I must say, I agree with Adam on this. Fundamentalist Christian churchs around here have been milking poor people for all the money they have, and telling them how to vote, for a long time. Also, try going to a transcendental meditation center some time. You'll find out that you need to dish out a couple of thousand bucks to, basically, find our you official mantra.
On top of that, most of them don't generate nearly as entertaining videos as the Tom Cruise thing. Now that I think about it, I'm starting a richardtologist church. "Send money to Richard and you too, can become God." ... Richard (aka, God) On Feb 8, 2008 2:55 PM, Adam Quirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think it's weird that so many people are up in arms over Scientology, > when > other religions have been practicing equally cult-like behavior for > centuries. And the fact that this 'anonymous' group is most concerned over > their tax-free status is hilarious. Look how much money the Catholic > church > pulls in every year, tax-free. I'm not making a judgement call, just > stating the obvious here. > > Scientology is like any other successful business/religion. They found > their > target audience, aggressively marketed to them, and are reaping the > benefits. Celebrities are already so full of themselves, how could a > religion that proclaims them to be God possibly fail to get their > attention? > > -- > > *Adam Quirk* / Producer, Wreck & Salvage LLC / [EMAIL > PROTECTED]<quirk%40wreckandsalvage.com>/+1 > 551.208.4644 (m) / imbullemhead (aim) > > > On Feb 8, 2008 3:47 PM, David Meade <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]<meade.dave%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > There's some here in Indy ... but I dunno if I want the scary > > Scientology people to be able to film me filming them filming the > > protest ... somehow I'm pretty sure that ends with me being tied to a > > chair in over lit basement room being forced to confess my deepest > > fears and flaws to an ash tray. > > > > - Dave > > > > -- > > http://www.DavidMeade.com > > > > > > On Feb 8, 2008 2:03 PM, David Howell <[EMAIL > > PROTECTED]<taoofdavid%40gmail.com>> > wrote: > > > Oops. Nevermind. Just noticed that there arent Churches here. The red > > markers on that > > > COS map are Anonymous members. *duh* > > > > > > My bad. > > > > > > David > > > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com <videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > "David Howell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Whoa...there's going to be 2 protests here in Cedar Rapids!? I didnt > > even know there was > > > a > > > > Scientology "Church" here. > > > > > > > > I'll be venturing out there Sunday to get this on video! > > > > > > > > David > > > > http://www.davidhowellstudios.com > > > > > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com<videoblogging%40yahoogroups.com>, > "Jay dedman" <jay.dedman@> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > wow. we'll be in LA sunday. > > > > > id love to see what they pull off. > > > > > > > > > > Jay > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 7, 2008 7:42 PM, Andrew Baron <andrew@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > This Sunday there will be an amazing protest of Scientology by > the > > > > > > Anonymous group. If anyone in the US can make it out to capture > > some > > > > > > footage in your own locale and would be willing to sync up, > > please > > > > > > email me off-list. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > Map of Protests around the country > > > > > > http://harbl.wetfish.net/cosplay/ > > > > > > > > > > > > Anonymous makes it on to NPR: > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18764756 > > > > > > > > > > > > The anti-Scientology group "Anonymous" told NBC11 Monday it > > expected > > > > > > more than 300,000 people to join protests worldwide on Feb. 10th > > at > > > > > > 11am. > > > > > > > > > > > > "The campaign is going amazingly -- swimmingly at the moment. We > > are > > > > > > in the organizational stages," a woman who would not give her > > name > > > > > > told NBC11. "We are having members of Anonymous from all over > the > > > > > > world join the protest at their local church of Scientology at > 11 > > > > > > a.m. local time." > > > > > > > > > > > > Other people claiming to be members of Anonymous told NBC11 that > > the > > > > > > actual number of Scientology protesters worldwide will not reach > > > > > > 300,000. The actual number of people who show up for the rallies > > > > > > could be much less, they said. > > > > > > > > > > > > The group members said out of the 24 time zones, there are 17 > > that > > > > > > have Churches of Scientology. > > > > > > > > > > > > "Of the 24 time zones there are 17 that have a church located in > > them > > > > > > and we believe our protesting is happening in 15 of those 17," > > said > > > > > > the group member. "We have a map that people can log in to and > > say > > > > > > what protest they're going to at the current moment. At last > > count we > > > > > > expect 300,000 at all the protests. Everyone in the world is > > invited. > > > > > > We're trying to get support from local organizations." > > > > > > > > > > > > Anonymous claims the Church of Scientology forces members to > have > > > > > > abortions as well as sign over their bank accounts. > > > > > > > > > > > > "We think it's wrong that they have tax exempt status," the > > member > > > > > > told NBC11. "We want to to see if we can get that looked into by > > the > > > > > > IRS -- who ever we can gain the ear of. Are they really a > > religious > > > > > > organization or a business?" > > > > > > > > > > > > The member of Anonymous said her organization is attempting to > > change > > > > > > its approach because it first gained attention as a group of > > > > > > "hackers" and "pranksters." > > > > > > > > > > > > The group said it now plans to engage in activities that fight > > > > > > against Scientology, but are not considered illegal by the U.S. > > > > > > government. The member told NBC11 that she is not an actual > > hacker > > > > > > herself, but rather someone providing other means of support to > > > > > > Anonymous. > > > > > > > > > > > > The member said Anonymous is planning to hold large monthly > > protests > > > > > > against Scientology at its churches each month until May. > > > > > > > > > > > > She said the group is drawing up plans for more protests after > > that. > > > > > > > > > > > > The group member said Anonymous would hold another large protest > > two > > > > > > days after church founder L. Ron Hubbard's birthday on March 15. > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > http://jaydedman.com > > > > > 917 371 6790 > > > > > Professional: http://ryanishungry.com > > > > > Personal: http://momentshowing.net > > > > > Photos: http://flickr.com/photos/jaydedman/ > > > > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/jaydedman > > > > > RSS: http://tinyurl.com/yqgdt9 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Richard http://richardhhall.org Shows http://richardshow.org http://inspiredhealing.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
