Comments on: Gawking at the Scientologists http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/17/gawking-at-the-scientologists/ Just another irishtimes.com weblog Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:46:31 +0000 By: bopsy http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/17/gawking-at-the-scientologists/#comment-4163 bopsy Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:27:36 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/17/gawking-at-the-scientologists/#comment-4163 One of the scariest things about Scientology is how they use the courts to try to quell any criticism. There's a great parody of the Tom Cruise video on Funny or Die <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/66706d3134" rel="nofollow">here</a>: http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/66706d3134 One of the scariest things about Scientology is how they use the courts to try to quell any criticism.

There’s a great parody of the Tom Cruise video on Funny or Die here:

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/66706d3134

]]> By: Tony http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/17/gawking-at-the-scientologists/#comment-4032 Tony Sat, 19 Jan 2008 19:26:30 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/17/gawking-at-the-scientologists/#comment-4032 This is an incredibly cynical posting Shane. I'm sure if you have the good fortune to encounter an SF in the near future the scoffing would be overwhelmed out of you... This is an incredibly cynical posting Shane. I’m sure if you have the good fortune to encounter an SF in the near future the scoffing would be overwhelmed out of you…

]]> By: Padd http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/17/gawking-at-the-scientologists/#comment-3863 Padd Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:44:08 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/17/gawking-at-the-scientologists/#comment-3863 I'm now starting to feel sorry for him. It's not as if he was out in public on TV spouting this. What do poeple want? Him to come out and denounce Sceintology? Apologise for ever believing in it? Be burned at the stake? I pray that I would have the same courage to defend and keep my faith if I were ever so ridiculed and condemned for it. I’m now starting to feel sorry for him. It’s not as if he was out in public on TV spouting this. What do poeple want? Him to come out and denounce Sceintology? Apologise for ever believing in it? Be burned at the stake?
I pray that I would have the same courage to defend and keep my faith if I were ever so ridiculed and condemned for it.

]]> By: Marcas http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/17/gawking-at-the-scientologists/#comment-3756 Marcas Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:21:21 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/17/gawking-at-the-scientologists/#comment-3756 @Bolg. Thats a good point. If you read the scriptures of any religion its pretty wacky stuff. I think what seperates the Scientologists from the rest is the litigous zeal with which they pursue their critics. That and the fact that the Sci-Fi writer who founded their religion lived less than a century ago. @Bolg. Thats a good point. If you read the scriptures of any religion its pretty wacky stuff. I think what seperates the Scientologists from the rest is the litigous zeal with which they pursue their critics. That and the fact that the Sci-Fi writer who founded their religion lived less than a century ago.

]]> By: Bolg http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/17/gawking-at-the-scientologists/#comment-3651 Bolg Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:55:12 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/17/gawking-at-the-scientologists/#comment-3651 I can't bear Scientology, as it's so demonstrably nuts. However, why exactly is it more ridiculous or a target of pillory than most other religions? They believe in an extra-terrestrial being and stuff; don't most people in this country believe in an extra/super-terrestrial being who created EVERYTHING on this planet and will come again? Aren't many parts of Scientology based on Abhramaic cultural stories? I can’t bear Scientology, as it’s so demonstrably nuts.

However, why exactly is it more ridiculous or a target of pillory than most other religions?

They believe in an extra-terrestrial being and stuff; don’t most people in this country believe in an extra/super-terrestrial being who created EVERYTHING on this planet and will come again? Aren’t many parts of Scientology based on Abhramaic cultural stories?

]]> By: Dan Sullivan http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/17/gawking-at-the-scientologists/#comment-3642 Dan Sullivan Thu, 17 Jan 2008 17:39:48 +0000 http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/presenttense/2008/01/17/gawking-at-the-scientologists/#comment-3642 I so know how Tom feels. I often recall passing accidents thinking I'm the only one who can really help but my female parental unit would tell me it would be back up the tree that they'd found me nailed to if I didn't cop myself on, and that without any tea. I so know how Tom feels. I often recall passing accidents thinking I’m the only one who can really help but my female parental unit would tell me it would be back up the tree that they’d found me nailed to if I didn’t cop myself on, and that without any tea.

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