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Originally posted by jfj123
It's a shame more people don't want to discuss this DANGEROUS cult ! I'm a bit surprised ?!?!?
What I find interesting, in only 4 pages, we have 2 people trying to support Scientology saying that it does good. Notice the structure of their responses? Notice how one of them accuses some here of being "a child pornographer" and a "mason" ??? REALLY? Right out of nowhere? Just wait, if the person comes back, he/she will ask, "what are we afraid of", "what are your crimes ?"
but scientologist are proving every day that they are the most important part of western spirituality, diplomacy and the all and all greater good in the world.
It's funny how most people who attack Scientology are either atheist, lucifarian and people who are social degenerates who pass around child pornography,
attack various governments world wide over insignificant issues such as their right to have access to a certain type of pornography.
Fact of the matter is Scientology is the worlds most open and well intentioned religion in the world who do not (unlike other immortal being based groups) spiritually brainwash their parishioners or force them to sell their souls to Lucifer or satan in order to gain occult knowledge.
NO! Scientology puts forth a well intended solution to fight these ideals and help free humanity of the works which bind them to a life of misfortune and control which our governments have quickly accepted as the norm of the modern age.
If you want to know about Scientology many of the online bookstores have used copies of every Scientology book put out by LRH and they cost anywhere from 1 to 5 dollars!
Originally posted by Seveen
I was referring to the internet terrorist group known simply as anon.
As for the Mason, in another post one of the posters claims to be a mason, a member of one of the most destructive, nosy, and covert groups in the history of man.
3rd: I find it funny how out of 4 pages their are 2 people who break down my argument and attack what I say rather than stating your case with your own words and feelings. This you apparently need a video for.
Protesters of Scientology nation wide have been arrested for bomb scares, death threats, disorderly conduct.
In my home of Atlanta the state had to use tax payers dollars to call swat onto the site to stop the protesters from raiding the Church and causing property damage and personal harm. 1 person was even arrested.
How do you explain the crimes of Scientologies protesters? The the harassment of church members by verbal attacks, threats and prank phone calls?
Originally posted by Seveen
Q:But is it ok for scientologists to infiltrate governments and steel?
A: When has any Scientologist been charged and proven guilty of this act?
Operation Snow White was the Church of Scientology's name for a conspiracy during the 1970s to purge unfavorable records about Scientology and its founder L. Ron Hubbard. This project included a series of infiltrations and thefts from 136 government agencies, foreign embassies and consulates, as well as private organizations critical of Scientology, carried out by Church members, in more than 30 countries;[1] the single largest infiltration of the United States government in history[2] with up to 5,000 covert agents.[3] This was also the operation that exposed 'Operation Freakout', because this was the case that initiated the US government investigation of the Church.[3]
Under this program, Scientology operatives committed infiltration, wiretapping, and theft of documents in government offices, most notably those of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. Eleven highly-placed Church executives, including Mary Sue Hubbard (wife of founder L. Ron Hubbard and second-in-command of the organization), pleaded guilty or were convicted in federal court of obstructing justice, burglary of government offices, and theft of documents and government property. The case was United States vs. Mary Sue Hubbard et al., 493 F. Supp. 209 (D.D.C. 1979).[4][5][6][7]
Originally posted by Seveen
reply to post by jfj123
You come up with alot of excuses yet never once acknowledge the fact that swat had to be called on protesters all over the country (and world wide) due to their activities not only while protesting but at home as well.
Threats were made to blow up buildings, people could have been harmed yet opps lets just forget the fact that protesters are so dangerous that swat must be called. If the protesters weren't a threat then why the need for swat?
My problem with you and with many anti COS people is the fact that they dirty the name of scientology
then you claim all of their defenders are scientologist
when as I've clearly stated before I'm not a sceintologist
I simply own a few books which were thrown out by my mom when I was living with her.
She's a pagan do I accuse her of human sacrifices?
So why let the net persuade her judgment on something I'm interested in?
Your no different your easily persuaded to think one thing and over look something else.
Mary Sue Hubbard? Wasn't she the ex wife of LRH? She was the one convicted? Wasn't she the ring leader of this whole thing?
So maybe she broke a crime and used the church as a base for her criminal activities... that's not the churches fault.
As early as 1960, L. Ron Hubbard had proposed that Scientologists should infiltrate government departments by taking secretarial, bodyguard or other jobs.[8] In the early 1970s, the Church of Scientology was increasingly scrutinized by US federal agencies, having already been raided by the Food and Drug Administration in 1963. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) claimed it owed millions of dollars in taxes and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) sent agents into the organization.[8] The Church's response involved a publicity campaign, extensive litigation against the IRS and a program of infiltration of agency offices.[8]
The specific branch of Scientology responsible for Operation Snow White was the Guardian's Office. Created in 1966 by L. Ron Hubbard himself, the Guardian's Office's purpose was to protect the interests of Scientology.[9]
Operation Freakout, also known as Operation PC Freakout, was a Church of Scientology covert plan intended to have the US author and journalist Paulette Cooper imprisoned or committed to a mental institution. The plan, undertaken in 1976 following years of Church-initiated lawsuits and covert harassment, was meant to eliminate the perceived threat that Cooper posed to the Church and obtain revenge for her publication in 1971 of a highly critical book, The Scandal of Scientology. The Federal Bureau of Investigation discovered documentary evidence of the plot and the preceding campaign of harassment during an investigation into the Church of Scientology in 1977, eventually leading to the Church compensating Cooper in an out-of-court settlement.
In December 1972, a woman ostensibly soliciting funds for United Farm Workers stole a quantity of stationery from Cooper’s apartment. A few days later, the New York Church of Scientology “received” two anonymous bomb threats. The following May, Cooper was indicted for making the bomb threats and arraigned for a Federal grand jury. The threats had been written on her stationery, which was marked with her fingerprints.
The charges were eventually dropped in 1975 with the filing of a Nolle prosequi order by the local US Attorney’s office, but it was not until the fall of 1977 that the FBI discovered that the bomb threats had been staged by the Guardian’s Office.[5] A contemporary memorandum sent between two Guardian’s Office staff noted on a list of jobs successfully accomplished: “Conspired to entrap Mrs. Lovely into being arrested for a felony which she did not commit. She was arraigned for the crime.”
The organization's actions reflect a formal policy for dealing with criticism instituted by L. Ron Hubbard, called "attack the attacker." This policy was codified by Hubbard in the latter half of the 1960s, in response to government investigations into the organization. In 1966, Hubbard wrote a criticism of the organization's behavior and noted the "correct procedure" for attacking enemies of Scientology:
(1) Spot who is attacking us.
(2) Start investigating them promptly for felonies or worse using own professionals, not outside agencies.
(3) Double curve our reply by saying we welcome an investigation of them.
(4) Start feeding lurid, blood, sex, crime actual evidence on the attackers to the press.
Don't ever tamely submit to an investigation of us. Make it rough, rough on attackers all the way. You can get "reasonable about it" and lose. Sure we break no laws. Sure we have nothing to hide. BUT attackers are simply an anti-Scientology propaganda agency so far as we are concerned. They have proven they want no facts and will only lie no matter what they discover. So BANISH all ideas that any fair hearing is intended and start our attack with their first breath. Never wait. Never talk about us - only them. Use their blood, sex, crime to get headlines. Don't use us. I speak from 15 years of experience in this. There has never yet been an attacker who was not reeking with crime. All we had to do was look for it and murder would come out.
Hubbard detailed his rules for attacking critics in a number of policy letters, including one often quoted by critics as "the Fair Game policy." This allowed that those who had been declared enemies of the Church, called "suppressive persons" or simply "SP," "May be deprived of property or injured by any means... May be tricked, sued or lied to or destroyed." (taken from HCOPL Oct. 18, 1967 Issue IV, Penalties for Lower Conditions )
In separate cases in 1979 and 1984, attorneys for Scientology argued that the Fair Game policy was in fact a core belief of Scientology and as such deserved protection as religious expression.
In 1978, L. Ron Hubbard was convicted in absentia by French authorities of engaging in fraud, fined 35,000 French Francs and sentenced to four years in prison.[23] The head of the French Church of Scientology was convicted at the same trial and given a suspended one-year prison sentence.[24]
In 1988 the government of Spain arrested Scientology president Heber Jentzsch and ten other members of the organization on various charges, including "illicit association," coercion, fraud, and labor law violations.
That's like saying the pope and the Vatican alike are responsible for the pedophiles in that particular church. Are you saying the pope condones child molesters?
If your all for human rights why not focus on them a bit?
Are is your beef with scientology a personal thing?
Fact of the matter is, nay sayers spend more time attacking then Scientology spends defending. Why?
Because more than often they happen to be obsessive in their hatred of something they know nothing about.
And fyi It isn't an isolated incident to have swat, riot squads and police at these anti cos protest. The authorities know their dangerous and are on scientologies side. Now try to claim that scientology paid off the authorities of the world... I know it's your next step.
Don't expect another response from me.