[Tiste Simeon]

This Will explain everything.

[Optimus Prime]

Scientology is definitely strange, but aren't all religions strange to those who don't adhere to them?

[Morgoth]

Xander;269071 said:

Scientology is definitely strange, but aren't all religions strange to those who don't adhere to them?

depends... brainwashed alien ghosts from trillions of years ago infesting your body is pretty high up on the list of strange.

[Optimus Prime]

Good point.

The idea of a burning bush speaking to a man isn't far below in my book though....can anyone sigh the phrase "high as a kite"?

[Terez]

Hallucinogenic Cacti.

[drinksinbars]

Xander;269458 said:

Good point.

The idea of a burning bush speaking to a man isn't far below in my book though....can anyone sigh the phrase "high as a kite"?

sunstroke.

or .... snakeoil salesman :eek:

[Sparkimus]

Being in Clearwater, and the Scinos owning almost all of downtown now, I have to deal with these crazy fucks all the time. Had some come in to my department back in the day when I was selling women's shoes at macy's (don't ask) every so often. They'd pick out some shoes - leave - someone ELSE would come back to approve of them - leave - original purchaser comes in with company check (and they absolutely refuse to pay sales tax) - leave - return shoes within a week.

I do embroidery now, and they used to be a big account of ours. I actually tried to fight one of the head guys (Oliver Dickbag), but the body guards don't leave his side. Here's a typical conversation(s) throughout a day.

guy 1 - this is Drone 62547 calling to see if our order is ready
me - I have no order on record at the time
guy 1 - alright, I'll figure it out.

guy 2 drops off artwork, but no shirts.

guy 3 - this is Cadet 124C9 calling to check on the status of our order
me - I have your artwork, but no shirts
guy 3 - i'll get right on it.

guy 1 - 62547 calling again, is the order ready?
me - still waiting on shirts bro
guy 1 - I'm on it.

Oliver - I hear there is some issues with our orders not being completed on time.
me - FUCK YOU OLIVER I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.
Oliver - So I take it the problem is on our end, what's the problem?
me - click.

guy 2 - I'm on my way with the shirts
me - great, fuck off, click.

shirts arive.

guy 3 - is our order ready?
me - Bro, I literally just got your shirts in my hand.
guy 3 - so then they aren't done yet then?
me - click.

Oliver - Hey! Just seeing how busy you guys are right now, I want to get an order in today.
me - Damnit Oliver you FUCK! I'm already working on that fucking order!
Oliver - Oh, great, when will that be ready?
me - 2 hours, fuck you, click.

Guy 1 - Is our order ready for pick-up?
me - yes, bring money dick, click.

Two to three weeks later they end up picking up the order, and usually try to stiff us on the bill. Needless to say, they are no longer getting anything from us, but they still call.

Just stay clear of them if at all possible. Unless you feel like having fun at their expense, then start asking about the space ships (they take that very serious, and don't like to share their secrets with non-believers).

We did once throw a big box of porn into the lobby of their main office when my buddy was off to boot camp. Also I usually yell shit and wing a CD or whatever trash I have near-by when I'm heading to the beach... it's great, they scatter.

[Dolorous Menhir]

That was really funny, Sparkimus. Who knew Scientologists were so easily mocked?

[Obdigore]

Dolorous Menhir;307842 said:

That was really funny, Sparkimus. Who knew Scientologists were so easily mocked?

I'm not Dolorous Menhir, but I think that was stupid.

[Sparkimus]

The stupidity lies with them, you seriously cannot conduct business with them on any rational level. When the above happens on a monthly basis you get REAL tired of dealing with them.

Edit:

I've had a great deal of serious discussions with a lot of them, and for the most part, a great deal of them don't actually believe what the religion states.

Most of the younger innitiates I've talked to had few to no friends, were/are suffering from manic depression and had a great deal of trouble assimilating into society. The thing with them is that they saw Scientology as a way of giving up and letting someone else run their lives. Instead of trying to find work, make friends, get over their psycological ailments, or even just try to live life, they were one and all invited to a 'meeting' and then talked into giving up all their money, posessions, family, and livelyhood to do the bidding of the church.

Now I do have some friends that were born into the religion and have since strayed away from it once their minds were developed enough to realize the idiocy of the cult, but most that I've met were never given that chance.

I hate to say it, but the cult bares a striking resemblance to Felsin Fatter's Apocolypse. It prays on the broken (not physically but mentally) and uses them to run their many conglomerates like mindless drones while the upper tier get richer.

[Cold Iron]

Sparkimus;307851 said:

I hate to say it, but the cult bares a striking resemblance to Felsin Fatter's Apocolypse. It prays on the broken (not physically but mentally) and uses them to run their many conglomerates like mindless drones while the upper tier get richer.

This pretty much describes all human societies to date.

[Sparkimus]

True, but not to quite the exact mirrored specs as to the scinos.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

Anyone else want to call BS on this, or should I?

http://www.comcast.net/articles/entertainm...ple.Will.Smith/

[Cold Iron]

Quote

In addition to reading and math, the school offers classes on yoga, robotics and etiquette.

Sounds even worse to me.

[Raymond Luxury Yacht]

I don't get how they can say it's not a scientologist school with a straight face.

[Obdigore]

And I am not sure how religious people can claim they 'believe' with a straight face.

RLY you should have learned by now that when someone 'swallows' a religion, they then generally believe anything they are told by the leaders of that religion.

Meh, I guess if they don't teach scientology, but rather just reading, math, robotics, and yoga, it could be fine. Of course, when all your reading is L Ron, one might wonder...

PS - Think this is a scientologist plot to teach robotics so they can build their spaceship and help fight the war against the great intergalactic whatchymacallit?

[Cold Iron]

Obdigore;341667 said:

RLY you should have learned by now that when someone 'swallows' a religion, they then generally believe anything they are told by the leaders of that religion.

That would be a cult.

[HoosierDaddy]

So Dianetics was the early Scientology, I think I read that in the Wiki post somebody quoted? Guess who saw a t.v. commercial for Dianetics last night at around 12:00 a.m. It promised to give me hope or some sort of thing like that. I've never heard of a religion advertising before. I'm curious as to which people they were targeting with their midnight message? If I was part of it than whoever advises their advertising department are a bunch of morons.

[Terez]

Dunno about up there in Indiana (I might go to grad school up there), but down here in Mississippi, religions advertise all the time.

[Obdigore]

Cold Iron;341893 said:

That would be a cult.

Well yes, but it is true of other things.

For instance, many catholics think there is a provision in the bible against priests marrying. Just something some leader thought up, and now it is considered the norm in their religion. Excellent or Excrement? You be the judge.