Jeb Boosh:
Those “dessert enchiladas” by Chase look an awful lot like blueberry blintzes.
It’s worth watching if you skip the parts with the actual whales. Just watch the interviews with ex-trainers. Those are very interesting. It’s especially interesting to hear them talk about their backgrounds. There’s a part in the movie where a trainer talks about how the public assumes that they (the trainers) are…
The Cove is far sadder, and overall the better documentary.
I had read about the documentary but never watched it until last week. I made the mistake of putting it on right before bedtime and fell asleep crying.
Scientology is a racket and was basically started as one. The founder of scientology, L. Ron Fuckface or whatever his name is, didn’t want to pay taxes so he made scientology and literally made the shit up as he went. Miscavage’s 4 foot 10 ass (he is shorter than Tom Cruise) is nuts and probably believes this bullshit…
A politician in Australia labelled them a criminal organisation - I’m inclined to agree with him.
No religious organization really should be at this point. The potential for corrupt cults, like the aforementioned “faith,” is just too great. And even the organizations that seem to be attached to fairly traditional theologies can/do abuse funds for purposes other than the givers intend.
I don’t know, definitely not a fan of Scientology in the slightest but their tactics are nothing compared to what other religions have committed against their own and non-followers over the centuries. Other religions have equally silly fairy tales as well, theirs just benefit from the fog of history and generational…
All religious institutions and religious employees should be taxed. No exceptions.
Won’t happen.
Pretty sure the Founding Fathers- a few of whom were vehemently anti-Christian- would foam at the mouth knowing the treatment religion gets in modern day America.
You know what else shouldn’t be tax exempt? Any church!
Some of the illegal things they’ve done include crimes which can be labelled treason. The IRS and Congress both need to slap them down.
I've been using my surge for the last two weeks. I totally agree with the above but there's a few things that I just wish they could fix: