ethics Order. It causes bad public relations.

"This P/L [policy letter] does not cancel any policy on the treatment or handling of an SP."

So as it turns out, the only thing that was actually cancelled was the use of the words "Fair Game", not the practice of Fair Game. From the testimonies of Scientology critics who have spoken out against the Church, critics who have been stalked, harassed, slandered, sued, criminally framed and maligned by Scientology, we can see that Fair Game (or whatever they're calling it now) is very much alive and well.

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4. Comment #144519 by Fiesoduck on March 16, 2008 at 9:22 am

"Ask a Christian about the Bible; you will be answered," read one leaflet. "Ask a Scientologist about their text: You will be answered -- after your check clears."

But both answers wouldn't make any sense.

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5. Comment #144529 by Double Bass Atheist on March 16, 2008 at 9:41 am

Comment #144519 by Fiesoduck

But both answers wouldn't make any sense.

True, but the Scientologists answer is certainly more entertaining then the Christian one.

Scientologists believe 'Thetans' were supposedly released into the atmosphere nearly 100 million years ago, when a galactic tyrant named Xenu exiled billions of beings to Earth's volcanoes and had them vaporized by bombs.

What do you expect from a "religion" made up by a Sci-Fi writer?

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6. Comment #144549 by Animavore on March 16, 2008 at 10:23 am

"What do you expect from a "religion" made up by a Sci-Fi writer?"

Light-sabers?

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7. Comment #144560 by Geoff on March 16, 2008 at 10:33 am

Light-sabers?

Nope! e-meters!

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8. Comment #144565 by bnightm on March 16, 2008 at 10:43 am

This is your brain on Scientology:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPol_m8wm8Y - "Scientology Crazy Followers"

Warning: exposure to this video may cause sudden headaches, neck strains and depression.

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9. Comment #144566 by epeeist on March 16, 2008 at 10:46 am

The Scientologists don't seem to be doing well on the legal front either - http://www.tampabay.com/news/courts/civil/article416511.ece

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10. Comment #144583 by JamesDB on March 16, 2008 at 11:20 am

I try to think that made up religions like this help show christians how easily people can be fooled by crazy ideas. Why the religious fail to understand is hard for me to figure out.

What kind of sci-fi writer fails to include a kickass hero into his story. Why is there no messiah/luke skywalker for this "religion"

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11. Comment #144608 by Lucas on March 16, 2008 at 12:09 pm

I find it difficult to express the degree to which I'm enjoying all of this. Go Anonymous!

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12. Comment #144619 by DamnDirtyApe on March 16, 2008 at 12:43 pm

Yay... its all good stuff...

Scientology's a good start. I think they should work backwards chronologically. They can go after Mormonism next...

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13. Comment #144637 by rod-the-farmer on March 16, 2008 at 1:48 pm

I watched the long video posted by bnightm. Scary stuff. I had not paid much attention to Scientology before this, but the three guys hectoring the cameraman seem to me to have all the hallmarks of a cult. Multiple repetitions of a meaningless question, accusations of criminal bahaviour on the part of their target, etc. When one of them accused the cameraman of being a child molester I thought sure he would say "Right, now that I have you on camera saying that in front of my companions, you will be hearing from my lawyer re a suit for defamation of character". I thought maybe a ringer could have entered the event, whatever it was, with a tape recorder running in his/her pocket. I got the sense that newbies would be subject to a lot of pressure to join & buy a membership, or whatever they call it. It'd be interesting to hear all the sales pitch. But maybe they had airport scanners to detect that sort of stuff. How about cell phones with cameras ? With a long life battery, maybe you could be calling out to a tape recorder, and if caught, profess ignorance that it somehow got turned on accidentally.

I guess I better pay more attention to these guys.

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14. Comment #144672 by Michael King on March 16, 2008 at 3:02 pm

The beliefs of Scientologists are no more irrational than those of Christians or Muslims.

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15. Comment #144674 by Mitchell Gilks on March 16, 2008 at 3:03 pm

Yeah, a couple months ago I decided to look into scientology...I forget why. I watched several shows about it, and a couple documentaries.

That whole "they're terrorists" thing is nothing new. Years ago when a women (I am really bad at remembering names, chances are if I knew you more than 5 years ago, even if we were really good friends, I don't remember your name. So remembering names of people I just heard once or twice is impossible for me) wrote a book about them, they broke into her home, stole her writing supplies and type-writer, and tried to frame her for writing them threatening letters.

They are off the wall insane. They are far worse than any cult I know about. The masks are needed, they will digg up your past, post all your personal information online, and/or plaster it all over your heighborhood.

They fallow through with that "Fair Game" thing to amazing extremes. It seems they aren't afraid to do anything short of attacking/killing you.

The worse thing I know about though, is that they don't believe in mental illness, and will force anyone on pyschiatric medication to go off of it, which has resulted in several deaths.

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16. Comment #144677 by robotaholic on March 16, 2008 at 3:09 pm

I am thrilled by the direction this is going...I hope it doesn't stop - slow complete and utter dismantling of cults one by one - piece by piece...I think they should next start in with Jehovah's witnesses lol

EDIT- "we"

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17. Comment #144678 by Bonzai on March 16, 2008 at 3:16 pm

I am surprised that anyone would take the scientologists seriously. I am going to start a religion of computer worshiping saying that we are all simulations in master X-B170 so that I too can get tax write offs.

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18. Comment #144689 by AdrianB on March 16, 2008 at 3:33 pm

Secret Video: The Scientologists Celebrate The Birthday Of The Prophet, Tom Cruise

http://gawker.com/5003867/secret-video-the-scientologists-celebrate-the-birthday-of-the-prophet-tom-cruise

LOL

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19. Comment #144693 by D'Arcy on March 16, 2008 at 3:44 pm

It could be that Xenu's descendents are hiding under the same volcano as John Frum. That could be more interesting than what went on at Mt. Olympus.

Ah well, off to Mars to feed the Argentinasaurus, have a good one!

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20. Comment #144705 by waffleface on March 16, 2008 at 4:13 pm

"The beliefs of Scientologists are no more irrational than those of Christians or Muslims. "

While that is true, even christianity doesn't condone active family disconnection policies and IRS infiltrations.

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21. Comment #144713 by MrPickwick on March 16, 2008 at 4:26 pm

Check this link, a former scientologist speaks:

http://tinyurl.com/2nffow

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22. Comment #144742 by DasSquid on March 16, 2008 at 5:07 pm

I'm VERY pleased that this is getting coverage here. Had I the time at the moment I'd post all of what I could, links and the such, but I'm sure that if you just search for Anonymous.

I am proud to say I'm participating in this, in terms of the way things have been going, nothing that Scientology has said Anonymous has done, has been done by Anonymous, though we're all individuals, we're highly accountable for each others' actions, people who do this kind of thing within Anonymous, one can be assured that they will be turned in to the authorities as soon as possible.

The best part of it all really, is that our goals are being realised. People are LOOKING INTO it, which is precisely what we're after, after people... ordinary people look at this, and chuckle, thinking that they're crackpots (which most probably do) then we're doing out job properly. :)

On that note, the next Activity is Scheduled for April 12, Project Reconnect, based on Scientology's Disconnection policy, stands will be set up all over the world for which people in families of Disconnected people and hopefully Disconnected individuals themselves. Most of these people likely don't have the knowhow or the ability to get a video of themselves on the net. We will then record a video of these families and post in on the internet (obviously with their permission) we shall Digg it, get it out there as far as we can get it, hopefully it will get to the intended people.

And Kate Olsen, we hope you can see your family some day soon!

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23. Comment #144808 by captpicard on March 16, 2008 at 7:07 pm

I think this part is hillarious.
Security personnel, some wielding video cameras, were stationed at every entrance to the Sunset Boulevard center. Most wore impassive expressions and, when spoken to (or in some cases, danced with) by rollicking

I think the person mean rick rolling like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

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24. Comment #144855 by robotaholic on March 16, 2008 at 9:24 pm

someday you're gonna get rick rolled and you're gonna regret it...lol

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25. Comment #144863 by the_ultimate_samurai on March 16, 2008 at 10:14 pm

well im kinda on the side of dan dennette on this, you will never irradicate religion...but you can eradicate the most harmful strains so only the most benign strains are allowed to prosper.

scientology is a toxic strain and should be removed, fundamentalism is a toxic strain and should be removed. the amish are a nice strain...they keep to themselves...all the religious fervor of the fundies but none of the evangelizing.

so i count the toxicity more on the damage it does to society as a whole, rather than the people who believe in it. the virilance with which it spreads.
scientology has spread quickly and has heavy influences, including some realy good lawyers. (good obviously not in an ethical sense) there own private army both of devotees and of lawyers. and compared even to the fundies, scientologists are well organized, the church runs in a business like manner and is very methodical in its brainwashing (while fundamentalism depends largely on early indoctrination, scientology breaks down an already developed psyche methodically and with alarming precision)

l ron hubberd said, before founding the church of scientology, "the best way to make a lot of money is to start a religion" and he did, and it was good (for him at least)

the more you read about it the more you have to at least respect the level of methodology the church follows, how well designed it is, designed with the intent to drain dry of all your money and leave you perminately indebted and dependant on the church (sicne you wont have a house to go back to...they will have been so nice as to mortgage it for you) while other churches take a small cut of your worth, scientology takes over 100%

its like that high pressure salesman who manages to get you to buy this realy expensive car you have no way of affording...except worse...because you live with him and he is always trying to sell you something.

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26. Comment #144864 by Gridman on March 16, 2008 at 10:15 pm

They were in front of the Phoenix HQ on Saturday.

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27. Comment #144884 by fatcitymax on March 17, 2008 at 12:53 am

Elvis Presley said the following about Scientology: "F - - - those people! There's no way I'll ever get involved with that son-of-a-bitchin' group. All they want is my money."

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28. Comment #144886 by Vadjong on March 17, 2008 at 1:10 am

My kitchen sink psychological profile of L. Ron Hubbard :
Cynical about the delusions of 'real' religions, he tried an experiment, looking to see how far out he could take utterly crazy myths and doctrines. And then it WORKED on a bunch of nutjobs who offered him the lifestyle of a prophet, so he just thought: "What the hell! I can have a ball."
And now we're stuck with this church his nutjobs built.

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29. Comment #144909 by defa on March 17, 2008 at 3:15 am

I had an interesting thought the other day- imagine if this guy Hubbard was a secret atheist and just created scientology to show that it is possible to make up a load of crap and brainwash people into believing it as truth, thereby showing the farce of organised religion. This agenda would only be revealed to the top ranks, and when they hit say 100 million members or something, they will break their silence and come out to the world- 'ha ha - we made this shit up and people BELIEVED it!!'

Probably wishful thinking, but seriously, how stupid are people?

"The beliefs of Scientologists are no more irrational than those of Christians or Muslims"

I third that

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30. Comment #144966 by Dutchie on March 17, 2008 at 5:41 am

defa: Interesting point! However, you mean "the beliefs of Christians or Muslims are no LESS irrational than those of Scientology."!

Y'know, I suppose that we could quantify Scientology as more ridiculous than say, Islam, because there is always the slight chance that those religions are right, however slim. But with Scientology, the fact that it is pure sci-fi, by a sci-fi author, makes it even more ridiculous to believe - it is obviously, unquestionably, made up, even to a theist.

I hope this continues - will there be any chance of atheist/freethinker groups joining the next protest (April 12th)?

The UQ Secular Freethinkers Society are apparently going along, Australians.

I am not in favour of the "hacktivism" they untdertake, but the 'Church' of Scientology deserve it as a poetic punishmet for suppressing free speech.

They now plan to apparently not mass-fax or mass-email obscene images, black paper, etc. etc., but now materials from the 'Church' that the leaders do not want the rank-and-file believers to see.

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31. Comment #145427 by Michael P. on March 17, 2008 at 3:08 pm

Just imagine if a groups such as this had been able to organize and make something happen at the dawn of Xianity.

I don't remember where it was right now - and perhaps I misread/misinterpreted it - but I was a bit disappointed when RD sort of dismissed the significance of Scientology; something along the lines of it being "made-up" nonsense for the gullible. While that's CERTAINLY true, don't forget that this is an extremely dangerous group: you need no more proof of that than their hijacking of the Cult Awareness Network and conversion of it into a CoS front organization back in 1996. CAN was one of the few groups actively fighting the wave of modern cults (of which the CoS was but one), rather than just bemoaning their existence; what has happened to CAN since their purchase by the CoS in bankruptcy court should make every thinking person nauseous.

It may be too late to do much about the major religions, but Hubbard's cult is - pardon the phrase - "fair game." Bravo, Anonymous.

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32. Comment #145618 by the_ultimate_samurai on March 17, 2008 at 7:51 pm

I had an interesting thought the other day- imagine if this guy Hubbard was a secret atheist and just created scientology to show that it is possible to make up a load of crap and brainwash people into believing it as truth, thereby showing the farce of organised religion. This agenda would only be revealed to the top ranks, and when they hit say 100 million members or something, they will break their silence and come out to the world- 'ha ha - we made this shit up and people BELIEVED it!!'

Probably wishful thinking, but seriously, how stupid are people?

"The beliefs of Scientologists are no more irrational than those of Christians or Muslims"

I third that

"the best way to make a large amount of money is to found a religion" ~L ron Hubbard shortly before founding the church of scientology.

the reason he founded it is OBVIOUS...not as an experiment, not as a practical joke, as a scam, as a con, to suck as many people out of their money as he could.
"We are different from all the oligarchies of the past, in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just round the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal. We are not like that. We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end"~george orwell, nineteen eighty four.

perhaps that is the biggest difference between the founding of the COS and of other major religions. they were founded, perhaps, with the intent of unifying people, of helping, they had the delusions of paradise...COS isnt like that, it was founded explicitly with the intent to gain power and wealth, its a means to make the hubbard family very very wealthy.and their methodology realy shows this, they are different entirely in that they know what they are doing, they are not duluded, they do not believe this crap, and they know no one else would either unless thoroughly indoctrinated, which is why they obscure what they believe.

the ideals are crazy, like any religion, but its not the ideals that make them dangerous, in fact few of them even know what they are...its the methodology, its the purpose, its the intent that makes them dangerous.

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33. Comment #145944 by alexmzk on March 18, 2008 at 11:13 am

i've seen some of their stickers up in Edinburgh actually. kind of piqued my interest.

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34. Comment #145945 by al-rawandi on March 18, 2008 at 11:20 am

ultimate samurai,

In all honesty I think your L. Ron Hubbard quote is fabricated. I can't seem to find where he said such a thing.

I have heard rumors he said that in China, and that he said it to his Advisor in college. But I have never seen any sort of citation. Do you have one?

You could make a strong case the L. Ron Hubbard was an atheist. He was also a racist.

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35. Comment #145951 by Klaatu barada nikto on March 18, 2008 at 11:56 am

Al-rawandi

The quote is:

"Writing for a penny a word is ridiculous. If a man really wants to make a million dollars, the best way would be to start his own religion."

I haven't found the article but it is claimed to be from a Reader's Digest article from May 1980.

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36. Comment #146331 by Bigorra on March 19, 2008 at 12:58 am

When contacted for a comment on the protests, a Scientology spokesperson issued a statement that read, in part: "'Anonymous' is a group of cyber-terrorists who hide their identities behind masks and computer anonymity" and it "is perpetrating religious hate crimes against Churches of Scientology and individual Scientologists for no reason other than religious bigotry."

The Scientologists can dish it out but they can't take it, in other words. As a group they had a special task force that specialized in crashing usenet groups and suppressing negative criticism on the web. Tory Christman, an ex-Scientology member talks about it here:

http://www.pointofinquiry.org/tory_christman_anti_science_scientology/

There is a small Scientology "church" right down the road from my residence, and I never pass it without muttering something under my breath (a sign of my impending crotchety old age). On Saturday I saw people protesting across the street, and I didn't know why until I saw one of them carrying a "www.xenu.net" sign. They weren't rowdy, but were making circles around the intersection so no passing cars could fail to notice them. That put a big smile on my face, and if I'd known earlier I might have joined them.

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37. Comment #146333 by Richard Morgan on March 19, 2008 at 1:06 am

MUSIC NEWS

Due to the number of requests that I have had for the music I created to accompany an excerpt from The Lava Lizard's Tale, I have uploaded an MP3 of "Fingerprints �" past time" into a second stand-alone player on the Fleabytes Myspace.
This composition my be downloaded by:
1) Rationalists
and / or
Welsh persons, and / or
Musically gifted Lava Lizards.

http://www.myspace.com/fleabytes

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38. Comment #146481 by the_ultimate_samurai on March 19, 2008 at 6:06 am

i have no doubt he was an atheist, since he clearly doesnt believe in any other religion, and fairly sure he doesnt believe the bullshit he teaches.

but an atheist can be a charlatan just as much as a theist.

the order setup of the church of scientology, the quote (i will admit to not having confirmed it authenticity, it may just be a rumour circulated by people like me who dislike the church of scientology. and heard it from someone else. though..it seems probable in the least.), the testimonial and records of people sucked dry by the church all speak to the true goal of this organization: to suck as much money from its believers as it can. its systematic, its methodical, and you can not point to a single thing in all the church without this intent.

the "free" personality tests (which are just a nice way for them to tell you that you are horribly fucked up and need auditing) the auditing which run in the hundreds to thousands of dollars, which themselves seem little more than hypnosis sessions, seem like something you would employ to a prisoner of war to get information (except...without the PHYSICAL tourture..)
there are many different audits the person is required to take, each costing a different amount of money, the actual BS of course is never told to you on signing up, not til you have given a LOT of money for audits and get to the OT level, then they start easing you into the BS one nugget at a time. all the while claiming you will be able to gain amazing powers with more audits.

CoS is amongst the most destructive cult active today in terms of its long term effects on the psyche of people taken out of the church, it is destructive, and in many cases deadly (such as their insistance that pharmiceuticals are evil and no member should take them...worth noting once again this BS is wrapped in bills. you see when they are taken OFF the medication they have problems, depressions, violence, delusions, whatever its for. and the church has the sollution!...more audits! they will charge you an extraordinary amount of money to "fix" a problem THEY MADE. now i know all religions have this way of cutting you to sell you a bandaid but this takes it to new levels. )

compared to other religions where at least you can tell they MEANT well (sure it HAS its charlatans and may have been founded by one, but it means well) this one is obviously just to suck them dry of money. no attempts at philosophy, no mention of ways of life...you dont even know about xenu til higher levels. just one big bait and switch after another.

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39. Comment #147112 by stevenlebeau on March 19, 2008 at 9:09 pm

There's a really good book on Scientology (and LRH) called A Piece of Blue Sky. You could buy it on Amazon, but he also has it available for free in HTML format. Here's the link: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Library/Shelf/atack/

Also, check out this amusing site dedicated to L.Ron's "musical legacy": http://www.ronthemusicmaker.org/music/index.htm

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40. Comment #149103 by zeocrash on March 25, 2008 at 5:58 am

I went to the london protest.
It was huge, 700-1200 people depending on who you ask.
It was a barrel of laughs.
Quite worryingly though the scientologists were out in force spying on us trying to get pictures of protesters without masks on.

The public seemed to love us and were most interested to hear what we had to say.

Reports and pics of the london protests here
http://londonlulz.com/index.php?title=Operation_Party_Hard

scientology spies here
http://londonlulz.com/index.php?title=Wall_Of_Shame

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