I think the recent public craziness is due to the fact that he fired his publicist and replaced her with his crazy, Scientologist sister. Old publicist probably made him keep that kind of thing under wraps, "Tommy, love, this interview is about your new movie. Keep it professional and you'll do great."
Angel: Is that what you think you are--a hero? Spike: Saved the world didn't I? Angel: Once. Talk to me after you've done it a couple more times.
'Destiny'
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ChiKat - Jun 30, 2005 11:55:46 am PDT #4973 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
tommyrot - Jun 30, 2005 11:57:25 am PDT #4974 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What's the Scientology position on homosexuality? Is it caused by gay Thetans?
ChiKat - Jun 30, 2005 11:58:38 am PDT #4975 of 10002
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
Though Scientology does consider homosexual practices to be the expression of a distorted sexuality, it does not have strong edicts about it. It assumes that one would regain a more normal sexuality has he gains more spiritual freedom through Scientology. If not, however, it does not make it a matter of banning. Scientology critics, however, use Hubbard's statement to imply the contrary, going as far as claiming Scientology considers that gays should be exterminated in concentration camps.
From here:
Jessica - Jun 30, 2005 12:00:16 pm PDT #4976 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
"Oh Yeah? What do you call what you are going through RIGHT NOW?".
That may have been the funniest thing I've ever heard Lewis Black say.
Tom Cruise : Scientology :: Howard Dean : the Democratic party.
This is either immensely flattering to Scientology, or immensely insulting to the Democratic party. Either way, I'm not loving it.
§ ita § - Jun 30, 2005 12:01:28 pm PDT #4977 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
This is either immensely flattering to Scientology, or immensely insulting to the Democratic party. Either way, I'm not loving it.
Isn't it more a slam at Dean? There don't have to be parallels between the organisations, but more in the cited person's relationship to them.
tommyrot - Jun 30, 2005 12:02:38 pm PDT #4978 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OK, here's a question: Where did Hubbard get all his information? Was it divinely inspired? Told to him by angels? Presented to him on gold tablets? Because I don't see how someone could just claim to "know" all that stuff....
Jessica - Jun 30, 2005 12:05:40 pm PDT #4979 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
tommyrot - Jun 30, 2005 12:09:23 pm PDT #4980 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Thanks.
The more I read about Scientology, the more my mind boggles... I just can't understand how people can believe this....
bon bon - Jun 30, 2005 12:10:04 pm PDT #4981 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I thought the analogy was clever, since I took it to mean that Dean's role is to raise money and the party profile. To in some ways act as the public face of the party.
tommyrot - Jun 30, 2005 12:14:05 pm PDT #4982 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
For instance, the 1958 book Have You Lived Before This Life (ISBN 0884044475) documents past lives as described by individual Scientologists during auditing sessions. These included incidents such as being "deceived into a love affair with a robot decked out as a beautiful red-haired girl", being run over by a Martian bishop driving a steamroller, being transformed into an intergalactic walrus which perished after falling out of a flying saucer and being "a very happy being who strayed to the planet Nostra 23,064,000,000 years ago".
OK, that's it. I've oficially had it with those fucking Martian bishops and their steamrollers!