Bit surprised by the "Gays do not need to be cured" sign... I wasn't aware that Scientologists were homophobic. My sister used to be a Scientologist, and of all the rhetoric I endured from her and her associates, that bit never came up.
I thought Seattle was so liberal, now I see people protesting someone's right to practice their religion? Christians will be next! We need to stand up for everyone's religious freedoms, regardless of how unpopular they are.
I'm kidding, of course. Scientology is fucking nuts, and I fully support any and all shit they are given.
Meh, I don't especially see how Scientology is any crazier than, say, the Assemblies of God. People stand up and "speak in tongues" (read: yell out gibberish because they're attention whores... seriously, do they do so at work as well? I doubt it. They just want to seem pious in front of their fellow churchgoers, so they make shit up and shout out loud). These people also believe that snakes won't bite you if you're faithful, that people used to live hundreds of years, that one of these old dudes crammed two of every animal into a boat the size of, say, Taco Bell, that the world flooded after 40 days of rain (40 days? Feh, we Northwesterners scoff at such a piddling amount), that said flood was sent to wipe out humanity by a loving, benevolent skyfather, that... well, you get my point.
And I'm supposed to get upset because some whackjobs pay lots of money to hear how an alien overlord once buried a bunch of frozen souls in a volcano? I don't have the equipment to rank which is crazier.
In 500 years, if not sooner, Scientology will be respected as a mainstream religion, and people will be protesting some new cult that proclaims Jello is the antichrist, or some other weird shit. Don't believe me? One of the (former) Republican candidates for president believes a con job invented in the 1830s (i.e., less than 200 years old) that said that Jews populated the New World, they all got wiped out by evil Indians, that you can have lots and lots of wives (but only one husband -- sorry, ladies), and that all this was documented on gold plates. That only Joey Smith saw. Ever. And that he read by putting on old-timey X-ray specs and looking into his hat.
But yeah, Scientology is bonkers. I just don't think it's got the market cornered.
I feel it's worth mentioning that I found out from my Dad last week that my Grandma used to be a Scientologist. This may explain all of the weird manipulation tricks my mom taught me as a child. I don't think I'm ever going to tell my Grandma that I know about this. It's too weird.
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February 10 2008, 23:11:39 UTC 4 years ago
Sweet
It's good to see the grassroots efforts take off like this.February 10 2008, 23:15:58 UTC 4 years ago
Mmm, roffles.
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February 10 2008, 23:23:28 UTC 4 years ago
Not very good given the current gimp status however I did manage to get half of you.
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February 10 2008, 23:55:39 UTC 4 years ago
haha
Keep it up. Scientology is straight crazy.
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I'm kidding, of course. Scientology is fucking nuts, and I fully support any and all shit they are given.
February 11 2008, 00:46:51 UTC 4 years ago
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February 11 2008, 03:55:07 UTC 4 years ago
you know he's coming to town in march, right
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February 11 2008, 01:15:43 UTC 4 years ago
And I'm supposed to get upset because some whackjobs pay lots of money to hear how an alien overlord once buried a bunch of frozen souls in a volcano? I don't have the equipment to rank which is crazier.
In 500 years, if not sooner, Scientology will be respected as a mainstream religion, and people will be protesting some new cult that proclaims Jello is the antichrist, or some other weird shit. Don't believe me? One of the (former) Republican candidates for president believes a con job invented in the 1830s (i.e., less than 200 years old) that said that Jews populated the New World, they all got wiped out by evil Indians, that you can have lots and lots of wives (but only one husband -- sorry, ladies), and that all this was documented on gold plates. That only Joey Smith saw. Ever. And that he read by putting on old-timey X-ray specs and looking into his hat.
But yeah, Scientology is bonkers. I just don't think it's got the market cornered.
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February 11 2008, 04:27:16 UTC 4 years ago
Actually, this sort of gathering is perfectly useful for such a band of useless people.
February 11 2008, 05:57:47 UTC 4 years ago
If they did it only for the lulz (and they probably did), then they're probably pretty happy with how they spent their time this afternoon.
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(here are some pictures of the columbus protest if you'd like to see)
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