Posted on 07/10/2005 3:46:10 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
The article states that the membership grows mostly by "word of mouth". I think that's true. Friends rope in friends. I think all the publicity and book buying and website hitting is people looking for more info. The more info people get, the more they see how crazy these people are. That's why the literature doesn't bring them in.
Really....uhhhh....well keep up the good work my man, you're doing a stellar job.
Tom Cruise is getting serious about his girlfriend. He just invited her to meet his mothership.
Saw this elsewhere and thought it apt for this thread...
[img]http://sendaria.com/screenshots/tomshock.gif[/img]
(hopefully it works, if not, just click on the URL)
No group that asks for personal financial details during a personality quiz is a religion.
LOL
However, the article comes across as more of a promotional puff piece and often neglects important facts.
Presley attempted to dismiss reports that Scientology has often dominated her life. ...........Ironically, Elvis apparently loathed Scientology. According to members of his inner circle he once said, "F - - - those people! There's no way I'll ever get involved with that son-of-a-bitchin' group. All they want is my money."
............Twenty days after ending her first marriage with Keough she married Michael Jackson in the Dominican Republic. Her first husband's brother and wife, both Scientologists, witnessed that wedding.
The Jackson/Presley union ended after 20 months. And the lawyer that tied up the loose ends was John Coale, another Scientologist.
It was rumored that the Jackson marriage was a sham, concocted by the "King of Pop" and Scientology to neutralize an ugly sex scandal.
The Jackson marriage allegedly largely ended because the pop star made it clear that he would not be involved with the controversial church. .............***
I still can't figure out if its just a cult or for its founders and higher ups also an IRS tax dodge somehow.
bttt
I read a couple of chapter in Dianetics before I threw it in the trash literally.
Pardon me , but Cruise is a jerk , who is an actor . A ping though for Empty Heads of Mush , along with shallow and pathetic
Another arrogant narcissist representative of Hollywierd. Keep plumeting, ticket sales.
Thats another thing this cult does is when you join, you are manipulated into "confessing" all the things you have done that you don't like. It's supposed to be for "cleansing" or "to make personal growth possible" and put the past behind you.
But if you ever bad mouth the cult or try to leave, guess whats the first thing they wave under your nose?
I read that in the story of the lady who woke up one day, when they laid the whole alien thing on her and she came to the stark realization that she gave them a fortune and lost over 12 years of her life to those whack jobs.
All of this valuable information from a high school dropout!!! WOW!! Cruise WOW!!
(Think someone can add Tom's head to that gif?)
That is why I laugh at all these "stars" most of them never graduated from high school. There are a few that are college educated though such as that Star Wars chick, but she has been brainwashed by the dummies.
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