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Optimisticate

Phenomanon

Location: Hiding from mods

America Magazine pulls no punches: Scientology at the Dock

America Magazine

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<lots of "allegations" and facts>

What to make of all of these allegations? Scientology tends to defend against its detractors (especially defectors) by reminding the public of the sour grapes of disgruntled former employees and devotees. There is some truth to that rejoinder but simply too many allegations, from a multiple number of former Scientology members (many of whom held high posts in the organization), recounting similar stories of forced abortions for female Sea Org members, doctoring or destroying of internal documents etc. Clarity should be maintained between genuine religious freedom to believe what one wants and allegations of criminal or legally unacceptable behaviors. For me, religious liberty implies complete freedom of exit from religion. Scientology makes it difficult for disgruntled former members to leave, except on its own long-drawn out terms involving confessions that the member is harmful to the church and promises not to sue Scientology. Just leaving on one’s own is punished by being hounded by private investigators. I suspect with so much smoke, somewhere there must be a real fire. While the organization hates the term, it is a totalitarian “cult.” It just may also be criminal.

"No one who...conjures up the most evil of those half-tamed demons that inhabit the human beast, and seeks to wrestle with them, can expect to come through the struggle unscathed." - Freud

Where is Shelley Miscavige?

February 2010 - The beginning of the end.
March 2010 - Kirstie Alley takes over cult promotional duties from Tom Cruise and excels.
April 2010 - To be continued....
May 2010 - Flight of freedom for me
June 2010 - OK I'm back. WTF?

02-09-2010

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Ann O'Nymous Member	Re: America Magazine pulls no punches: Scientology at the Dock Nice. Une histoire d'anonyme - An anonymous story - SwissAnons - Best troll 2008 - SMB rules

02-09-2010

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Anonymous

We Are Legion

Amercia Mag - More Catholic Awesomeness

America Magazine

America: The National Catholic Weekly

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What is not entirely clear, even to sociologists of religion who have studied the group, such as David Bromley from Virginia Commonwealth University, is how much of the behaviors of Scientology recruits are voluntary or coercive, therapeutic or punitive. A Times editorial printed Nov. 6, 2009 asked: “Why are government authorities looking the other way? The Internal Revenue Service has ample reason to reconsider the decision to grant Scientology exempt status as a religion. Law enforcement ought to investigate whether the church’s restraint on members’ free movement crossed a legal line.”

In the past, however, and allegedly more recently, evidence exists of actual criminal behavior by high-placed Scientology operatives. In 1979, Mary Sue Hubbard (wife of the founder) and ten other Scientologists were convicted in U.S. Federal Court for conspiring to steal government documents (related to Scientology) and obstructing justice. In December 2009, Rex Fowler, a Scientologist minister, murdered his business partner in Denver who had threatened to expose Fowler’s illegal donations to Scientology. On November 16, 2009, Senator Nick Xenophon, a member of the Australian upper house, entered a parliamentary motion asking for a criminal investigation of Scientology in Australia.

Xenophon’s intervention (which prompted the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd to comment to the press that the charges were grave and that many Australians had serious questions about Scientology) introduced evidence from former Scientology members containing allegations of false imprisonment, coerced abortions, embezzlement of church funds, destroying evidence about suspicious deaths, cover-ups of child sexual abuse and murder. A young Australian, Edward Mc Bride, who had gone through a large amount of borrowed money to pay for his Scientology auditing, committed suicide. The day before his suicide (there are many suicides among Scientologists), he was harassed by Scientology members. The Scientology file on him was removed from Australia and the government unable to access it. Scientology, typically, responds to its critics by claiming religious persecution. Xenophon responded by calling Scientology a “criminal organization which hides behind its religious beliefs.” “Ultimately, this is not about religious freedom. In Australia, there are no limits on what you can believe. But there are limits on how you can behave. It is called the law and no one is above it.”

Oh. My.

Belgian prosecution. French convictions. Fair game. SP Times. Coerced abortions. Lisa McPherson. IRS. Rex Fowler. Xenophon. Edward McBride. Daughters of Saint Paul. Maria Pia Gardini. Tom Cruise. Anonymous.

John Coleman S.J. (S.J. = Jesuit)

02-09-2010

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Anonymous We Are Legion	Re: Amercia Mag - More Catholic Awesomeness That's the Catholic Church's opening Fusillade against CO$... A mere Amuse bouche before the Pope feasts on CO$ and spits them out. In simple english it might say... "Quit fucking with our bunch of Nuns"

02-09-2010

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AnonLover Member	Re: America Magazine pulls no punches: Scientology at the Dock Nioce! note the author's name "John Coleman, S.J." another priest/jesuit speaks out! ONE DOES NOT SIMPLY SWORDS HIS WAY INTO THE CELEBRITY CENTRE CofS Exit Survey ~ Timeline v2.0 ~ Wikileaks Research Portal ~ My Blog Anon Info Packs - When a flyer isnt enough ammo to get the job done

02-09-2010

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RightOn Tone 40	Re: America Magazine pulls no punches: Scientology at the Dock very cool _____________________________________________ List of Former Members Who Have Spoken Out Against The Church Of Scientology Why We Protest Wiki 1133 NAMES AND GROWING! STRENGTH IN NUMBERS! "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Martin Luther King

02-09-2010

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xenubarb

Nebulon V

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Re: America Magazine pulls no punches: Scientology at the Dock

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Originally Posted by AnonLover

Nioce!

note the author's name "John Coleman, S.J."

another priest/jesuit speaks out!

"Suppressive Jesuit?"

San Diego Anons: They Troll Deep.

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Another way of presenting New Zealand Scientology's accumulated funds totals, for the lulz .....

Before Anonymous: $2,402,416
After Anonymous: -$999,583

--Sponge

02-09-2010

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Anonymous We Are Legion	Re: America Magazine pulls no punches: Scientology at the Dock lol

02-09-2010

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Relyt BANNED	Re: America Magazine pulls no punches: Scientology at the Dock

02-09-2010

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Xenuphobe goofer of floof	Re: America Magazine pulls no punches: Scientology at the Dock More like this...

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BigBeard Not WBM Location: Under my hat	Re: America Magazine pulls no punches: Scientology at the Dock *Wow!* Can't wait for the "Religious Bigot" responses from the $cilon socks. BigBeard

02-09-2010

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elwood

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Location: Texas

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Mutante Died in a fire	Re: America Magazine pulls no punches: Scientology at the Dock Faptastic

Legion Anonymous	Re: America Magazine pulls no punches: Scientology at the Dock Yes! More to come too. You don't fuck with the Catholic Church you stupid scilons.

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