BBC Expose' of Scientology - Monday 14 May

For any of you who might be interested, disgusted and/or appalled by Tom Cruise's freaky & expensive 'religion' -- this BBC reporter's expose' of Scientology is airing tomorrow night:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6650545.stm

Having lived not far from Clearwater, FL before -- when I first moved to that area, it really freaked me out to see all these (small groups of) weirdos walking about downtown Clearwater.

Personally I think Hubbard knew what he was doing all along - kach-ing!

I've always been dumbfounded that anyway could follow a religion started by a science fiction writer!

Didn't he start it as a bet that he could invent a new religion and get people to believe in it?

Did he? That makes it even worse. Tom Cruise has little scientology churches set on wherever he's filming. Can you imagine how much money that sham of a "religion" gets out of people like him and John Travolta? (Travolta is said to be pissed about the documentary. Cruise, for some reason, is keeping quiet.)

Didn't he start it as a bet that he could invent a new religion and get people to believe in it?

I believe he did.  I know he's quoted as saying "You want to know how to make a million dollars?  Start a religion."

I hope it's repeated, I'm always interested in this stuff!

(good informative article, carolyn, btw)

Me, too. I once started to go out on a date with a Scientologist after my boyfriend died, and he said I was "sick" to be on an antidepressant and that nothing but natural remedies worked. I got out of his car before we left my building (and he had seemed so  normal on the phone).

I'm going to be out tomorrow, but will def record this one for later! Fascinating stuff.

I was reading an article about this documentary. Apparently the journalist making it lost his ragwith them completely which is all on camera.  Someone from the Scientologists similarly lost the plot but the BBC has had to edit that out after they withdrew their consent to have that part shown.

ETA: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2078503,00.html

Scientologtists never have rational beliefs behind their religion, which is probably why both sides went off.

Sorry. I forgot where this issue originally started. But it has to do with the BBC documentary tomorrow night.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=454430&in_page_id=1773

a clip from the show of the scientologist going off on Sweeney

and heres a clip from the scientologists fighting back and they posted this of sweeney going off

It's too bad all the way around really.  Anyone trying to expose the dark side of Scientology, though has plenty of material, loses credibility if he/she loses his/her cool.

I saw a thing about this today on that program about religion on the BBC.  It was pretty interesting.  Apparently, they dogged this guy's every move, put him in a high stress situation and then interupted an interview he was doing by calling the interveiwee a pervert.  And he snapped.  It wasn't excusing his behavior, but put in context it was a different story. 

They are masters of manipulation and misconstru... ancy (is that a word?)

It is now!