Posts Tagged ‘cult’

Scientologists try to block ‘intolerant’ German feature film
The following correction was printed in the Guardian’s Corrections and clarifications column, Monday 15 March 2010
Claus von Stauffenberg was shot for his failed attempt to assassinate Hitler and remove the Nazi party from power in 1944, not hanged as we say below.
Germany’s state broadcaster is locked in a [...]

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 09:01 | 0 comments
Categories: Interesting, News

Scientology a ‘criminal organisation’
The Church of Scientology says allegations made in Federal Parliament by Independent Senator Nick Xenophon are an abuse of parliamentary privilege.
Senator Xenophon used a speech in Parliament last night to raise allegations of widespread criminal conduct within the church, saying he had received letters from former followers detailing claims of abuse, false [...]

Saturday, November 21st, 2009 at 00:49 | 0 comments

Up next, Islam? :D
France may dissolve Church of Scientology

PARIS — In a groundbreaking case, a Paris court will decide for the first time whether to dissolve the Church of Scientology in France, which is facing charges of organized fraud.
The demand was made by French prosecutors on Monday as they wrapped up their case against the [...]

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009 at 12:49 | 1 comment

Scientology leadership rife with physical violence, report says

Clearwater, Fla. — The leader of the Church of Scientology struck subordinates numerous times and set an example for physical violence among the tightly controlled religion’s management team, four former high-ranking executives told a newspaper for a story published Sunday.
The executives, who have since left the organization, told [...]

Monday, June 22nd, 2009 at 09:41 | 1 comment
Categories: Bad News, Interesting, News

Scientology on trial in France
The Church of Scientology has gone on trial in the French capital, Paris, accused of organised fraud.
The case centres on a complaint by a woman who says she was pressured into paying large sums of money after being offered a free personality test.
The church, which is fighting the charges, denies that [...]

Monday, May 25th, 2009 at 09:58 | 1 comment

Tel Aviv man has 32 women and 89 children
A Tel Aviv man in his late fifties is living with 32 women with whom he has fathered 89 children, an Israeli television station revealed last week.
The women are subject to strict discipline, but say that they are all living with Goel Ratzon by their own accord.
They [...]

Monday, February 16th, 2009 at 13:50 | 1 comment
Categories: News, Stupidity

Bent vows touching girls not sexual
TAOS, N. M. (KRQE) – Cult leader Wayne Bent testified Thursday he could not go against God even though he knew spiritual touching of two young, naked followers would get him in trouble.
Neither could two of his young followers go against their beliefs testifying earlier the contact was purely religious, [...]

Sunday, December 14th, 2008 at 18:49 | 3 comments
Categories: Bad News, News, Stupidity

Scientology ‘faces French trial’
The lawyer for one of the plaintiffs behind the case told the BBC that if convicted the controversial Church could be banned.
The Church has faced stiff opposition in France as well as Germany, where it has been declared unconstitutional.
The French branch of the Church of Scientology said it had been cleared of [...]

Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 at 09:11 | 0 comments
Categories: Good News, Interesting, News

Nothing like teaching your kids good Christian values. Anyone else interested in knowing why they say it’s a “cult” when it’s clearly a form of Christianity? I love how they get shunned as not being Christians simply because then Christianity might be given a bad name.
4 more in ‘cult’ cited in death
 Baltimore police have obtained [...]

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 at 11:29 | 1 comment
Categories: Bad News, News, Stupidity

This week we’ll be going all out on Scientology, what with the ANON war going down, we feel it’s in the spirit of things..
The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power
By all appearances, Noah Lottick of Kingston, Pa., had been a normal, happy 24-year-old who was looking for his place in the sun. On the day [...]

Thursday, January 24th, 2008 at 13:29 | 1 comment
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