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Another weekend, another set of mini-raids on the Cult of Scientology!
2008-05-05 00:00:00 Just doing a regular check-up on YouTube to see if any new videos have been filed under "Scientology " - which, of course, they have. It's the end of another weekend, which means an onslaught of videos from weekend CoS mini-raids from around the world. Here are clips from a few: Free ... More About: Cult , Mini , Weekend
THE NEXT WORLD SCIENTOLOGY PROTEST: THIS SATURDAY
2008-05-05 00:00:00 THE NEXT INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST AGAINST THE CULT OF SCIENTOLOGY OPERATION: FAIRGAMESTOP SATURDAY, MAY 10 "CHURCH" OF SCIENTOLOGY LOCATIONS EVERYWHERE BE THERE! SPREAD THE WORD! FOR MORE INFORMATION (E.G., LOCATIONS): WWW.ENTURBULATION.ORG More About: World , Scientology , Saturday , Protest
I keep preaching Fair Game because I have nothing else to complain about?
2008-05-05 00:00:00 I've been having an email discussion with the person who runs http://scientologymyths.wordpress.com, a pro-Scientology site by a Scientologist ("Louanne") that pays shallow and transparent lip-service to neutrality. The things she are saying are just ridiculous. After writing off numerous cases against Scientology - e.g., the case against Scientology in Belgium, Bob Minton, Gregg ... More About: Game , Fair , Preaching
Responding to an ID-Sympathizing Blogger
2008-05-05 00:00:00 On his blog Vere Loqui - which I like the title of, Martin Cothran wrote: L. Ron Brown at "The Frame Problem" takes Ben Stein to task for making careless remarks about science on the Glenn Beck show. Of course Brown employs the usual array of hyperbolic terms favored by Darwinists ... More About: Blogger
Cult of Scientology Conspired to Destroy Skeptic Organization CSICOP
2008-05-05 00:00:00 In the late 1970s, the Cult of Scientology conspired to discredit and silence the Committee for Scientific Investigation of the Paranormal, CSICOP, an organization headed by world-renowned Humanist leader Paul Kurtz, who also heads the Center For Inquiry. The 1977 order from the top level of the "Church" of Scientology outlining ... More About: Organization , Skeptic
Anti-Defamation League Condemns Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
2008-05-04 00:00:00 From the official ADL website: New York, NY, April 29, 2008 ? The Anti -Defamation League (ADL) today issued the following statement regarding the controversial film Expelled : No Intelligence Allowed. The film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed misappropriates the Holocaust and its imagery as a part of its political effort to discredit the scientific ...
Ben Stein and Glenn Beck: Ignorance, Deceit and Stupidity, OH MY!
2008-05-04 00:00:00 Nothing I say short of quoting them directly could prepare you for the profound levels of ignorance you are about to hear. Stein and Beck 's ignorance of and/or deliberate deceit with respect to science, evolution, atheism and morality are absolutely depressing. They are an unfortunate pair of exemplars of the intellectual ... More About: Glenn Beck , Stupidity , Glenn , Ignorance
Intellectual Volunteering Opportunities Available Here!
2008-05-04 00:00:00 Hi all. When I started this blog my intent was to engage every debate that comes my way regarding my posts - with little regard for how inane the other side was being. I viewed it as a matter of being a good citizen and being responsible for my content. ... More About: Intellectual , Opportunities , Volunteering
Madeline Neumann and Why Society Should Stop Insulating Religion From Ratio
2008-05-02 00:00:00 On Wednesday Marathon Country District Attorney Jill Falstad annouced that Dale and Leilani Neumann would each be charged with second-degree reckless homicide (maximum punishment: 25 years in prison) for their failure to seek medical attention for their ailing daughter - relying instead on prayer - who withered away and died ... More About: Society , Religion , Stop , Madeline
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
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 ...
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
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
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
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!
More articles from this author: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 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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