http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/scientology/ en-us Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:04:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2081801/posts On September 4 in Hamburg, Germany, an unusual event occured: Germany's Department of Interior Affairs' Ursala Caberta held a 3-hour seminar on the dangers of Scientology while members of the Church were told to "stay away". Caberta has been head of the "Working Group on Scientology" since 1992. The 3-hour seminar, titled, "That is Scientology! Reports from the USA" included actor and former Scientologist Jason Beghe, former Scientologists Marc Headley and and Larry Brennan, attorney Graham Berry, as well as representatives from the anti-Scientology group, Anonymous. The Church of Scientology, who was not invited, sued to be allowed in the... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2081801/posts#comment Sat, 13 Sep 2008 22:04:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2077435/posts The Church of Scientology in France will be tried in court for "organised fraud", according to legal sources. The lawyer for one of the plaintiffs behind the case told the BBC that if convicted the controversial Church could be banned. The Church has faced stiff opposition in France as well as Germany, where it has been declared unconstitutional. The French branch of the Church of Scientology said it had been cleared of "numerous" similar charges. It said such charges should not be brought to court again. This case stems from claims by a woman who said she was approached by... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2077435/posts#comment Mon, 8 Sep 2008 16:58:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077274/posts PARIS - A French judge has ordered two branches of the Church of Scientology and seven of its leaders to stand trial for fraud, a judicial source said on Monday. The latest suit centers on a complaint made in 1998 by a woman who said she was enrolled into the Church by a group of people she met outside a metro station. In the following months, she said she paid 140,000 francs (21,340 euros) to the Scientologists in exchange for "purification packs" and books. It has battled in vain for recognition as a religion in France, but has expanded its... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2077274/posts#comment Mon, 8 Sep 2008 13:32:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072569/posts It can be difficult sometimes, all this constantly-living-under-the-shadow-of-terrorism malarkey. And no one knows that better than actor Tom Cruise, who has stepped up security at his mansion and production offices following a series of anthrax threats. holymoly.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072569/posts#comment Mon, 1 Sep 2008 20:10:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2068850/posts I am neither against Scientology or am i a Scientologist. I am trying to educate myself and I want to know what other FReepers think about it. Please give me your honest impressions good or bad. Let it rip xenutv http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2068850/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:25:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2062663/posts Secret Tapes: The History Of Xenu, As Explained By L. Ron Hubbard In 8 Minutes Click here to hear 8.03 min. audio Most of what we know about Scientology's "supreme ruler" we learned from South Park: 75 million years ago, the evil alien brought humans to earth in a spaceship and killed them; the psychic trauma of the event has affected us ever since. The Church of Scientology, embarrassed by the story, has always tried to hide its existence. Until now. The Church has been playing a cat-and-mouse game with YouTubers, getting it removed in many cases; we have the... Gawker.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2062663/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:40:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2062648/posts Motorists stuck on Mercer Street this summer have been treated to an odd overhead sight as they crawl under Aurora Avenue toward I-5. Wielding banners and signs, a small band of protesters has appeared on certain evenings, waving at drivers below and encouraging them to honk if they hate Xenu. And now, following a notorious Tom Cruise video released earlier this year and a certain prior South Park episode, Scientology finds itself the target of a new generation of activists who have declared this coming Saturday, August 16, to be their next worldwide Scientology protest day Seattle Weekly http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2062648/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:23:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060984/posts My friend, Isaac Hayes, died on Sunday, and his passing leaves many unanswered questions. Isaac was found dead by his treadmill, but conveniently missing from the wire stories was a significant fact: in January 2006, Isaac had a significant stroke. At the time, the word went out only that he had been hospitalized for exhaustion. But the truth was, Isaac, whom I’d seen just a couple of months earlier when he headlined the Blues Ball in Memphis, was in trouble. Having lost the rights to his songs two decades earlier, he was finally making some money voicing the character of... fnc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060984/posts#comment Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:27:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2060196/posts Tom Cruise likes to ramble on and on about the wonders of Scientology and how much it helps people. However, when it comes to Tom, it looks like Scientology has come up a little short! NOTE: The Author of this comic requests that you visit his site and refrain from copying the cartoon in the thread. Thanks much!! Geeks On Caffeine - Cartoons done just RIGHT! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2060196/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:27:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059565/posts Soul singer and arranger Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy awards and an Oscar for the theme from the 1971 action film "Shaft," has died, sheriff's officials in Memphis, Tennessee, reported Sunday. Relatives found Hayes, 65, unconscious in his home next to a still-running treadmill, said Steve Shular, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff's Department. Paramedics attempted to revive him and took him to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 2 p.m., the sheriff's department said. CNN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2059565/posts#comment Sun, 10 Aug 2008 20:44:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055204/posts In Texas June 2008 the Libertarian Party selected Yvonne Adams Schick as their candidate for the US Senate. Libertarian for US Senate against incumbent John Cornyn (R), & Rick Noriega (D). Yvonne Schick is a Scientologist who has reached the level of "Operating Thetan VI" in Scientology, and was once the head of Scientology's anti-income tax front group Citizens for an Alternative Tax System. Unsurprisingly, she has not openly stated that she is a Scientologist. Enturbulation.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2055204/posts#comment Sat, 2 Aug 2008 02:04:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047980/posts Six years ago, when I was a reporter at New Times LA, IÂ’d written several stories about Scientology (Los Angeles is one of its headquarters), and I was about to uncork the longest one yet—a 7,000 word piece about an embarrassing, $8 million defeat Scientology had just suffered, when the weekly paper suddenly folded. That unpublished story has been sitting in storage ever since. Fast forward to 2008, and the world of reporting on Scientology has changed radically, thanks in part to the lunacy of Tom Cruise, but also in part to a worldwide, leaderless movement that calls itself Anonymous.... villagevoice.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2047980/posts#comment Sat, 19 Jul 2008 13:20:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042606/posts “Freedom of speech is an American concept, so I don’t give it any value.” Investigator for the Canadian Human Rights Commission Scientology, the new age "religion" founded by science fiction writer L. Ron Hubbard, has a new opponent, scores of anonymous protesters across the web who have aptly named themselves, Anonymous. Anonymous, with its legions of cyber-warriors, has been busy exposing Scientology's murky past and the inner workings of the "Church", and its practice of "fair gaming". Damian DeWitt, a member of Anonymous, makes some great points about the "prosecution" of Free Speech by Canada's largest oxymoron, the Human... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2042606/posts#comment Tue, 8 Jul 2008 21:53:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033307/posts A scrappy Web site that's built a reputation for taking on Goliath-sized corporate and government corruption is now fighting a holy war over copyright infringement. Wikileaks.org — a watchdog Web site that leaks corporate and government documents — hasn't officially launched, yet it has already uncovered human-rights violations in China, claimed to have swayed Kenya's Dec. 2007 elections and exposed the inner workings of the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay. So many were surprised when it recently turned its sights on two lawyer-heavy religious groups: the Mormons and the Scientologists. The Mormon Temple in Salt Lake City Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033307/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:43:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032779/posts A scrappy Web site that's built a reputation for taking on Goliath-sized corporate and government corruption is now fighting a holy war over copyright infringement.Wikileaks — a watchdog Web site that leaks corporate and government documents — hasn't officially launched, yet it has already uncovered human rights violations in China, claimed to have swayed Kenya's elections and exposed the inner workings of Guantanamo Bay. So many were surprised when it recently turned its sights on two lawyer-heavy religious groups: the Mormons and the Scientologists. Founded in December 2006, Wikileaks boasts of an archive of 1.2 million released documents, sent in... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2032779/posts#comment Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:08:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031588/posts Tom Cruise and Dr. Drew are feuding over Drew's views on Scientology. Drew Pinsky asked in a Playboy interview why Cruise would be drawn to "a cultish kind of environment like Scientology." He said it's a symptom of "a very deep emptiness and suggests serious neglect in childhood" and "maybe some abuse." Cruise's lawyer shot back a response to what he called "this unqualified television performer." Bert Fields tells the New York Post that Pinsky is "so grotesquely unprofessional as to pretend to diagnose Tom and others without ever meeting them." He said: "The last time we heard garbage like... The Indy Channel http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2031588/posts#comment Sun, 15 Jun 2008 23:43:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029961/posts Is it just me, or is Scientology all over the National Review campaign blog? campaignspot.nationalreview.com What are they thinking? NRO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029961/posts#comment Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:07:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2024990/posts "Anonymous" While we go about our daily lives--surfing the web, using it to pay bills or catching up on the latest news and chatting with friends and family--little do we realize that just beneath the digital surface of the worldwide web a war is being waged: the first Cyber World War, between a modern-day David versus Goliath. Goliath is the Church of Scientology, a multi-billion dollar enterprise, who is being systematically unmasked by the group known as Anonymous, the modern day David. ALSO at DBKP.com: * 'Anonymous' Hackers Vow to Destroy Scientology * Anonymous Issues Warning Number III to... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2024990/posts#comment Mon, 2 Jun 2008 21:25:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019943/posts DBKP is following up the story of the 15-yr-old youth who was issued a summons for carrying a sign that was deemed to be "insulting and abusive". The 15-yr-old faces a a fine and/or jail while his protest sign was confiscated. Just who was the youth "abusive and insulting" to and who needed the "protection" of the London coppers? The Church of Scientology The kid was at a peaceful protest against the Church of Scientology in London on May 10. The youth faces the Crown Prosecution Service. His crime: offending Scientology. His offensive and abusive statement: 'Scientology is not a... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019943/posts#comment Thu, 22 May 2008 23:26:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2019324/posts You know the drill: The Church is a prison that shackles the hearts and minds of people who yearn for the freedom to think and act as they please. It is a stifling cell in which the best and the brightest are not allowed to be free due to the brutal restraints of dogma.The reality is that most anti-Catholics are terrified of the intellectual freedom of the faith and much prefer some small ideology, cramped superstition or cozy little circle of slogans and simplicities that can be easily memorized and repeated. I was reminded of this recently when the headlines... NCR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2019324/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 20:41:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018863/posts Tom Cruise Giving the Scientology "Salute" If there's any doubt that the enforcement of political correctness in the U.K. is turning ordinary citizens into criminals, a 15-yr-old youth was issued a criminal summons after he had written on a sign that Scientology was a cult. Police confiscated his protest sign at a demonstration against the Church of Scientology at their headquarters in London and then issued him a criminal summons. According to the British newspaper the Guardian, the 15-yr-old had written on a sign: "Scientology is not a religion, it is a dangerous cult". The police called it "abusive and... DBKP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018863/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 22:00:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2015633/posts At the bottom of the webpage of the Swedish branch of the Citizen's Commission for Human Rights, located at http://www.kmr.nu/ , there is featured quote and photo from everyone's favorite lying weasel filmmaker, Michael Moore. "... I'll tell you, they would had me so doped up, you guys.. never even would have heard of me." The Citizen's Commission for Human Rights is a well-known front group for the Church of Scientology, which aims to replace the practice of psychiatry worldwide with it's own wacky form of mind control. enturbulation.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2015633/posts#comment Wed, 14 May 2008 03:45:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002447/posts Ruggedly handsome actor Jason Beghe was best man at the wedding of "X-Files" star David Duchovny (his childhood pal) and actress Tea Leoni. In 1998, he starred as Demi Moore’s love interest in "G.I. Jane." He’s been featured in numerous TV dramas such as "Criminal Minds," "Numb3rs" and "CSI." In 2005, Beghe appeared in promotional spots for the Church of Scientology. But now, Beghe has escaped the church after taking courses since 1994. He’s made a video that’s up on YouTube. This is what he has to say: "Scientology is destructive and a rip-off." He also says: "It’s very, very... FOx http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2002447/posts#comment Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:04:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2001730/posts 04/09/2008 01:57 AM ID: 69863 Wikileaks Leaks Scientology Secrets Wikileaks has "leaked" some of Scientology's top secret bibles and is not backing down from threats coming from lawyers. Instead of taking down the documents, they instead told the world that it has been verified. Some of the drills L Ron Hubbard says will reach OT1 is: 2) Note several large and small female bodies until you have a cognition. Note it down. 3) Note several large and several small male bodies until you have a cognition. Note it down. Scientology attorneys are claiming that the works are copyrighted while Wikileaks... Wikileaks.org and PirateBay.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2001730/posts#comment Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:13:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001395/posts The raid on a polygamist compound in Texas could signal the beginning of the end of a lifestyle that has flown under the radar in America, according to an expert on cults. The Fundamentalist Church of Latter-day Saints, which operates the compound near Eldorado, Texas, along with other communities around the country -- including Colorado City, Ariz. -- fits the classic criteria of a cult, according to Rick Ross. He says there are about 50,000 polygamists living in North America and Mexico. ``The level of harm done by polygamist groups is horrific, and, in particular, this group (FLDS) has a... KTAR.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2001395/posts#comment Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:23:50 GMT