Church of Scientology?
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It's about dianetics man. 
You get 'audited' only not by the tax man. Just ask John Travolta or Tom Cruise. Oh .. and don't say anything naughty about them (the church) or they'll pursue you 
http://www.dianetics.org/
You get 'audited' only not by the tax man. Just ask John Travolta or Tom Cruise. Oh .. and don't say anything naughty about them (the church) or they'll pursue you http://www.dianetics.org/
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Yea, I posted a question about scientology before on the board. I got lots of "dumb religion" responses. But I can't see how intellegent people such as Travolta,Cruise and basicly 1/4 of hollywood are pulled into it? Seems like they signed a contract with the devil. Hmmmm
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I'm curious - is there necesarily a correleation between being a Hollywood actor and intelligence? They might be orders of magnitude richer than you and me, but I'd suspect they're just as dumb as the rest of us.
Lots of them seem to be into the whole psychic thing, too. Ms Cleo, anyone?
(Disclaimer: I haven't wasted any effort looking into it.) From what I've heard/read, it's mostly just a big con game - that is, a pyrimid scheme to make rich people richer. You pay money to get into the higher circles and gain access to the ultra top secret publish-these-trade-secret-docs-and-we'll-sue-your-ass manifestos that are mostly mushy brain drivel. The story goes that science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard was sitting in a bar and somebody bet him $5000 that he couldn't create his own religion. So he did.
Some interesting news articles about the actions these nuts have taken, what others have done, comments from ex-Scientologists, etc.: http://slashdot.org/search.pl?query=scientology
Lots of them seem to be into the whole psychic thing, too. Ms Cleo, anyone?
(Disclaimer: I haven't wasted any effort looking into it.) From what I've heard/read, it's mostly just a big con game - that is, a pyrimid scheme to make rich people richer. You pay money to get into the higher circles and gain access to the ultra top secret publish-these-trade-secret-docs-and-we'll-sue-your-ass manifestos that are mostly mushy brain drivel. The story goes that science fiction writer L Ron Hubbard was sitting in a bar and somebody bet him $5000 that he couldn't create his own religion. So he did.
Some interesting news articles about the actions these nuts have taken, what others have done, comments from ex-Scientologists, etc.: http://slashdot.org/search.pl?query=scientology
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So how smart do you have to be to sign on with a "religion" founded by a science fiction writer?? What is amazing about these people is the amount of economic power they've accumulated. I can't recall any other organization in the world that has beaten the IRS into submission, but that is exactly what these people have done!!!
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Here's an old pic of John at his 'E-Meter' (Hubbard electro-psychometer).
"Scientologists claim the device allows people to "see a thought". In the hands of a trained auditor it is said to be able to uncover hidden crimes."
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Secrets/E-Meter/
"Scientologists claim the device allows people to "see a thought". In the hands of a trained auditor it is said to be able to uncover hidden crimes."
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/~dst/Secrets/E-Meter/
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