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Post by pathtaken on May 26, 2014 9:54:01 GMT -4
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Post by kateln on May 26, 2014 10:18:52 GMT -4
You know for a "comedy" website, Cracked has some interesting insights into some pretty serious subjects. They also did this piece on growing up in Scientology.
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Ella
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Post by Ella on May 26, 2014 13:02:51 GMT -4
Hmmm..marriage problems and career stagnation/reinvention would probably make one ripe for a Scientology love bomb. Plus, isn't her husbands family crazy wealthy? Yes, is family owns The Brink, a nationwide furniture store. He's worth far more than she is. Maybe after She and her husband divorce, she can be the next Mrs. Cruise.
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tortuga
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Post by tortuga on Jun 11, 2014 1:15:41 GMT -4
Man...I'm reading "Going Clear" now and it's scary how basically of you're big enough, you can have private jails and detention camps and law enforcement either can't or won't do anything about it. Renewing my side eye towards any celebrity that endorses them. They're not a fun kooky religion that spoils celebs and takes people's money, they're down right evil.
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Post by GirlyGhoul on Jun 11, 2014 9:00:11 GMT -4
Man...I'm reading "Going Clear" now and it's scary how basically of you're big enough, you can have private jails and detention camps and law enforcement either can't or won't do anything about it. Renewing my side eye towards any celebrity that endorses them. They're not a fun kooky religion that spoils celebs and takes people's money, they're down right evil. I read that last year and it freaked me out so bad. It almost sounds like a terrifying Science Fiction novel how much power they have over their converts and their families... except it's real. The intimidation they put on the Federal Government to not only get their tax exempt status but also to halt the investigation of Hubbard (his 2nd or 3rd wife took the fall for him and was jailed- and he never even spoke to her again) I still can't believe they are allowed to get away with so much human rights abuses. They went after people who were working for the IRS and government... but those people have surely died/ retired by now. Why can't the new folks shut them down? I may have to reread it now to remember all the details. But it really did read like an Orwellian Sci Fi novel. L Ron must have been so proud to make his bad fiction a reality. But so many people have suffered and lives have been ruined for his megolamania. He's long dead, but he groomed Miscavige to be his Mini-Me and on and on it goes. I agree with the side-eying of celebs who get involved in this (they have it sweet and never see the worst of what happens) But I remember feeling sorry for John Travolta. They caught him at a very vulnerable time in his life. They royally screwed his handler over and sent her to the eqivalent of a Scieno detention center (I forget what they called them) and he had no clue what had become of her or why she had 'abandoned' him. Messed up stuff.
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tortuga
Landed Gentry
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Post by tortuga on Jun 11, 2014 18:16:36 GMT -4
And the thing that really bothered me is that during the IRS raids, the Feds ended up in the basement where people were chained and in rags and forced to eat from a slop bucket and THEY WALKED AWAY. The punishments meted out to followers that mess up are like something you'd think North Korea or Nazi Germany would do.
No lie...I don't know how the universe works or what religion is really right but I would not be AT ALL SURPRISED if it turns out David Micavige is Satan himself. That dude ain't right and seems to never have been.
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sumire
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Post by sumire on Jun 12, 2014 4:39:35 GMT -4
If people are so broken and brainwashed that they don't want to leave or press charges, though, what can you do? Scientology is like an abusive relationship rebranded as a "religion." ETA, 3 days later: I just read this in the comments on today's Tony Ortega piece:
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Post by discoprincess on Jul 31, 2014 12:49:46 GMT -4
Maksim Chmerkovskiy claims that his former partner (and friend) Kirstie Alley stopped talking to him because he's now associating with the wrong people (i.e. Jennifer Lopez, who is BFF with Scientologist defector Leah Rimini).
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sumire
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Post by sumire on Aug 1, 2014 12:28:02 GMT -4
OMGROFL Just before I read this, I was looking at the Daily Mail's relationship chart of the Packer-Kerr-Bieber-Bloom gossip, so I'm picturing a similar chart for these folks, with an alien head to indicate scientologists and a mirror ball to indicate dance partners. Meryl Davis needs to turn up engaged to Tom Cruise to kick the story into a higher gear, though.
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Ella
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Post by Ella on Aug 2, 2014 6:56:23 GMT -4
And the thing that really bothered me is that during the IRS raids, the Feds ended up in the basement where people were chained and in rags and forced to eat from a slop bucket and THEY WALKED AWAY. The punishments meted out to followers that mess up are like something you'd think North Korea or Nazi Germany would do. No lie...I don't know how the universe works or what religion is really right but I would not be AT ALL SURPRISED if it turns out David Micavige is Satan himself. That dude ain't right and seems to never have been. Picture a picture of David Micavige and Joseph Goebbles side by side and you'd think they were related. Maybe reincarnation.
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