Comments on: Church of Scientology and Six Leaders Found Guilty of Fraud in France http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/27/church-of-scientology-and-six-leaders-found-guilty-of-fraud-in-france/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:16:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Dredd http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/27/church-of-scientology-and-six-leaders-found-guilty-of-fraud-in-france/#comment-87545 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:47:04 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=16608#comment-87545 Ah … indulgences … the medicine for the ages … when will they mix it with railroad gin?
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Now the rainman gave me two cures,
Then he said, “Jump right in.”
The one was Texas medicine,
The other was just railroad gin.
An’ like a fool I mixed them
An’ it strangled up my mind,
An’ now people just get uglier
An’ I have no sense of time.
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again.
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Bob Dylan

]]> By: James http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/27/church-of-scientology-and-six-leaders-found-guilty-of-fraud-in-france/#comment-87527 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:00:53 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=16608#comment-87527 Jill, I would continue that there should be no religious exemption, period. For anyone. The quaint days when we did not question the CLEARLY deadly dangerous bald zealotry that has fueled two illegal military occupations are now over.

A cult is a cult is a cult. The only exemption they receive is from participation in reality.

]]> By: Jill http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/27/church-of-scientology-and-six-leaders-found-guilty-of-fraud-in-france/#comment-87494 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:07:14 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=16608#comment-87494 This behavior takes place among most (all?) other religious organizations. France calls Scientology a “sect”, not a church which is why they went after it. Yet, this type of behavior should be considered illegal period. Conviction should not depend on being a sect, while the same behavior by a “church” is A-O.K. When an organization behaves as a criminal enterprise it should be treated as such. There should be no religious exemption from illegal behavior.

]]> By: Anonymously Yours http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/27/church-of-scientology-and-six-leaders-found-guilty-of-fraud-in-france/#comment-87485 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:56:18 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=16608#comment-87485 In the case, prior followers alleged that they were systematically bilked through escalating charges for “purification packages” and other material.

Do I have a purification package for you, inquire within. Only those with celebrity status and money need apply. I will personally relieve you of all evils, euro’s accepted.

Anonymous 1, October 27, 2009 at 9:50 am

Scientologists are in the only so called religion that are allowed to take a tax deduction for religious training. That means scientology makes money tax free from all the courses it offers, plus scientologists get a tax deduction for that money they spend on the courses.

No religions gets this. Only scientology. Sound fair?
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Not true, all properly registered 502(3)(c) are entitled to the same….

]]> By: Anonymous http://jonathanturley.org/2009/10/27/church-of-scientology-and-six-leaders-found-guilty-of-fraud-in-france/#comment-87479 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:50:12 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=16608#comment-87479 Scientologists are in the only so called religion that are allowed to take a tax deduction for religious training. That means scientology makes money tax free from all the courses it offers, plus scientologists get a tax deduction for that money they spend on the courses.

No religions gets this. Only scientology. Sound fair?

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