L Ron Hubbard

This guy is such a fucking legend. He needs a thread dedicated to him.
Check this shit out, posted up in a Google chat room by one Brian Burns.


And then this reply, obviously from a disgruntled reader (possibly a fan of Battlefield Earth)


I love it! If anyone has anymore crazy L Ron stories/facts/slanderous comments or general attacks on Scientology then please add them here. Leezee, I know you gots to be good for something!

well according to a new book, Tom Cruise is second in charge of the 'Church' of Scientology!

check this shit out

"I'd like to start a religion, That's where the money is" L Ron Hubbard

Oh man this is soooooooo my thread. DJ L-Ron in the house.

Here is a really funny one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPol_m8wm8Y&feature=related 

And one that is a bit too serious for my liking (coz we all know how retarded this shit is, but hey, it's christmas):

http://www.xenutv.com/andreas/index.html



Anyway, I'm thinking of going into the centre to get tested... Anyone dare me? I'll try and wear a wire if I can figure it out, should be a laugh...

I'm really not sure that it's a good idea, but shit it should be funny.

i know someone who went for a free personality test and came home to ring their mum asking for money so they could join up

:brainwashed:



maybe you should skip the wire and just wear a tin foil hat

Oh dear I think i know who that was... Please tell me I'm wrong!

no comment, but it certainly was not me.

I did the test when I was a teenager.

I was in the city one weekend and was bored.

It's nothing special - only a standard psych personality test where instead of telling you that you need therapy because you're "unbalanced", they tell you you need scientology.

You can do the test online... I think 

bwhahahahahaha fooking classic!

you can get a little fm transmitter kit from dick smiths which is the size of a matchbox.

its a lil electronics kit, so you can nerd it out, then get someone (or a gang) out front listening in on the wireless, put it on tape even.

b00m!

while you're there take the "drug oath"

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,23016261-10388,00.html

TOM Cruise is the second-in-command of the Church of Scientology and his daughter, Suri, was conceived using sperm from the dead scientology founder, a new book says.

Andrew Morton's wild claims include that Cruise's 20-month-old daughter, Suri, was conceived "like Rosemary's Baby" - with wife Katie Holmes impregnated with the sperm of dead Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.

Cruise has strongly denied the claims and has already instructed lawyers to draw up a $110 million lawsuit against the book's publisher, St Martin's Press.

I knew he couldn't have baked one himself!!!!!!!

nicole and tom adopted twice, and now nic is meant to be pregnant with keith urban's kid, so it isnt too far of a stretch to imagine that tom is shooting blanks

my centimonies exactly!

looks like you can do the test online: http://www.scientology.org/oca.htm

but

You can also get the cheat sheet for a perfect score online.

shoulda done a test the other day... they had a bunch of scientologists set up out front of the tube station with copies of dianetics for sale and some machines which looked like the thetan readers in south park



but all i could think about when i saw them was

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No sex life tapes on Nicole, say Scientologists



THERE are no tapes of Nicole Kidman talking about her sex life with Tom Cruise - despite blackmail claims in a new book, the Church of Scientology said yesterday.

"It's all lies and it's completely gross to even suggest it," said the Australian head of the church, Vicki Dunstan, in defending Scientology's highest-profile recruit.

Celebrity muckraker Andrew Morton's explosive new book on Cruise claims the church taped Kidman's final "audit" session, which focused on her sex life with Cruise.

Morton's book claims Kidman feared details of the tape would be leaked if she spoke against the church after the couple's 10-year relationship ended in January 2001.

While both Kidman, in Sydney with second husband Keith Urban, and Cruise have not commented, the Church of Scientology came out fighting yesterday.

Audit sessions were not taped, said Ms Dunstan, a minister of the church, which has 140,000 members in Australia, including businessman James Packer and singer Kate Cerebrano.

An "audit" is akin to a Catholic confessional.

Libel laws prevent publication of Morton's book - which is due out on shelves on January 15 - outside the US.

But the church's international general counsel, Elliot Abelson, said Morton could be sued under US celebrity defamation laws because Morton had shown a "reckless disregard" for the truth.

"If the book is published and we decide to sue, we will win," he said.

He added that he could not think of anything "more ridiculous" than the claim made by Morton that Scientologists believed Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter Suri was a reincarnation of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.




And more crazy scientologists: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwTDvfjcUJU

This guy is REALLY freaky though...

One of those psych tests someone posted on AM was a scientology test because I kept getting dianetics spam after I did it!

140,000 members in Australia? Last numbers I heard from the census were around 2600. Either 137,000 scientologists didn't do the census, or that number is a heap of shit from either that news company, or Scientology Australia.

You can't be done for libel if you can prove your case.

I'm no fan of scientology, but if Morton's book is full of information which is libelous outside of the States, what good is it exposing these people for the freaks they are?

It's just using one bunch of lies attacking another.

If you're going to combat something like scientology, you've got to use facts, not lies and rumours.

Exposing things like Operation Snow White and Operation PC Freakout can do serious damage to Scientology. This book will probably just give them some ammunition. I don't believe Morton has ever been claimed to be libelous in his previous books, which challenged more powerful targets than scientology, so who knows if it is bullshit. Scientologists have won cases in the past that have been overturned on later evidence.  Morton should be smart enough to realise extraordinary claims warrant extraordinary evidence though.

oh lordy

scientology eh?

i think the chaser guys summed it PERFECTLY by doing free 'gullibility tests' outside the scientology office in sydney
gold!

Actually, I'm pretty sure that quote wasn't from me.   I don't think I've ever really written about LRH himself, just the behavior of his 'followers'...

Yeah, just checked my posting history.  Definately not something I said.  Try again?

They probably count all the people that have ever done any sort of test in the church EVER!

Damn I hate scientology!!

http://defamer.com/344987/the-tom-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientologists-dont-want-you-to-see

scientologists got this pulled off youtube, but it is still online... watch it while ya can!!

here are some of the best bits

WHAT A FUCKING NUTTER.

I think this is why Nicole Kidman left him.

He doesn't make any fucking sense. What is an SP? What is KSW? What fight is he fighting? Who is depending on the Scientologists? What is he doing to make things different or better? Why does he keep laughing and making hand gestures and stupid noises? Why is a Scientologist the only who can help when driving past an accident? How do they rehabilitate criminals? What conditions is he improving?



I hate Scientologists.

I reckon they pulled it cos even they know he doesn't make any fucking sense.

sp = suppressive person = anti scientologist?

http://www.suppressiveperson.org/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suppressive_Person

ksw = keep scientology working

http://www.xenu-directory.net/practices/ksw1.html

 

well, the man said it.
tom cruise is the only one who can help if you have a car accident.
pray he is driving by if you ever have one.

and what's with the anagrams for sfw (simple fucking words)

well that's that cat out of the bloody bag!

 You have to admit, it would be pretty cool to get rescued by Tom Cruise, but only if you called him Pete Mitchell/Maverick, Cole Trickle or Ethan Hunt.

 

I can think of something to call him and it rhymes with that last name.

OMG gary's a scientologist??!!

Whenever I crash ma car I like to have Tom Crusie there to use his lazer eyes to cut me out or just use his super human abilities to lift the wreck off of me.

I am pretty sure that is what he means by 'it'.

Tom will sue AM if he gets wind of this bigoted thread.

here is the full transcript

Cruise: I think it’s a privilege to call yourself a Scientologist and it is something that you have to earn, and…because a Scientologist does. He, or she has the ability to create new and better realities and improve conditions. Uh, being a Scientologist, you look at somebody and you know absolutely that you can help them. (cut)

So, for me, it really is KSW, and it’s just like, it’s something that, uh, I don’t mince words with that. You know, with anything (unintelligible), but that policy to me has really has gone , boy, there’s a time I went through and I said, “You know what…” When I read it, I just went (noise that sounds like poof), “This is it. That’s exactly it.” (cut)

Being a Scientologist, when you drive past an accident, it’s not like anyone else. As you drive past, you know you have to do something about it, because you know you’re the only one that can really help. (cut)

That’s…that’s what drives me, is that I know we have an opportunity, and uh, to really help for the first time effectively change people’s lives, and uh, I’m dedicated to that. I’m gonna, I’m absolutely, uncompromisingly dedicated to that. (cut)

Org are there to help, okay, but we as (unintelligible) the public, we have a responsibility. It’s not just the Orgs, it’s not just David Miscavige, you know, it’s not just me. It’s you, it’s everyone out there, kinds re-reading KSW and looking at what needs to be done and saying, “Okay! Am I going to do it or am I not going to do it?” Period. Am I going to look at that guy or am I too afraid because I have my own out-ethics, put in someone else’s ethics. That’s all it comes down to. (cut)

And I won’t hesitate to put ethics in someone else, because I put it ruthlessly in myself. And I think that I…uh…I respect that, you know, in others. And, you know, I’m there to help, and we’re here to help, and my opinion is is that, look, either you’re on board or you’re not on board. Okay, it’s just, if you’re on board, you’re on board just like the rest of us. Period. (cut)

We are the authorities in getting people off drugs. We are the authorities on the mind. We are the authorities on improving conditions. Criminals, we can rehabilitate criminals. Way to happiness, we can bring peace and unite cultures, uh, that once you know these tools and you know that they work, it’s not good enough that I’m just (doing okay?)

Traveling around the world and meeting the people that I’ve met. Talking with these leaders in various fields, they want help, and they are depending on people who know, and who can be effective and do it, and that’s us, that is our responsibility to do that. (cut)

It is the time now. Now is the time, okay? It is, being a Scientologist, people are turning to you, so you better know it. You better know it, and if you don’t, you know, go (sound deleted, appears to be “fucking”) learn it. (Laughs) You know? But don’t pretend you know it and, or whatever. It’s like, we’re here to help. (cut)

If you’re a Scientologist, you see life, you see things the way that they are. In all its glory, you know, all of its complexity. Uh, the more you know as a Scientologist, you don’t become overwhelmed by it. (cut)

(Laughs) And uh, they said, “So, have you been an SP” (big laugh) I looked at them and I thought, “What a beautiful thing,” because maybe one day it will be like that, you know? You know what I’m saying. Maybe one day it will be that “Wow, SP, they just read about those in the history books.” You know? (cut)

I just got through that tech, and it’s literally…it’s not how to run from an SP. It’s (acronym of some sort), how to shatter suppression, confront and shatter suppression. You apply it, and it’s like, boom. (cut)

Because, they don’t come up to be and do that. They don’t do it to me. Not to my face, or anywhere in my vicinity where they feel they can confronted, you know. They just don’t do it. (cut)

I wish the world was a different place. I’d like to go on vacation and go and romp and play and just do that. You know what I mean? I mean, that’s what I want it to be. That’s how, there’s times I want to do that but I can’t because I know. I know. So, you know I have to do something about it. It’s not, you know you can sit here wish it was different and then you look at it and you go “Okay, this is it.” You know, I have to do something, don’t I? I have to do it, because I can’t live with myself if I don’t. That really is it. (cut)

I don’t care if someone thinks it’s hard or easy. You’re either helping and contributing everything you can or you’re not, okay? Because I’m carrying my load, okay? And as much as I’m carrying, I still feel like I have to do more. Alright? There is still a thing of, let’s go. (cut)

You can just see the look in their eyes, you know the ones that are doing it and you know the spectators, the ones who are going, “Well, it’s easy for you” or “What am I doing” and it’s just, that thing is, I’ve canceled that in my area (laughs). It’s like, man, you’re either in or you’re out. That’s spectatorism, and it’s something that we have no time for right now. (cut)

So, it’s our responsibility to educate, create the new reality. We have that responsibility to say, “Hey, this is the way it should be done, because we do it this way and people are actually getting better.” (cut)

And let’s get it done. Let’s really get it done. Have enough love, compassion, and toughness that you’re going to do it and, uh, do it right. (cut)

And I have to tell you something. I really, it is, it’s rough and tumble. It’s wild and wooly. It’s a blast. It’s a blast. It really is fun, because damn it there is nothing better than going out there and fighting the fight and suddenly you see things are better. (cut)

I want to know that I’ve can everything I could everyday and I think about those people out there who depending on us. And I think about that. And it does make me feel like, (laughs) we’ve got more work. I need more help. Get those spectators—you’re in the playing field or out of the arena. (Laughs) You know, really, that’s how I feel about it. (cut)

I do what I can and I do it the way I do everything (laughs). There’s nothing part of the way for me (laughs).

AAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

I wonder if he is going to star in Battlefield Earth II. That is the true sign of commitment to the cause.

Fuck you L Ron Hubbard.

I watched Battlefield Earth last night and I want that part of my life back.

A fairly hefty percentage of reviews deemed it possibly the worst film of all time. It won the 25th anniversary Golden Raspberry award for worst film of the last 25 years. What inhabited you to watch it?

That was fucking shit!

I've done the stress test thing. That was pretty funny. Apparently I'm stressed out because when I was two years old I ran into a brick wall. Then my friend did the test while his little brother was running around screaming and apparently he's stressed out about looking after his brother.

Watched a Dianetics video I hired from the library the other day. Was pretty funny.

  3%

http://au.rottentomatoes.com/m/battlefield_earth/

RESPECTED German historian Guido Knopp has compared a speech by US actor Tom Cruise to the Church of Scientology with a call to war by Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.
Mr Knopp, an expert on World War II history, said in an interview with Bild newspaper published overnight: "Tom Cruise's manner calls to mind Goebbels."

The historian was commenting on a video recording of a rousing sermon Cruise delivered to fellow Scientology members four years ago that was recently posted on the Internet.

The Mission Impossible star is seen asking fellow members of the church: "Should we clean this place up?".

Mr Knopp said it was bound to remind Germans of Goebbels' notorious call for "total war" issued in Berlin on February 18, 1943.

"It is possible that the way in which Cruise speaks is common in many empowerment circles in the United States," he said.

"But the scene in which Cruise asks if the Scientologists should clean up the world and they all respond 'yes' will remind any German with an interest in history of Goebbels' infamous Sports Palace speech."

Cruise's portrayal of Nazi resistance hero Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg, an aristocrat who led a failed plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler in 1944, has caused unhappiness in Germany because of the actor's links to Scientology.

The movement is often described here as a sect that exploits its members financially. In December, regional ministers agreed to investigate the possibility of banning it.

The film, titled Valkyrie after the code-name of the plot, is due for release later this year.

Cruise's role in the Church of Scientology is examined in an explosive unauthorised biography of the actor by British writer Andrew Morton which hit shelves in the United States earlier this month.

The publication of the book has been given wide coverage in German media. It was described by the Church of Scientology as "replete with lies".

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23083099-2703,00.html

Not surprisingly there was absolutely nothing on late-night TV last night. I noticed a certain movie with John Travolta and I thought omg why is the one like Danny Zuko having to sink so low to play a role such as this. It then hit me - its fucking Battlefield Earth. Even though it was so horridly bad, I couldn't turn it off.

I understand. I stayed up till 3am watching 'Plan 9 From Outer Space' when I was about 14, on a school night. Some things are just too hilariously painful to turn down.

Plan 9 is awesome! Dont diss the master, Ed Wood! Recommend that film, btw

http://media.putfile.com/Scientology-Awards-Show-Video---Tom-Cruise

longer version of the tom cruise video

This was the best one.

"Watching Battlefield Earth is to a movie-watching experience what having a yeast infection is to having sex."

 

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23090830-2,00.html

Scientology induction video back online



A SCIENTOLOGY orientation film which accuses the US Government of spending millions on mind control techniques and attempting to "steal" church founder L. Ron Hubbard's work has reappeared online.

The grainy 36-minute video, entitled Orientation: A Scientology Information Film, appeared to have been uploaded after being captured by a handheld camera from inside one of the church’s introductory sessions.

A Church of Scientology spokesman told NEWS.com.au the film was produced for anyone wanting an introduction to the religion, but was “stolen” and posted online anyway.

In the video, a man introduced as the trustee of L. Ron Hubbard’s estate, Norman Starkey, said the US Government was after the secrets of “dianetics” before the author even published a book on it.

“The government knew that it worked and wanted it for themselves to monopolise the field of the mind,” Mr Starkey said.

“They even tried to force Ron to surface – he refused and instead gave his discoveries to the public.

“The government had been spending millions of dollars experimenting with mind control, all in a grand scheme to make men more suggestible… but dianetics could undo their efforts to bend men’s minds and brainwash them.”

Mr Starkey also said the government spent “decades” trying to stop Hubbard’s work from becoming popular.

The video also featured testimonials from Hollywood actors John Travolta and Kirstie Alley.

At the end of the film, the narrator said it was up to the viewer to decide whether they wanted to become Scientologists, just like it was their choice if they committed suicide.

“If you leave this room after seeing this film, and walk out and never mention Scientology again, you are perfectly free to do so,” the narrator said.

“It would be stupid, but you can do it. You can also dive off a bridge or blow your brains out: that is your choice.

“But, if you… continue with Scientology, we will be very happy with you – and you will be very happy with you.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsikz0n1uDE

Scientology Pwned

"Anonymous" releases statements outlining "War on Scientology"

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/%22Anonymous%22_releases_statements_outlining_%22War_on_Scientology%22

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KZWoGX1cb8
Quite eloquently worded

 

I fell asleep fairly easily watching that in bed. Maybe i need it on DVD for an insomnia cure.

Internet group declares war on Scientology

watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCbKv9yiLiQ

A NOTORIOUS group of internet users known as "Anonymous" have taken down a Scientology website after declaring war on the church.

Anonymous, whose membership included hackers, has begun a "third wave" of attacks in the week-old operation dubbed “Project Chanology”.

The group has already flooded Scientology servers, preventing access to at least one of the church's websites.

Chief executive of the 7safe.com security firm Alan Phillips told Sky News in the UK that the group may have used a denial of service attack to take the Scientology website out of service.

“It would appear, that in this case, they’ve taken down the website by using a denial of service attack, where they basically fire lots and lots of different bits of information into the one place so… no one else can access it,” Mr Phillips said.

A spokesman for the Church of Scientology told NEWS.com.au that the church was not the "right target" for these kinds of attacks.

"These types of people have got some wrong information about us," the spokesman said.

The group also claimed to have downloaded many of the church’s “secret documents” – which can now be downloaded from popular file-sharing sites.

Anonymous said their actions will not be restricted to their websites, with protests outside Scientology buildings being organised throughout the US.

Earlier today, a message about a possible attack point on the main Scientology website appeared on a Project Chanology webpage.

“We found the direct IP (Internet Protocol address) to www.scientology.org, not protected,” the message said.

Today Anonymous released an updated “Open letter to Scientology”, following its declaration of war last week.

“By now you have certainly become aware of us and our actions,” the statement said.

“We have commenced our assault upon your institution and would like to take this moment to enlighten you.

"We are Anonymous, you might know think of us as merely a hacker group, but we are much more.

“We are the protectors of knowledge, we are the 'internet hate machine'.”

In a message posted on YouTube earlier this week, the group said it was tired of the methods used by the church to stem criticism of Scientology.

The church is famous for vigorously attacking its critics, often taking legal action against them or attempting to undermine their credibility.

“Anonymous has therefore decided your organisation should be destroyed, for the good of your followers, for the good of mankind and for our own enjoyment,” a synthesised voice said in the clip.

“We shall systematically expel you from the internet and proceed to dismantle the Church of Scientology in its current form.”

According to respected technology magazine Wired, Anonymous usually focused on bullying and downloading pirated software and files.

“The group usually amuses itself by stealing passwords to downloading sites and finding ways to harass online communities that its members disdain,” a blog on the website said.

"They were last seen on (Wired security blog) Threat Level when a Los Angeles Fox News affiliate ran a story that hilariously implied the group's arsenal included exploding vans.”

Haha sick! Best of luck to them.

 

Sounds like 4chan.

http://listverse.com/religion/top-10-evils-of-scientology/

scientology related deaths: http://www.whyaretheydead.net/

THE voice of Bart Simpson last year handed a stunning $11.2 million over to her beloved Church of Scientology - twice as much as Tom Cruise.

http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,26278,23137654-10388,00.html

if you want to protest against scientology there is a protest on feb 10

http://cos.adelraid.googlepages.com/

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,23189665-2682,00.html

Anonymous protesters picket Scientology
Article from: The Advertiser

JILL PENGELLEY

February 10, 2008 04:00pm

PROTESTERS in masks demonstrated outside the Church of Scientology's Adelaide headquarters yesterday afternoon.

The three-hour rally was part of an international campaign against the church and coincided with similar events interstate and overseas.

An internet-driven group called Anonymous was behind yesterday's protest, which has taken down a Scientology website after declaring war on the church.

Anonymous, whose membership included hackers, has begun a "third wave" of attacks in the week-old operation dubbed Project Chanology, according to reports on News.com.au

About 150 people in masks gathered in Victoria Square before marching on the church's Waymouth St office, where they were met by security officers guarding the building.

Curtains were drawn across the windows of the office and the protest was ignored by those inside.

Adelaide rally organiser David, who would not give his last name, said the group wanted to warn people Scientology was a dangerous cult.

"They charge money to go up levels in the church and they use psychological abuse to keep people reined in," he said.

He said people were hiding their faces because the church was known to harass people who opposed it.

Protesters carried banners and placards denouncing the church and distributed leaflets to passersby.

A statement from the church says Anonymous is a "group of cyber-terrorists" who hack into websites.

"Anonymous is perpetrating religious hate crimes against Churches of Scientology and individual Scientologists for no other reason than religious bigotry," the statement says.
______________________________

cool
 

Sounds like a damn good turnout for an anonymous internet group! Some of the comments on news.com.au were funny... apparently Anonymous are Legion 

Strange thing was that I got spam from scientology on the same day as the protests, asking me to complete a survey if I had undertaken one of their online tests before. I think it was a scam by the scientologists to try to work out who the Anonymous people are! oh they are so clever!

I was in town and saw this 'protest' and fuck man! if these guys want to be treated and viewed as more than a group of lan party nerds wanting some sunlight then they better step up there protest ideas!

It was more lame than anything lame i have ever seen.

Yeah! ANONYMOUS!!

The Anonymous vs. Scientology war that is going on right now is epic and awesome!

We are anonymous.

We are legion.

We do not forgive.

Yes Phillip... you are anonymous 

 

P.S It's Philip with ONE L.

One L two L's one F two F's... scientologists are smart enough to track him down with that info 

We are an INTERNET HATE MACHINE!*

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*According to Fox news.

 

This shit is greater than i ever imagined!


 

Here's the count so far:

US:
ATL:150+
Austin:100+
Bellingham:30+
BOS:140+
BUF:40+
Champaign:20+
Charlotte:50+
CHI:100+
CIN:75+
Clearwater:250+
Columbus:80+
DAL:100+
DC:100+
DEN:60+
DET:150+
HOU:100+
IND:30+
KC:65+
Louisville:40+
Memphis:20+
MIA:300+
Minneapolis:60+
Nashville:30+
New Haven:30+
NYC:250+
ORL:70+
PHI:150+
PHx:60+
PIT:40+
POR:300+
Rochester:20+
SF:200+
SD:40+
SEA:200+
STL:70+
Tuscon:50+
Wichita:30+

Everywhere else:
Adelaide:150+
Amsterdam:60+
Berlin:25+
Birmingham:50+
Brisbane:50+
Brussels:20+
Cambridge:40+
Copenhagen:30+
Dublin:100+
Dusseldorf:20+
Edinburgh:120+
Edmonton:50+
Gothenburg:20+
London:300+
Manchester:250+
Montreal:60+
Melbourne:200+
New Zealand:20+
Oslo:60+
Paris:20+
Perth:100+
Plymouth:20+
Sydney:150+
Stockholm:30+
TOR:200+
Vienna:20+
York:30+

Epic win!

This video is gold: Scientology Crazy Followers 

"I'm sure you're a child molester myself"

"He looks like it to me"

I can't believe how enturbulated that guy is!

if scientology truely wants to be treated as a ridgey didge religion they need to start instigating. Some lamington drives a fete and sell those lacy padded coathangers

here is a pic from the london protest



@ longcat

http://deathboy.livejournal.com/1082404.html

Sometimes we cheered and clapped, sometimes we shouted "TL;DR!"



One guy in a full-on V outfit made an announcement in a very dull and proper fashion that none of us could hear properly. We were busy heckling him (anonymous has no problem with criticising anonymous), when he reaches the end of his speech and presses play on a boombox.

RICK ASTLEY: NEVER GONNA GIVE YOU UP

The crowd went fucking wild.



500 people rick-rolling the UK Scientology head office. It was at this point I saw the corners of the cops' mouths twitch into smiles as they realised it was ok: we were from the internets.



There were numerous demands for "CAKE!" - Shortly followed by much more enthusiastic cries of "THE CAKE IS A LIE!" ... Then someone came round with cakes, prompting happy exclamations that "THE CAKE IS REAL!"



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OMG thats sooo funny!

'Scientology makes me a sad panda' -

HAHAHAHAHA @ Scientology getting rick-rolled

I never thought I'd see the day when Longcat was referenced at a serious protest.

Lots about the protests here: http://www.encyclopediadramatica.com/PROJECT_CHANOLOGY/IRL_PROTEST_PAGE

The CoS was found to be posting fake stories about the protests in Sydney and Perth turning violent. The pages were pulled down not long after, but not fast enough: http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/1295/1202611585856js7.png

They could have at least used Australian pictures! 

Could they possibly look any stupider right about now?




Mar 15 Rally. Stay Tuned.
This war is far from over and after the success of the first. We will be holding another rally on March 15th, for L. Ron Hubbard's Birthday which is on the 13th, more details are to come. The battle was successful but the war is far from over Anonymous, we need to show them that they are not welcome until they change their practices of secrecy and money hoarding or have their status as a tax exempt religion status removed.


You down Griff?    

perhaps everyone should rock up with happycat or seriouscat masks at the next protest

I've got dibs on being ceiling cat...... ceiling cat is watching you scientologise!

FUCKING AWESOME!!!

especially the protest being rickrolled!!

Looks like L Ron plagiarised Scientology...



http://forums.enturbulation.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=4829
http://www.scientologie.org/english.htm

Local site, go and show some love, you crazy enturbulated peoples:

http://www.anonsa.org/

Noticed this last week...  The first of the Thank You's on Catastrophics chicken lover ep went to the Church of Scientology 

you still have a copy? 

dont be silly   was reading it at inbound

Apparently there is a protest on Saturday http://www.anonsa.org/2008/03/13/march-15th-things-just-got-real

Scientology is organising a counter protest too, with the front group: Youth for Human Rights International.

Here is another good link: http://forums.enturbulation.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=6794


Sweet!

Sorry for the double post


BUT THIS IS HILARIOUS!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYBTlI1-fHg

Scientologists seek restraining order

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23369220-5014239,00.html

SCIENTOLOGISTS are trying to get a restraining order placed on an internet-based group planning to hold a second round of protests against the church.
An application for a temporary restraining order against members of “Anonymous” has been filed in a US court by a member of the Church of Scientology’s “spiritual headquarters” in Florida, the St Petersburg Times reported.

Anonymous, a loose collection of internet users, declared war on Scientology in January after videos of Tom Cruise discussing the religion were taken off the internet.

A global day of protest was organised by Anonymous last month, and a second round of demonstrations has been planned to take place this weekend.

But the Times newspaper in Florida reported that, earlier this week, Scientologists in the city of Clearwater filed an application for a temporary restraining order against some members of Anonymous.

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The newspaper reported that Scientology spokeswoman Pat Harney confirmed that the application was made - but said details would not be released to the press.

The church had earlier petitioned the Pinellas Circuit Court to ban certain members of Anonymous from being within 500 feet of a Scientology building – but a judge rejected that application.

Ms Harney refused to tell the newspaper who the petition targeted – despite earlier saying that the church had evidence that members of Anonymous would not hold a peaceful protest.

Before the petition was filed, Ms Harney told the newspaper that the church had received threats from members of Anonymous, which had been passed onto police.

“Of course, we are concerned about the safety of our group,” Ms Harney said.

She also said preparations were being made for protests outside the church’s Clearwater headquarters, which has been described as Scientology’s “religious home”.

“We are taking every security measure we can… we are not taking this lightly,” she said.

Last month, thousands of people attended demonstrations outside of Scientology buildings around the world.

More than 500 protestors were believed to have gathered near the church’s buildings in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth during the February 10 demonstrations.

A second round of global protests has been planned for this weekend to coincide with church founder L. Ron Hubbard’s birthday.

And the lulz keep coming!

http://www.news.com.au/technology/story/0,25642,23407107-5014239,00.html

Scientology site gets a facelift after protests



The church's official website has been relaunched with dozens of videos explaining basic Scientology beliefs and jargon such as "thetan" and "the eight dynamics", as well as highlighting its work in the areas of human rights and drug awareness campaigns.

The facelift comes after Anonymous, a loose collection of internet users who post to message boards but do not reveal their identities, declared "war" against Scientology in January after the church sought to have film clips of Tom Cruise speaking at a function removed from the web.

Members of Anonymous used websites such as YouTube to publicise allegations the church exploited its members and suppressed free speech.


"It has been attacked, venerated, questioned and praised... Everyone seems to have an opinion on it... It is talked about in the media, TV and the worldwide web," says an introduction clip on the new website.

"Whatever you may or may not have heard concerning Scientology, we present the following as a brief overview of our beliefs, who we are, what we do and the many humanitarian programs sponsored by our Church."

Another video explains the Church of Scientology's official creed, such as the rights of all people to "their sanity", "to conceive, choose, assist or support their own organizations (sic), churches and governments", and to "talk freely, to write freely their own opinions and to counter or utter or write upon the opinions of others".

Several of the videos reflect the church's stance against psychiatry. One value in the church's creed declares "that the study of the mind and the healing of mentally caused ills should not be alienated from religion or condoned in nonreligious fields".

The website also explains Scientology terms and practices such as "thetan" and "auditing" which have been lampooned in popular culture and aroused suspicion in critics.

Thetan, taken from the Greek letter theta, is used to signify a person made up of both a mind and body.

"We use thetan to avoid confusions with other concepts and beliefs regarding the soul or spirit," one of the videos says.

"It isn't something you have. You wouldn't say 'my thetan', you'd simply say 'me'. You have a body, you have a mind, you are a thetan."

Auditing, according to another video, is the process of asking specific questions to help someone discover distressing or upsetting subjects – which are highlighted by an E-meter.

"Some experiences are so deeply buried within the mind they are not easily recalled. The auditor helps you pinpoint these with the aid of an E-meter. When you think of something that has upset or stress connected to it, this shows up on the meter. Your attention can now be directed to that thought," it says.

The website emphasises Scientology's attitude towards drugs and psychiatry with sinister references to "mental illness camps" and links to an anti-drug program run by the church that claims teenagers inject themselves with prescription drug Ritalin.

One video, titled "The truth about drugs", says: "Global drug use has led to what can inarguably be described as a world awash in blood and human misery."

A spokesman for the Church of Scientology in Australia, Cyrus Brooks, said the church's Drug Free Ambassadors program had distributed 70,000 anti-drug booklets in Sydney and that L Ron Hubbard's moral guide The Way To Happiness had helped to promote community tolerance after the Cronulla riots.

"The Church of Scientology sponsors many social campaigns with the help of Scientologists which will likely be familiar to the public. Many are secular and fully charitable in themselves," he said.

Mr Brooks did not say if members of the church were charged fees to learn about tools promoted on the site, such as the E-meter, but said the church's community programs were funded in part by donations.

"Scientologists are proud to sponsor such campaigns, which they sponsor through donations for courses or counselling and which also covers the expenses of the church," he said.

Critics of the Church of Scientology, including members of Anonymous, have accused the organisation of financially exploiting its members by charging them fees to access information and resources.

Members of the group have also accused the church of harassing its critics and trying to suppress free speech with threats of legal action. In February, and again last week, the group staged protests referred to as "raids" outside Scientology buildings in almost 100 cities around the world.

The Church of Scientology has labelled Anonymous "cyber-terrorists" and said members of the group had threatened violence against the church in telephone calls, emails and fax messages. Anonymous has scheduled a third protest on April 12.

The protests, which were ignored by many traditional news outlets but widely publicised through websites such as Wikinews and YouTube that allow users to generate their own content, are the latest chapter in a string of bad publicity for the church over the past 12 months.

In May last year BBC's Panorama program ran a film titled "Scientology And Me" which documented reporter John Sweeney's attempts to investigate the church. It culminated in a shouting match between Sweeney and Scientology public relations officer Tommy Davis which has been widely viewed on YouTube.

Sweeney said he was shouted at, spied on, called a "bigot" and chased around town by "sinister strangers" while trying to make the film. Members of Anonymous have linked to copies of the film published online as proof of their allegations, while Scientologists have highlighted Sweeney's unprofessional behaviour in the confrontation with Mr Davis.

The Church of Scientology claims millions of members across the world, though official counts have often reported smaller figures.

Mr Brooks said there were more than 250,000 members of Scientology in Australia and 80,000 subscribers to the church's mailing list in Sydney. Only 2513 people identified as belonging to the church in the 2006 census, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

ill be interested to see how this pans out...

Pete Doherty has become obsessed with Scientology.

The Babyshambles rocker is reading up on the bizarre sci-fi cult - of which Hollywood stars Tom Cruise and John Travolta are devout followers - because his lover DJ Nadine Ruddy is a believer in the religion.

A source told Britain's The Sun newspaper: "Nadine is really into Scientology. She takes her beliefs very seriously.

"Pete's chatted a lot with her about it. He went out and bought some books to read up about it. He just wanted to find out more about Nadine and what she believes in."

The Church of Scientology was founded by American sci-fi writer L. Ron Hubbard in 1951.

The author claimed extra-terrestrial beings were sent to Earth by intergalactic ruler Xenu, who then destroyed the aliens by stacking them around volcanoes and blowing them up with hydrogen bombs.

The aliens' souls attached themselves to chosen humans, known as thetans, who will be one day be saved.

Pete, 29, first dated Nadine back in 2005 and the pair reportedly enjoyed a fling last summer, just weeks after the rocker split from supermodel Kate Moss. They rekindled their romance earlier this month.

Kate reportedly banned Pete from seeing Nadine during their relationship because she was not happy about their close friendship.

 

Funnily enough I was just trying to get an update then; chanology is down, anonsa is down...

Suspicious imo...

Maybe your theta levels aren't high enough?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM-NlZ1QDF4

pretty stupid ACA report but worth a quick watch.

P.S. It's "thetan" not "theta"

TV star Jason Beghe lets loose on Scientology

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23544477-2,00.html

    * TV star Jason Beghe escapes Scientology
    * Lets loose on YouTube
    * "Very, very dangerous for mental, emotional health"

A US television star who once spruiked for the Church of Scientology has escaped the religion and slammed it on YouTube, dubbing it "destructive" and a "rip off".

Jason Beghe, who starred as Demi Moore's love interest in G.I. Jane and featured in TV dramas such as Criminal Minds and CSI, became a Scientologist in 1994.

Beghe, who has completed so many courses that he's considered a top Scientologist like Tom Cruise and John Travolta, started appearing in promotional spots for the church during 2005, FoxNews.com reported.

But now he's slammed the religion, saying that it's  "very, very dangerous for your spiritual, psychological, mental, emotional health and evolution."

"If Scientology is real, then something's f*** up," he said.

The video is billed as a three-minute teaser to a longer interview with Beghe that is on its way. But the short video packs a powerful punch.

Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/may/20/1?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

anyone see the 'anonymous' protesters going down king william street on saturday - massive banners with 'Ban the Cult' or 'Beep if you hate scientology' written on them, masks and the works
needless to say there were heaps of people beeping their horns, sounded like New York on a friday evening

You're right, but why are you so concerned with the correct term. Perhaps you are a Scientologist plant, keeping tabs on our subversive talk on AM, hmmm? I've uncovered your dark secret Leezee or should that be L Ron?