While it is somewhat of a futile point since people that are ambitious can get around that by blocking their I.P.’s, using proxies or going off-site to another location, the gesture itself sends a message that the usually neutral wikipedia isn’t happy about the bombarding of Scientology propaganda on their website, which tries to have it’s content remain objective.
Penn Jillette, an avowed atheist, had an interesting commentary about the situation.
Two gentlemen, fired for refusing to attend mandatory Scientology classes at their place of work, are suing software firm Diskeeper for religious discrimination. Included in the lawsuit is a sanction preventing Diskeeper from making attendance at Hubbard Study Technology courses compulsory.
The company, who’s founder and chief exec Craig Jensen is a committed Scientologist, argues that religious instruction in the workplace is protected by the First Amendment, so the sanction is unconstitutional. Really? Forced cult classes are totally ok with the US government?
The German government was so spooked by the Co$ connection that the asked Microsoft if they could inspect the source code before Diskeeper, integrated into Windows 2000, was allowed to be used in government applications. There were some rumours the software would harvest data from user’s machines, presumably creating a database for Xenu’s nefarious purposes.
In other Scientology news, Katie Holmes looks god awful! Some say it’s her Broadway schedule or that she’s pregnant again, but they’re underestimating Tom’s mind control powers. Katie’s also sporting some weird cult-like vampire bites around her foot.
Trey and Matt have somewhat of a history of lampooning the Mormon faith through various projects such as the classic Orgazmo; in which a missionary starts acting in porn movies to make money in order to have a temple wedding, and the infamous South park episode All About Mormons.
‘All About Mormons’ became somewhat of an expose for people unfamiliar with the history of the church, and especially for members of the church who never knew about some of the non-faith promoting history of the church, such as the fact that Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon by placing his face in a hat, and didn’t even use the golden plates he purported to be in possession of. Those same golden plates were supposedly later taken back to heaven by the angle Moroni.
No doubt that this upcoming musical will be another entertaining chapter in the satirization of Mormons by Trey and Matt.
Did you know Mel Gibson started his own Catholic church? Like, a seriously Catholic church. It’s called Church of the Holy Family (Jesus’, not the Gibsons), has about 100 members, does mass in Latin, and has assests totaling 42 million bucks.
42 million tax-free bucks. The Archdiose of New York, by comparison, had assets last year of $3.4 million. Holy Family owns artwork to the tune of $500 grand.
Gibson’s tax receipts this year revealed a $10 million donation for 2007. He built the Traditionalist church for his dad Hutton, presumably because regular Catholics just aren’t traditional enough. Do check out Hutton’s crazy website, with its vengeful-Jesus lightning storm and acres of ramblings on the Papacy.
Katie, as you know, hit Broadway a few weeks ago. The attendant Anonymous pestering must have been a wakeup call for how weird the rest of the world thinks her life is, because the young Scientologist is reportedly thinking of moving to NYC, where she’s a little more out of the cult’s clutches. The play actually opens this week, and Anonymous promise to be there.
And some Katie-inspired anti-Co$ video action from ‘fromacloset‘:
I just read something crazy. Apparently Marc Headley, an ex-Scientolgist A/V guy, says that Co$ actually arranged a fake casting call in order to dredge up chicks for the undatable Tom Cruise, back when Penelope split. Potential wife material included Jennifer Garner, Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Alba. Only Scarlett took the bait, but freaked when she found out the “audition” was at the Scientology Center in LA and refused to make a tape. Katie Holmes, being much more impressionable/much less hot than the A-list, went for it, Tom just loved her and the rest is celebricult history!
This video also available on AnonTube, for when the American Rights Counsel [sic!] starts serving up those takedown notices
1. Isaac Hayes was a Scientologist.
2. He sold the rights to all his songs in ‘77 and needed dough.
3. South Park gave him some much-needed fame and fortune.
4. South Park loathes Scientology and relentlessly mocks everything it stands for. “Trapped in the Closet” airs.
5. Hayes talks to Trey & Matt, but knows which side of the bread the Spreadables’ on.
6. Hayes quits the show anyway, four months later - under pressure from the Church of Scientology (Co$), some say.
7. Hayes suffered a massive stroke in January.
8. He suddenly appeared back on the tour circuit, trying to drum up money, lipsyncing sadly to his own songs.
Writer Roger Friedman postulates on Fox News that these factoids amount to some weirdness where Co$ is concerned…perhaps pressure to keep paying idiot tithes to the church? Hayes’ staff, apparently all Scientology monitors, played off his stroke as a minor health issue and his hospital stays as ‘recuperation’. Friedman theorizes that Co$ retired Hayes from the series after “Trapped in the Closet”, based on his own conversations with Chef, none of which pointed to any dissatisfaction with the show.
I don’t get a shady vibe beyond the usual revulsion to hovering Scientologist yesmen…but this guy knows Hayes & thinks the whole thing smells bad. So I had to tell you.
Mondo Media, oh purveyors of new-media viral cartoony whatnot, have created The God and Devil Show, in which God and the Devil host a talk show. Various celebs, including Angelina Jolie, the Shat, Woody Allen, Dr. Suess, Bill Gates, and the Clintons get friendly (often in the Biblical sense) with the deities. At the end of the show, each celebrity is judged on their merits and voted on or off the island, floating to Heaven or rocketing to Hell as the case may warrant.
Christ, I don’t even know where to start. Bernann McKinney, eccentric British lady, gets attacked by dogs 11 years ago. Her pit bull, Booger, saves her life. Incredibly grateful, Bernann beseeches the universe to somehow preserve her valiant pooch, and a generous South Korean biotech firm takes heed and clones her dog. Five puppies are born unto Bernann a couple weeks ago, and in her excitement she somehow goes on Today to show them off. Booger was, of course, “sent by God to save her life”.
Enter the rest of the world, who somehow remember that 30 years ago a 30-years-younger blonde, heavy eyed young immigrant to England named Joyce McKinney (a former Miss Wyoming!) ABDUCTED HER MORMON MISSIONARY BOYFRIEND for 3 days, tied him up, and sexually assaulted the crap out of him. She fled trial and was never seen again; the Mormon missionary’s fate is unknown, at least to me. “She later became the subject of a pulpy book, “Joyce McKinney and the Manacled Mormon,” which included 16 pages of semi-nude modeling she had done for a host of mainly bondage-themed magazines.”
This just goes to show you, if you assail, bond and assault a missionary, he will pray and pray and pray until some stupid pet trick exposes you unto the masses for your eventual and well-deserved stoning. Wtf are the odds, Joyce?
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