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Friday, June 29, 2012

Read an interesting article... 

# posted by NoBrainRequired @ 6/29/2012 10:12:00 PM

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/02/14/110214fa_fact_wright?currentPage=all

This article, while long, was interesting. Please, please please read it. I had a one sided view of the subject before... it made me reflect on my own beliefs.

Here is a quote:

"A survey of American religious affiliations, compiled in the Statistical Abstract of the United States, estimates that only twenty-five thousand Americans actually call themselves Scientologists. That’s less than half the number who identify themselves as Rastafarians."

I thought my religion was a shade of batshit crazy, some where less than Morman, but more than, say, Agnostic.. but this... holy (i mean that, holy) shit. I hope none you ever walk down that road.....

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Another quote
"In late September, Davis and Feshbach, along with four attorneys representing the church, travelled to Manhattan to meet with me and six staff members of The New Yorker. In response to nearly a thousand queries, the Scientology delegation handed over forty-eight binders of supporting material, stretching nearly seven linear feet."

Four attorneys = Money on the line.

I once had 1 attorney call into a meeting a potential litigant over $3M. Do the math...

By  NoBrainRequired, at Friday, June 29, 2012 10:24:00 PM  

I read it. Good read. How exactly did it change your view?

By  bb, at Wednesday, July 25, 2012 2:00:00 PM  

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