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Lying and Fundamentalist Scientology — Sunday Redux

November 16, 2014 By Mike Rinder 96 Comments

This was originally posted on 29 December 2013. It has only gotten worse.... Is the "Church of Scientology" a fundamentalist organization? In my view, it is. And if you read the criteria for fundamentalism above, there is not much doubt that the hard core members of the church fit right in to these 5 points. I was prompted to write this by an interesting post on Marty's blog a little while ago entitled Trained To Lie. I posted a comment in response which I repeat here: Marty — the corollary to this is the fact that these people will do anything to “protect the church” and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fundamentalism, Public Relations Tagged With: Church of Scientology, David Miscavige, fair game, fundamentalism, Marion Pouw, Mike Rinder, public relations, Tony Ortega

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