Belgium vs Scientology

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2005-09-04 05:16am

mr friendly guy wrote:
Guardian Of Tears wrote:Scientology... isn't that the belief that we're all aliens really and that the only way we can revert back to our true ethreal alien form is by ridding out lives of stress and the only way to so that is to spend all our money bying the books and selling them to other people so we can buy more books to sell, or something?

Can we say pyramid scheme kiddies?

Right on, Belgium! \m/^^\m/
Rather its the belief that we are suffering because the dead souls of aliens called thetans are infesting us, and through scientology we can rid ourselves of these thetans and gain amazing powers.

And the special introductory offer for the low low price of the cost of an average family home!

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2005-09-04 05:18am

It still cracks me up to hear that people think Scientology should be treated differently from other religions.

kheegster · Post by **kheegster** » 2005-09-04 05:52am

Darth Wong wrote:It still cracks me up to hear that people think Scientology should be treated differently from other religions.

Shouldn't that be:

It cracks me up to hear that people think other religions should be treated differently from Scientology.

Stuart Mackey · Post by **Stuart Mackey** » 2005-09-04 05:54am

Darth Wong wrote:It still cracks me up to hear that people think Scientology should be treated differently from other religions.

Ahh, but one requires an extra special kind of stupid.

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2005-09-04 07:20am

Bounty wrote:A similar article appeared in De Standaard today, and there it was the Universal Church of the God-King or something that was bitching and getting their day in court; no word of Scientology.

So one of the papers confused their cults

actually there were 4 cults who sued (scientology and U.C. included)

Post by **NecronLord** » 2005-09-04 08:37am

Lord Zentei wrote:I'll go see if their stall is still there tomorrow. I've got to try this.

Any luck?

Lord Zentei · Post by **Lord Zentei** » 2005-09-04 10:51am

NecronLord wrote:
Lord Zentei wrote:I'll go see if their stall is still there tomorrow. I've got to try this.
Any luck?

Nah. Will go and see if they are around later today.

Nephtys · Post by **Nephtys** » 2005-09-04 11:17am

Darth Wong wrote:It still cracks me up to hear that people think Scientology should be treated differently from other religions.

Well, some other religions persist that stained peices of centuries-old cloth are holy icons. This religion thinks that a tool used in making crystal radios is a holy icon. Plus, they have SPACE EMPERORS.

I find the second funnier, personally.

Lord Zentei · Post by **Lord Zentei** » 2005-09-04 11:27am

Nephtys wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:It still cracks me up to hear that people think Scientology should be treated differently from other religions.
Well, some other religions persist that stained peices of centuries-old cloth are holy icons. This religion thinks that a tool used in making crystal radios is a holy icon. Plus, they have SPACE EMPERORS.

I find the second funnier, personally.

Though there is no difference in principle, the various religions have their degrees of antisocial behaviour. Scientology is pretty egrarious in that regard, though they are hardly alone in that.

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2005-09-05 05:04pm

Ma Deuce wrote:Didn't Germany revoke the CoS's tax-exempt status by classifying them as a "business enterprise" or something like that?

They're still exempt from taxes here, but they are under surveillance by our internal intelligence service, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, because there are indices that they work against the free and democratic state based on the rule of law (freiheitlich-demokratische Grundordnung) in Germany.