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Scientology doc on HBO

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by hondo, Mar 30, 2015.

  1. doctorquant

    doctorquant Well-Known Member

    I looked it up ... it's pretty interesting. It goes back to the story of Jacob wrestling all night with an angel. Ultimately, when the angel couldn't defeat Jacob, he moved a nerve in Jacob's hip, causing Jacob to limp.

    Why don’t we eat the sciatic nerve? - Kosher
     
  2. TyWebb

    TyWebb Well-Known Member

    Did the credits look like this?
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  3. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    Very Libwellian of them.
     
  4. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Go join the Scientologists as a show of support, Shoeshine.

    Any "religion" that locks up its members, takes their children, blackmails and harasses people that escape its clutches, has earned my intolerance.
     
  5. Mr. Sunshine

    Mr. Sunshine Well-Known Member

    Scientology is in no way a religion. It's a cult. Of course many of the members are terrible. In any group that puts it's strident ideology above common sense, bad people will thrive. I'm still talking about Scientology. Mostly.
     
  6. Steak Snabler

    Steak Snabler Well-Known Member

    I've got it taped but haven't watched it yet due to March Madness and a fantasy baseball draft. Looking forward to watching it tonight though.
     
  7. Dyno

    Dyno Well-Known Member

    Ha! I thought of that right after I posted.
     
  8. hondo

    hondo Well-Known Member

    In watching some of the show over again, I was struck by just how downright comical these people are. It's almost as of the Marx Brothers decided to do a parody of a cult, with the salutes, the cheesy uniforms, the pyro-technics and the devices used for their interviews that look like a sixth-grader's sloppy-ass effort at a science fair project. I remember an interview where someone as Mel Brooks why had had Nazi references in so many of his movies. The answer was simple: he wanted to ridicule them and have people guffaw. He said that's what you do, make people laugh at them.
    I know I did, especially every time Tom Cruise tried to defend them.
     
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  9. old_tony

    old_tony Well-Known Member

    I have it set to record tomorrow morning at noon EDT. Looking forward to watching it.
     
  10. Deskgrunt50

    Deskgrunt50 Well-Known Member

    It' well done. Really, really scary stuff how they draw people in and basically brainwash and blackmail them. Winning the tax exemption fight is downright criminal. Great job getting so many high rankers to talk now that they've quit.
     
  11. SnarkShark

    SnarkShark Well-Known Member

    Everything seemed credible and based on eyewitnesses except for the bit on the Cruise girlfriend stuff. Wouldn't surprise me if it was true, but it seemed like a stretch with lack of evidence presented.
     
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