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re: How Scientology took over downtown Clearwater
Posted on 10/23/19 at 4:31 pm to Jim Rockford
Posted on 10/23/19 at 4:31 pm to Jim Rockford
As someone with ties to the Scientology church, it's a ridiculous concept, but they are damn good at making money.
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Posted on 10/23/19 at 4:34 pm to OweO
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Are you serious? Tell us more. How did you get involved?
No, not serious.. but i have met a couple of $cientologists , and interestingly, both were very successful, extremely self-motivated type people.. one even invited me to an intro session, which i politely declined.. i think these particular people would have been successful anyway, even without $cientology, .. and i used to think it was a harmless, ‘whatever gets you through the day’ type of religion- but you cant look away anymore from the destruction theyve caused in peopel’s lives.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 4:36 pm to CaptainPanic
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As someone with ties to the Scientology church
Go on..
Posted on 10/23/19 at 4:44 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:I've been to a few missions, stayed in the mansion of a chapter leader, read through some of their internal procedures & protocols, and so on.
Go on..
The mansion was the best. Imagine going to a wealthy relative's home where instead of family portraits on the walls, you just see scenes from the Hubbard books
Posted on 10/23/19 at 4:47 pm to CaptainPanic
How did you happen to get involved?
Posted on 10/23/19 at 4:49 pm to Jim Rockford
Leah Remini did a whole episode of her show about it. Apparently there's zero life outside of Scientology. If you live there and aren't a Scientologist, they ignore you.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 4:49 pm to Jim Rockford
Scientology should be disbanded. It won’t because of the 1st amendment, but it’s clearly a cult and shady organization.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 5:07 pm to fr33manator
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You only own what you can defend. Round up the homeless from a bunch of cities and dump them all in Clearwater and see how the Hubbtards deal with them
Homeless are easily manipulated. They'd brainwash them and turn them into foot soldiers.
We can't give them an army.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 5:07 pm to Jim Rockford
Sounds like there needs to be an old fashioned Revival in Clearwater done by Reverend Creedence because there's definitely a Bad Moon Rising. 
Posted on 10/23/19 at 5:12 pm to Jim Rockford
I’m personally not involved, but people join for various reasons. The smart ones join for a job.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 5:20 pm to CaptainPanic
Scientology is the Amway of religion
Posted on 10/23/19 at 5:28 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Homeless are easily manipulated. They'd brainwash them and turn them into foot soldiers. We can't give them an army.
And if they have an army they represent an existential threat and can be dealt with militarily. Like we did with the Hari Krishnas
Posted on 10/23/19 at 5:36 pm to Sweltering Chill
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very successful, extremely self-motivated type people
Sometimes these types of people are the ones most easily manipulated.
"Success guilt" makes people so goofy things, too.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 5:37 pm to N2cars
Hubbard found the easiest to prey on, when he got the Celebutards hooked. Very dumb people.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 5:39 pm to red sox fan 13
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Scientology should be disbanded. It won’t because of the 1st amendment, but it’s clearly a cult and shady organization.
Meh. It should certainly lose its tax exempt status but beyond that who gives a shite.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 5:40 pm to Jim Rockford
The Liar City podcast did an episode on Scientology. They some nutjobs.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 6:31 pm to holmesbr
Reading L.Ron's Wikipedia about his failed naval carreer. Quite interesting.
It stated having been given a second chance at a command, he proceeded on a shakedown cruise to mistakenly shell part of the Mexican coastline.
It stated having been given a second chance at a command, he proceeded on a shakedown cruise to mistakenly shell part of the Mexican coastline.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 6:47 pm to Jim Rockford
The Church of Scientology and companies run by its members spent $103 million over the past three years buying up vast sections of downtown Clearwater. "
I'm thinking more than 103 million would be needed to aquire "vast sections" of Clearwater.
I'm thinking more than 103 million would be needed to aquire "vast sections" of Clearwater.
Posted on 10/23/19 at 6:52 pm to Sweltering Chill
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I also read recently that T. Cruise has sold most of his properties around the country and is moving to Clearwater full time , fwiw
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