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Revolution9 (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:45 PM Original message |
Scientology: Evil cult? or Shameless Pyramid scheme? |
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drm604 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
1. Both? n/t |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. Done in one. n/t |
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AllentownJake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. Both |
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Maru Kitteh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
3. A good deal of both with a greater helping of the latter. |
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anonymous171 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
4. Both. It single handidly tamed the most feared group of internet terrorists known to mankind. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. The cult tamed Anonymous? I don't think so. |
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Bucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
5. Honestly, I don't care at all about other peoples' religious beliefs |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
6. I never understood how that sweet little kid who played OpieTaylor |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. ROTFLMFAO... |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. Your neglected to mention "lawsuit happy thin skinned assholes." |
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pansypoo53219 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
8. opie? |
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Taitertots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
9. Delusions of a science fiction writer |
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rzemanfl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:24 PM Response to Original message |
11. No Scientologist has ever come to the door of my home trying |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Nonetheless, that doesn't mean they're not an evil cult and a pyramid scheme. n/t |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. +1 nt |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
29. They certainly recuit like mad here in LA |
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cpompilo (125 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's for people who like to feel "special" |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
15. Scientology: A tinkered amalgam of Maltz' - Psycho-Cybernetics by a low content SciFi writer dude... |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. Now, if Philip Dick started a cult, that would've been a different story! |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Actually there is a Phil Dickian branch of modern gnosticism. |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. HERE is R. CRUMB's interpretato of THE RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE of PHILIP K. DICK: |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. ^_^ |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
30. Wasn't it the result of a bet between Ray Bradbury, Phillip K Dick and L. Ron Hubbard? |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. 'religion' is able to bridge these collusions: militarization, drugs... |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
16. Are those categories mutually exclusive? |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
17. Both. |
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PatGund (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
18. C) All the above |
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johnfunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
19. Evil Cult, Shameless Pyramid Scheme -- AND Guerilla Marketing Triumph! |
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juno jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. Both. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
24. (shrug) They count the number of angels dancing on pinheads one way... |
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harun (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
25. I don't know enough about it to pass judgment on it. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
28. Both, and add pseudo-pseudo-science to that as well... |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
32. L. Ron himself once said that the most profitable business in America is religion. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
33. Religion: Evil cult? or Shameless Pyramid scheme? |
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Revolution9 (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:14 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. LOL! |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-03-09 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
36. Both. nt |
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