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Danny Masterson sexual assault case just got a lot more interesting & Scientology is flipping out. (Original Post) catbyte Sep 2022 OP
I hope... Mike Nelson Sep 2022 #1
Wow, that's sad Farmer-Rick Sep 2022 #2
Read "Going Clear" by Lawrence Wright re: how the cult was created. Timeflyer Sep 2022 #3
Gawd I get dozens of mailings from TCS each month (for decades!) mike_c Sep 2022 #4

Mike Nelson

(9,944 posts)
1. I hope...
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 04:30 PM
Sep 2022

... the guilty go to jail. Possibly, the Scientology people will pay any penalties... that's no penalty at all! The guilty party needs to face consequences.

Farmer-Rick

(10,140 posts)
2. Wow, that's sad
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 04:48 PM
Sep 2022

Scientology is turning out to be just as bad as the pedophile scandal with the Catholic Church.

Timeflyer

(1,991 posts)
3. Read "Going Clear" by Lawrence Wright re: how the cult was created.
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 04:59 PM
Sep 2022

They say anyone can be manipulated and unknowingly end up in a cult, and for those brainwashed as children it's worse, but staying in Scientology is so--gotta say it, STUPID. Money making machine for Hubbard and his crew--$millions or more, and tax free.

mike_c

(36,270 posts)
4. Gawd I get dozens of mailings from TCS each month (for decades!)
Fri Sep 23, 2022, 06:11 PM
Sep 2022

Seriously. I got on their mailing list in the 1970s when I walked into their "church" in Washington DC to check it out. They have to have spent thousand$ on glossy mailers and magazines they send me constantly. We've returned stuff marked "please go away and stop sending me this junk" and even "the intended recipient is deceased-- no forwarding address" to no avail. They ALWAYS find me when we move, too. We've begged the post office to simply throw them away instead of delivering them; they won't do that, unfortunately. We moved to another state in July and by September I was getting Scientology adverts every couple days at the new house. Sheesh. At least the mail delivery slot is right beside the garbage bin for efficient disposal.

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