re: Will or can Scientology be destroyed.

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revoke the tax exempt status of religion/churches...

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I watched Going Clear last night because it was discussed yesterday. It's a HBO documentary on scientology. They discussed the tax exempt status. IRS didn't just give it to them. They fought them tooth and nail. Scientology started playing dirty and hired PI's to track uppers in the IRS so they could basically blackmail them into giving them the status. They began suing not just the IRS but people in the IRS personally. They told the director if they would just give them exempt status ALL of the lawsuits would go away. Exempt status given. Lawsuits gone. IRS was blackmailed into giving them the status.