Posted on 10/26/2009 5:53:28 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Scientology Spokesman Tommy Davis Leaves Interview in Anger
The Church of Scientology is taking a beating today.
First, former member Paul Haggis wrote a scathing letter renouncing the religion, and now a video of spokesman Tommy Davis walking out of an interview with Martin Bashir on 'Nightline,' is making the rounds on the Internet.
Davis was offended when Bashir asked questions about the popular celebrity religion's beliefs.
"Do you believe that the Galactic Emperor called Xenu brought his people to earth 75 million years ago and buried them in volcanoes?" Bashir asked.
"Martin, I'm not going to discuss the disgusting perversions of Scientology beliefs that can be found out commonly on the Internet and be put in the position of talking about things that ... talking about things that are so fundamentally offensive to Scientologists to discuss," Davis replied.
But the 'Nightline' anchor pressed on. "Well, I have the burden of my own journalistic responsibility that I bring to this meeting and I hope that I've been appropriately respectful of you in my asking of the questions."
(Excerpt) Read more at popeater.com ...
This guy was a pretty good hitter for the Dodgers back in the 60’s.
Is it an attack to question a spokesman for Islam to confirm or deny certain allegations about the meaning and scope of the word “jihad”?
Is it an attack to question a spokesman for Scientology to confirm or deny certain allegations about the origin of lfe on Earth?
In both cases, I would say “no”.
YMMV.
No one has the right to do what Scientology has done to people under the guise of religion.
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