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ExScientologyKids.Com co-founder Kendra Wiseman Radio Interview
2008-05-02 00:00:00 Former Scientologist Kendra Wiseman recently appeared on Peter Boyle's KHOW radio show. Wiseman was raised in Scientology by her high-ranking Scientology parents. Since leaving Scientology she has been disconnected from her parents. Her father is a leader within the cult's anti-psychiatry front group the euphemistically named Citizen's Commission for Human rights, ... More About: Radio , Founder , Interview
CarnivUL of The fraudless: exposing the CULT
2008-04-30 00:00:00 Welcome to the first CarnivUL of The fraudless!!! This first CarnivUL(...T) will be dedicated to tracking major developments that have taken place since January in the international protest against the Cult of Scientology. For those who have visited Blog Carnivals before, be warned that this will be an unconventional carnival. CarnivUL ... More About: The Cult
Evolved Rationalist reviews Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
2008-04-29 00:00:00 The Evolved Rationalist, in an act of self-sacrifice, has subjected herself and her brain cells (a few thousand of which are probably dead now) to watching Ben Stein et al.'s crocumentary Expelled : No Intelligence Allowed. She reviews the intellectual and moral travesty here. PS: ER has the best blog tagline I've ... More About: Reviews
Flash Scientology Protest By Tommy Gorman & Anons in San Francisco
2008-04-29 00:00:00 This past Saturday, Tommy Gorman and Anons in a group of about 20 protesters conducted a flash evening awareness-spreading campaign against the Cult of Scientology in San Francisco . This effort was not conducted in front of the local CoS, but at two high-foot-traffic locations in the city. There were bubbles, and ... More About: Flash , Protest
Mini-Raid on Scientology in Toronto
2008-04-29 00:00:00 Yesterday, a small group of Toronto area Anons engaged in a spontaneous mini-raid picket on the Cult of Scientology . This was reported to be the third mini-raid on Scientology in Toronto - at least by this set of individuals. There was also a mini-raid of the Pickering Flea Market (where a Dianetics ... More About: Mini , Raid
Kirstie Alley Talks Scientology with Playboy Magazine. Kind of Embarassing?
2008-04-29 00:00:00 In an interview with Playboy, Kirstie Alley answered a few questions regarding Scientology . I was about to take the liberty of bolding the silly parts, but once I started I realized that I would be bolding basically the entirety of her first two responses. I'm serious. Just read it: Q 16 PLAYBOY: ... More About: Magazine , Playboy Magazine , Embarassing
GlossLip: A site at the frontlines of exposing Scientology
2008-04-28 00:00:00 Over the past few months I have worked hard to continuously present information on the criminal and unethical activities of the Cult of Scientology , to keep people updated on major developments regarding Scientology and protest efforts, and in general to keep this dangerous cult under close scrutiny and active opposition by ... More About: Site , Frontlines
I?ve been spoofed!
2008-04-28 00:00:00 I'm feeling pretty flattered right now because I just discovered a spoof blog of The Frame Problem. You'll love the name of it: TheProblemFrame! Happily, he is another critic of the Cult of Scientology. I'm not sure if he plans to actually develop his blog, or if this was just something he ...
North Dakota Secularists File Lawsuit Against City of Fargo
2008-04-27 00:00:00 From Ed Brayton: The Red River Freethinkers have filed suit against the city of Fargo , North Dakota over their refusal to allow a monument citing the Treaty with Tripoli to be placed near the Ten Commandments monument on city property. The Treaty with Tripoli, negotiated under George Washington and signed by ... More About: Lawsuit , File , City
BRUTAL Fair Gaming in Canada: Scientology?s Attempts to Ruin Gregg Hagglund
2008-04-27 00:00:00 Gregg Hagglund has been a civilized and ethical picketer of the Cult of Scientology since the mid-90s. He has picketed in front of the Toronto Scientology Org over 80 times and played an integral role in the defeat of Scientology's application for charity status in Canada . The Cult's response to ... More About: Gaming , Fair , Ruin
L Ron Hubbard Jr: 99% of my dad?s public statements were lies
2008-04-27 00:00:00 Below is video footage of L Ron Hubbard 's son, Ron Dewolf (he changed his last name because he did not want to be associated with his father), stating that his father was a chronic liar and that Scientology is a criminal organization and a business masquerading as a religion. For more on ... More About: Public , Lies , L Ron Hubbard
Scientologists Picket Toronto Protester at His Home and Get OWNED
2008-04-26 00:00:00 Noted long-time Toronto Scientology picketer and officially Declared "Suppressive Person" (SP; Scientology lingo which essentially means "anybody who opposes the Cult of Scientology in anyway for anything") Gregg Hagglund has just posted video footage from back around Y2K when his home was being maliciously picketed by Scientologists spreading lies about him, in ... More About: Home , Owned , Protester
Old Guard Critics Bob Minton, Stacy Young and Hannah Whitfield on Scientolo
2008-04-26 00:00:00 Presented below is an April 1998 broadcast by German network ARD on Scientology. The main interviewees are Old Guard Critics of Scientology Bob Minton, Stacy (Brooks) Young and Hannah Whitfield. Former mayor of Clearwater, Florida - the town that Scientology has been working to occupy- Gabe Cazeras, and a Scientology ...
Scientology Front Group Narconon Investigated by Australia?s TodayTonight
2008-04-26 00:00:00 Australian current affairs program TodayTonight has released an investigative report on Scientology Front Group Narconon, the cult's quack drug/alcohol rehabilitation program. Their report includes interviews with a former Narconon administrator, ex-Narconon client, and the founder of the Melbourne branch of Narconon. Excluding the statements from the local Narconon founder, the ... More About: Australia
Copyright Lawsuits Not a Wise Move for Scientology
2008-04-26 00:00:00 We are well past the point where efforts to silence critics - whether it be by harassment, threats, social or physical aggression, or lawsuits - has ceased to be an effective tool for Scientology , generally speaking. Given the thousands of extremely well-connected web-savvy Anonymous protesters and the ultra-charged Old Guard critics (e.g., Mark ... More About: Lawsuits , Move , Copyright , Wise
Where does ?spam? come from?
2008-04-26 00:00:00 Have you ever thought to yourself Why do they call junk mail "spam"? Today, in reading what is shaping up to be an outstanding book - Steven Pinker's The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature - I learned the etymology of this funny word. Pinker is quoted below. Pinker ... More About: Spam
Crash this poll!
2008-04-26 00:00:00 A poll is being hosted on a Pro-ID Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed MySpace page. The poll, which is found down the page on the left, asks if you think that Intelligent Design should be taught in American public schools. When PZ Myers linked the poll, the totals showed a 3:1 ... More About: Poll , Crash
Have you been expelled from pro-Expelled media (e.g., blogs)?
2008-04-26 00:00:00 I was recently prevented from expressing dissent on a pro-Expelled blog. I know that I am not the first person to have been expelled for disagreeing with IDists, and will surely not the be last. PZ Myers of Pharyngula has been banned from commenting on a number of pro-ID blogs ... More About: Media , Blogs
So, I was Expelled from a Pro-Expelled Blog?
2008-04-26 00:00:00 Initially, I wasn't going to post on this out of consideration for the blogger that took my posts down - or didn't let them go through in the first place. But given the importance of the issue, the fact that I know that I am not the only one who ... More About: Blog , Expelled
On personal spiritualism and liberal religiosity
2008-04-25 00:00:00 A little while back a friend asked me if I thought that recent violent acts by religious fundamentalists have stained the benefits of interiorized spirituality. Since this is a good question and one at the heart of much of my thinking on religion and "spirituality" (I'll explain the shutter quotes ... More About: Personal , Liberal
Unreal: Witchcraft, Penis thievery, and lynchings, Oh my!
2008-04-25 00:00:00 From Reuters via Yahoo News: Police in Congo have arrested 13 suspected sorcerers accused of using black magic to steal or shrink men's penises after a wave of panic and attempted lynchings triggered by the alleged witchcraft. Reports of so-called penis snatching are not uncommon in West Africa, where belief in traditional ... More About: Witchcraft , Penis , Unreal
Ex-Scientologist Jenna Miscavige Hill on ABC Nightline TONIGHT (11:35)
2008-04-25 00:00:00 Big hat tip to Dawn at GlossLip for notifying everyone that Jenna Miscavige Hill , ex-Scientologist and niece of current Scientology leader David Miscavige, will be on ABC's Nightline tonight at 11:35 PM. Miscavige Hill rose to prominence when she began speaking out against the "Church" of Scientology a few months ago. ... More About: Tonight
Paul Kurtz, Center For Inquiry: Expelled is anti-science propaganda and ant
2008-04-24 00:00:00 As a member of the Center For Inquiry, the world's leading secular and rationalist advocacy organization, I received the following message in an email from CFI today: CFI's Paul Kurtz Joins the Chorus of Critics Dismissing Ben Stein's "Expelled" as Anti -Science Propaganda Paul Kurtz, founder and chairman of the Center for Inquiry, has called the ...
Paulette Cooper?s Sworn Testimony!
2008-04-23 00:00:00 Paulette Cooper , one of the early critics of Scientology - the first to publish a book against the cult, The Scandal of Scientology, was framed for bomb threats, attempted to have incarcerated in a mental institution, had her personal life invaded numerous times in various ways, and harassed endlessly in a variety ... More About: Testimony
Ex-Scientologist accuses CoS of automobile violence to his parents
2008-04-23 00:00:00 Ex-Scientologist s Tommy Gordon has accused the Cult of Scientology of running his parents off the road on a highway. For more on Scientology, click here. More About: Violence , Automobile , Parents
My Visit to the Toronto Church of Scientology
2008-04-23 00:00:00 I was in Toronto today and I stopped by the local CoS. I went in unmasked and casually and went up to the front desk and politely asked if I could speak to someone who was in charge or held some position of leadership. The nice attendant first responded with ... More About: Church , Scientology , Visit
TFP Readables
2008-04-23 00:00:00 Here are a few readables from around the blogosphere: Today, I stumbled across a fairly indepth review of the Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed Leaders Guide - a guide for those who want to take the propaganda out of the theatre and into the community. Thus far, I've only read about 60% ...
Scientologist Taped Following Anonymous protesters
2008-04-23 00:00:00 Video footage of a Scientologist following Anonymous protesters to their car. Interesting conversation takes place as some local university students who cross paths with the follower and the followee ask questions about Scientology and Anonymous. For more on Scientology, click here. More About: Protesters
Nicole Kidman wants her kids out of Scientology
2008-04-23 00:00:00 AOL News reports that Nicole Kidman wants the two children that she adopted with Tom Cruise during their marriage who Tom maintains custody over out of Scientology . Kidman is said to have limited access to her children as a consequence of them being "deeply entrenched in Scientology". For more on Scientology, ... More About: Kids
Jason Beghe FULL INTERVIEW RELEASED!
More articles from this author:2008-04-23 00:00:00 Watch Mark Bunker's full interview with Jason Beghe here. Spread the word! For more on Scientology, click here. More About: Interview , Released , Full 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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