Thu Aug 2, 2012, 02:56 PM
Liberal_in_LA (28,609 posts)
This Photo Of A Scientologist Allegedly Being Punished In The Desert Is ChillingLast edited Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:04 PM USA/ET - Edit history (2)
This Photo Of A Scientologist Allegedly Being Punished In The Desert Is Chilling
This photograph of a palm tree in a circle of sand at the Church of Scientology's HQ at Gilman Hot Springs, in the California desert, doesn't look unusual at first glance. But there is more to it than meets the eye. Before we explain what we've been told is actually going on inside those concentric circles of raked sand, click on the photo to enlarge it, and see if you can figure out what's happening
The circle at Gilman Hot Springs was thought to have been abandoned around 2010. But according to Parman and Bunker, the running program continues to exist inside the church. Both sources told us that at the church's building in Clearwater, Fla., an indoor circle has been built for a similar purpose. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/this-photo-of-a-scientologist-allegedly-being-punished-in-the-desert-is-chilling-2012-8#ixzz22PtEB8Ki
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| Liberal_in_LA | Aug 2012 | OP | |
| darkangel218 | Aug 2012 | #1 | |
| Liberal_in_LA | Aug 2012 | #3 | |
| darkangel218 | Aug 2012 | #5 | |
| Liberal_in_LA | Aug 2012 | #7 | |
| Xyzse | Aug 2012 | #13 | |
| warrior1 | Aug 2012 | #2 | |
| sakabatou | Aug 2012 | #4 | |
| darkangel218 | Aug 2012 | #6 | |
| darkangel218 | Aug 2012 | #9 | |
| sakabatou | Aug 2012 | #15 | |
| aikoaiko | Aug 2012 | #8 | |
| LiberalAndProud | Aug 2012 | #10 | |
| aikoaiko | Aug 2012 | #12 | |
| joeybee12 | Aug 2012 | #16 | |
| obamanut2012 | Aug 2012 | #14 | |
| flyingfysh | Aug 2012 | #17 | |
| Lizzie Poppet | Aug 2012 | #11 |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:00 PM
darkangel218 (4,319 posts)
1. i cant see anything
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Response to darkangel218 (Reply #1)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:03 PM
Liberal_in_LA (28,609 posts)
3. person at 12:15 (if it were a clock)
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Reply #3)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:07 PM
darkangel218 (4,319 posts)
5. ok but how is that person being punished?
Response to darkangel218 (Reply #5)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:13 PM
Liberal_in_LA (28,609 posts)
7. California deserts are hotter than the sun!
Response to darkangel218 (Reply #5)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:48 PM
Xyzse (2,083 posts)
13. If I had to guess
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Having the person walk around in a widening circle from the middle outwards?
I don't know. |
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:02 PM
warrior1 (9,219 posts)
2. there is a person at about 12 o'clock
Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:06 PM
sakabatou (29,057 posts)
4. "Question anything and we'll physically punish you."
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Last edited Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:06 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) Sickening.
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Response to sakabatou (Reply #4)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:08 PM
darkangel218 (4,319 posts)
6. im lost lol :(
Response to darkangel218 (Reply #6)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:19 PM
darkangel218 (4,319 posts)
9. ok i read the article i get it now
Response to darkangel218 (Reply #6)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:55 PM
sakabatou (29,057 posts)
15. Question anything within Scientology and you'll be punished
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As the circle was supposedly used as punishment for questioning parts of Scientology.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:18 PM
aikoaiko (16,535 posts)
8. Meh. Isn't membership voluntary?
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It doesn't look chilling to me. |
Response to aikoaiko (Reply #8)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:25 PM
LiberalAndProud (9,879 posts)
10. Really?
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Folks in Jonestown and Rulo where there voluntarily too. I find that idea chilling.
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Response to LiberalAndProud (Reply #10)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:46 PM
aikoaiko (16,535 posts)
12. Raking sand in pretty circles just doesn't bother me the same way as suicides and murders.
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Response to aikoaiko (Reply #12)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:57 PM
joeybee12 (41,659 posts)
16. Yeah, slavery doesn't bother me either...
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Response to aikoaiko (Reply #8)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:53 PM
obamanut2012 (9,971 posts)
14. Read Inside Scientology and the Village Voice's CoS series
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Then get back to us.
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Response to aikoaiko (Reply #8)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:19 PM
flyingfysh (1,444 posts)
17. Once you're in, it's REALLY hard to leave
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Last edited Thu Aug 2, 2012, 04:20 PM USA/ET - Edit history (1) Among other things, they charge many thousands of dollars for the "training" people received. They call it "freeloader" payments. Very often, people are held by force and cut off from relatives and friends outside.
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Response to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)
Thu Aug 2, 2012, 03:29 PM
Lizzie Poppet (2,345 posts)
11. Here, this'll help you cool off:
Okay, maybe not... |

