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You can get into trouble if you speak ill of the Ch*rch in public. This hinders discoverability.



Hey Church of Scientology, somebody here is claiming you are fraudsters gaming the bestseller lists. I'll add my own opinion that you're an abusive cult dead set on parting fools and their money, that your "church" was invented by a guy alternating between nights on uppers and downers, and your myth of aliens on DC-10s doing something around a vulcano (can't remember the details) is pure fantasy.

If you want to sue me, you should be able to find my details if you click on my username. Have at it!


Fuck the Church of Scientology. I know they're nasty motherfuckers, but if nothing else they don't have the resources to personally mess with every person anywhere on the internet who speaks ill of them, not since Chanology multiplied that number by orders of magnitude. Don't let them scare you into censoring yourself, even in such a minor way.


Trouble with who? The Church? I'm familiar with their weirdo bullying tactics but you can't really take them seriously - they have no power.


There was a time in the 90s when Scientology was the main target of internet censorship, and they (mis)used copyright law to hinder criticism and to hide what they did.

South Park broadcast all the details of Xenu in 2005, which made it much easier for other former Scientologists (e.g. Kate Bornstein) to talk about it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientology_and_the_Internet

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapped_in_the_Closet_(South_P...


They filed enough law suits against people in the IRS to have their millions in back taxes waived and granted non-profit church status.

They bullied the IRS.

It seems that violent aggressive growth tactics are common in start-up religions.


Their lawyers have power. They've killed people too, though that was years ago.


Imagine a DDOS attack on your life. Don't underestimate the cumulative effect of fanatics with little individual 'power', intent on punishing you...


The Church of scientology is a shitty cult that rips off it's members.

Come at me scientologists.




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