Will it never end?

http://www.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/Movi....ap/index.html

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Science is a way of trying not to fool yourself. The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.

Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt.

Booo.

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Wow. Just wow. Something in my brain just clicked, and that girl became incredibly unattractive.

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Cynical I know but I wonder how long this will last. :roll:

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What the two of them need:



Is it true the reason Ron used the word "thetan" was he couldn't make it to the end of the alphabet? 8-[

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Someone do me a favor and explain to me just what Scientology believes again? I seriously have issues keeping cultlike religions apart. :-?

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If Miss Holmes were wise she would take a look at the manner in which Mr. Cruise has treated his ex-wives. However, I think she will convert to scientology and then soon after marry him...all of which leaves me wondering how old Mr. Cruise's next wife (after Miss Holmes) will be?

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The other day I read a fun Wikipedia article about Scientology doctrine.

This is what Katie Holmes will learn, if she lasts long enough, and can afford the steep price (I'm sure that's no problem for her). Lucky you can learn it for free, in 2 minutes.

The DC-8 space-plane illustration, alone, is worth the click.

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According to an item I read in the papper a few days back, she's worth $20 million. I guess if you're rich enough, it doesn't matter who you marry or what you believe in as your religion.



PS - How come there's no shrug in the handy little emoticon library?

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I would answer with the {shrug} emoticon, but there isn't one :-s

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Teegeeack? Isn't that a small town just outside Hackensack, NJ? Or maybe I'm thinking of Teaneck...

Well, Andromeda321, after reading that, are you ready to sign up? I mean, it's all so logical and obviously real!

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I dunno, I was reading it over and was thinking "this is stupid" over and over: not even GOOD science fiction! That and I can't really imagine anyone saying after learning about that "well you know what? THIS is the answer I was looking for that explains my purpose in life and why we're here!!!" :roll:

Perhaps I'm just not as enlightened as Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. :wink:

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"Listen, the thing you've got to know about Katie is that she's an incredibly bright and self-determined woman. She makes her own decisions."
She seems to be demonstrating otherwise. *sigh*

Seriously? Scientologists seriously believ all of that?
I mean a DC-8 spacecraft? Hydrogen bombs blowing up volcanoes, 178 billion people per planet?

[To all scientologist here, if the above wikipedia article is true, you seriously belive that? Can you explain it to us if its not true?]

You know if you send me 10% of your fortune right now ill enlighten you into the magical world of G'Topianism. With G'Topianism we will give you lists of special institutions devoted to healing to go to cure wounds and ailments. We can enlighten you to the mysteries of the VCR. WE can even Make it so you never have to worry about Rampaging elephants in your neighborhood.

Believe in or Lord: humphrey. He has traveled aqcross the stars on his Trycicle of utter Doom. He has taken invertebrates from all over the univers, and from Kansas, placed them inside the bathtub of Cleopatra, and used seltzer to congeal the human population we know today.

If you buy ito our religion with only 20% of your personal fortune, we will let you in on the deepest, darkest secret to the origins of the univers and how to guarantee yourself a space in a underground place of eternal rest.

By the time Scientologists learn the Xenu story, they already have so much of there life and money invested in the religion that they either have to convince themselves to believe it or face the shame that comes with realizing how much they've wasted.

I dabbled in L. Ron Hubbard before. Really, has no one else? 8-[

I saw that horrible battlefield earth.
I still think that i have a kink in my neck from trying to look at the screen.

Seriously, Is Scientoilogy considered a religion by its members, or is it more of a fun secret society where they make up everything they see fit and call it doctrine?

Im just wondering becuase reading the wikipedia, it sounds like they are just having fun and making a attempt at satire of many world religions and their beliefs.

His books aren't anything like what is told to us via stardom.

it is my understanding (note: standard disclaimer that I can't remember where I read it and I could be wrong) that the religion started as a bet among Hubbard, Asimov, et al to see who could start a religion. and Hubbard won, but by then, not unlike Lovecraft's fictional-but-believed-not-to-be Necronomicon, it had gotten away from him.

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"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"

Yes, its members consider it a religion, and really believe in it. Of course, it's really a scam of incredibly massive proportions... So once they find out the most ridiculous stuff, they'll have lost a heck of a lot of money - usually several hundred thousand dollars.

Also, it's rather hard to get out of the Church of Scientology, unless you'll keep your mouth shut about all the money you lost. The CoS has been known to harrass former members who talk out about the Church's fraudulent nature.

That story has also been told with many other science fiction writers' names in place of Asimov (Heinlein, Ellison, etc.), so it's probably an urban legend.

It must have started after his death, because the two books I've read are totally not HOLLYWOOD.

And if you read his books, it's not a religion. :-?

Which books are you talking about? His scif-fi books are just sci-fi, but the religion is based on Dianetics.

It's possible Katie is just making a career move.

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Greetings!

A) I would like to embrace Katie Holmes myself!

B) Scientology seems to have a way of swaying those with more money
than brains!

Regards, tbm

I think it is a shame what Hubbard's children have done to his legacy. 8-[

Darn it. I've only read Dianetics and Scientology.

I'm having trouble posting.

What are you talking about?

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