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		By: Dan J		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/scientologists-propose-elimina/#comment-544526</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan J]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&lt;blockquote&gt;I am thrilled and excited to be a Scientologist.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Though I disagree with the teachings of Scientology (and their tactics, in general), I completely support your right to membership in, and belief in, Scientology.

&lt;blockquote&gt;This is America, we DEFEND those we disagree with here.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

I will defend those whom I disagree with, providing that I think they deserve defending, as I have indicated above. Scientology &lt;em&gt;as a corporate entity&lt;/em&gt; has shown to me time and time again that they do &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; deserve my defense.

&lt;blockquote&gt;DEATH THREATS. BOMB &amp; ARSON THREATS. VANDALISM. HARASSING INNOCENT CHILDREN AT SCHOOL.&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Really, there&#039;s no need to shout. These accusations mirror quite well the accusation which are often leveled at Scientology, often deservedly so.

Individual members of Scientology are &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; the corporate entity. They receive my respect based on their individual actions.

&quot;PROUD AND HAPPY SCIENTOLOGIST!&quot; (again, no need to shout) has given me no reason (other than being a pedantic asshole, in my opinion) to completely disrespect them as an individual. Their particular religious beliefs, however, neither command nor deserve my respect.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>I am thrilled and excited to be a Scientologist.</p></blockquote>
<p>Though I disagree with the teachings of Scientology (and their tactics, in general), I completely support your right to membership in, and belief in, Scientology.</p>
<blockquote><p>This is America, we DEFEND those we disagree with here.</p></blockquote>
<p>I will defend those whom I disagree with, providing that I think they deserve defending, as I have indicated above. Scientology <em>as a corporate entity</em> has shown to me time and time again that they do <em>not</em> deserve my defense.</p>
<blockquote><p>DEATH THREATS. BOMB &#038; ARSON THREATS. VANDALISM. HARASSING INNOCENT CHILDREN AT SCHOOL.</p></blockquote>
<p>Really, there&#8217;s no need to shout. These accusations mirror quite well the accusation which are often leveled at Scientology, often deservedly so.</p>
<p>Individual members of Scientology are <em>not</em> the corporate entity. They receive my respect based on their individual actions.</p>
<p>&#8220;PROUD AND HAPPY SCIENTOLOGIST!&#8221; (again, no need to shout) has given me no reason (other than being a pedantic asshole, in my opinion) to completely disrespect them as an individual. Their particular religious beliefs, however, neither command nor deserve my respect.</p>
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		By: Voice of Reason.		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/scientologists-propose-elimina/#comment-544525</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Voice of Reason.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 16:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[WAKE UP PEOPLE!
DEATH THREATS. BOMB &amp; ARSON THREATS. VANDALISM. HARASSING INNOCENT CHILDREN AT SCHOOL.

I don&#039;t give a sh*t about any biased, virulent opinions posted here, whether you love Scientology or think it&#039;s BS. Doesn&#039;t matter. Any TRUE American, any lover of Justice &amp; Freedom...would not allow this activity against their worst enemies.

We should be rallying to SUPPORT the Scientologists against vicious hatred which NO ONE deserves.

WAKE UP. This is America, we DEFEND those we disagree with here.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WAKE UP PEOPLE!<br />
DEATH THREATS. BOMB &#038; ARSON THREATS. VANDALISM. HARASSING INNOCENT CHILDREN AT SCHOOL.</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t give a sh*t about any biased, virulent opinions posted here, whether you love Scientology or think it&#8217;s BS. Doesn&#8217;t matter. Any TRUE American, any lover of Justice &#038; Freedom&#8230;would not allow this activity against their worst enemies.</p>
<p>We should be rallying to SUPPORT the Scientologists against vicious hatred which NO ONE deserves.</p>
<p>WAKE UP. This is America, we DEFEND those we disagree with here.</p>
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		By: PROUD AND HAPPY SCIENTOLOGIST!		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/scientologists-propose-elimina/#comment-544524</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[PROUD AND HAPPY SCIENTOLOGIST!]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am thrilled and excited to be a Scientologist. 

The calibre of the low-class tactics I see in the anti-Scientology posts always tells me that only low-lifes with grammatical and syntax challenges become members of Anonymous.

I&#039;ll continue to run my successful businesses and tell people about Scientology; you continue to flunk Remedial Life Logic 101.

TTFN!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am thrilled and excited to be a Scientologist. </p>
<p>The calibre of the low-class tactics I see in the anti-Scientology posts always tells me that only low-lifes with grammatical and syntax challenges become members of Anonymous.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll continue to run my successful businesses and tell people about Scientology; you continue to flunk Remedial Life Logic 101.</p>
<p>TTFN!</p>
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		By: RICHARD C MONGLER		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/scientologists-propose-elimina/#comment-544523</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[RICHARD C MONGLER]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:41:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[THIS SCILON STUFF IS FULL OF FAIL THEY SHOULD JUST GO BACK TO CAWKSZ!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>THIS SCILON STUFF IS FULL OF FAIL THEY SHOULD JUST GO BACK TO CAWKSZ!</p>
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		By: Jay		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/scientologists-propose-elimina/#comment-544522</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jay]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Scientologists must be slacking.  Anyone else remember back in the 90&#039;s when they ferretted out the real-life identity of one of the more vocal posters on alt.religion.scientology and posted her particulars out there for everyone to see?  Their success in that effort was due, in no small part, to their ability to misrepresent their identities and affiliation while they were digging dirt - in short, to their ability to act anonymously.

It&#039;s interesting, for lack of a better word, that their concern with anonymous action only emerges when that action is directed against them.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Scientologists must be slacking.  Anyone else remember back in the 90&#8217;s when they ferretted out the real-life identity of one of the more vocal posters on alt.religion.scientology and posted her particulars out there for everyone to see?  Their success in that effort was due, in no small part, to their ability to misrepresent their identities and affiliation while they were digging dirt &#8211; in short, to their ability to act anonymously.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s interesting, for lack of a better word, that their concern with anonymous action only emerges when that action is directed against them.</p>
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		By: John Swindle		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/scientologists-propose-elimina/#comment-544521</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Swindle]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 02:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[MadScientist - Vilify scientology all you want and I&#039;m right there with you.  What I would hope to do is to deprive them of their special tax-free status that goes with being classified as a religion.  They are every bit as reprehensible as any &quot;real&quot; religion, but they deal with made-up science-fictiony delusions rather than made-up supernatural delusions.  That is enough for me to see them as not really a religion and that they should not be allowed tax-free church status.  A small point, I agree, but one uses what&#039;s available.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MadScientist &#8211; Vilify scientology all you want and I&#8217;m right there with you.  What I would hope to do is to deprive them of their special tax-free status that goes with being classified as a religion.  They are every bit as reprehensible as any &#8220;real&#8221; religion, but they deal with made-up science-fictiony delusions rather than made-up supernatural delusions.  That is enough for me to see them as not really a religion and that they should not be allowed tax-free church status.  A small point, I agree, but one uses what&#8217;s available.</p>
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		By: Dan J		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/scientologists-propose-elimina/#comment-544520</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan J]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Scientology seems to me to be a mixture of religion and woo-based psychology. Actually, that&#039;s not much different from most other religions.

The biggest difference I see is that Scientology takes great measures to hide certain information which is supposed to be only for higher-level members of the church (i.e. those who have paid millions into it). Money is definitely the name of the game for them. They are one of the most litigious &quot;religions&quot; on the face of our planet. They are also, in my opinion, greatly lacking in moral standing.

I hope that within my lifetime I am able to see Scientology held in as high regard as Heaven&#039;s Gate.

Infiltrating federal governmental offices in order to delete information about your organization is &lt;em&gt;not&lt;/em&gt; the hallmark of an honest, upstanding group.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Scientology seems to me to be a mixture of religion and woo-based psychology. Actually, that&#8217;s not much different from most other religions.</p>
<p>The biggest difference I see is that Scientology takes great measures to hide certain information which is supposed to be only for higher-level members of the church (i.e. those who have paid millions into it). Money is definitely the name of the game for them. They are one of the most litigious &#8220;religions&#8221; on the face of our planet. They are also, in my opinion, greatly lacking in moral standing.</p>
<p>I hope that within my lifetime I am able to see Scientology held in as high regard as Heaven&#8217;s Gate.</p>
<p>Infiltrating federal governmental offices in order to delete information about your organization is <em>not</em> the hallmark of an honest, upstanding group.</p>
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		By: MadScientist		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/scientologists-propose-elimina/#comment-544519</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MadScientist]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[@John Swindle:  So you oppose calling scientology a religion because scientology is like a religion? How strange.  Almost as strange as people claiming atheism is a religion when it has nothing in common with religions. It&#039;s like calling a unicorn non-believer a believer in unicorns because he/she doesn&#039;t believe in unicorns and must believe in unicorns to be able to say that they don&#039;t believe ...
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@John Swindle:  So you oppose calling scientology a religion because scientology is like a religion? How strange.  Almost as strange as people claiming atheism is a religion when it has nothing in common with religions. It&#8217;s like calling a unicorn non-believer a believer in unicorns because he/she doesn&#8217;t believe in unicorns and must believe in unicorns to be able to say that they don&#8217;t believe &#8230;</p>
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		By: Greg Laden		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/scientologists-propose-elimina/#comment-544518</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:33:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#039;s OpenAccess, so you can change it!  

Oh, no, wait, that&#039;s OpenSource you can change.  ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, it&#8217;s OpenAccess, so you can change it!  </p>
<p>Oh, no, wait, that&#8217;s OpenSource you can change.  </p>
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		By: NewEnglandBob		</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/09/10/scientologists-propose-elimina/#comment-544517</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[NewEnglandBob]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 21:27:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What a bunch of slimy lying scumbags the Scientology creeps are.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a bunch of slimy lying scumbags the Scientology creeps are.</p>
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