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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:20 PM Original message |
Scientology violates the most fundamental of human rights. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
1. Their little meters don't do shit except separate money from idiots and |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. That's simply not true, the E-meter is a skin galvonometer... |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
22. Do you REALLY think the bottom feeders and droolers monitoring those "tests" |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:08 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Do not underestimate the dark side of the force. |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
2. Except , it's voluntary |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:27 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Indeed it is, just like it was voluntary for Jim Jones' followers to become members of his cult. |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. Wouldn't advise anyone to join for that reason |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. No one needs to be gullible... |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:11 AM Response to Reply #16 |
31. Yeah they do |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:13 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Perhaps you're right, but should gullibility be an excuse to abuse someone? |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Up to a point. Because the real damage "auditing" does |
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The_Casual_Observer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:36 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. So much is out there, ready to take over your mind. This is just |
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MADem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
3. I think that kid would still be alive if his uncle had raised him. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. This will still be an issue, even if their kid had been raised by someone else. |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. you've got your information about the Catholic practice of confession |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
9. Imagine this......... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I'm not a fan of any religion, but Scientology is not merely a religion... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Not legally, no. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:53 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Try Doc Wardheim's Miracle Hair Restoration Tonic... |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:27 AM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Any more fraudulent than |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:47 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Not really. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. While hideous to children (and I was one of them) |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes,it is an inalienable right to go to Radio Shack and pick up the components for an E-meter |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:42 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. What in the fuck are you talking about? |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. I agree with your post that they are an oppressive cult... |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:51 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. OK, it just didn't make sense. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jan-04-09 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
20. Yes, but they volunteer. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:03 AM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Actually, someone blew the whistle back in the 80s... |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 07:13 AM Response to Reply #24 |
36. All very good points. Thanks! n/t |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:00 AM Response to Original message |
23. Who really, really fucking gives a fucking shit? |
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chucktaylor (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
25. I don't recall any questions in the confessional, other than "are you sorry for your sins." |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:05 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. That's what I mean, that and the basic prompt to start confessing. |
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chucktaylor (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:07 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You are right. Thanks. |
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VPStoltz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:08 AM Response to Original message |
28. Of course they violate human rights - the cult was founded by aliens. |
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originalpckelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:10 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. BAD! |
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anigbrowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jan-05-09 12:18 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I have no excuse for posting this |
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