16 Shocking Allegations In Scientology Documentary 'Going Clear'

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/03/29/scientology-doc-going-clear_n_6939318.html

I watched it, and I came away with two feelings

1. I now HATE Tom Cruise

2. I want the IRS to yank their tax exempt status


Terrible organization, terrible.

[ZombieHorde]

1. Seems like the propaganda movie worked very well.

I guess they did a good job.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

2. Huh? You think the HBO movie is propaganda?

So the #2 and #3 men who were there for 30 years are lying?

[ZombieHorde]

3. There are people who have had very bad expereinces with Islam.

Should we all hate them?

Most Scientologists live peaceful, productive lives.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

4. Some of the individuals do, sure. But this is a cult and a very very very dangerous one

[ZombieHorde]

5. Like I said, the propaganda worked very well.

Hate whomever you please, but lots of religious groups have participated in death and destruction on a far grander scale than scientology.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

6. Hate MY ASS, what I dislike is what is now KNOWN FACTS about this CULT

take your hate accusation elsewhere, I wont tolerate that bullshit

[ZombieHorde]

7. You said you hate TC in your OP. You used that exact word.

There are known facts about Islam that are much worse than the known facts about Scientology, but the majority of people in both of those faiths are peaceful and are just trying to get through their lives.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

8. Yes, I hate Tom Cruise for being what I now know is a complete and total fucking asshole

he deserves to be hated

and if everybody knew this about him, they would stop seeing his movies as I will

[truebrit71]

10. Are you a scientologist?

...

[ZombieHorde]

12. Why do you ask? nt

[truebrit71]

15. Because you seem to be very defensive about it...

...calling the documentary 'propaganda' was one...so it made me think that perhaps you were so defensive about it because you were a scientologist. Is that not correct?

[ZombieHorde]

16. I am not a scientologist.

I do like consistency. If I say Muslims are dangerous terrorists and they should be shut down I would rightfully be called for broad brushing the many because of the behavior of the few. If I said the RCC wasn't a church but rather a pedophile protection ring I would be rightly called out for broad brushing the many because the behavior of the few.

[truebrit71]

17. So Alex Gibney's documentary on the child abuse by the catholic church would be propaganda...

...as well by that measure, yes?

Propaganda suggests that only one, favourable side of an issue is being presented. That didn't appear to be the case with this documentary, so I am curious as to why you chose that word?

[ZombieHorde]

18. Good propaganda will show "both" sides of an issue.

It's too obvious otherwise. It won't be fair, but it will look fair to most people. Take a look at the results of this film. The majority of us are against broad brush attacks against religious minorities, but an exception is being made. The arguments defending other religious minorities in the US are also true of Scientology. The majority are just people trying to live their lives, and they use religion to help them get through their daily struggles.

[truebrit71]

19. Except scientology isn't a religion it's a scam and a cult...

...it's no different than other cults that call themselves religion based on wild-ass stories, it just happens to be the newest, and therefore the easiest to debunk.

This film DID show both sides of the story, and showed, quite clearly that it is a cult...

[Hissyspit]

9. Scientology is a TERRIBLE organization and this has been known for YEARS.

Just because there are other terrible organizations doesnt mean it's not a terrible organization.

[ZombieHorde]

13. Are you saying Islam is terrible?

Islam is the religion I used in my example.

[Hissyspit]

14. All religion pretty much sucks.

But not all adherents to particular religions do deliberately unethical and abhorrent things. The documentary looks like journalism, not propaganda, to me. Just because they they chose Scientology to investigate instead of Islam (not exactly analogous subjects), doesn't make it propaganda.

[truebrit71]

11. Didn't look like propaganda to me....

...looked like a long overdue expose into a deeply disturbed cult that needs to be shut down.