Speaking of “truth”: scientology, if. you are so certain that something is FALSE, PROVE IT in a court of law. You’re NO stranger to the courtroom, though lately, you’ve shot yourself in the foot more often than not, particularly when you’ve brought suit.

Is that last WHY you’ve seemingly retreated to the shadows like cockroaches caught out in the light?

Skyler,
Wait a while. Dwarfenführer will, in his overworked state, make a tortious mistake he can be convicted on. That opens the door to the IRS re-thinking the 501(c) exemption and Davey’s tax-free income stream, thus most of his protections.

Skyler,
Wait a while. Dwarfenführer will, in his overworked state, make a tortious mistake he can be convicted on. That opens the door to the IRS re-thinking the 501 C(3) exemption and Davey’s tax-free income stream, thus most of his protections.

Kennerado said, in part”…“The Master” which is clearly based on LRH and the early days of the cult IMO.”

Yup, it was painful to watch those parts of “The Master”. I could hear in my mind’s ear some of Ron’s early lectures or writings portrayed in The Master”

Andy S:
It would be “nice” if the exposés on scientology were free, but the content makers have a right to make SOME sort of living. They’re not all independently wealthy.

Kennerado,
isn’t Netflix a pay service? I’m too lazy to look it up.
In the US, it was on HBO, which charged a measly $2.99 IIRC to stream it to my TV.

Formost observed:
“The Church of Scientology is a business racket and scam bordering a Mafia-like crime syndicate.”
I wouldn’t dignify them with “church”. I find it easiest to usually substitute “organization” or “enterprise”, depending on my mood at the moment. Never were a church, never will be, except in a sense that would include organized crime as a “religion”.

Darn, keep missing “Y” or T and hit the other, instead.

In the scripture
1)Ron specifies not to tell the whole truth, but to give “acceptable truths”, which in practice were never much truthful. In general, those “shore stories” backfired because real people, even “wogs”, can tell they’re being lied to even if they can’y quite spot WHAT the lie is.
2) Also, the “scripture” is itself false, except by accident. IMO, he never intended to deliver on his promises, but to do the opposite: enslave people to him and his will. We couldn’t BELIEVE anyone would lie to our faces like that, the lie was SO big. That’s why we all didn’t figure it out sooner.

I’m just (if it’s possible) MORE disgusted with DirecTV than when I cancelled their service and switched to Fios, even though I knew it’d cost me a bit more.